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Penn Launches University-Wide AI Initiative with Interdisciplinary Panel Event
The University of Pennsylvania officially launched its new Penn AI Initiative with a panel event at the recently opened Amy Gutmann Hall on April 1, 2025. The initiative brings together faculty and researchers from across Penn to explore the transformative impact of...
Call for Applications: 2025-2026 Data Science for Social Good Grants
The Data Driven Discovery Initiative is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) seed grants! These grants support innovative projects that use data science to address pressing societal challenges, with funding ranging from...
Scientific AI
April 24, 2025, 1:30pm - 3:30pm Glandt Forum Join researchers from across the School of Arts and Sciences as they explore how advancements in AI are transforming their work and unlocking new frontiers in their fields. This event aims to explore how AI is shaping...
Welcome New Postdoctoral Fellows from the Perelman School of Medicine!
The Data Driven Discovery Initiative (DDDI) is excited to announce the expansion of our postdoctoral fellows program to include five new fellows from the Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM)! This expansion brings together postdoctoral researchers working at the...
University Atlas embarks on expansion to map all of Penn
The University Atlas project, initially developed to map the research within the School of Arts and Sciences at Penn (read more in Penn Today), is embarking on a significant expansion to map the entire University of Pennsylvania. This next phase is made possible by...
AI for Science Seminar: “Learning as Manifold Packing”
When: Tuesday, March 25, 2025 from 12pm - 1pmWhere: Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 414 Title: “Learning as Manifold Packing” Abstract: Contrastive self-supervised learning based on point-wise comparisons has been widely studied for vision tasks. In the neural cortex, neuronal...
CAMS: Careers in Data Science
March 27, 2025, 5:30pm - 7:00pm Arch 208 The Data Driven Discovery Initiative (DDDI), in collaboration with Penn Arts & Sciences College Alumni Mentoring Series (CAMS), is excited to host a career mentorship panel event highlighting careers in data science....
Join us for the first AI for Science Seminar!
When: Wednesday, February 26, 2025 from 2pm - 3pm Where: Amy Gutmann Hall, Room 414 Title: "Closing the Gap Between Scientific Foundation Models and Real-World Applications" Abstract: In the era of LLM models, one gets notoriously confronted with the question of where...
Introducing Data Points: a blog for Penn’s data science community
We’re excited to announce Data Points, a new research blog showcasing the work of Penn’s data science community! Data Points aims to make data science research more accessible through thoughtful reviews, high-level walkthroughs, and interactive, explorable...