Anmol Garg, a Penn State Harrisburg computer science major, headed to the state Capitol in March to present research on how the automation of open data analysis could help improve the decision-making process for lawmakers.
Penn State Center for Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Industry (AIMI) fellow Jeremy Blum researches the use of generative artificial intelligence systems in contest programming. Blum, associate professor of computer science at Penn State Harrisburg, has worked in contest programming for 10-plus years and is now working with students to lowering barriers to increase participation by using ChatGPT and systems alike.
Dinesh Pai, associate professor of supply chain management in Penn State Harrisburg's School of Business Administration, received an award from the Northeastern Decision Sciences Institute (NEDSI) for his service as the organization’s president.
Dinesh Pai, associate professor of supply chain management in Penn State Harrisburg's School of Business Administration, has received an award from the Northeastern Decision Sciences Institute for his service as the organization’s president.
High school student Ariam Gebrezgi shares her research during a practice session with other EnvironMentors participants at Penn State Harrisburg. Ariam participated in EnvironMentors for the second year in a row; this year, she dug into pollution data, comparing information from Environmental Protection Agency sensors in Harrisburg with data from other smaller sensors in the city, to look for discrepancies.
High school student Sarah Gebrezgi, left, works with her undergraduate mentor Chelsy-Sippora Funebe, who graduated from Penn State Harrisburg in May. Sarah looked at COVID-19 data in various Pennsylvania counties last year in the EnvironMentors program, and this year expanded to focus on redlined communities.
High school student Andrew Lees shares his research with other EnvironMentors participants during a practice session at Penn State Harrisburg. The EnvironMentors program teams a high school student with an undergraduate student mentor and a faculty mentor for research projects.
Greg Jenkins, professor of meteorology and atmospheric science at Penn State, high school student Ariam Gebrezgi, and Penn State Harrisburg student Makaylin Valley go over research during an EnvironMentors meeting. In the program, faculty and undergraduate student mentors meet regularly with high school students as they work on research projects, which they present at a symposium.
