Daryl Cameron, Sherwin Early Career Professor, director of the Social Science Research Institute’s Consortium on Moral Decision-Making, and senior research associate in the Rock Ethics Institute, was recently awarded a Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS) fellowship.
ICDS's Faculty Upskilling Fellowships in artificial intelligence (AI) and quantum sciences program will provide faculty members with the opportunity to learn new skills and to focus on professional development.
The institute is investing more than $300,000 to support 14 AI-focused fellowships, two quantum-focused fellowships and four fellowships that combine AI and quantum sciences. Through the program, faculty members design their own learning plan dedicated to gaining proficiency in each discipline by learning to use available software and hardware, mastering specific technology or algorithms, exploring new technologies and applying the new skills learned to their research programs.
Fellows will learn more about the central concepts of each discipline and how they can be applied to different areas of research, including health care, quantum computing, extended and virtual reality, education and sustainability.
Selected AI-focused fellows are:
- Amrita Basak, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, College of Engineering
- Dana Calacci, ICDS co-hire and assistant professor of informatics and intelligent systems, College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST)
- Christopher Daryl Cameron, associate professor of psychology, College of the Liberal Arts
- Sona Golder, professor of political science, College of the Liberal Arts
- Xianbiao Hu, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, College of Engineering
- Yuqing Hu, assistant professor of architectural engineering, College of Engineering
- Prasanna Karunanayaka, associate professor of radiology, of public health services and of neuroscience and experimental therapeutics, College of Medicine
- Nima Khodakarami, assistant professor of health policy and administration, Penn State Beaver
- Ashish Kumar, Thomas V. and Jean C. Falkie Mining Faculty Fellow and assistant professor of mining engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Bin Li, associate professor of electrical engineering and of computer science and engineering, College of Engineering
- Shimin Liu, Deike Chair Professor in Mining engineering and professor of energy and mineral engineering and of mining engineering, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences
- Priya Sharma, associate professor of education, College of Education
- Ellen “Wenting” Zou, ICDS co-hire and assistant professor of education, College of Education
- Wangda Zuo, professor of architectural engineering, College of Engineering
Selected quantum-focused fellows are:
- Vasant Honavar, ICDS co-hire and professor of informatics and intelligent systems, College of IST
- Victor Sparrow, United Technologies Corporation Professor in Acoustics, College of Engineering
Selected dual AI- and quantum-focused fellows are:
- Dezhe Jin, associate professor of physics, Eberly College of Science
- Mia Jin, assistant professor of nuclear engineering, College of Engineering
- Jia Li, professor of statistics and computer science, Eberly College of Science
- Chaoxing Liu, professor of physics, Eberly College of Science
For more information, visit the ICDS website.