Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS)

Top row, left to right: Lydia Bourouiba, Thomas Heldt, Fikile Brushett, and Asegun Henry. Bottom row, left to right: William Oliver, Michael Short, Vivienne Sze, and Caroline Uhler.

The tenured engineers of 2020

Eight faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the School of Engineering.

July 24, 2020

Out of a total of 200 research proposals, 26 projects were selected and awarded $5.4 million to continue AI research to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in the areas of medicine, urban planning, and public policy.

Faculty receive funding to develop artificial intelligence techniques to combat Covid-19

C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awards $5.4 million to top researchers to steer how society responds to the pandemic.

July 17, 2020

Learners at the Uruguay Technological University (UTEC) Program in Data Science will take the MITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science, with support from IDSS.

MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society builds educational partnership in Uruguay

IDSS will provide support to learners who take the MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science.

July 16, 2020

During the MicroMasters completion celebration, credential holder David Fong describes how his work with the nonprofit Spur Afrika was informed by his coursework in Data, Economics, and Development Policy.

Learners today, leaders tomorrow

MITx MicroMasters Program credential holders leverage MIT-caliber education to move their industries to the cutting edge.

July 13, 2020

A virtual "datathon" organized by MIT to bring fresh insights to the Covid-19 pandemic drew 300 participants and 44 mentors from around the world. Here, mentors who volunteered to judge the final projects meet on Zoom to select the top 10 projects.

What is the Covid-19 data tsunami telling policymakers?

A global team of researchers searches for insights during a weeklong virtual “datathon.”

July 1, 2020

Ali Jadbabaie has been named the new head of the MIT Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Ali Jadbabaie named head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Systems science and control theory expert to succeed Markus Buehler.

June 26, 2020

The startup macro-eyes is bringing new techniques in machine learning and artificial intelligence to global health problems like vaccine delivery and patient scheduling with its Connected Health AI Network (CHAIN).

Improving global health equity by helping clinics do more with less

The startup macro-eyes uses artificial intelligence to improve vaccine delivery and patient scheduling.

June 25, 2020

Researchers present at the MIT-Takeda launch event earlier this year.

MIT-Takeda program launches

Research projects will harness the power of artificial intelligence to positively impact human health.

June 18, 2020

Overhead photo of MIT buildings and campus

Team 2020 charts a course for MIT

Report outlines the thinking behind five proposed options for the 2020-2021 academic year.

June 12, 2020

More than 100 people participated in a four-hour online robot race, which served as the final project for MIT Course 6.141/16.405 (Robotics: Science and Systems).

Photorealistic simulator made MIT robot racing competition a live online experience

Teaching assistants in Robotics: Science and Systems pulled out all the stops to help engineering students race across the finish line this spring.

June 9, 2020

Researchers with the IDSS Covid-19 Collaboration (Isolat) are designing a control model for testing and isolating members of communities like MIT’s to reduce Covid-19 infection.

A data-driven response to a pandemic

Isolat, a volunteer collaboration organized by the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, informs coronavirus policy by analyzing data associated with the pandemic.

May 15, 2020

Marija Ilic — a senior research scientist at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, affiliate of the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, senior staff in MIT Lincoln Laboratory’s Energy Systems Group, and Carnegie Mellon University professor emerita — is a researcher on a mission: making electric energy systems future-ready.

Shedding light on complex power systems

Senior Research Scientist Marija Ilic is making electric energy systems future-ready.

April 23, 2020

Jim Collins, the Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science in MIT’s Institute for Medical Engineering and Science and the Department of Biological Engineering, is the recipient of funding from The Audacious Project to harness AI for drug discovery.

Jim Collins receives funding to harness AI for drug discovery

The Audacious Project commitment will support the development of new classes of antibiotics to treat the world’s deadliest bacterial pathogens.

April 22, 2020

From L to R: Zuckerman Sivan, Zhao, and Youcef-Toumi join previous recipients in lifting up students in ways that have been tremendously impactful.

Faithfully supporting well-being

Ezra Zuckerman Sivan, Jinhua Zhao, and Kamal Youcef-Toumi honored as “Committed to Caring.”

April 17, 2020

WiDS Cambridge, co-hosted by the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, recognized and empowered women in STEM across a variety of disciplines.

Annual Women in Data Science conference discusses fake news

WiDS Cambridge, co-hosted by the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, recognizes and empowers women in STEM across a variety of disciplines.