The Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI) is thrilled to welcome Miikka Rokkanen, a Principal Economist in the Customer Behavior Analytics organization at Amazon, to the team as a Senior Fellow.…Read More
(Outlet: Harvard Business School) Research from a team of academics that includes Stefano Puntoni, Faculty Co-Director of AI at Wharton, demonstrates how AI companions can help alleviate feelings of loneliness and help individuals feel heard and better understood.…Read More
(Outlet: Scientific American) Large language models lack emotion and self-consciousness, but they appear to generate reasonable answers to moral quandaries. Professor Christian Terwiesch, Co-Director of the Mack Institute of Innovation Management, spoke with Scientific American about his research on AI and its ability to provide input on ethical decision-making.…Read More
We are thrilled to announce the formation of the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI) advisory board, comprised of esteemed business leaders from diverse industries. This board brings significant industry expertise, real-world business insights, and invaluable thought leadership to our mission of integrating AI and analytics into business education and practice.…Read More
(Outlet: Technical.ly) Technical.ly spoke with Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean of AI & Analytics at Wharton, to learn how the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative is taking the plunge and navigating the exciting new waters of AI in education. …Read More
The Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative has formed a research partnership with Google, which aims to encourage research and new thinking on how Marketing Mix Models (MMMs) and Multi-Touch Attributions (MTA) tools are used to understand how marketing impacts sales/conversions, despite privacy-related restrictions.…Read More
(Outlet: BusinessBecause) BusinessBecause interviews Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean of AI & Analytics at Wharton, to learn how the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative is preparing MBA students to meet a rapidly evolving, AI-centric job market.…Read More
On June 7-8, 2024, the Wharton School hosted its 56th Wharton Global Forum in São Paulo, Brazil, and the Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative (WAIAI) took center stage. With more than 400 Wharton alumni in attendance from around the world, Eric Bradlow, Vice Dean of AI & Analytics at Wharton, presented a look at the future of Wharton, AI, and analytics.…Read More
The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania today announced a major investment to drastically scale its research and teaching capabilities in the areas of artificial intelligence and data science. Under the umbrella of the new Wharton AI & Analytics Initiative, the interdisciplinary endeavor will encompass curricular enhancements, investments to advance new research, collaboration between industry and academia, and open-source resources to help shape the direction of generative AI.…Read More
As part of the Spring 2024 AI & Analytics Accelerator, Peggy Pranschke from Petco worked with teams of Wharton and Penn students to leverage machine learning and data analytics to help develop novel solutions for supplementing email marketing campaigns for her company. …Read More
