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The revolution need not be automated
AI could lead to higher inequality and decades of slow wage growth -- unless it's deployed in ways that create new jobs, argues MIT economist and IDSS core faculty Daron Acemoglu.
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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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Sarah Williams on mapping urban transport
Sarah Williams, an IDSS affiliate and professor of technology and planning, is combining her skills as a geographer, architect, data scientist, and city planner to digitally map informal transportation networks in developing cities and create data for civic change.
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CEE event showcases multidisciplinary opportunities
A Civil and Environmental Engineering event featured the interdisciplinary research of IDSS and CEE faculty, including Susan Silbey and incoming professor Cathy Wu.
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Three questions with Igor Kadota, LIDS PhD candidate
A PhD candidate with the Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems (LIDS), Igor's research is on the development and deployment of networking algorithms designed to keep information fresh in large-scale networks.
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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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Study: Democracy fosters economic growth
A new study co-authored by MIT economist and IDSS core faculty member Daron Acemoglu studies the interplay of institutions, political systems, and economies -- and finds that democracy significantly increases development.
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Dan Huttenlocher named inaugural dean of MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Dan Huttenlocher SM ’84, PhD ’88 has been named the first dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. A member of Cornell’s computer science faculty, Huttenlocher is the founding dean of Cornell Tech.
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Student profile: Julia Milton, TPP
A dual Technology and Policy/AeroAstro student, Julia's research focuses on developing sensors and metrics for remote telehealth systems -- helpful in remote regions, essential for astronauts in space.
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LIDS Student Conference
The 24th annual LIDS Student Conference featured plenary speakers, a career panel, and student presentations on topics like Optimization and Algorithms, Networks, Machine Learning and Statistics, and Control Theory and Applications.
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