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Michael Davidson wins a best poster award in AAAS Student Poster Competition
Michael Davidson (TPP '14 and engineering systems PhD candidate) received a best poster award in the social sciences category. The poster highlights hidden costs in China’s coal plant upgrade.
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In Search of a Perfect Team at Work
Article cites research of Sandy Pentland's Human Dynamics Lab.
READ MORETPP student awarded Schmidt MacArthur Fellowship
Anna Waldman-Brown has been selected to be part of the 2017 Schmidt MacArthur Fellowship program.
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Study: Volkswagen’s excess emissions will lead to 1,200 premature deaths in Europe
Paper co-authored by TPP student Guillaume Chossière examines the health impact of 2.6 million cars installed with "defeat devices," sold in Germany under Volkswagen Group’s brands VW, Audi, Skoda, and Seat.
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Endor emerges from MIT research with unique predictive analytics tech
Company co-founded by Sandy Pentland has developed a predictive analytics cloud service based on the concept of "social physics."
READ MOREArtificial data give the same results as real data—without compromising privacy
Research from Kalyan Veeramachaneni and team finds that data scientists can use synthetic data to develop and test data science algorithms and models.
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Making sense of unstructured data: Skills for success
Piece by Devavrat Shah on how to use data effectively.
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Caroline Uhler awarded 2017 Sloan Research Fellowship
Caroline Uhler among the MIT-affiliated faculty members selected to receive 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships.
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Women in Data Science conference highlights impactful work and builds community
Approximately 150 academic leaders, industry professionals, and students gathered in Cambridge as part of a worldwide Women in Data Science event.
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Daron Acemoglu wins BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award
Daron Acemoglu has won this award in honor of his prolific research contributions that have helped reshape the field of economics over the last two decades.
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