Taking some of the guesswork out of drug discovery
A deep learning model, co-authored by IDSS affiliate Tommi Jaakkola, rapidly predicts the 3D shapes of drug-like molecules, which could accelerate the process of discovering new medicines.
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Machine learning speeds up vehicle routing
IDSS core faculty Cathy Wu and her students have come up with a machine-learning strategy that accelerates some of the strongest algorithmic solvers by 10 to 100 times.
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Can the world change course on climate?
IDSS affiliate Nazli Choucri discusses challenges and hopes for global coordination on climate issues — and the role of political science in the process.
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Energy hackers give a glimpse of a postpandemic future
“Organizing a hybrid event was a challenging but important goal in 2021... but it was great to realize the benefits of the format this year,” says Kailin Graham, TPP student and one of the EnergyHack communications directors.
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Community policing in the Global South
IDSS core faculty Fotini Christia is part of a team examining the challenges of implementing community policing across a range of countries.
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The reasons behind lithium-ion batteries’ rapid cost decline
A new study from members of the Trancik Lab finds that investments in R&D on materials and chemistry were key, while economies of scale contributed somewhat less.
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Is watching believing?
In spreading politics, videos may not be much more persuasive than their text-based counterparts, says new paper co-authored with IDSS affiliates David Rand and Adam Berinsky
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Design’s new frontier
“Developing intelligent systems is a multifaceted problem, and it really requires a confluence of disciplines,” says Navid Azizan, core IDSS faculty member.
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Peru’s BREIT future
IDSS and the Brescia Institute of Advanced Technology (BREIT) are changing the future of Peru by discovering and developing data science skills — and putting them to work for the greater good.
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At UN climate change conference, trying to “keep 1.5 alive”
Andreas Haupt, a graduate student in IDSS, joined MIT’s COP26 delegation to follow negotiations to keep global climate goals on track.
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