Engage in insightful discussions about the critical considerations surrounding AI and technology, while gaining a nuanced and informed understanding of the vast possibilities and social implications these tools bring. Connect with a vibrant community of mindful practitioners, stay updated on the latest AI news, and explore responsible use-cases in the real world.
Date: February 13, 2024
Time: 9:30 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (Sixth Floor)
Join for a day of interdisciplinary exploration featuring expert speakers, discussions, curated documents from the Kislak Center, and hands-on projects.
Date: February 27, 2024
Time: 9:45 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center (Sixth Floor)
Delve into the relationship between AI, gender, multilingualism, and the environment in a day filled with stimulating sessions exploring the diverse facets of AI’s impact.
See the Penn Libraries event page for more information.
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Sign up for Penn’s first Gen AI Hackathon!
The Penn Generative AI Hackathon is a university-wide two day event (2/16-17) in Tangen Hall for students across Penn’s ecosystem to learn, build, and create Gen AI based applications. Sponsored by today’s leading Gen AI companies and backers, join Penn’s top builders in competing across six categories for over $5,000 in prizes.
No AI or hackathon experience is required.
Apply at https://penngenai.xyz by February 9, 2024 to get involved.
DDDI is thrilled to sponsor the 10th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) being held this summer, July 17-20, at the University of Pennsylvania. IC2S2 brings together social, computational, complexity, and network scientists working at the frontiers of computational social science to explore transformative solutions for societal challenges.
- Call for Abstracts
- The deadline to submit an abstract is February 24th. IC2S2 welcomes diverse contributions that push the boundaries of computational social science.
- Call for Tutorials
- The tutorial submission deadline is January 19th. From methodological insights to disciplinary overviews, IC2S2 invites comprehensive tutorials at the intersection of the social sciences, computer science, and statistics.
For more information and up-to-date deadlines, visit the IC2S2 Conference website.
DDDI Announces new Data Science Careers Program
Coming Spring 2024!
The Data Driven Discovery Initiative (DDDI) is excited to announce the launch of its new Data Science Careers program. This new program will help students explore the wide variety of data driven careers that exist across industry, government, and non-governmental organizations. The program will offer a new panel series bringing data science professionals to Penn this Spring, and will work with Penn alumni to identify new data driven internship opportunities for Penn students, starting with a few opportunities this summer. DDDI will hold its first industry jobs panel in late February of 2024 in partnership with Penn’s College Alumni Mentoring Service (CAMS).
More Details Coming Soon
All interested students are invited to take part in these opportunities. We encourage you to visit DDDI’s website at https://web.sas.upenn.edu/data-science for updates. While only a handful of internship opportunities are likely to be available this first year, we encourage you to register your interest with us and we will keep you in mind as we grow our network of opportunities in the future.
For inquiries and further information, please contact:
Dr. Colin Twomey
411 McNeil Building
3718 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6286
crtwomey@sas.upenn.edu
About the Data Driven Discovery Initiative: The Data Driven Discovery Initiative at the University of Pennsylvania is dedicated to advancing research and education in data science and analytics. Through innovative projects, partnerships, and programs, we are shaping the future of data-driven innovation at Penn and around the world.
Visit our website at https://web.sas.upenn.edu/data-science
The Data Driven Discovery Initiative is hosting a panel discussion on generative AI entitled “ChatGPT turns one: How is generative AI reshaping science?”
What kinds of discoveries will generative AI enable? Penn faculty will discuss fascinating new advances in the natural and social sciences enabled by generative AI. They will consider which areas of science will be completely transformed, which will be augmented in new directions, and which will carry on as they always have, untouched by generative AI. Which new questions will be tackled that previously were only topics of speculative discussion?
Tools like ChatGPT may also change the process of doing science, from writing to reviewing to communicating findings to the public. What might the new scientific process look like?
The level of discussion will be accessible to any student in SAS.
A live stream of the discussion and a recording of the event will be made available (please see below for more information).
Panelists:
Also featuring:
Date: Thursday, November 30th, 2023
Time: 2:30 – 4pm
Location: Blank Forum (Room 250, PCPSE Building 2nd floor)
Live stream: Available via zoom.
Recording:
