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Illuminating uncertainty
Youssef Marzouk aims to improve predictions of everything from underground pollution to daily weather.
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Home strep test could save time and money
Paper co-authored by Stan Finkelstein finds most parents are capable of performing a strep throat test.
READ MORETenure promotions announced for two IDSS faculty
Noelle Selin and Jessika Trancik have been promoted to associate professor with tenure.
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In Kenya, phones replace bank tellers
A study by Tavneet Suri looks at the impacts of mobile-money service in Kenya.
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Statistics and Data Science Center holds inaugural conference
SDSCon 2017 gathers community and showcases research projects that apply data science to major systems and issues.
READ MOREEsther Duflo among six MIT professors elected to National Academy of Sciences for 2017
Duflo's research seeks to understand the economic lives of the poor, with the aim of helping design and evaluate social policies.
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MIT Energy Initiative awards 10 seed fund grants for early-stage energy research
Grant recipients include Audun Botterud, Noelle Selin, and Valerie Karplus (TPP and Engineering Systems PhD alum).
READ MORECombining the brain and computers
Emery Brown discusses the feasibility of merging computers with the human brain in an attempt to keep up with artificial intelligence.
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Tommi Jaakkola appointed Thomas Siebel Professor in EECS and IDSS
Leader in machine learning and natural language processing takes on professorship established by veteran software entrepreneur Thomas Siebel.
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