3 Questions: Devavrat Shah on curbing online misinformation
IDSS core faculty member shares how social media algorithms could be tweaked to curb the spread of misinformation and promote a diversity of viewpoints.
Driving on the cutting edge of autonomous vehicle tech
Leveraging research done on campus, student-run MIT Driverless partners with industry collaborators to develop and test autonomous technologies in real-world racing scenarios. Sertac Karaman, IDSS core faculty, serves as an advisor to the team.
More ‘Side Door’ Hacks Are Coming. Here Is How Businesses Can Prepare
The SolarWinds network-management attack wasn't the first so-called side-door hack and it likely won't be the last, says IDSS affiliate Stuart Madnick.
Op-Ed: Why public health messaging should emphasize vaccine acceptance, not hesitancy
Research from IDSS affiliates Sinan Aral and Dean Eckles highlights how overstating or overemphasizing hesitancy can, by itself, keep others from getting vaccinated.
Mar
02
IDSS Distinguished Seminar Series
Thinking Outside Disciplinary Boundaries: Applying Behavioral Insights to the Design of Public Policy
Brigitte Madrian (Brigham Young University)
Online
March 2, 2021 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Mar
03
LIDS & Stats Tea Talks
LIDS & Stats Tea Talk – Raj Agrawal (CSAIL)
Raj Agrawal (CSAIL)
Zoom
March 3, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Mar
04
Online events
UTEC-IDSS MicroMasters in Statistics and Data Science Webinar
Online
March 4, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Mar
05
Stochastics and Statistics Seminar Series
Detection Thresholds for Distribution-Free Non-Parametric Tests: The Curious Case of Dimension 8
Bhaswar B. Bhattacharya (University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School)
online
March 5, 2021 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Mar
09
LIDS Seminar Series
Balancing Covariates In Randomized Experiments Using The Gram–Schmidt Walk
Daniel Spielman (Yale)
Zoom
March 9, 2021 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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