Energy equity
Allie Shepard ’19, TPP ’23 interned in the New York City Mayor’s Office, where she got a firsthand view of the opportunities for climate change mitigation policy at the city.
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Getting the facts straight on online misinformation
Social media companies are exploring radical solutions to moderation, writes IDSS affiliate David Rand
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Going the extra mile
Farri Gaba TPP ’22 hopes to leverage his experience researching last-mile drone delivery to help solve sociotechnical challenges in sustainable transportation and logistics.
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Protecting space infrastructure
Farri Gaba TPP ’22 hopes to leverage his experience researching last-mile drone delivery to help solve sociotechnical challenges in sustainable transportation and logistics.
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Four from MIT receive NIH New Innovator Awards for 2022
IDSS core faculty Caroline Uhler receives award supporting high-risk, high-impact research from early-career investigators.
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IDSS recognizes two TAs with new award
The first IDSS TA awards were given to SES students Max Vilgalys and Yunzong Xu in recognition of their excellent instruction and commitment to students.
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Wiggling toward bio-inspired machine intelligence
Inspired by jellyfish and octopuses, SSRC PhD candidate Juncal Arbelaiz investigates the theoretical underpinnings that will enable systems to more efficiently adapt to their environments.
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Investigating at the interface of data science and computing
IDSS core faculty Guy Bresler builds mathematical models to understand multifaceted, interdisciplinary engineering problems that have far-reaching applications.
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Visualizing migration stories
“Distance Unknown,” an exhibition by MIT’s Civic Data Design Lab, with lead designer and IDSS affiliate Sarah Williams, documents the often challenging journeys migrants undertake to gain economic opportunity and food security.
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Aleksander Madry, Asu Ozdaglar, and Luis Videgaray, co-chairs of the AI Policy Forum, discuss key issues facing the AI policy landscape today.
The three are co-organizing the upcoming AI Policy Forum Summit on September 28 which will further explore challenges surrounding the deployment of AI.
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