February 2021
MIT Sports Summit 2021
online
The MIT Sports Lab invites you to the MIT Sports Summit 2021, a virtual event hosted on Thursday, Feb. 4th and Friday, Feb. 5th! It is an opportunity for the MIT community to interface with the Sports Lab’s affiliates and partners, sharing advances, challenges, and passions at the intersection of engineering and sports. We are featuring talks from leaders in industry and academia, as well as interactive sessions showcasing student research posters and sports tech startups. This is an invitation-only event for current MIT community…
Find out more »January 2021
Data Science and Big Data Analytics: Making Data Driven Decisions
online
Developed by 10 MIT faculty members at IDSS, this seven-week course is specially designed for data scientist, business analyst, engineers and technical managers looking to learn the latest theories and strategies to harness data. Offered by MIT xPRO.
Find out more »December 2020
Mobility Forum: Platform Design for Ride Hail Markets
Tobias Salz
online
To build a dynamic community among the mobility and transportation researchers, the MIT Mobility Initiative (MMI) is organizing the “Mobility Forum: Frontier of Mobility Research,” a weekly seminar series showcasing the MIT scholarship. Register for Zoom info.
Find out more »Mobility Forum: On demand urban aerial mobility planning: an adaptive discretization approach
Alexandre Jacquillat
online
To build a dynamic community among the mobility and transportation researchers, the MIT Mobility Initiative (MMI) is organizing the “Mobility Forum: Frontier of Mobility Research,” a weekly seminar series showcasing the MIT scholarship. Register for Zoom info.
Find out more »November 2020
Mobility Forum: The Global Rise of Platform Firms in Urban Mobility Markets
Jason Jackson
online
To build a dynamic community among the mobility and transportation researchers, the MIT Mobility Initiative (MMI) is organizing the “Mobility Forum: Frontier of Mobility Research,” a weekly seminar series showcasing the MIT scholarship. Register for Zoom info.
Find out more »SES PhD Admissions Q&A
Munther Dahleh (IDSS)
online
Learn about the Social and Engineering Systems Doctoral Program. Q&As are hosted by a member of the IDSS faculty. This live Q&A is a follow-up session for the pre-recorded SES Admissions Webinar which should be viewed prior to attending the Q&A. Sign-up by 18 November, 9AM EST to receive an email invitation to the Q&A.
Find out more »Mobility Forum: Transportation Systems Resilience
Saurabh Amin
online
To build a dynamic community among the mobility and transportation researchers, the MIT Mobility Initiative (MMI) is organizing the “Mobility Forum: Frontier of Mobility Research,” a weekly seminar series showcasing the MIT scholarship. Register for Zoom info.
Find out more »SES PhD Admissions Q&A
Fotini Christia (IDSS)
online
Learn about the Social and Engineering Systems Doctoral Program. Q&As are hosted by a member of the IDSS faculty. This live Q&A is a follow-up session for the pre-recorded SES Admissions Webinar which should be viewed prior to attending the Q&A. Sign-up by 12 November, 12PM EST to receive an email invitation to the Q&A.
Find out more »Mobility Forum: Mobility services without carbon emissions
Jessika Trancik
online
To build a dynamic community among the mobility and transportation researchers, the MIT Mobility Initiative (MMI) is organizing the “Mobility Forum: Frontier of Mobility Research,” a weekly seminar series showcasing the MIT scholarship. Register for Zoom info.
Find out more »Antitrust in the Digital Era – Platforms
Dr. Alexandra von Westernhagen
Online
Access via Zoom: https://mit.zoom.us/j/3980544883 There is no denial that antitrust policy is at a crossroads. The emergence of online platforms as quasi-monopolies with wide reach into vertically integrated markets, the strategic importance of data to gain competitive advantages as well as mergers and acquisitions in the digital field have led to a re-think about the application of antirust rules in the US, Europe and other jurisdictions around the world. More recently issues related to the content of information under Rule…
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