Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) is committed to addressing complex societal challenges by advancing education and research at the intersection of statistics, data science, information and decision systems, and social sciences.

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Harvard-MIT HST | February 26, 2026

AI algorithm enables tracking of vital white matter pathways

Opening a new window on the brainstem, a new tool developed by a team including IDSS faculty Emery Brown reliably and finely resolves distinct nerve bundles in live diffusion MRI scans, revealing signs of injury or disease.

MIT Sloan Management Review | February 25, 2026

AI Is Not Improving Productivity: Nobel Laureate Daron Acemoglu

In a bonus episode of the Me, Myself, and AI podcast, Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu joins host Sam Ransbotham to challenge some of the most common assumptions about artificial intelligence’s future.

Statistics and Data Science Seminar Series

TBD

Sifan Liu (Duke University)
E18-304

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