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'Cheat-a-thon' contest explores AI’s strengths and flaws in higher education

Feb 25, 2025

Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) will host “Cheat-a-thon,” a competition that explores the benefits and pitfalls of using generative AI in academic environments. The virtual event will take place March 3-April 6.    The challenge is open to all…
News Topics: AICenter for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence
Center for Socially Responsible AI invites seed funding proposals

Center for Socially Responsible AI awards seed funding to seven diverse projects

Dec 13, 2024

The Penn State Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) has announced the results of its most recent seed-funding competition. The center awarded more than $159,000 to seven interdisciplinary research projects representing eight colleges and campuses.  Each proposal was…
News Topics: AICenter for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence
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Contest explores artificial intelligence’s strengths, flaws for medical diagnoses

Nov 6, 2024

Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) will host “Diagnose-a-thon,” a competition that aims to uncover the power and potential dangers of using generative AI for medical inquiries. The virtual event will take place Nov. 11-17.   The challenge is open to…
News Topics: AICenter for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence
Center for Socially Responsible AI invites seed funding proposals

Center for Socially Responsible AI invites seed funding proposals

Sep 17, 2024

Penn State’s Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence (CSRAI) invites short proposals for its annual seed funding program. Applications will be accepted through Nov. 1, with projects expected to start in spring 2024 and last up to two years. Complete details on the program…
News Topics: Seed FundingCenter for Socially Responsible Artificial IntelligenceAI
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Associate director’s passion for mentorship aids in interdisciplinary mission

Jun 23, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — With a passion for mentorship and support, Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) Associate Director David Hunter combines his experience in academia and statistics to strengthen the interdisciplinary research mission of ICDS and Penn State.  “…
News Topics: AIAI Hub
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Sorokina receives Presidential Public Impact Research Award

Jun 10, 2024

Nonna Sorokina, assistant professor of business at Penn State Scranton and Social Science Research Institute faculty affiliate, was recently awarded a Presidential Public Impact Research Award (PPIRA) for the project “Data-Driven Response to High Opioid Abuse Impact: Leveraging Machine Learning, AI…
News Topics: EconomicsOpioidsSubstance UseAIMachine LearningSSRI Affiliates
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Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships

May 6, 2024

Five Penn State professors have been named Evan Pugh University Professors, an elite and prestigious distinction conferred by the University on only 79 faculty members since the establishment of the designation in 1960.   The five professors newly bestowed with the University’s…
News Topics: Center for Socially Responsible Artificial IntelligenceAICommunication
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Guodong Liu awarded the Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research

Apr 19, 2024

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Social Science Research Institute (SSRI) is thrilled to announce Guodong Liu is the inaugural winner of the Lloyd Prize for Innovative Health Research.   Liu is a professor of public health sciences in the division of health services and behavioral research with…
News Topics: Lloyd PrizeCollege of MedicineMental HealthAI
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Why Social Science? Because It Can Contribute to AI that Benefits Society

Apr 1, 2024

The new Why Social Science? post comes from Carlotta Arthur and Emanuel Robinson from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine who discuss how the social and behavioral sciences are poised to inform and improve AI and AI systems.  Artificial Intelligence – “AI…
News Topics: Why Social Science?AI
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Q&A: Daryl Cameron explores AI and empathy in article and upcoming conference

Mar 29, 2024

As interactions between humans and artificial intelligence (AI) accelerate at a rapid pace, researchers from numerous disciplines are beginning to investigate the societal implications — among them Penn State Associate Professor of Psychology and Sherwin Early Career Professor in the Rock Ethics…
News Topics: AIExpanding Empathy Speaker SeriesConsortium on Moral Decision-Making

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