Computer Science

Six women were the original operators of Penn’s pathbreaking ENIAC, the world’s first computer. On ENIAC Day, you can see a documentary featuring some of their stories that were originally obscured from history.

Gwyneth K. Shaw ・ February 14, 2019

Undergraduate students Luigi Mangione and Josh Nadel lead a group of 60 students who gather and collaborate weekly to develop video games at Huntsman Hall.

Brandon Baker ・ December 18, 2018

Postdoctoral fellow Colin Twomey looks to fish behavior to explore the dynamic between individual and group decision-making.

Jacob Williamson-Rea ・ December 4, 2018

Fewer new launches from big-league game publishers are expected at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo, but the business of gaming will continue to grow and evolve online and with smaller games and upgrades.

Brandon Baker ・ June 7, 2018

A PennDesign pilot study tracks riders in urban bike lanes to visualize a safer redesign.

Brandon Baker ・ March 21, 2018

As new technologies emerge, they bring with them new ethical challenges. The topic of the future of technology was front and center on day three of the Penn Teach-in.

Ali Sundermier ・ March 20, 2018

Network science examines how the actions of a system’s individual parts affect the behavior of the system as a whole. Some commonly studied networks include computer chip components and social media users, but University of Pennsylvania engineers are now applying network science to a much older system: the human body.

Evan Lerner ・ January 18, 2018

Tech It Out Philly introduces high school students to different topics in computer science, such as web development, robotics, circuitry, and hardware.

Ali Sundermier ・ May 17, 2017