Data science in domains
From predicting financial risk to building smart cities, IDSS director Munther Dahleh contends that data science is most effective when it is integrated with domain knowledge, especially an understanding of how relevant physical, social, and institutional systems interact.
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Lockdowns reveal inequities in opportunities for walking activities
Research from the MIT Connection Science Group finds Covid-19-related lockdowns led to a marked reduction in walking in lower-income areas of major metropolises.
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Physicians are effective messengers of Covid-19 information
New research from Poverty Action Lab director and IDSS affiliate Esther Duflo suggests that physician information campaigns can change minds and behaviors, regardless of political affiliation.
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Tamara Broderick gives Susie Bayarri lecture at 2021 World Meeting of the ISBA
The Susie Bayarri Lecture is delivered every two years at the ISBA world meeting by an outstanding young researcher under 35 years of age.
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Sertac Karaman named director of the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
Associate professor of aeronautics and astronautics and core IDSS faculty member will head MIT’s longest continuously-running lab.
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Building a resilient, carbon-neutral electric grid requires energy ‘superhighways’
Today’s electric grid infrastructure is not ready for the scale and speed of energy portfolio transformation being envisioned, say IDSS Director Munther Dahleh and IDSS faculty member Sanjoy Mitter.
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Two IDSS Faculty Appointed as New Chairs
Fotini Christia selected as Ford International Professor in the Social Sciences and Devavrat Shah selected as Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of EECS
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US Air Force pilots get an artificial intelligence assist with scheduling aircrews
A team led by IDSS affiliate Hamsa Balakrishnan has developed an optimization tool that's transforming the laborious process of staffing C-17 cargo flights.
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Redesigning space travel for women
Space suits that fit women are just a first step to a more inclusive space sector. TPP alum Emily Calandrelli is optimistic that with inclusion will come bold new ideas.
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Tamara Broderick awarded membership in 2021 COPSS Leadership Academy
Broderick received the award in recognition of her significant contributions to Bayesian nonparametrics and machine learning, as well as her leadership in the field of statistical science and her potential to help shape its future.
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