In Song Kim awarded a 2020-2021 Russell Sage Presidential Authority grant
Kim was awarded for computational social science research titled "Unequal Political Representation: Evidence from a Comprehensive Database of Lobbying and Campaign Contributions".
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Shedding light on complex power systems
LIDS senior research scientist Marija Ilic is on a mission: making electric energy systems future-ready.
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Understanding online machine learning through ice hockey
LIDS student Jennifer Tang finds overlap between learning to play better hockey and her research on information theory and probability theory.
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MIT continues to advance toward greenhouse gas reduction goals
Initiatives such as the energy storage project led by IDSS professor Jessika Trancik contribute to MIT's goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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A human-machine collaboration to defend against cyberattacks
PatternEx, a startup co-founded by Kalyan Veeramachaneni of LIDS, has developed a platform that combines machine learning models and human expertise to flag suspicious activity on a network.
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Esther Duflo to speak at 2020 Investiture of Doctoral Hoods and Degree Conferral Ceremony
The IDSS affiliate and Nobel Laureate is known for innovation in development economics and an experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
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Low-cost “smart” diaper can notify caregiver when it’s wet
MIT researchers including Pankhuri Sen, a TPP alum and research assistant in MIT’s AutoID Laboratory, have developed a “smart” diaper embedded with a moisture sensor that can alert a caregiver when a diaper is wet.
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MIT researchers identify security vulnerabilities in voting app
MIT researchers including TPP alum Michael Specter have uncovered security vulnerabilities in a mobile voting application that was used during the 2018 midterm elections in West Virginia.
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Robert Gallager wins 2020 Japan Prize
Gallager, an emeritus professor in EECS and former co-director of LIDS, was awarded the Japan Prize for his "pioneering contribution to information and coding theory."
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A college for the computing age
IDSS will continue to address complex societal challenges and support statistics across MIT as we join the Schwarzman College of Computing.
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