Bridging the Energy Gap: AI and the Future of Data Centers

Benjamin Lee shares insights on the challenges of powering AI's rapid growth and how innovation in energy infrastructure could shape the future of technology on Interesting Engineering's Lexicon Podcast.

• Computer and Information Science
• Electrical and Systems Engineering

Coverage of civilian casualties in allied countries boosts support for U.S. involvement

A new paper from Dolores Albarracín finds that media coverage of civilian casualties evokes empathy and increases public support for U.S. involvement in conflicts—provided that the victims are from allied countries.

• Communication
• Health Management
• Nursing
• Psychology

Practical AI for the Working Mathematician

In this video from the Association for Mathematical Research, Robert Ghrist discusses practical techniques for the working mathematician looking to leverage AI language models to enhance their research program.

• Electrical and Systems Engineering
• Mathematics

Cryptocurrency and Blockchains

In a recent episode of Knowledge at Wharton's Ripple Effect podcast, Kevin Werbach breaks down how blockchain works and cuts through the political hype around cryptocurrency, which is gaining attention as Trump begins his second term.

• Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Who to Vaccinate First? Penn Engineers Answer a Life-or-Death Question with Network Theory

A team of researchers at Penn, including Shirin Saeedi Bidokhti and Saswati Sarkar, have developed a groundbreaking framework that can determine the best and most computationally optimized distribution strategy for COVID-19 vaccinations in any given community.

• Electrical and Systems Engineering

Is Moore’s Law Really Dead?

With speed bumps on the path of progress ahead, experts have become at once more contemplative and ambitious about the future of computing technologies. In this Penn Engineering Magazine Q&A, Benjamin Lee digs into the stakes of Moore’s Law and reflects on the consequences and opportunities of its possible end.

• Computer and Information Science
• Electrical and Systems Engineering

Why Our Brains are So Good at Seeing Causality (and What AI Requires to Catch Up)

Despite huge advances, current AI systems have trouble figuring out causation: the relationship between cause and effect. Konrad Kording spoke with CIFAR about strategies to use machine learning systems to model causality and how likely it is that the field of AI will reach artificial general intelligence in the next decade.

• Bioengineering
• Neuroscience

Q&A: The mysterious flying objects

For more than a month, residents in New Jersey, parts of Pennsylvania, and New York have spotted unidentified flying objects, which local residents refer to as “drones,” hovering over neighborhoods, critical infrastructure and even restricted sites. To learn more about the mysterious flying objects, Penn Today spoke with Vijay Kumar.

• Computer and Information Science
• Electrical and Systems Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

Nikolai Matni Receives 2024 IEEE Control Systems Society Best Paper Award

Congratulations to Nikolai Matni for receiving the 2024 IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems Best Paper Award. Matni’s work advances research in network systems, with significant implications for autonomous systems, cyber-physical networks and distributed control.

• Electrical and Systems Engineering

Amy Gutmann Hall: The New Home for Data Science and AI at Penn

Located on the NE corner of 34th and Chestnut Streets, Amy Gutmann Hall brings together Penn's efforts to harness AI and data science to advance interdisciplinary teaching and research. The building is the new home for the Warren Center, and represents a “new chapter in Penn’s leadership in the AI and data science revolution."