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Recognizing a pioneer: Penn Engineering’s Grace Hopper
Grace Hopper in Naval gear introducing a computer system to a student.

Grace Hopper, then head of the Navy Programming Language Section of the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, discusses a phase of her work with a staff member in August 1976.

(Image: U.S. Navy photo by PH2 David C. MacLean)

Recognizing a pioneer: Penn Engineering’s Grace Hopper

Hopper was honored for developing the A-0 compiler, an early innovation in computer programming.

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Unlocking the next generation of wireless communications
Gloved hand holding a quarter next to the filter to indicate its small size.

 The new filter, which is about the size of a quarter, could revolutionize wireless communications.

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Unlocking the next generation of wireless communications

Penn Engineers have developed an adjustable filter, about the size of a quarter, with potential to revolutionize wireless communications.

Ian Scheffler

Combining the skills of engineering and design

Janice Kim.

Janice Kim, a fourth-year student in the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

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Combining the skills of engineering and design


Janice Kim, a fourth-year student in the College of Arts & Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, will graduate as the first Penn student to have a dual degree in computer science and design.
AI Month roundup: From ethical algorithms to robots that learn
Photograph of Amy Gutmann Hall

Amy Gutmann Hall will open in 2024 and will be the home of the new B.S.E. in Artificial Intelligence for faculty and students.

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AI Month roundup: From ethical algorithms to robots that learn

During the month of April, Penn’s School of Engineering and Applied Science showcased a series of news items exploring the evolving world of artificial intelligence.

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Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car
A group of students is gathered around a Formula-style racecar at an event.

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Penn Electric Racing’s latest race car

Designed and produced by the School of Engineering and Applied Science’s student-run club, REV9 will compete in the annual Formula Society of Automotive Engineers Michigan race in June.
The hidden geometry of learning: Neural networks think alike
Artificial intelligence of modern technology represented by a brain in laptop.

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The hidden geometry of learning: Neural networks think alike

New research by Penn engineers illuminates the inner workings of neural networks, opening the possibility of developing hyper-efficient algorithms that could classify images in a fraction of the time.

From Penn Engineering Today

Wrestling with academics
Wrestling Adam Thomson stands in the wrestling room at Penn, hands on hips, with a sign reading Quakers behind him.

Second-year wrestler Adam Thomson manages to balance schoolwork, research and international championships that take him all over the globe. 

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Wrestling with academics

As a student in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, second-year wrestler Adam Thomson, an international champion, balances athletics with his research on hyperinflation in Brazil.

Kristen de Groot

New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed
Lit-up lights on a computer chip.

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New chip opens door to AI computing at light speed

A new silicon-photonic (SiPh) chip design from the lab of Nader Engheta, alongside Firooz Aflatouni, uses light waves, the fastest possible means of communication, rather than electricity, to perform mathematical computations.

From Penn Engineering Today