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Industrial engineering department pivots to address COVID-19

Credit: Gerd Altman

“In an effort to lessen COVID-19 spread, Soundar Kumara, Allen E. Pearce and Allen M. Pearce Professor of Industrial Engineering, brought together a team to design an advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning model to assess vulnerability counties in the United States.” May 28, 2020.

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New method analyzes images to improve health care and manufacturing

Credint: Hui Yang and Soundar Kumara

“Patterns appear in both natural and human made systems, but they can be difficult for humans to recognize and analyze, especially in dynamic systems like the human heart or factory machines. To address this issue, researchers in the Penn State College of Engineering have developed a novel algorithm, which has implications for health care and manufacturing.”

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Algorithm aims to alert consumers before they use illicit online pharmacies

“Simple Demonstration of Links Between Referral Websites and online pharmacies.”

“In a study, a team of Penn State researchers report that an algorithm they developed may be able to spot illicit online pharmacies that could be providing customers with substandard medications without their knowledge, among other potential problems.”

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