When asked what made them passionate about the work that they do, Danaë Metaxa describes an intrinsic calling to look to the needs of those that scientific design and application neglects. “If you’re the type of person that exists at some of those intersections, as I am, you start to Read more
Courtesy of Penn Engineering Online Learning: “We are excited to announce the Spring 2021 winners for the Outstanding TA Awards! We are continually amazed at the level of dedication from our TA staff at MCIT Online, we truly appreciate their contributions in delivering a supportive experience for our students. As Read more
Annual awards are given to undergraduate and graduate students in the Department of Computer and Information Science in recognition of outstanding scholarly achievements and service to the School of Engineering and Applied Science and University community. Departments select each recipient and students are recognized at the Annual Awards Recognition Dinner Read more
April 21, 2021, 3-4PM Join the Machine Learning Research team at Morgan Stanley for an exciting interactive research talk! Find out more info below, and register HERE.
The Computer and Information Science Department is proud to present this year’s student award winners: Undergraduate Affairs Committee Awards: Manfred Altman Memorial Award – Vishaal Kumar Ben and Bertha Gomberg Kirsch Prize (Applied Science Prize) – Arun Kirubarajan The Albert P. Godsho Engineering Prize – Pedro Sacramento de Oliveira M&T Read more
Imagine a world in which the robots we see dancing on viral videos do so, not because they were programmed to, but because they had seen it in a video. Computer Science PhD alumnus Georgios Pavlakos seeks to help make this a reality. The current BAIR postdoc has received the Read more
Raj and Neera Singh Term Assistant Professor Sebastian Angel is the latest in a line of astute educators to be granted funding through the NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program. Angel and his team received the funds, roughly $125k received to date, to continue research on their project “Tools for Read more
Kevin Johnson has been named the University of Pennsylvania’s 27th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor (PIK). Professor Johnson joins a distinguished group of interdisciplinary educators who have been appointed to two or more Penn Schools since Pres. Amy Gutmann launched the PIK initiative in 2005. The program’s agenda: “to recruit to Read more
The past year has brought us no shortage of resourceful students and faculty developing tools to help mend the social rifts caused by the pandemic. In January, Vraj Shroff (MSE in SE, BSE in CSCI) and two of his teammates joined those ranks. The 3 students developed a new website Read more
Professor Thomas Farmer has served the CIS and ESE Departments as a lecturer in some capacity for almost a decade. Now CIS is pleased to announce that, in addition to to his role as Senior Lecturer, Prof. Farmer has stepped into the role of Program Director for MCIT Online. His Read more