This paper investigates how well people can tell if text they’re reading was written by a machine instead of a human, especially when part of the text is human-written and later transitions to machine-generated. The study reveals that while many...
Read moreProblems 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 moreWe welcome all of our students and faculty (back) to campus. As we start the new academic year, many exciting things are happening! New Faculty CIS welcomes Joel Ramirez to our teaching faculty. Joel did his degree at Stanford, where Read more…
We are delighted to announce that, joint with our colleagues in Electrical and Systems Engineering, we will be introducing a new Bachelor’s of Science in Engineering in Artificial Intelligence! For decades AI has been a subfield of Computer Science, developing Read more…
As we start the 2023-24 academic year, I am pleased that we are able to welcome three amazing new colleagues to the CIS Department! Jérémie Lumbroso joins us as a Practice Assistant Professor, after spending a number of years as Read more…
In 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…