Turning Data into Discoveries

A $25 million gift from Harlan M. Stone, C’80, PAR’13 has laid the groundwork for the construction of new Data Science Building at 34th and Chestnut Streets. Vijay Kumar notes that spaces where students and faculty can collaborate, like the ones in the new building, are a vital part of a Penn education.

Computer and Information Science
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Ubiquity of Data

10 Teams Selected for the First Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge

Chris Callison-Burch and his team at Penn were selected to participate in the Amazon Science Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge, the first conversational AI challenge to incorporate multimodal (voice and vision) customer experiences. The year-long competition will conclude in May 2022.

Computer and Information Science

Ubiquity of Data

How Mathematicians Use Homology to Make Sense of Topology

Originally devised as a rigorous means of counting holes, homology provides a scaffolding for mathematical ideas, allowing for a new way to analyze the shapes within data. Robert Ghrist comments in this Quanta Magazine article.

Electrical and Systems Engineering
Mathematics

Ubiquity of Data

Learning Deep Learning Together

Konrad Kording discusses his work in educating the next generation in deep learning, and his views on the importance of causality in deep learning research on this episode of the SuperDataScience podcast.

Bioengineering
Neuroscience

Ubiquity of Data

Jason Moore elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics

The International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics announced the 2021 Class of Academy Fellows, which included Warren Center affiliate Jason Moore. Academy Fellowship is one of the highest honors in the international field of biomedical and health informatics.

Biomedical Informatics

Ubiquity of Data

With impressive accuracy, dogs can sniff out coronavirus

In a proof-of-concept study led by the School of Veterinary Medicine, researchers investigated if canines’ sensitive noses could discriminate positive from negative SARS-CoV-2 samples. Processing the results with assistance from Richard Berk, the team found that dogs could identify positive samples with 96% accuracy.

Criminology
Statistics

Ubiquity of Data

Vijay Kumar elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Congratulations to Vijay Kumar for being one of six Penn faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences! He joins more than 250 new members honored in 2021, recognized for their work to “help solve the world’s most urgent challenges, create meaning through art, and contribute to the common good.”

Computer and Information Science
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Ubiquity of Data

Chris Callison-Burch receives Ford Motor Company Award for Faculty Advising

Congratulations to Chris Callison-Burch, who received the Ford Motor Company Award for Faculty Advising, one of Penn Engineering's annual teaching and advising awards. This award recognizes Chris's dedication to helping students realize their educational, career and personal goals.

Computer and Information Science

Ubiquity of Data

How Big a Threat Is the Supreme Court to Biden’s Climate Agenda?

President Biden will rely upon regulatory agencies like the EPA to push his ambitious clean energy and climate agenda. Yet increasingly conservative courts could stand in the way of Biden’s plans. Cary Coglianese discusses how big a threat the Supreme Court could be to Biden’s climate agenda.

Law
Political Science

Ubiquity of Data

Toward a better understanding of ‘fake news’

Duncan Watts has published a new framework for studying media bias and misinformation, detailing an ambitious and comprehensive research agenda for understanding the origins, nature, and prevalence of misinformation and its impact on democracy.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Operations Information and Decisions

Ubiquity of Data

News

Turning Data into Discoveries

10 Teams Selected for the First Alexa Prize TaskBot Challenge

How Mathematicians Use Homology to Make Sense of Topology

Learning Deep Learning Together

Jason Moore elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics

With impressive accuracy, dogs can sniff out coronavirus

Vijay Kumar elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Chris Callison-Burch receives Ford Motor Company Award for Faculty Advising

How Big a Threat Is the Supreme Court to Biden’s Climate Agenda?

Toward a better understanding of ‘fake news’