Name: Bruce Western – Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice, Columbia University
Start: 2020-12-07T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2020-12-07T17:00:00-05:00
Location: online

MIT

Data Science and Big Data Analytics: Making Data-Driven Decisions

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Isolat: IDSS COVID-19 Collaboration

A volunteer effort bringing together researchers to provide systematic and rigorous analyses of COVID-19 data in order to inform policy makers.
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MicroMasters in Statistics and Data Science

Learn data science methods & tools. Get hands-on training in data analysis and machine learning. Find opportunities in a growing field. Watch the video.
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News

MIT News | August 5, 2020

Causal impact of masks, policies, and behavior on the early spread of Covid-19

A study led by IDSS and Economics professor Victor Chernozhukov suggests that nationally mandating face masks could have reduced pandemic deaths in the US.

MIT News Office | August 3, 2020

An automated health care system that understands when to step in

SES student Hussein Mozannar, working with Statistics and Data Science Center affiliate David Sontag, has developed a machine learning system that looks at chest X-rays to diagnose pneumonia — but also knows when to defer to a radiologist.

Spectrum | July 31, 2020