Moral Code

Pennsylvania Gazette contributor Daniel Akst spoke with Michael Kearns about what might make an algorithm ethical and how we can manage the tradeoffs this might entail.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Job Ads for AI Could Soon Look Like This. Are You Ready?

Jason Moore's recent Extreme Tech op-ed looks at a new computer science discipline called automated machine learning, or AutoML, and how it could potentially open up a whole new field of lucrative and fulfilling work.

Biomedical Informatics

Ubiquity of Data

Making sense of the election

A panel of Penn political scientists, including Warren Center faculty affiliate Diana Mutz, helped a virtual audience make sense of the presidential election and what comes next.

Communication
Political Science

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Gamification Is Changing How We Work — and Succeed

In a revised and updated edition of For the Win: The Power of Gamification and Game Thinking in Business, Education, Government, and Social Impact, authors Kevin Werbach and Dan Hunter argue that applying the lessons of gamification could change your business, the way you learn or teach, and even your life.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Ubiquity of Data

How did echo chambers influence the 2020 election?

Research from Sandra González-Bailón shows that people are consuming news from more diverse sources, but many don’t consume any news at all. It’s too soon to tell what role that played in the recent race for president.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

How Data Science Can Help Marketers Manage Unprecedented Disruption

Recently, Barbara Kahn, executive director of MSI and Wharton Marketing Professor, sat down with Kartik Hosanagar and Raghuram Iyengar. They discussed how AI and analytics can be used for governance and risk mitigation, and how algorithms can be used to manage disruption in unpredictable times.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

Mobile Phones Help Americans Encounter More Diverse News

In a new study published in PNAS, Sandra González-Bailón found that contrary to the conventional wisdom about segregated news bubbles, mobile devices are exposing Americans to a much greater variety of news, diversifying the stories that people encounter and exposing them to a breadth of information sources.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

The role of data in a world reshaped by COVID-19

Experts across Penn, including Warren Center affiliates Duncan Watts, Maria Cuellar, Shane Jensen, and Jason Moore, share their insights on how data and data science affect their fields in the context of an ongoing pandemic.

Biomedical Informatics
Communication
Computer and Information Science
Criminology
Operations Information and Decisions
Statistics

Ubiquity of Data

Amazon Scholars Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth discuss the ethics of machine learning

Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth, two of the world’s leading experts on algorithmic bias, look back at the events of the past year and reflect on what we’ve learned, what we’re still grappling with, and how far we have to go.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Why Social Media Makes Us More Polarized and How to Fix It

Facebook has become a battleground among partisan “echo chambers.” But what is it about social media that makes people so polarized? According to Damon Centola's Scientific American op-ed, research shows it’s the influencers, not the networks themselves, that amplify differences between us.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society