In celebration of ENIAC

On February 15, the global computing community celebrated the 75th anniversary of the launch of “Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer,” or ENIAC for short. The machine, unveiled here at Penn in 1946, was the world’s first all-electronic, programmable computer. This year, computer museum Compuseum hosted a site that allowed orgs Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

Doctorates do Valentine’s!

First-year CIS PhD student Alyssa Hwang was yearning for a bit of connection when she decided a Valentine’s Day celebration was in order.  “I kind of wanted an excuse to have a party and get together with everyone,” said Hwang. “I like having these big get-togethers on Zoom because it’s fun and I also get to Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

Academic Revolution: Professor Sharath Guntuku believes in the power of the interdisciplinary

Professor Sharath Guntuku has not only been deepening his photography skills while working from home this past year, he’s also been reading a whole lot. Of Malcolm Gladwell, specifically.  “I’m really amazed by how he uses data to tell stories,” said Sharath. “That makes a lot of sense to me.”  Although he’s worked with UPenn as early as Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

Have an e-drink and take notes: CIS’ Arvind Bhusnurmath talks the MCIT Bar

“What bar in the world has a bunch of nerds hanging out and doing stuff on whiteboards?” CIS Senior Lecturer and MCIT Director Arvind Bhusnurmath poses this as a rhetorical question.  The short answer is, one co-created by Bhusnurmath himself, and MCIT Program Coordinator Redian Furxhiu.   The MCIT Bar is a digital drink hole, of course, created within the CIS microcosm on the Gather.town platform. It features a snazzy Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

Faculty Panel: Black Students in STEM

Please join the Makuu Black Cultural Center and the SEAS Office of Diversity and Inclusion for a discussion focused on Black students in STEM. The university community is welcome, with a particular emphasis on STEM faculty, Black students who are STEM majors, and Black students interested in STEM. Date: Friday, Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

“Flipping the Script”: Kristian Lum speaks on non-existent boundaries in her career

In early August of this year, before the number of new Coronavirus disease cases had yet to reach its peak, Kristian Lum was wrapping up a project with epidemiologists and collegiate academics that modeled the spread of COVID-19 in jails.   The work was an effort to look at the many ways in which the rate of transmission could be reduced, and Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago

“The current crisis presents new opportunities for increased engagement and collaboration:” Prof. Susan Davidson on the potential of data science in the age of COVID

“The keys for data science to succeed are interdisciplinarity and the desire to work together, and Penn is a great place for doing that.” In a recent article from Penn Today, CIS Professor and Faculty Director of the MSE program in Data Science Susan Davidson and several other experts in Read more

By Ally Moraschi, ago