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The world’s first general purpose computer turns 75
ENIAC_Teitelbaum and Meltzer

The world’s first general purpose computer turns 75

The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC), built at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, sparked the “birth of the computer age” thanks to a team of women programmers.

Erica K. Brockmeier

An ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out COVID-19
nanotube chips for the electronic nose

An ‘electronic nose’ to sniff out COVID-19

Through a newly funded grant, researchers across the University are developing a device that can rapidly detect COVID-19 based on the disease’s unique odor profile.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Localizing epilepsy ‘hotspots’
Scan of a brain

Localizing epilepsy ‘hotspots’

Student interns worked this summer with the Davis Lab in the Penn Epilepsy Center to research improvements to epilepsy diagnosis using the tools of machine learning and network analysis.
Navigating ‘information pollution’ with the help of artificial intelligence
hands holding laptops and phone screens with text saying outbreak, stay home, lockdown, and covid-19 and images of the virus

Navigating ‘information pollution’ with the help of artificial intelligence

Using insights from the field of natural language processing, computer scientist Dan Roth and his research group are developing an online platform that helps users find relevant and trustworthy information about the novel coronavirus.

Erica K. Brockmeier

Engineering’s Stephanie Weirich designs tools for a safer world
Stephanie Weirich stands pointing to a mathematical equation at a whiteboard.

Stephanie Weirich (Image: Penn Engineering)

Engineering’s Stephanie Weirich designs tools for a safer world

Stephanie Weirich, ENIAC President’s Distinguished Professor in Computer and Information Science, aims to make software systems more reliable, maintainable, and secure.

From Penn Engineering Today