MIT scholars awarded seed grants to probe the social implications of generative AI
MIT News Office | September 19, 2023

The 27 finalists include many IDSS faculty and research within the IDSS Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism. 

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New machine learning techniques boost predictions for virtual drug screening with less data
Broad Institute | September 18, 2023

Schmidt Center researchers including senior author and IDSS core faculty Caroline Uhler have found a way to improve kernel methods, which are a simpler alternative to neural networks, for biomedical applications. 

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Graham Turk

REDESIGNING ELECTRICITY RATES
MIT Technology and Policy Program | September 18, 2023

Through a combination of optimization and regulatory policy analysis, TPP student Graham Turk’s research focuses on how smarter electricity rates can speed up decarbonization.

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Alexa Canaan

INCREASING THE PACE OF ENERGY TRANSITION
MIT Technology and Policy Program | September 12, 2023

Recent TPP alum Alexa Canaan SM ’23 fused economics, data science, energy science, and energy policy into research that developed strategies for decreasing consumption and connecting more renewables to the grid.

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“Our future will be very dystopian”
Spiegel International | September 11, 2023

In an interview, IDSS core faculty Daron Acemoğlu dives into the question of whether Silicon Valley is plunging humanity into destitution.

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A man releases smoke from a flare during a political protest against vaccine mandates

How to wage war on conspiracy theories
Politico | September 11, 2023

In his new book, IDSS affiliate Adam Berinsky examines attitudes toward both politics and health, which are undermined by distrust and misinformation in ways that cause harm to individuals and society.

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Nadia Khan

TAKING OUT THE MOON TRASH
MIT Technology and Policy Program | September 7, 2023

Nadia Khan’s research into lunar waste management brings together systems thinking, microeconomics, geology, space systems engineering, and space law.

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Noelle Selin

Noelle Selin to serve as interim IDSS director
September 5, 2023

Selin, a joint appointee with EAPS who has directed the Technology and Policy Program (TPP) within IDSS since 2018, will lead IDSS during the 2023-2024 academic year.

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Dean Eckles

Advancing social studies at MIT Sloan
MIT News Office | August 30, 2023

IDSS Associate Director Dean Eckles studies how our social networks affect our behavior and shape our lives.

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21 ways to fix the MBTA now: AI for the win
Boston Magazine | August 28, 2023

Boston’s public transit system is on the verge of disaster. Boston Magazine spoke with twenty-one insiders on how to solve the crisis, including IDSS affiliate Jinhua Zhao.

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