Street Smart: How IDSS researchers are shaping our urban future
IDSS researchers across domains are contributing to the study, understanding, and improvement of smart cities around the world.
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Carbon pricing under binding political constraints
In a new working paper IDSS doctoral candidate Jesse Jenkins and Assistant Professor Valerie Karplus (Sloan) discuss the political obstacles facing efforts to price carbon emissions.
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Richard Larson talks about how to improve TSA lines
Richard Larson (a.k.a. "Dr. Queue") comments on how to improve airport security lines in recent media coverage.
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MIT Sloan conference to focus on big data
IDSS faculty Andrew Lo and Sandy Pentland and IDSS executive director Elizabeth Bruce will speak at “Big Data: Shaping the Future of Latin America” in Bogotá, Colombia on May 26.
READ MOREThe political hurdles facing a carbon tax—and how to overcome them
Coverage of working paper by Jesse Jenkins (TPP alum and Engineering Systems PhD candidate) and Valerie Karplus (TPP and Engineering Systems alum).
READ MORENew study by Andrew Lo on a trading strategy based on views posted on Twitter
A new working paper overseen by Andrew Lo indicates a trading strategy based on views posted on Twitter prior to Federal Reserve policy meetings regularly turned a profit.
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New technologies challenge old assumptions about the electric grid
MIT Technology & Policy Program alum and Engineering Systems PhD student Jesse Jenkins talks to WNPR about the new MITEI Utility of the Future study.
READ MOREVictor Chernozhukov among six MIT faculty members elected to the AAAS
Victor Chernozhukov, professor of economics and core faculty member of IDSS, is among six MIT faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Self-driving cars, meet rubber duckies
A spring class taught by Andrea Censi and Liam Paull aims to create a fleet of 50 duckie-adorned, self-driving taxis that can navigate the roads of a model city with just a single on-board camera and no pre-programmed maps.
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Cambridge-based startup to soon test its driverless car tech
Startup nuTonomy (led by Emilio Frazzoli) seeks to develop autonomous cars.
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