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Cynthia Sung Receives Army Early Career Award to Make Robots Move Like Animals

Inspired by the variety of muscles that control movement in animals, Cynthia Sung, Gabel Family Term Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics (MEAM) … Read More ›

Posted on June 14, 2024June 11, 2024
Chinedum Osuji
Academics, Research + Innovation

Environmental Innovations Initiative Faculty Spotlight: Chinedum Osuji

Chinedum Osuji, a faculty fellow of the Environmental Innovations Initiative (EII), is the Eduardo D. Glandt Chair and a professor in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering department of the School … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2024July 17, 2024
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Research + Innovation

Mapping How People Get Their (Political) News

With political polarization in the American public at a record high, determining where Americans get their political news is crucial to making sense of the … Read More ›

Posted on June 13, 2024June 12, 2024
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In the News, Research + Innovation

Looking to AI to Solve Antibiotic Resistance

Make sure you finish your antibiotics course, even if you start feeling better’ is a medical mantra many hear but ignore,” says Cesar de la … Read More ›

Posted on June 12, 2024
Six robots gather around an oversized typewriter using their own laptops, tablets, and phones, illustrating the concept of writing or journalism work being performed by artificial intelligence. Illustration uses a unified palette of neutral and turquoise colors, comprised of vector shapes over a dark gray background on a 16x9 artboard, and presented in isometric view.
Research + Innovation

Censoring Creativity: The Limits of ChatGPT for Scriptwriting

Last year, the Writers Guild of America (WGA) labor union, which represents film and TV writers, went on strike for nearly five months, in part … Read More ›

Posted on June 10, 2024July 17, 2024
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Guest Posts, Research + Innovation, Students

Bruce Lee: Exploring the Limits of Robotic Systems

As machine learning enters the mainstream, consumers may assume that it can solve almost any problem. This is not true, says Bruce Lee, a doctoral … Read More ›

Posted on June 10, 2024July 17, 2024
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In the News, Research + Innovation

Largest-Ever Antibiotic Discovery Effort Uses AI to Uncover Potential Cures in Microbial Dark Matter

Almost a century ago, the discovery of antibiotics like penicillin revolutionized medicine by harnessing the natural bacteria-killing abilities of microbes. Today, a new study co-led … Read More ›

Posted on June 7, 2024July 17, 2024
Grants, Honors + Awards, In the News

Six Interdisciplinary Projects Receive Support from ASSET Center Seed Grants in Trustworthy AI Research for Medicine

The ASSET Center at Penn Engineering aims to make AI-enabled systems more “safe, explainable and trustworthy.” AI can have a transformative impact on the broad … Read More ›

Posted on June 6, 2024July 17, 2024
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Students

Late-Night Lessons and Diaries

PGS: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Ani Petrosyan, SEAS ’26, one of the PGS Correspondents, shares her experience abroad during the Spring 2024 semester.  It’s 11 PM … Read More ›

Posted on June 4, 2024
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In the News, Research + Innovation

NSF-Funded Expedition Project Uses AI to Rethink Computer Operating Systems

Thanks to a major grant from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Expeditions in Computing program, Penn Engineering will partner with the University of Texas at … Read More ›

Posted on May 31, 2024May 31, 2024

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