STEM legacies: Five researchers reflect on the women who inspire them

Women’s History Month provides an opportunity to commemorate the contributions made by women over many generations. Dani Bassett discussed the women in STEM who have been a source of inspiration and encouragement throughout her own career.

Bioengineering
Electrical and Systems Engineering

Big Data’s Biggest Challenge: How to Avoid Getting Lost in the Weeds

Companies have access to more data than ever before, but how can they optimize it without getting lost in the weeds – or losing sight of the customer? Raghu Iyengar offered advice from his own experiences in a conversation with Knowledge@Wharton.

Marketing

Ubiquity of Data

Scheme basketball game on blackboard background

The math behind March Madness

Penn Today sat down with statistician Shane Jensen to discuss the math behind sports team rankings, why March Madness has so many underdog victories, and how technology might change how analysts study sports teams in the future.

Statistics

Ubiquity of Data

Translating the World’s Languages

Chris Callison-Burch first wondered how computers could be used to translate languages as a high school freshman while tinkering with his first computer and reading science fiction. Callison-Burch now works at the intersection of linguistics and the computer science field of machine learning.

Computer and Information Science

Social Norms for Algorithms

González-Bailón Named 2019-20 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellow

Sandra González-Bailón has been named a 2019-20 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciencesat Stanford University. Since 1954, this year-long program has been bringing scholars from across the United States and around the globe to live and conduct research together at Stanford.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

The Virality Paradox

Damon Centola thinks the contemporary wisdom about how behavior spreads is missing something fundamental—and that may be why mindless trivialities crowd out civic engagement. Can anything be done? He has an idea or two.

Communication

Consensus and Contagion in Society

Trump’s 5G Plan Is More Than a Gift to His Base

The Trump re-election campaign’s wireless open access proposal was a poorly vetted scheme possibly intended to score political points, and was squelched almost immediately after it became public. The twist? Open access wireless is actually a terrific idea, writes Kevin Werbach.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

Prof. Coglianese appointed to National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee

Cary Coglianese has been appointed a member of a committee of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board that is charged with studying the federal government’s inspections of offshore oil and gas operations.

Law
Political Science

The physics of multitasking

Penn physicists, including Eleni Katifori, characterize the limits of multitasking in biological networks, paving the way for future applications in fields from biology to medicine.

Physics and Astronomy

Ubiquity of Data

How the Blockchain Ushers in a New Form of Trust

Blockchain is one of the biggest buzzwords in technology today, but confusion exists about what it is exactly. Kevin Werbach provides an in-depth explanation of the blockchain, as presented in his new book, The Blockchain and the New Architecture of Trust.

Legal Studies & Business Ethics

Resilience in Networked Systems

News

STEM legacies: Five researchers reflect on the women who inspire them

Big Data’s Biggest Challenge: How to Avoid Getting Lost in the Weeds

The math behind March Madness

Translating the World’s Languages

González-Bailón Named 2019-20 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences Fellow

The Virality Paradox

Trump’s 5G Plan Is More Than a Gift to His Base

Prof. Coglianese appointed to National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee

The physics of multitasking

How the Blockchain Ushers in a New Form of Trust