Celebrating the impact of IDSS
A two-day conference at MIT reflected on the impact of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society since its launch, as founding director Munther Dahleh prepares to step down.
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MIT Mobility Initiative Thinks Forward
"It’s an incredibly turbulent but interesting time,” says IDSS affiliate Jinhua Zhao, founder and director of the MIT Mobility Initiative, which merges public, private, and academic spheres to help shape the future of transportation.
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Study: Covid-19 has reduced diverse urban interactions
The Covid-19 pandemic has reduced how often urban residents intersect with people from different income brackets, according to a new study led by MIT researchers including IDSS core faculty Alex 'Sandy' Pentland.
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Studying consciousness without affecting it
A new study from a team including IDSS core faculty Emery Brown tests an alternative to external stimulation for measuring when subjects lose and regain responsiveness during sedation and anesthesia.
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MIT research team including Devavrat Shah receives Best Paper Award at NSDI ’23
Shah and collaborators from LIDS and CSAIL received the award from the 20th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation for their paper titled “CausalSim: A Causal Framework for Unbiased Trace-Driven Simulation.”
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Martin Wainwright named director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Widely recognized leader in statistics and machine learning to succeed Munther Dahleh.
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Engineering solutions for the unhackable infrastructure of the future
“Anticipation and preparation for security threats to physical and virtual spaces has emerged as a critical national and international priority,” says IDSS affiliate Saurabh Amin.
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3 Questions: New MIT major and its role in fighting climate change
Ali Jadbabaie and Robert van der Hilst discuss how a new joint degree program in climate system science and engineering will prepare students to solve global-scale environmental problems.
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Cathy Wu receives NSF CAREER Award
Award for IDSS core faculty member will support the advancement of large-scale cyber-physical systems.
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Infusing Science into Public Policymaking
“You want to make sure that science enters the conversation — every big decision, every big policy action,” says TPP alum Tina Bahadori ’84, SM ’88.
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