
Inventing the “Google” for predictive analytics
Platform analyzes big data to answer plain-language business queries in minutes instead of months.
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Exploring ethical dimensions of climate negotiation
MIT researchers focus on empathy, transparency, and empowerment at this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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Auto-tuning data science: New research streamlines machine learning
A new automated machine-learning system performs as well or better than its human counterparts — and works 100 times faster.
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Prof. Jon How Named IEEE Fellow
LIDS professor Jonathan How, the Richard C. Maclaurin Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics, has been named a 2018 Control Systems Society IEEE Fellow. IEEE confers this distinction on its members in recognition of their extraordinary accomplishments in their fields.
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MIT convenes researchers and policymakers for regional climate action
Two-day summit on climate leadership in northeastern North America draws almost 200 to MIT.
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Asu Ozdaglar named head of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Asu Ozdaglar, the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, has been named the new department head of EECS, effective Jan. 1, 2018.
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You Can Now Hail a Self-Driving Lyft in This U.S. City
From Wednesday, some passengers in Boston were able to hail a self-driving car through their Lyft rideshare app as part of a highly anticipated trial of autonomous vehicles in the city.
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Try this! Researchers devise better recommendation algorithm
Improved recommendation algorithm should work especially well when ratings data are “sparse.”
READ MOREDavid Simchi-Levi next Editor-in-Chief of Management Science
IDSS Professor Simchi-Levi was appointed next EiC of one of INFORMS flagship journals Management Science. Previously he was the EiC of INFORMS other leading journal, Operations Research, from 2006-2012.
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Engineering a brighter future
Optimizing the design of electricity markets could make it easier to integrate renewable energy sources into the power grid.
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