Iranian, American health experts share coronavirus experiences in rare talk

The coronavirus crisis and the move to online events presented Penn’s Middle East Center with a rare opportunity to foster the first public conversation about the virus between senior health officials in Iran and counterparts in the United States, moderated by Jonathan Moreno.

History and Sociology of Science
Medical Ethics and Health Policy

Ubiquity of Data

A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring

Network neuroscience could revolutionize how we understand the brain—and change our approach to neurological and psychiatric disorders. Dani Bassett discusses this developing discipline in this recent Wired article.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Is The Threat of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Getting Enough Attention?

The ultimate key to ending the coronavirus pandemic is developing an effective vaccine and administering it to the overwhelming majority of the country's 330 million residents. But a number of trends are converging in ways that may prevent the achievement of that population-wide herd immunity. Damon Centola weighs in.

Communication
Sociology

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Voice Analytics and Artificial Intelligence: Future Directions for a post-COVID world

Will Voice AI become Frankenstein’s monster that ends up breaking Asimov’s Law of Robotics of not obeying human voice commands or harming humans? Or will the adoption of Voice AI in disembodied voice assistants enrich human lives as they become more humanized? Raghu Iyengar discusses these questions in his white paper.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

Warren Center Affiliate Profile- Kristian Lum

Although statistics is not a field typically associated with social impact, Kristian Lum uses her expertise in statistical and machine learning models to address important societal issues and hopes to amplify the voices of less powerful groups and individuals in conversations about technology that affects them.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Boosting the promise — and reining in the peril — of Covid-19 preprints

Preprints are all the rage today among scientists conducting research on issues related to COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment, and vaccine development, however, Jonathan Moreno cautions that preliminary, minimally reviewed information about COVID-19 is spreading as fast as the virus itself.

History and Sociology of Science
Medical Ethics and Health Policy
Philosophy

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Forging a Resilient Supply Chain in the Era of COVID-19

Gad Allon has crafted a new Wharton Executive Education virtual program, Designing and Managing Supply Chains for the Future. The program teaches how to create strong, nimble, resilient supply chains that can weather the current crisis as well as future shocks.

Operations Information and Decisions

Resilience in Networked Systems

How Starbucks Came a Long Way on Customer Centricity

In the newest edition of Peter Fader’s book “Customer Centricity,” he describes how Starbucks has pivoted to become a more customer-centric company in the eight years since the book was first published.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

Wharton/USC Collaborative Plays Key Role in Greece’s COVID-19 Response

Hamsa Bastani joined USC Marshall faculty to create a machine learning platform that algorithmically automates the process of vetting the COVID-19 risk of incoming tourists through all ports of entry in Greece.

Operations Information and Decisions

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Fast COVID-19 Testing is Key to Re-opening

Lyle Ungar describes how COVID-19 testing will enable re-opening our economy— but only if companies and the FDA are willing to prioritize speed above accuracy.

Computer and Information Science

Ubiquity of Data

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Iranian, American health experts share coronavirus experiences in rare talk

A Radical New Model of the Brain Illuminates Its Wiring

Is The Threat of COVID Vaccine Hesitancy Getting Enough Attention?

Voice Analytics and Artificial Intelligence: Future Directions for a post-COVID world

Warren Center Affiliate Profile- Kristian Lum

Boosting the promise — and reining in the peril — of Covid-19 preprints

Forging a Resilient Supply Chain in the Era of COVID-19

How Starbucks Came a Long Way on Customer Centricity

Wharton/USC Collaborative Plays Key Role in Greece’s COVID-19 Response

Fast COVID-19 Testing is Key to Re-opening