Gig Economy Protections: Did the EU Get It Right?

According to Gad Allon, the gig economy requires regulation to ensure that there is enough competition in the market, not only on the customer side but also on the firm side or on the contractor side. In this podcast, he discusses the EU’s new rules protecting gig economy workers.

Operations Information and Decisions

Ubiquity of Data

Knowledge by the Slice: Observing the Invisible

At a Knowledge by the Slice lecture, part of a lunchtime series that offers topical talks by insightful faculty experts, Bhuvnesh Jain discussed what it means to pursue the mystery of dark matter and the use of some of the world’s largest telescopes to search for it.

Physics and Astronomy

Ubiquity of Data

Beyond Clicks: Getting the Most out of Big Data

In the deep ocean of big data, it’s hard for companies to know what’s true or even relevant to their operations. The latest research from Hamsa Bastani can help companies navigate the waters by offering a better way to use predictive analytics.

Operations Information and Decisions

Ubiquity of Data

Connecting The Dots

For many people, the Internet is a centerpiece of social and professional activity, but billions of people around the world still lack access to it. Christopher Yoo launched the 1 World Connected project to identify, analyze, and share innovative supply- and demand-side approaches to connecting new communities.

Law

Ubiquity of Data

Big Data in Dynamic Predictive Econometric Modeling

The work at the 2017 Warren Center co-sponsored conference on Big Data in Dynamic Predictive Econometric Modeling has led to a special issue of the Journal of Econometrics, currently in press. Read the introduction from author Francis Diebold.

Economics
Finance
Statistics

Ubiquity of Data

Artist’s impression of Planet Nine, depicted as a dark sphere with the Milky Way in the background.

The search for Planet 9, 10, and beyond

Bhuvnesh Jain co-hosted a first-of-its-kind workshop by bringing together experts in planetary science and cosmology to develop a strategy for finding new planets and studying objects in the outer reaches of the solar system.

Physics and Astronomy

Ubiquity of Data

The Emerging Internet of Things: Opportunities and Challenges for Privacy and Security

One of the most dynamic and exciting developments in information and communications technology is the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT). Christopher Yoo discusses opportunities and challenges for privacy and security within the Internet of Things.

Communication
Computer and Information Science
Law

Ubiquity of Data

Big Data’s Biggest Challenge: How to Avoid Getting Lost in the Weeds

Companies have access to more data than ever before, but how can they optimize it without getting lost in the weeds – or losing sight of the customer? Raghu Iyengar offered advice from his own experiences in a conversation with Knowledge@Wharton.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

Scheme basketball game on blackboard background

The math behind March Madness

Penn Today sat down with statistician Shane Jensen to discuss the math behind sports team rankings, why March Madness has so many underdog victories, and how technology might change how analysts study sports teams in the future.

Statistics

Ubiquity of Data

The physics of multitasking

Penn physicists, including Eleni Katifori, characterize the limits of multitasking in biological networks, paving the way for future applications in fields from biology to medicine.

Physics and Astronomy

Ubiquity of Data

News

Gig Economy Protections: Did the EU Get It Right?

Knowledge by the Slice: Observing the Invisible

Beyond Clicks: Getting the Most out of Big Data

Connecting The Dots

Big Data in Dynamic Predictive Econometric Modeling

The search for Planet 9, 10, and beyond

The Emerging Internet of Things: Opportunities and Challenges for Privacy and Security

Big Data’s Biggest Challenge: How to Avoid Getting Lost in the Weeds

The math behind March Madness

The physics of multitasking