Palmer Chair in Telecommunications
Law and Policy, Telecommunications, Internet & Technology
James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects
Social Sciences, Journalism & Media, Telecommunications
Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence
Internet & Technology
Penn State has experts in both information technology, such as AI and machine learning, and online communications, such as social media and broadband.
Pioneers Chair in Telecommunications
Contact Christopher Ali with questions about: broadband policy and deployment in the United States, specifically in rural areas.
Palmer Chair in Telecommunications,
Director of the X-Lab
Contact Sascha Meinrath with questions about: How surveillance, cybersecurity, and privacy have changed in a post-9/11 world; government policy; broadband; and the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on Internet connectivity. He can also comment on voting security, technology policy, privacy, surveillance, civil liberties, broadband mapping and artificial intelligence.
James P. Jimirro Professor of Media Effects,
Director, Center for Socially Responsible Artificial Intelligence,
Co-Director, Media Effects Research Laboratory
Contact S. Shyam Sundar with questions about: rampant misinformation and fake news, in particular, as well as how trustworthy internet-based information sources can be identified.
Huck Chair in Biomedical Data Sciences and Artificial Intelligence ,
Director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Lab
Contact Vasant Honavar with questions about: with questions about artificial intelligence and informatics.
Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Contact Prasenjit Mitra with questions about: artificial intelligence, machine learning and visual analytics; the application of large language models (e.g., ChatGPT) in the medical field.
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