The Center for AI and Responsible Decision Making in Finance (CREDIF) collaborates with USC Viterbi School of Engineering and Computing to support innovative AI research in the financial services sector.
The CREDIF annually invites research proposals from faculty members for AI research awards and nominations for Capital One Fellowships.
The first call for proposals in 2024 led to six USC research proposals and six USC PhD students receiving AI research and fellowship awards.
Award recipients engage in collaborative research with Capital One scientists to drive advancements in AI technologies for finance.
Projects include privacy-preserving data generation, AI predictions from financial data, and revolutionizing financial fraud detection among others.
Highlighted PhD students are focusing on LLM trustworthiness, reinforcement learning for safer AI, graph foundation models, online learning, and culturally aware AI personalization.
Research award recipients commenced their projects in Spring 2025, and a new call for proposals for Fall 2025 — Spring 2026 has been initiated.
CREDIF aims to recognize innovators driving breakthroughs in AI and finance through ongoing collaborations and academic partnerships.
The work done through CREDIF and its partnerships focuses on developing AI-powered solutions to analyze financial data and drive transformative applications in the industry.