When should data scientists try a new technique?
IDSS affiliate Tamara Broderick and team develop new measure to help scientists decide which estimation method to use when modeling a particular data problem.
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Research, education, and connection in the face of war
“I wouldn’t let the aggressor in the war squash my dreams,” says Tetiana Herasymova, a Ukrainian mathematician who completed the MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science.
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What is synthetic data — and how can it help you competitively?
LIDS research scientist Kalyan Veeramachaneni shares how synthetic data — which resembles real data sets but doesn’t compromise privacy — allows companies to create algorithms more easily.
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Computers that power self-driving cars could be a huge driver of global carbon emissions
Study co-advised by IDSS core faculty Sertac Karaman shows that if autonomous vehicles are widely adopted, hardware efficiency will need to advance rapidly to keep computing-related emissions in check.
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Unpacking the “black box” to build better AI models
Stefanie Jegelka seeks to understand how machine-learning models behave, to help researchers build more robust models for applications in biology, computer vision, optimization, and more.
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Simulating discrimination in virtual reality
The role-playing game “On the Plane,” developed by researchers within the IDSS Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism, simulates xenophobia to foster greater understanding and reflection via virtual experiences.
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Kindness goes viral
Professor Anette 'Peko' Hosoi has developed a formula demonstrating that kindness could go viral if every time someone performs an act of kindness for us, we do more than one nice thing for someone else.
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Subtle biases in AI can influence emergency decisions
However, harm can be minimized if the advice it delivers is properly framed, an MIT team including SES student Hammaad Adam and IDSS faculty member Fotini Christia has shown.
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More social, connected cities
SES doctoral candidate Cate Heine co-authors a paper that examines how effective slow zones are at making cities more pedestrian friendly, encouraging alternative modes of mobility, and creating social gathering spaces.
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Wind Power Is Bringing Americans Real Health Benefits
MIT study co-authored by IDSS core faculty Noelle Selin and SES alum Minghao Qiu (PhD ’21) finds increased usage of wind power improves air quality in U.S., however only a third of the health benefits are being seen in disadvantaged communities.
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