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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To Ease the Climate Crisis, First Figure Out What Works
Nobel Prize winner and IDSS affiliate Esther Duflo said poorer nations are at ‘dramatic’ risk if policies, attitudes and support from rich countries do not improve.
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The power of weak ties in gaining new employment
“When we look at the experimental data, weak ties are better, on average, for job mobility than strong ties,” says IDSS affiliate Sinan Aral.
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Biden administration approves $900 million for states to build a national electric car-charging network
“It’s important to see this funding as something that will hopefully kickstart further private sector funding,” said IDSS faculty Jessika Trancik.
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