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Penn Engineering: The Why Behind the How

These aren’t just top engineers, they’re your teachers.What do the people who write the rules of AI law, redefine deep learning, and reimagine medicine all have in common?They’re also your professors.

Admissions Webinar: Meet Our Program Directors

On June 25, 2024 Penn Engineering Online hosted a webinar featuring Jacquie Panto, Associate Director of Admissions and Tracy Staeudle, Associate Director of Online Professional Programs.Together, they explored Penn Engineering's three online master's degree programs: MCIT Online MSE-DS Online MSE-AI Online and Dual Degree options.Attendees of this webinar heard about the wide variety of student resources and support services that are available to Penn Engineering Online graduate students.

Boon Thau Loo: Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives

Penn Engineering's Professor Boon Thau Loo Begins New Role as Senior Associate Dean for Education and Global Initiatives

Meet Chris Callison-Burch, MSE-AI Online Program Director

Chris Callison-Burch has been working in artificial intelligence for more than 20 years and is a leading researcher in the field.But when he got early access to a beta version of ChatGPT in 2021, even he was surprised by what OpenAI’s generative AI platform could do.

Cloud Technologies With Priyanka Vergadia

Priyanka Vergadia is a bestselling author and storyteller who specializes in demystifying complex technical concepts through videos, drawings and even comics.A staff developer advocate at Google, Vergadia has more than 100,000 followers on her tech-focused social media channels, including “The Cloud Girl,” a YouTube channel featuring videos about cloud technology.

Meet James C. Gee, PhD – MSE-DS Online Program Director

James C.Gee has been immersed in computational analysis and data science ever since he earned his PhD in computer and information science from the University of Pennsylvania.

How Bongho Kim Combines Research with Teaching

Bongho Kim pursued a career in computer science through a circuitous route involving oceanography and marine science.After earning an M.S.and Ph.D.

Meet Professor Susan Davidson, CS Pioneer

When Professor Susan Davidson was invited to teach Database and Information Systems in Penn’s MCIT Online program a couple of years ago, she saw it as a chance not only to reinvent her signature course but also to reexamine her approach to teaching.

Meet Dr. Tom Farmer, MCIT Online Program Director

Dr.Tom Farmer knows what it’s like to earn a master’s degree while working full time—because he’s done it himself. Back in the late 1990s, Dr.Farmer was working at AT&T Labs as a programmer when he decided it was time to pursue a graduate degree.

Dr. Tom Farmer is new MCIT Online Program Director

Letter from Interim Program Director Boon Thau Loo: We’re delighted to share the news that Dr.Tom Farmer has agreed to take on the important role of Program Director for MCIT Online.Dr.

MCIT Online Admissions Webinar: Hear from MCIT Online’s Brandon Krakowsky, instructor of the new Intro to Python & Java specialization

Join Brandon Krakowsky, an MCIT Alumni turned Lecturer, who not only teaches the MCIT Online intro course but is also the instructor for the newly launched Intro to Programming with Python & Java specialization.

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