Imagine that you’re a first-year student in the Master of Computer and Information Technology (MCIT) program, Penn Engineering’s most popular online degree. You’ve spent hours … Read More ›
Category: Research + Innovation
In a breakthrough that promises to reshape the future of smart materials, a multidisciplinary team of researchers from Penn Engineering, Harvard University, Duke University,* University … Read More ›
Climate change is one of the most pressing challenges of our time, demanding urgent and effective action to mitigate its severe impacts. One barrier to … Read More ›
They say you never forget how to ride a bike. Dustyn Roberts hopes that her students never forget how a bike—something everyone has either seen or … Read More ›
Penn Engineers have developed the first programmable chip that can train nonlinear neural networks using light — a breakthrough that could dramatically speed up AI … Read More ›
In any business, time is money. So it’s hardly surprising that many sectors have embraced systems powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML): … Read More ›
Early advocates of social media believed that the creation of these platforms would lead to positive outcomes. When Facebook was launched in 2004, it was … Read More ›
On a pre-dawn morning in mid-February, two dozen students from Penn huddled together on a New Jersey airfield, anxiously awaiting a pivotal test flight. Breath … Read More ›
As the Phillies gear up for the home opener, behind the scenes, another tradition takes place: each baseball is rubbed with the “magic mud,” a little-known … Read More ›
Ph.D. students in Penn’s Brachio Lab have been assessing the safety of machine learning systems for real-world uses like economic forecasting, cultural politeness, and legal reasoning. In … Read More ›