ANALYTICS AT WHARTON
We unite the School’s trail-blazing teaching, research, and industry engagement initiatives that use data to improve decision-making and generate actionable business insights.
Using Machine Learning to Distribute Aid in Sierra Leone with Angel Chung
In the latest Analytics at Wharton’s Research Spotlight series, we spoke with Angel (Tsai-Hsuan) Chung, a second-year PhD student in Wharton’s Operations, Information and Decisions (OID) Department, about her work in Sierra Leone on optimizing health supply chains with decision-aware machine learning.
Estimating the Effect of YouTube Recommendations with Homa Hosseinmardi
Homa Hosseinmardi, a research scientist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Computational Social Science Lab, discusses her recent study, “Causally Estimating the Effect of YouTube’s Recommender System Using Counterfactual Bots.”
Women in Data Science @ Penn 2024 Recap
Analytics at Wharton and Penn Engineering had the distinct pleasure of hosting the fifth annual Women in Data Science @ Penn Conference on February 8th and 9th. After an informative tour of the Penn Museum kicked the event off on Thursday evening, more than 120 attendees came to campus at the Wharton School on Friday to hear from industry, academic, and student experts, and to network and collaborate with like-minded peers.
AI Is Here. What’s Going to Change?
The artificial intelligence revolution is officially upon us. Hear from host Eric Bradlow, vice dean of Analytics at Wharton, as he meets with Wharton faculty experts across a wide range of business domains — from health care and neuroscience to sports and the auto industry — to learn how AI will impact these fields moving forward, and what we can do to stay ahead of the curve.
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Analytics at Wharton brings together seven programs at the School – AI at Wharton, Computational Social Science for Business, Penn Wharton Budget Model, People Analytics, Wharton Neuroscience, Wharton Research Data Services, and Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative.
Our programs are united in their fundamental core value – using analytics to create impact.
Analytics News
US debt-ceiling deal averts disaster, but savings might be less than advertised
Penn Wharton Budget Model estimates Biden’s signature green-energy tax breaks could cost the government up to $1 trillion, more than three times the original estimate.
FTX Auditors Doubled as Crypto Industry Cheerleaders
Dan Taylor, faculty director of Wharton Forensic Analytics Lab, weighs in on the significant deficiencies in FTX’s internal controls.
Recruiters ineffective unless a big career change
Recruitment firms do not help professionals to make big changes in their careers, according to research conducted by Matthew Bidwell, faculty co-direct of Wharton People Analytics, and others.
Biden’s student loan debt forgiveness plan could cost up to $519 billion, according to new analysis
According to research from the Penn Wharton Budget Model, student loan forgiveness will be anything but “free.”
Deepfake Technology Is Now a Threat to Everyone. What Do We Do?
Deepfake scams are becoming more common, thanks to a number of free deepfake apps that are just a Google search away.
To Make Better Hires, Learn What Predicts Success
Learn how Cade Massey, Faculty Co-Director of The Wharton Sports Analytics and Business Initiative, turned to baseball to rethink recruiting.