Can generative AI provide trusted financial advice?
Many people seeking tailored investment advice engage with a certified financial adviser. IDSS faculty Andrew Lo says generative AI has the potential to upend that dynamic.
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Arnab Sarker recognized with IDSS Teaching Assistant Award
A doctoral student in SES, Sarker has been recognized for going above and beyond for his students, assisting in curriculum design, and nurturing the growing and diverse IDSS community.
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Has remote work changed how people travel in the US?
A new study co-authored by IDSS faculty Jinhua Zhao finds sustained pattern changes — with a lot of regional variation.
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Large graphical model AI gets down to business
Ikigai Labs, an MIT STEX25 startup co-founded by IDSS faculty Devavrat Shah, brings the power of an emerging form of generative AI to crucial enterprise data.
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The Elections Performance Index charts a decade’s progress in election administration
IDSS faculty Charles Stewart III discusses how the Elections Performance Index shows overall steady improvement in how US elections are administered.
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A new computational technique could make it easier to engineer useful proteins
MIT researchers including IDSS faculty Tommi Jaakkola plan to search for proteins that could be used to measure electrical activity in the brain.
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Characterizing social networks
A new method explored by study lead author and SES graduate student Arnab Sarker to measure homophily in large group interactions offers insights into how groups might interact in the future.
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Growing our organ supply
SES student Hammaad Adam’s novel data set ‘ORCHID’ can help increase the supply of organs for transplants, saving lives and improving health equity.
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IDSS faculty awarded seed grants to study the impact and applications of generative AI
Sandy Pentland, Sarah Williams and Ashia Wilson are among 16 teams of MIT scholars selected to develop research papers analyzing the impact of generative AI on a broad range of topics and disciplines.
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Rethinking space logistics
Last summer, TPP student Dansil Green interned with the Aerospace Corporation’s Center for Space Policy and Strategy in Washington, DC
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