Penn Electric Racing’s Comeback

The team behind the fully electric REV11 race car overcame technical challenges to successfully compete in this year’s Formula SAE Electric competition, placing 15th overall and earning first place in the Business Presentation event. “What stands out most to me is not just the results, but how the team got there,” says Vijay Kumar.

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

Ubiquity of Data

New Study Explains When Some Conspiracy Beliefs Can Lead to Action

A new study published in the British Journal of Social Psychology identifies three characteristics that help determine when conspiracy beliefs are most likely to shape real-world behavior. The study’s senior author, Dolores Albarracín, said the findings point to new ways of thinking about interventions.

Communication
Health Management
Nursing
Psychology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

How AI Could Make Autism Screening More Accessible

In a new study published in IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, René Vidal and collaborators developed an artificial intelligence system that measures a child’s ability to imitate simple body movements using nothing more than ordinary video.

Computer and Information Science
Electrical and Systems Engineering
Radiology

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Can AI Detectors Be Trusted?

AI detectors trained on human prose can flag straightforward syntax and a measured tone as machine-generated. “An AI detector should not be used as the sole mechanism for determining whether someone has violated a policy and then sanctioning them,” said Chris Callison-Burch.

Computer and Information Science

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A Crash Course in AI

How is artificial intelligence evolving? How does it even work? Questions like these brought 75 Penn faculty members out for a hands-on AI training that was created and overseen by Bhuvnesh Jain.

Physics and Astronomy

Ubiquity of Data

Meet the New Vice Dean of Wharton’s EMBA Program

Technology is reshaping the way organizations operate, and the new Vice Dean of Wharton’s MBA Program for Executives, Kevin Werbach, brings deep expertise in navigating those changes.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

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How Social Networks Reshaped Society and Politics

A new book by Sandra González-Bailón and journalist Jordi Pérez Colomé documents how digital technology has upended political power over the last three decades. “We challenge the idea that algorithms alone control what we see,” says González-Bailón.

Communication
Sociology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

How Personalized AI Tutors Can Help Students Learn

New research from Hamsa Bastani and collaborators reveals how small design changes can make AI tutoring more effective by emulating the most effective practices of human instructors.

Operations Information and Decisions

Ubiquity of Data

Dolores Albarracín Appointed New Director of Annenberg Public Policy Center

Dolores Albarracín is the new director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, succeeding Kathleen Hall Jamieson, who will continue her work as director emerita.

Communication
Health Management
Nursing
Psychology

Ubiquity of Data

Transforming Healthcare Logistics With Low-Cost AI

Hamsa Bastani and collaborators partnered with Sierra Leone’s government to build a low-cost AI tool that optimizes the allocation of essential medical supplies across the country.

Operations Information and Decisions

Ubiquity of Data

News

Penn Electric Racing’s Comeback

New Study Explains When Some Conspiracy Beliefs Can Lead to Action

How AI Could Make Autism Screening More Accessible

Can AI Detectors Be Trusted?

A Crash Course in AI

Meet the New Vice Dean of Wharton’s EMBA Program

How Social Networks Reshaped Society and Politics

How Personalized AI Tutors Can Help Students Learn

Dolores Albarracín Appointed New Director of Annenberg Public Policy Center

Transforming Healthcare Logistics With Low-Cost AI