Research

Adam Mally to serve as Director of DMD Program

It seems the Computer and Information Science department is in the business of cultivating students so fulfilled with their undergraduate experience, that they return to take on leadership roles in C.I.S. Earlier in the year, former C.I.S. undergrad and Associate Professor Joseph Devietti stepped into the role of Undergrad Chair. Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

PCI and Penn Engineering launch Speaker Series to support innovation activities at Penn

The Penn Center for Innovation (PCI) has put together a fall speaker series focused on resources available for Penn Engineering faculty and students, featuring C.I.S. Professor and GRASP Lab Director Mark Yim.  All are welcome to register for each session separately at pci-seas.eventbrite.com. Sept 21: Penn I-Corps with Mark Yim, PhD, ASA Whitney Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

Research and Resources: A Peak at CIS Highlights

The CIS Highlights site is one of the department’s many digital platforms that centers prominent research from students and faculty, as well as other interdisciplinary programs and centers affiliated with CIS. Featured research areas include projects in the fields of Computational Biology and Biomedical Informatics, Natural Language Processing, and Formal Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

C.I.S. Strong: Meet Edo Roth

Written by Ebonee Johnson What research/ projects are you currently working on? I’m currently working on research in the field of privacy-preserving data analytics with my advisor Andreas Haeberlen and a group of other great collaborators at Penn CIS. We’re working mostly on how to design systems for massive-scale distributed Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

3 Penn Papers at OSDI 2020

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 OSDI 2020, which will take place during November 4-6, 2020. Read more

By Mayur Naik, ago

C.I.S. Strong: Meet Tejas Srivastava

Written by Ebonee Johnson After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science Engineering back home at India’s University of Pune, Tejas Srivastava chose to join the UPenn CIS family as a graduate student (c/o 2021). And we’re so lucky to have him! When Tejas is not listening to his favorite Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

Data Science Masters students tackle the mental health crisis and more at the Spring 2020 DATS Presentation

Written by Ebonee Johnson This year’s Spring 2020 DATS Presentation featured a wide variety of insightful and relevant topics. Below, you’ll find a list of the presenters, in addition to some project goals and key takeaways. “A hierarchical bayesian approach for tagged playlist generation” Presenter: Anish JainAdvised by: Eric BradlowConclusion: Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago