Problems involving learning from ranking and choice data arise in several domains, ranging from sports rankings to elections and from recommender systems to marketing. Indeed, algorithms for these problems have been developed in many different fields, ranging from statistics to...
Read moreThe overarching goal of the DELPHI project is to simplify the development of correct and reliable software. Existing methodologies require significant human expertise, such as in the design of appropriate abstract domains and environment models, or suffer from significant barriers...
Read moreThe Internet of Things (IoT) promises to change the way we acquire and handle data — as Internet-connected devices (wearable or implantable medical sensors, environmental sensors, devices) “stream” data back to the cloud for processing, analysis, and real-time decision-making. Consider...
Read moreIn August of 2024, the new home of Data Science at Penn (which will encompass many faculty, staff, and students in CIS) is expected to open. A flurry of construction has happened over this past summer, and on July 26th Read more…
After a banner year of hiring — with 10 new Assistant Professor hires starting over the next year — the CIS Department is delighted to welcome 3 new colleagues for the Fall: Osbert Bastani develops novel techniques for programming and Read more…
On Friday members of the Penn community, led by President Gutmann and Dean Kumar, gathered to celebrate the official groundbreaking of the new SEAS data science building, announced by naming donor Harlan Stone as Amy Gutmann Hall! The building will Read more…
We want to extend to everyone a very warm welcome (back) to the campus — after being remote for more than a year! The events of the past year have instilled an even deeper community spirit in everyone, and we Read more…
This year, the CIS Department has taken several steps to improve the PhD application process, acknowledging both the diverse backgrounds of students who are interested in graduate school as well as their diverse interests. Graduate school applications are notoriously confusing. Read more…
As we begin the 2020 academic year, the CIS Department is delighted to welcome five new colleagues! Jacob Gardner joins us as an Assistant Professor, after spending a year as a Research Scientist at Uber AI Labs. He earned his PhD Read more…
The USENIX Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation (OSDI) is one of the top annual venues for publishing innovative research in computer systems. This year, Penn CIS students, faculty, and alumni have three exciting papers slated to appear at Read more…
More can change in one month than most of us had ever imagined. Across the world, we are seeing terrible tragedy, but also the heroic actions of medical workers who are doing all they can to save lives, and the Read more…
In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Penn is doing its best to keep our students, faculty, and staff safe. This means adopting “social distancing” to the greatest extent possible, and trying to avoid activities that promote congregation. Sadly, this means Read more…
The past decade has brought a sea change in the availability of data. Instead of a world in which we have small number of carefully curated data sources — instead we have a plethora of datasets, data versions, and data Read more…