How to Improve AI Fairness in an Unfair World

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Hamsa Bastani, Faculty Co-Lead at the Wharton Healthcare Analytics Lab, is co-author of a recent research paper, Rethinking Fairness for Human-AI Collaboration, with Haosen Ge, Data Scientist, Analytics at Wharton and Osbert Bastani, assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania.Read More

We’re Focusing on the Wrong Kind of AI Apocalypse

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(Outlet: Time) Ethan Mollick, Associate Professor at the Wharton School and Academic Director, Wharton Interactive, challenges the apocalyptic focus on AI risks and emphasizes the immediate threats of misinformation, deep fakes, and AI proliferation. He highlights the need for organizations to make informed decisions about AI’s impact on work and learning, emphasizing it requires thoughtful management and integration to avoid potential negative outcomes.Read More

Visiting Scholars Amit Gandhi and Cornelia C. Walther Join Analytics at Wharton

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Analytics at Wharton is proud to welcome Amit Gandhi and Cornelia Walther as visiting scholars for the academic year. In their roles, Gandhi and Walther will provide thought leadership and content expertise for a variety of programs at Analytics at Wharton, serving as faculty mentors for student teams and subject matter experts. With a focus on corporate relationships and humanitarian-focused uses of technology, Analytics at Wharton couldn’t have welcomed these two brilliant scholars at a better time. Read More

Research Spotlight: Homa Hosseinmardi

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In Analytics at Wharton’s Research Spotlight series, we spoke with Homa Hosseinmardi, a research scientist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Computational Social Science Lab, about her recent study, “Causally Estimating the Effect of YouTube’s Recommender System Using Counterfactual Bots” to learn more about the social platform. Read More

Women in Data Science @ Penn 2024 Recap

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Analytics at Wharton and Penn Engineering had the distinct pleasure of hosting the fifth annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) @ Penn Conference on February 8th and 9th. A celebrated interdisciplinary event, WiDS @ Penn is part of the larger WiDS Worldwide initiative, which aims to elevate and celebrate the outstanding work of women on a global scale, fostering respect, collaboration, connection, and visibility within the data science community.Read More

Analytics Accelerator Fall 2023 – Student Spotlights

During the Fall 2023 Analytics Accelerator, teams of students from across the University of Pennsylvania worked with corporate partners Align Technology, IKEA, TaskRabbit, and Zillow, analyzing their real data to uncover actionable business insights. Hear from students about their experience working with these companies, and leading their Analytics Accelerator teams.Read More