Startup bringing driverless taxi service to Singapore
MIT spinout nuTonomy is developing a fleet of driverless taxis to serve as a more convenient form of public transit while helping reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the densely populated city-state of Singapore. Emilio Frazzoli is co-founder and chief technology officer of nuTonomy.
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IDSS Conversations: Caroline Uhler
Electrical engineering and computer science assistant professor is working at the intersection of genomics and computational biology.
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Paper by Paul Grogan and Olivier de Weck selected for award at SCS Annual Simulation Symposium
"Collaborative Design in the Sustainable Infrastructure Planning Game," by Paul Grogan and Olivier de Weck, has been selected for the best paper award at the upcoming SCS (Spring Simulation Multi-Conference) Annual Simulation Symposium (ANSS), April 3-6 in Pasadena, CA.
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Communicating vehicles could ease through intersections more efficiently
New paper co-authored by Emilio Frazzoli suggests that sensor-laden vehicles that communicate with each other could allow twice as much traffic to use the roads.
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Study shows how more R&D funding can accelerate the world energy revolution
Daron Acemoglu and colleagues present a uniquely detailed model of the dynamics of innovation in the energy industry.
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What We Can Learn About Drone Strikes From 10 Million Yemeni Cell Phones
Fotini Christia discusses how she and her colleagues used cell phone metadata to gather information about the rhythm of daily Yemeni life and the effect of drone strikes, protests, and more.
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IDSS Conversations: Guy Bresler
Assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science discusses his work focusing on learning graphical models from data.
READ MORENew book co-authored by Robert Berwick explores how people acquired unique language skills
"Why Only Us: Language and Evolution" (MIT Press), by Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick, explores the development of human language.
READ MORENew York Times blog post features development work of Esther Duflo
Blog post, "Ideas Help No One on a Shelf. Take Them to the World," looks at research with real impacts in developing countries.
READ MORENancy Leveson receives space safety award
The International Association for the Advancement of Space Safety (IAASS) has selected MIT professor Nancy Leveson as the recipient of its 2016 Vladimir Syromyatnikov – Safety-by-Design Award. The award honors “distinguished individuals who have made major technical contributions toward the safety of space systems.”
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