New Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies

Ezekiel Dixon-Román and others recently announced the launch of the Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies. The training institute is designed for scholars from underrepresented backgrounds as well as for scholars doing critical research on communities of color.

Social Policy

Weijie Su named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow

Weijie Su, Assistant Professor of Statistics, is among the 126 recipients of the 2020 Sloan Research Fellowship. The award recognizes early-career researchers and scholars in the United States and Canada, and each recipient will receive a two-year, $70,000 Fellowship for their research.

Statistics

Co-Edited by Professor González-Bailón, New Book Features Work By Penn Faculty and Alumni

Oxford University Press has published The Oxford Handbook of Networked Communication, which is co-edited by Sandra González-Bailón. This handbook brings together scholars across the social and technological sciences to lay the foundations of communication research in the networked age.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Is Streaming the Future of TV Programming?

Raghu Iyengar joined the Wharton Business Daily podcast to talk about the complex market for streaming services, the challenges that come with continually creating fresh, new content, and the future of TV programming.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

Science Magazine’s favorite photos of 2019

Curated from the thousands of photos that graced their website and magazine in 2019, Science Magazine chronicled their favorite photos of the year. Included in the top 20 is a photo of Danielle Bassett standing near her lab’s representation of the brain’s structural connections, which was made from MRI data.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

How biology creates networks that are cheap, robust, and efficient

A new study in Physical Review Letters from Eleni Katifori shows how a wide variety of vascular networks can be created by changing only a small number of a network’s attributes.

Physics and Astronomy

Ubiquity of Data

Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth at a chalkboard

Ethical algorithm design should guide technology regulation

Michael Kearns and Aaron Roth explore ways to mitigate possible biases and create a pathway toward greater fairness in AI and emerging technologies in their Brookings Policy Brief.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Gamble

Facebook, the world’s largest social network, with more than 2.4 billion monthly users, is developing a cryptocurrency that has the potential to reshape the global financial landscape. Kevin Werbach discusses how the tech giant's Libra project could change the way we bank⁠—if it ever becomes reality.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

Research Identifies Changes in Neural Circuits Underlying Self-Control, Decision Making During Adolescent Brain Development

Researchers from the Lifespan Brain Institute and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, including Ted Satterthwaite, applied tools from network science to identify how anatomical connections in the brain develop to support neural activity in key areas.

Psychiatry

Evolution, Emergence and the Brain

Is Free Shipping Sustainable for Retailers?

Shoppers who ventured into stores on Black Friday, November 29, may have noticed significantly less frenzy than in previous years. Wharton’s Ron Berman spoke with Wharton Business Daily on Sirius XM about the impact of free shipping on retailers.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

News

New Institute in Critical Quantitative, Computational, & Mixed Methodologies

Weijie Su named 2020 Sloan Research Fellow

Co-Edited by Professor González-Bailón, New Book Features Work By Penn Faculty and Alumni

Is Streaming the Future of TV Programming?

Science Magazine’s favorite photos of 2019

How biology creates networks that are cheap, robust, and efficient

Ethical algorithm design should guide technology regulation

Facebook’s Cryptocurrency Gamble

Research Identifies Changes in Neural Circuits Underlying Self-Control, Decision Making During Adolescent Brain Development

Is Free Shipping Sustainable for Retailers?