AI Method Tackles One of Science’s Hardest Math Problems News / May 1, 2026 Penn Engineers have developed a new way to use AI to solve inverse partial differential equations (PDEs), a particularly challenging class of mathematical problems with broad implications for understanding the natural world. The advance, which the researchers call “Mollifier Layers,” could benefit fields as varied as genetics and weather forecasting,... Read More
Using AI to Help Predict Cardiac Arrests News / April 30, 2026 A Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine team built CAMEL, an artificial intelligence model that forecasts dangerous cardiac rhythms before they strike. Their findings pave the way for a new era of real-time, predictive heart care. Read More
What It Will Take to Make AI-Enabled Robots Safer News / April 29, 2026 Can the same AI safety techniques used for chatbots keep robots from harming people? Researchers from Penn Engineering, Carnegie Mellon and Oxford argue that the answer is no. The group argues that because robots can turn flawed reasoning into physical action, they need a more robust safety framework, one that... Read More
Fengrui Tian Named 2026 Apple Ph.D. Scholar in AIML News / April 28, 2026 Fengrui Tian, a Ph.D. student in Computer and Information Science, has been named a 2026 Apple Ph.D. Scholar in AIML. Selected by the Computer Vision committee, he is recognized for his contributions to advancing computer vision and 3D scene understanding. Read More
SmartDJ Lets Users Reshape Audio Experiences with Simple Words News / April 24, 2026 Penn Engineers have developed SmartDJ, an AI-powered tool for editing stereo audio environments in applications like virtual reality, augmented reality, gaming and sound design. By combining an audio language model with a diffusion-based editing system, SmartDJ translates broad language prompts into smaller editing steps and executes them with improved quality... Read More
Where Computer Graphics, Computer Vision and AI Meet News / April 20, 2026 Assistant Professor Lingjie Liu uses AI both as a subject of research and as a core methodology for building new 3D visual computing systems. Read More
Penn Researchers Earn Honorable Mention in Laude Institute Moonshots Competition News / April 15, 2026 A group of researchers at Penn Engineering, Penn Medicine and the School of Arts and Sciences earned an honorable mention and $100,000 from the Laude Institute for a “moonshot” idea to use AI to build molecular databases for drug discovery. Read More
Penn Researchers Use AI to Surface Unreported GLP-1 Side Effects in Reddit Posts News / April 10, 2026 An AI analysis of more than 400,000 Reddit posts found discussions of menstrual changes, fatigue and temperature-related complaints that may not be fully captured in clinical trials or drug labeling. Read More
NSF AIRFoundry: A New Hub for AI-Driven RNA Research News / April 9, 2026 The NSF AIRFoundry, an $18-million facility designed to use AI to accelerate RNA research, has officially opened, broadening access to advanced tools that could advance medicine, agriculture and more. Read More
Penn’s Newest Supercomputer is Transforming Research News / April 7, 2026 Penn’s first campus-wide HPC and AI cluster, ‘Betty,’ is expanding access to powerful computing, enabling groundbreaking projects, and fostering new collaborations across disciplines. Read More
