USC Professor Milind Tambe has been working on AI-based security solutions since 2007. Now he wants to apply that knowledge to help society, from climate change to gang violence.

By S.C. Stuart

If you're a fan of heist movies like The Italian Job, you're familiar with the scene where the bad guys gather around a map, and the kingpin says something like: "The guards do a security patrol at 05:30 hours. Synchronize your watches. We'll enter here at 05:47 hours. Fingers will disable the alarm before Maxi and her team enter the building via the roof."...