3 Questions: Inverting the problem of design
MIT and IBM researchers including IDSS faculty Faez Ahmed are creating linkage mechanisms to innovate human-AI kinematic engineering.
A causal theory for studying the cause-and-effect relationships of genes
By sidestepping the need for costly interventions, a new method from researchers including IDSS faculty Caroline Uhler could potentially reveal gene regulatory programs, paving the way for targeted treatments.
‘It symbolises rugged individualism’: The bumpy road to electrify the pickup truck
IDSS faculty Jessika Trancik says electric pickup trucks produce emissions savings of between 30-60% compared with traditional pickups – a greater reduction than switching a smaller car to electric.
Empowering systemic racism research at MIT and beyond
IDSS researchers in the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism are building an open data repository to advance research on racial inequity in domains like policing, housing, and health care.
