The Wharton School establishes Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative

In an initiative that includes strategic investment in artificial intelligence research and teaching, Wharton announces the first business school collaboration with OpenAI. The Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative will be led by Warren Center affiliate Eric Bradlow.

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Penn Engineering and Harvard Awarded $12 Million NSF Grant for Sustainable Computing Project

Penn and Harvard have been awarded $12 million for NSF Expeditions in Computing: Carbon Connect — An Ecosystem for Sustainable Computing, which will be led by Benjamin Lee and David Brooks, and will redefine the way computer scientists approach environmental sustainability.

• Computer and Information Science
• Electrical and Systems Engineering

The Wharton Moneyball Podcast Celebrates its 10-Year Anniversary

Wharton Moneyball, the popular Sirius XM radio show hosted by several Warren Center faculty affiliates, celebrated its 10-year anniversary this March, marking a decade of insightful, free-flowing, and data-backed conversations about the world of sports and statistics.

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• Statistics

Investing in AI at Penn Engineering

How did Penn Engineering become a leader in AI? It began with the support of philanthropically minded alumni and friends of Penn Engineering like Rajendra Singh (PAR’10, PAR’11), Harlan Stone (C’80, PAR’13) and Warren Center Founding Donor Fred Warren (ME’60, WG’61, PAR’87, PAR’19)

Does simple guesswork lead to more cooperation than complicated calculus?

In two papers, one published in PLoS Computational Biology and the other in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, Erol Akçay and other researchers explored how reasoning strategies can be effectively modeled and applied to enhance biologists’ understanding of social dynamics.

• Biology

Exploring AI in Engineering

Surbhi Goel and Chris Callison-Burch joined this episode of the Innovation & Impact podcast to discuss how AI is accelerating discovery in fields such as Bioengineering and Computing while also bringing unexpected new challenges in areas such as security.

• Computer and Information Science

Surbhi Goel Explains How ChatGPT Actually Works

How do large language models (LLMs), which power chatbots like ChatGPT, actually work? Few are better qualified to answer this question than Surbhi Goel, who completed her doctoral dissertation on understanding how neural networks work, of which LLMs are just one prominent example.

• Computer and Information Science

Chris Callison-Burch Talks Empowering Tomorrow’s AI Engineers

Through programs like the Raj and Neera Singh Program in Artificial Intelligence, Penn Engineering is addressing the critical demand for specialized engineers and empowering students to be leaders in AI’s responsible use. Chris Callison-Burch shares his own vision of an AI-integrated future.

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What to know: 2024 total solar eclipse

Penn Today met with astronomers Gary Bernstein and Bhuvnesh Jain to learn more about the mechanics of an eclipse, the coming one’s significance, and how eclipses have historically informed scientists understanding of the nature of the universe.

• Physics and Astronomy

Sampath Kannan Will be Next Associate Director of the Simons Institute

Congratulations to Sampath Kannan, who will be the next associate director of the Simons Institute starting July 1, 2024. Sampath succeeds Sandy Irani, who has served as the Institute’s associate director since 2022.

• Computer and Information Science