This Fall, DDDI is working together with the Research Data & Digital Scholarship librarians to develop two new programs at Penn. The programs will foster student-led data driven projects within the Penn community, and discussions on the potential applications and issues surrounding new advances in generative AI.

DDDI is excited to announce the new Data Science and Analytics minor! The DASA minor offers Penn students a new path to a foundational education in data science that can be tailored to their existing field of study in the natural and social sciences.

Please join us for the Data Driven Discovery Initiative’s 2023 Summer Hangouts program! Undergrads, grad students, and postdocs are all invited to participate in informal, hands-on tutorials led by our team of DDDI postdoctoral research fellows. These tutorials are open to students from all backgrounds and skill levels, covering a wide range of data science topics.

Thank you to all our DDDI postdoctoral fellows for the many insightful conversations at our postdoc lunches this past year. If you happen to be on or near campus on June 30th, please come join us at the Kaskey Park BioPond for a reunion to celebrate our past academic year together. Have a great summer, and looking forward to seeing you again in the Fall!

The Carpentries is an international network of data scientists and technical specialists who provide training in a wide range of data skills including Python, R, data management, and much more. The two-day workshop (from 10am-3pm, with additional hang-out and Q&A until 5pm) will be taught by data specialists from academia and industry brought in for Penn Undergraduate Research Mentoring Program students.

The arrival of ChatGPT has sparked lively debate about how generative AI will impact universities like ours and society at large. Penn faculty have been at the forefront of tracking the impact of AI across diverse fields including the sciences, technology, media and...