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Sandy Pentland: International data science efforts and recognition
Pentland has been named founding member of the Board of Directors for the United Nations Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data. Pentland recently presented a keynote talk at the European Union's Presidency opening, and has been named Chief Expert at Bejing Normal University School of Economics and Resource Management.
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Miniaturizing the brain of a drone
Method for designing efficient computer chips may get miniature smart drones off the ground. (Team led by Sertac Karaman.)
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Study: Preschoolers learn from math games—to a point
Study co-authored by Esther Duflo engaged preschool children in math games and social games in order determine which activities might help produce improvements in school results.
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Modeling innovation
Economist Alessandro Bonatti’s theoretical studies illuminate the behavior of firms and prices.
READ MOREJohn Tsitsiklis Named Winner of 2018 IEEE Control Systems Award
LIDS Director John Tsitsiklis was named the 2018 IEEE Control Systems Award winner.
READ MORELIDS Alum David Tse Receives 2017 Claude E. Shannon Award
David Tse, LIDS alum and Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford, received the 2017 Claude E. Shannon Award at the IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory.
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Engineering Systems PhD student recognized for innovative water-supply planning research
Also a TPP alum, Sarah Fletcher (at the far right in this photo) received a new graduate fellowship and a TMP Graduate Consortium Best Presentation award.
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Computer system predicts products of chemical reactions
Machine learning approach could aid the design of industrial processes for drug manufacturing.
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New technique makes brain scans better
Boosting quality of patient MRIs could enable large-scale studies of stroke outcome.
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Rickshaws plus technology equals a better commute in developing world
From big data to mobile payments, technology is improving informal transportation networks. Sarah Williams and team created the digital transit map featured in this article.
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