The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering's "research speed dating" event included a panel discussion with CEE professors on the future of research in infrastructure and environment.

CEE event showcases multidisciplinary opportunities
MIT News Office | March 15, 2019

A Civil and Environmental Engineering event featured the interdisciplinary research of IDSS and CEE faculty, including Susan Silbey and incoming professor Cathy Wu.

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Igor Kadota

Three questions with Igor Kadota, LIDS PhD candidate
LIDS | March 13, 2019

A PhD candidate with the Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems (LIDS), Igor's research is on the development and deployment of networking algorithms designed to keep information fresh in large-scale networks.

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Marie Charpignon presents her research findings

Combining artificial intelligence with their passions
MIT News Office | March 8, 2019

Social and Engineering Systems (SES) student Marie Charpignon and Technology and Policy Program (TPP) student Manon Revel presented research that uses computational tools at last week's celebration for the new Schwarzman College of Computing.

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Daron Acemoglu

Study: Democracy fosters economic growth
MIT News Office | March 7, 2019

A new study co-authored by MIT economist and IDSS core faculty member Daron Acemoglu studies the interplay of institutions, political systems, and economies -- and finds that democracy significantly increases development.

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Dan Huttenlocher

Dan Huttenlocher named inaugural dean of MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
MIT News Office | February 21, 2019

Dan Huttenlocher SM ’84, PhD ’88 has been named the first dean of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing. A member of Cornell’s computer science faculty, Huttenlocher is the founding dean of Cornell Tech.

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Julia Milton

Student profile: Julia Milton, TPP
TPP | February 20, 2019

A dual Technology and Policy/AeroAstro student, Julia's research focuses on developing sensors and metrics for remote telehealth systems -- helpful in remote regions, essential for astronauts in space.

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conference attendees listen to a speaker

LIDS Student Conference
LIDS | February 13, 2019

The 24th annual LIDS Student Conference featured plenary speakers, a career panel, and student presentations on topics like Optimization and Algorithms, Networks, Machine Learning and Statistics, and Control Theory and Applications.

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Stata building

MIFODS hosts workshop on theoretical foundations of deep learning
CSAIL | February 13, 2019

The NSF-supported MIT Institute for Foundations of Data Science (MIFODS) held an interdisciplinary workshop led by Statistics and Data Science Center affiliate Aleksander Madry aimed at tackling the underlying theory behind deep learning.

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According to Hamsa Balakrishnan, associate head of the MIT Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, “When our students go out knowing where the state-of-the-art is in both the transportation domain and the technical disciplines, they are empowered to advance knowledge and have a practical impact.”

Hamsa Balakrishnan on reimagining the future of transportation
MIT News Office | February 12, 2019

IDSS affiliate Hamsa Balakrishnan is the associate head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics at MIT. She is also the director of Transportation@MIT, where she is reimagining the scope of transportation research at MIT to include opportunities presented by data, intelligence, and autonomy.

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Casey Evans

Casey Evans named to Aviation Week’s “20 Twenties” of 2019
MIT News Office | February 8, 2019

A Technology and Policy Program student, Casey Evans is one of three MIT grad students recognized by Aviation Week for her academic performance, civic contributions, and research.

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