MIT Technology & Policy Program celebrates 40 years
MIT Technology & Policy Program celebrated forty years with an event on May 20, bringing together TPP alumni and others from academia, government, and industry.
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IDSS researchers address technologies and policies that shape energy and environmental sustainability
IDSS research uses data, modeling and rigorous analytics to better understand and inform real-world energy and environmental policy issues.
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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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