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Data Science
Can algorithms diagnose disease better than doctors?
Can algorithms diagnose disease better than doctors?
Proponents of artificial intelligence in medicine say the technology holds great potential in predicting drug interaction, infection risk factors—even in cancer diagnoses Penn’s Ravi Parikh and Amol Navathe discuss their research on the best way to leverage artificial intelligence in medicine.
App predicts risk of developing hernia following abdominal surgery
App predicts risk of developing hernia following abdominal surgery
A Penn-developed app can predict the likelihood that a patient will develop an incisional hernia following abdominal surgery, utilizing electronic health records to identify the most common risk factors for patients.
Who made that decision: You or an algorithm?
Who made that decision: You or an algorithm?
Wharton’s Kartik Hosanagar’s new book, “A Human’s Guide to Machine Intelligence: How Algorithms Are Shaping Our Lives and How We Can Stay in Control,” examines how algorithms influence our decisions.
Behind the scenes, complex disease surveillance is protects the campus community
Behind the scenes, complex disease surveillance is protects the campus community
Beyond promoting vaccines and overall health education, Campus Health, the public health arm of Student Health Service, is watching for clusters of common illnesses, unusual diagnoses, and anything out of the ordinary.
The math behind March Madness
The math behind March Madness
A Q&A with statistician Shane Jensen, who discusses the math behind sports team rankings, why March Madness has so many underdog victories, and how technology might change how analysts study sports teams in the future.
The link between sleep, genes, and mental health
The link between sleep, genes, and mental health
Whether you’re a night owl or a morning lark could affect your risk of developing a psychiatric disorder.
Behind the scenes of election night projections
Behind the scenes of election night projections
John Lapinski, director of elections at NBC and the Robert A. Fox Leadership Professor of Political Science at Penn, discusses projecting elections and what to expect from the midterms.
Promoting innovative, reproducible science: Penn’s Research Excellence Initiative
Promoting innovative, reproducible science: Penn’s Research Excellence Initiative
The two-year effort includes electronic research notebooks, a research symposium, and a task force of faculty and students, all spearheaded by the Office of the Vice Provost for Research.
Linguistic red flags from Facebook posts can predict future depression diagnoses
Linguistic red flags from Facebook posts can predict future depression diagnoses
The language people use in these social media posts can make these predictions as accurately as the tools clinicians use in medical settings to screen for the disease.
Wharton receives $50 million gift from Marc J. Rowan and Carolyn Rowan
Wharton receives $50 million gift from Marc J. Rowan and Carolyn Rowan
The largest single gift the school has ever received, it will support the Penn Wharton Budget Model, and help recruit distinguished professors and appoint Rowan Fellows for five-year terms.
In the News
CBC Radio (Canada)
The GOP race is over. The question after Haley drops out: Will her voters move to Trump?
Marc Trussler of the School of Arts & Sciences says that Biden surrogates can’t outright ignore warning signs from polling data.
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NBC News
NBC News exit poll on Super Tuesday: Our methodology
Stephanie Perry and Elizabeth Schreier of the Penn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies and Joelle Gross of the School of Arts & Sciences share their methodology for the NBC News Super Tuesday exit polls.
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Philadelphia Business Journal
Penn alum looks to raise $750K, tap into AI to scale social impact investing analytics platform
Penn alum Catherine Griffin has created ImpactableX, an analytics platform to help social impact startups quantify their impact.
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The Washington Post
How the diploma divide came to dominate American politics
In a recent paper, William Marble of the School of Arts & Sciences argues that white voters with college degrees, not just the white working class, drove the political-polarization process.
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The Wall Street Journal
The band of debunkers busting bad scientists
Joe Simmons of the Wharton School is among a growing number of scientists in various fields around the world who moonlight as data detectives, sifting through studies published in scholarly journals for evidence of fraud.
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Technical.ly Philly
This Penn researcher is exploring how ChatGPT fits into the social sciences
PIK Professor Desmond Upton Patton and colleagues are studying how generative AI, particularly chatbots, can be used ethically in social sciences work.
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