Penn Engineering AI

A recent @Forbes article highlights how AI is shaping early careers. According to Chris Callison-Burch, professor in @cis_penn, this is because "AI can perform tasks that were previously reserved for trained professionals." However, Callison-Burch adds that "it’s a perfect time…

Meet the winners of Penn Engineering’s 2025 Senior Design Competition. With projects focused on AI sustainability, stroke recovery, tire-to-battery tech and mobile eye exams, these student teams are shaping a smarter, more responsible future.

prof-g (@robertghrist) is teaching the Artificial Intelligence course at the Engineering Summer Academy at Penn. Students are now hard at work on their final projects. @PennEngineers @ESEatPenn #AIClass #SummerAcademy

If you are interested in safety/security jailbreaking of LLMs, defenses against them, and how the safety issues become more complicated when we design agentic workflows, this tutorial by @HamedSHassani, @aminkarbasi, @AlexRobey23 is highly recommended

Congratulations to @PennEngineers and @PennEngAI's George Pappas on his 2025 @IEEEorg Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award, sponsored by @ieeecassociety, @IEEEembs, and @IEEEsps. Learn more about his work and #mentorship in this Q&A: bit.ly/3Uu7X1X #IEEEAwards2026

Read about Pappas' mentoring today: blog.seas.upenn.edu/george-pappas-…

Congratulations to George Pappas (@pappasg69) on receiving the 2025 @IEEEorg Leon K. Kirchmayer Graduate Teaching Award. With over two decades of educating at Penn, Pappas is recognized for his "inspirational mentoring" of graduate students.

Powering AI will require a holistic energy strategy given the technology’s unprecedented demand. wabe.org/tech-companies…

Interesting to see broader public interest in neural processing units, which are finding their way into consumer electronics. penntoday.upenn.edu/what-is-an-NPU…

Professor Chris Callison-Burch (@cis_penn, @PennEngOnline, @PennEngineers) and other researchers reflect in @QuantaMagazine on how ChatGPT disrupted the field of natural language processing (NLP) and triggered a profound shift in research priorities. bit.ly/4m6pSIC

What are the 5 truths all young professionals need to know about entering and navigating an AI-driven workplace? For one — AI literacy is NOT optional. Professor Chris Callison-Burch, our MSE-AI Online Program Director, shared his thoughts with @Forbes : bit.ly/40dawc2

“When [an AI] model is set up with an opportunity to fail and you see it fail, that’s super useful information,” says @WarrenCntrPenn affiliate @robertghrist. “That means we can predict what it’s going to do in other, more open circumstances.” yahoo.com/news/researche…

In a two-part @NPR podcast series, @Lee_BenjaminC (@ESEatPenn, @cis_penn) discusses how data centers powering AI systems are driving up energy and water use and what can be done to reduce their footprint. n.pr/3EI0Jn7 #AIandClimate #DataCenters

.@Lee_BenjaminC (@ESEatPenn, @cis_penn), in a recent Q&A with Penn Today, explains how NPUs are enabling more efficient on-device AI in phones and laptops. He also notes the sustainability tradeoffs as larger chips carry a higher carbon footprint.

The AI x Science Postdoctoral Fellowship, launched by @PennEngineers and @pennsas, supports AI-driven research collaborations across the natural sciences, engineering, medicine, the social sciences and other fields. bit.ly/3Hy0A6C #AIforScience

The 2nd International Conference on Neuro-Symbolic Systems (NeuS) begins tomorrow. The full program is available here: neus-2025.github.io

We studied renewable energy, batteries for sustainable computing in 2023, but Meta’s datacenters were “only” using tens of megawatts at the time. Datacenters that use many hundreds of megawatts compel operators to look at more holistic solutions. datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/we…

AI Month 2025 at @PennEngineers featured standout events with @ylecun and @BillDally, plus panels and talks on AI and human well-being. Thanks to all the speakers, partners and attendees who made it such a meaningful month. #AIMonth2025

Reminder early registration will close by the end of today!

We can’t wait to host the 2025 NeuS Conference here in Amy Gutmann Hall from May 28 - May 30! If you want to learn more or register for the event, please use the link neus-2025.github.io! Early registration will end May 15th.