SES News
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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Student profile: Manxi Wu, SES
A doctoral student in the Social and Engineering Systems program and a Hammer Fellow, Manxi's research focuses on the design of information and incentive mechanisms to improve the efficiency and robustness of urban systems.
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Welcoming the 2019 Hammer Fellows
Meet the four incoming students in the IDSS Social and Engineering Systems doctoral program -- and the two postdocs -- who have joined the ranks of the Michael Hammer Society of Fellows.
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MIT Policy Hackathon connects data-driven problem solvers
Interdisciplinary teams propose creative policy solutions that address societal challenges at a unique event run by students from TPP and IDSS.
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Women in Data Science conference unites global community of researchers and practitioners
IDSS co-hosted WiDS Cambridge, a daylong conference connecting women data scientists across academia and industry.
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Combining artificial intelligence with their passions
Social and Engineering Systems (SES) student Marie Charpignon and Technology and Policy Program (TPP) student Manon Revel presented research that uses computational tools at last week's celebration for the new Schwarzman College of Computing.
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Meet the first class of SES Hammer Fellows
Three Social and Engineering Systems (SES) students carry on the legacy of Michael Hammer - an engineer and businessman who studied and taught at MIT - with innovative research applying data analytics to complex societal challenges.
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Ian Schneider named Siebel Scholar
Schneider is one of 16 MIT grad students in the 2019 cohort of Siebel Scholars, a prestigious award honoring academic achievement, leadership, and commitment to addressing crucial global challenges.
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