The inaugural SERC Symposium convened experts from multiple disciplines to explore the challenges and opportunities that arise with the broad applicability of computing in many aspects of society.
A two-day conference at MIT reflected on the impact of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society since its launch, as founding Director Munther Dahleh prepares to step down.
A new study finds human supervisors have the potential to reduce barriers to deploying autonomous vehicles.
“Ways of Seeing” project documents endangered Afghan heritage sites through digital imaging, virtual reality, and hand-drawn professional renderings.
A new machine-learning model makes more accurate predictions about ocean currents, which could help with tracking plastic pollution and oil spills, and aid in search and rescue.
The system they developed eliminates a source of bias in simulations, leading to improved algorithms that can boost the performance of applications.
Mobility-related data show the pandemic has had a lasting effect, limiting the breadth of places people visit in cities.
Widely recognized leader in statistics and machine learning to succeed Munther Dahleh.
MIT political scientist In Song Kim shines a bright light on the dark art of political lobbying.
Gokul Sampath and Jie Yun have been named 2023-24 J-WAFS Fellows.
If reactors are retired, polluting energy sources that fill the gap could cause more than 5,000 premature deaths, researchers estimate.
With the right building blocks, machine-learning models can more accurately perform tasks like fraud detection or spam filtering.
Eleven new faculty members join six of the school's academic departments and institutes.
Students develop entrepreneurial mindsets and cultural competency in a startup boot camp.
New modeling tool enables rapid design of effective and equitable policy combinations.