The brain in the machine Michael Kearns and Shivani Agarwal provide insights into how computers learn, the current challenges of artificial intelligence research, and what the future holds for how machines might shape society in the future. Computer and Information Science caret-arrow Social Norms for Algorithms
Bots, biases, and binge watching: How AI shapes the modern world Penn Today produced a three-part series and podcast on artificial intelligence, with expertise from Warren Center affiliates in the School of Arts and Sciences, the Perelman School of Medicine, the Wharton School, Penn Law, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science. Communication Computer and Information Science Electrical and Systems Engineering Law caret-arrow Social Norms for Algorithms
Curbing Climate Change: 30 Solutions That Could Make an Impact Penn Law's Cary Coglianese discuss the solutions offered by a new Penn-wide report on climate change that attempts to boil many challenges down to just 30 “policy-relevant and solution-oriented” proposals that can be applied at the local, state and national levels. Law Political Science caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
The Customer Centricity Playbook Wins Best Business Book Award The Customer Centricity Playbook, the innovative guide from authors Peter Fader and Sarah Toms for companies to revolutionize the way they think about their customers, has been named a winner of a 2019 Digital Book Award. Marketing caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Gutmann and Moreno talk bioethics, health care in new book The University’s president, a political philosopher, teamed up with a Penn Integrates Knowledge professor Jonathan Moreno to write “Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven but Nobody Wants to Die,” which hit the shelves at the end of August. History and Sociology of Science Medical Ethics and Health Policy Philosophy caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
A molecular ‘atlas’ of animal development In a new paper, Junhyong Kim and collaborators report the first detailed molecular characterization of how every cell changes during animal embryonic development. The work used the latest technology in the emergent field of single cell biology to profile more than 80,000 cells in the embryo of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Biology caret-arrow Ubiquity of Data
Tom Baker awarded major grant in support of research The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) awarded a grant to Tom Baker and Allison Hoffman in support of their work to organize the 2020 Health Insurance Exchange Conference, “Ten Years After the ACA: Imagining Health Insurance Futures.” The RWJF is the United States’ largest philanthropic organization dedicated solely to health. Law caret-arrow
Polarization can happen even when rational people listen to each other Using computer models, Daniel J. Singer and colleagues found that divides over factual issues can stem from humans’ limited memory capacity rather than from one side or the other being irrational. Philosophy caret-arrow Consensus and Contagion in Society
Warren Center Affiliate Profile- Duncan Watts What happens when groups of people interact and how does the structure of those interactions lead to better or worse collective outcomes? This fundamental question has driven Duncan Watts’ work from the time he was a PhD student at Cornell to his current position as a Penn PIK Professor. Communication Computer and Information Science Operations Information and Decisions caret-arrow Consensus and Contagion in Society
Penn Engineering Announces Four New Scholarly Chairs Danielle Bassett has been named the J. Peter Skirkanich Professor of Bioengineering. The Professorship was established to honor J. Peter “Pete” Skirkanich, an alumnus, trustee and member of the School of Engineering Board of Overseers who also served as co-chair of Engineering’s “Making History through Innovation” capital campaign. Bioengineering caret-arrow
