Noelle Selin elected to 2024 class of AAAS Fellows
Selin is known for using atmospheric chemistry modeling to inform decision-making strategies on air pollution, climate change and toxic substances including mercury and persistent organic pollutants.
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MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail
A new international collaboration unites MIT and maritime industry leaders to develop nuclear propulsion technologies, alternative fuels, data-powered strategies for operation, and more.
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Basketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes
Peko Hosoi and SES alum Arnab Sarker join a study that shows that investment in analytics may also benefit college teams and fields beyond sports.
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LLM-supported natural language to bash translation
TPP student Finnian Westenfelder is a member of the Anyscale Learning For All (ALFA) group at MIT-CSAIL, and co-author of a recent paper emphasizing the importance of dataset quality, execution-based evaluation, and translation methods for advancing NL2SH translation.
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Researchers establish new basis for quantum sensing and communication
New theoretical approach for generating quantum states from researchers including IDSS faculty Moe Win could lead to improved accuracy and reliability of information and decision systems.
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Compassionate leadership
Professors Emery Brown and Hamsa Balakrishnan are honored as “Committed to Caring” for their guidance of graduate students.
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Bringing transparency to the data used to train artificial intelligence
A team of multidisciplinary researchers, including IDSS faculty Sandy Pentland, developed a user-friendly tool that generates summaries of a dataset’s creators, sources, licenses, and allowable uses.
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Sometimes, when competitors collaborate, everybody wins
Researchers including IDSS faculty Gioele Zardini developed a planning tool that can help independent entities decide when they should invest in joint projects.
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Reducing carbon emissions from residential heating: A pathway forward
A new MIT study from team including IDSS faculty Saurabh Amin identifies steps that can lower not only emissions, but also costs, across the combined electric power and natural gas industries that now supply heating fuels.
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MIT Human Insight Collaborative launches SHASS Faculty Fellows program
IDSS faculty Richard Nielsen part of inaugural group for new initiative, which will allow selected faculty to focus on their research, build community, and pursue mentorship opportunities.
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