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Tianwei Wu (left) and Liang Feng (right) demonstrating some of the apparatus used to develop the new, light-powered chip.
Penn engineers first to train AI at lightspeed

Penn engineers have developed the first photonic chip that reshapes how light behaves to carry out the nonlinear mathematics at the heart of modern AI while reducing energy use.

 April 25, 2025
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(From left) Zachary Ives, Zixuan Yi, and Ryan Marcus.
A ‘question-driven’ approach to improving AI and machine learning

Zixuan Yi, a doctoral student in computer and information science, bridges the gap between learning methods and real-world system constraints utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning.

 Apr 24, 2025
Campus sky view along Chestnut Street featuring Amy Gutmann Hall and skyline.
Penn to double computing capacity for faculty

The Penn Advanced Research Computing Center, a platform for computational and data-driven research across campus, is soft launching this spring with a full launch later this summer.

 Apr 24, 2025
Nami Lindquist, Melanie Herbert, and Alex Popescu
Penn students develop AI-driven solution to transform senior care

Fourth-year students Melanie Herbert, Nami Lindquist, and Alexandra Popescu were awarded the President’s Innovation Prize for Sync Labs, a privacy-centered AI system to address the growing caregiving gap in senior care

 Apr 24, 2025
(From left) Zachary Ives, Zixuan Yi, and Ryan Marcus.
Improving AI and machine learning

Zixuan Yi, a doctoral student in computer and information science, bridges the gap between learning methods and real-world system constraints utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning.

 Apr 24, 2025
Piotr Lazarek.
Using satellites, drones, and AI for more sustainable and efficient agriculture

Piotr Lazarek, a fourth-year Penn Engineering and Wharton student from Pawłowice, Poland, won the 2025 President’s Sustainability Prize for Nirby, a real-time farmland management system addressing inefficiencies in fertilizer usage.

 Apr 21, 2025
Jessica Mach standing outside with her arm resting on a low brick wall
Fine art and design using artificial intelligence

Through the design course Artificial Intelligence in Art, second-year Jessica Mach has discovered AI's potential through creating several projects, including a video story and an interactive game.

 Apr 15, 2025
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