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Understanding how people make sense of information in the information age
As a student in LIDS and SES, Manon Revel has been investigating how advertising in online publications affects trust in journalism.
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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.
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What is the Covid-19 data tsunami telling policymakers?
A global team of researchers searched for insights during a weeklong virtual datathon co-organized by Marie-Laure Champignon, an IDSS Social and Engineering Systems PhD student.
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IDSS honors 2020 graduates with virtual celebration
This year's graduates included the first doctor of Social & Engineering Systems, Ian Schneider, plus 6 Engineering Systems PhDs, 17 TPP students, and more.
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Minghao Qiu named Martin Fellow by the MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
The fellowship, which supports MIT doctoral students pursuing sustainability research, was awarded to SES student Minghao Qiu for his work in air pollution and climate change policy.
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Isolat: a data-driven response to a pandemic
Isolat, a volunteer collaboration organized by IDSS, informs coronavirus policy at MIT and beyond by analyzing data associated with the pandemic.
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Promoting Women in Data Science
WiDS Cambridge, co-hosted by the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, recognizes and empowers women in STEM across a variety of disciplines.
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Projecting the outcomes of people’s lives with AI isn’t so simple
SES student Eaman Jahani joined over 100 researchers, including IDSS professor Sandy Pentland, on a mass collaborative study showing that the machine learning techniques used to predict outcomes from large datasets may fall short when projecting the outcomes of people’s lives.
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A milestone for SES: Ian Schneider’s successful dissertation defense
Ian Schneider's successful defense of his dissertation 'Market Design Opportunities for an Evolving Power System' marks the first defense for the Social & Engineering Systems PhD program.
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Building community in the Hammer Society of Fellows
Second annual Hammer luncheon brings together first and second year fellows, grad students and postdocs, IDSS faculty and staff, and Phyllis Hammer, whose gift in memory of her late husband established the Fellowship.
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