a photo of a chest x-ray with two diagnoses with less and more specific words highlighted

New method assesses and improves the reliability of radiologists’ diagnostic reports
MIT News | April 8, 2025

New framework developed by researchers including IDSS faculty Polina Golland could improve the reliability of critical clinical information.

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Sarah Fletcher

Water Planning for Droughts, Floods, and More
Slice of MIT | April 4, 2025

What happens if droughts get worse or demographics change? TPP alumna Sarah Fletcher (SM ’12, PhD ’18) focuses on the challenges of water insecurity.

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David Rand

Online content moderation: What works, and what people want
MIT Sloan | April 1, 2025

Fact-checker warnings work and are broadly popular, and other insights about social media moderation from IDSS faculty David Rand.

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WiDS Cambridge Industry Panel. l-r: Fotini Christia, IDSS Director; Lisa Bonalle, ​Chief Executive Officer, GDS Link; Tina Reich,​ Independent Board Director and Advisor; Lisa Schirf, Managing Director, Global Head of Data & Analytics, Tradeweb; Julia Taitz, Data Scientist at Instagram, Meta; Vanessa Liu, Co-Founder and CEO, Sugarwork

Shaping the future of data science
March 31, 2025

For nearly ten years, the Women in Data Science (WiDS) Cambridge conference has been building a community of practitioners and showcasing cutting-edge analysis and computing.

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Noelle Selin

Noelle Selin elected to 2024 class of AAAS Fellows
March 27, 2025

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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Representatives of the new Maritime Consortium at the signing ceremony.

MIT Maritime Consortium sets sail
March 26, 2025

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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According to a new study by MIT researchers, there’s one member of a professional basketball team who consistently boosts their team’s performance: the data analyst. Credit: iStock

Basketball analytics investment is key to NBA wins and other successes
MIT News | March 25, 2025

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 News | March 20, 2025

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
MIT News | March 17, 2025

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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Emery Brown and Hamsa Balakrishnan

Compassionate leadership
MIT News | March 13, 2025

Professors Emery Brown and Hamsa Balakrishnan are honored as “Committed to Caring” for their guidance of graduate students.

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