Institute Professor Emeritus John Little, a founder of operations research and marketing science, dies at 96
The MIT Sloan scholar was a part of the Institute community for nearly eight decades.
Turning up the heat on next-generation semiconductors
Research sheds light on the properties of novel materials that could be used in electronics operating in extremely hot environments.
Artificial intelligence for augmentation and productivity
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing awards seed grants to seven interdisciplinary projects exploring AI-augmented management.
Embracing the future we need
MIT Sloan Professor Andy Sun works to improve the electricity grid so it can better use renewable energy.
Statistics, operations research, and better algorithms
MIT Sloan Associate Professor Rahul Mazumder finds ways to create and refine statistical models with an array of applications.
Caspar Hare, Georgia Perakis named associate deans of Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing
The faculty members will work together to advance the cross-cutting initiative of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
Emma Gibson: Optimizing health care logistics in Africa
The PhD student seeks to improve patient care by helping facilities use their limited resources more effectively.
Costis Daskalakis appointed inaugural Avanessians Professor in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Professor of electrical engineering and computer science will receive additional support to advance his research and career.
Last-mile routing research challenge awards $175,000 to three winning teams
Competing research teams trained machine learning models to predict optimal routing based on real field datasets.
Unleashing capacity at Heineken México with systems thinking from MIT
How a pair of MIT Sloan Executive Education alumni translated teachings from an MIT course to operations improvements at Mexico’s largest brewery.
Behind Covid-19 vaccine development
A machine learning model developed jointly by Janssen and MIT data scientists played a key role in the clinical trial process for the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.
Optimizing complex decision-making
“Operations in practice are very messy, but I think that’s what makes them exciting,” says graduate student Jean Pauphilet.
A college for the computing age
With the initial organizational structure in place, the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing moves forward with implementation.
![A new study finds generally higher prices with occasional sales mixed in will yield more revenue than consistently low prices, at least for fashionable goods. “The high-value customers will still buy the product,” Karen Zheng says. “They want to [avoid] this feeling of regret, which would occur if they wait now and then cannot get it in the future.”](/sites/default/files/styles/term_page__news_article/public/images/201605/MIT-Quantifying-Regret.jpg?itok=qLKeqfIg)
MISTI welcomes new faculty directors
Patrick Jaillet is named faculty director of MIT-France; Paulo Lozano is named faculty director of MIT-Mexico.