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MIT and HUBweek showcase ideas and innovators making the future
IDSS will help kick off HUBweek with a student-run Policy Hackathon, bringing together students, data scientists, policy and urban planning researchers, and other domain specialists to tackle local, complex challenges.
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The cartographer of cells
Statistics and Data Science Center affiliate Aviv Regev helped pioneer single-cell genomics. Now she’s co-chairing a massive effort to map the trillions of cells in the human body.
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Advancing global retail operations through analytics and machine learning
David Simchi-Levi discusses insights from recent research in collaboration with some of the world's largest retailers.
READ MORE![With the U.S. midterm elections approaching, a new report on keeping voting systems safe from hackers was co-authored by MIT professors Ronald L. Rivest (left) and Charles Stewart III.](https://idss-stage.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/MIT-Securing-Vote_0.jpg)
Report outlines keys to election security
IDSS affiliate and Political Science professor Charles Stewart III has co-authored a report calling for ballot paper trails and other resilient practices to avoid election hacking.
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Social Physics: Reinventing Analytics to Better Predict Human Behaviors
The research of IDSS and Media Lab professor Alex ' Sandy' Pentland shows that predicting human behavior requires the ability to frequently analyze relatively small data sets collected over short periods of time.
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A game changer takes on cricket’s statistical problem
Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems alumnus and CSAIL lecturer Jehangir Amjad uses statistical methods to predict likely outcomes with limited data.
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Reducing false positives in credit card fraud detection
Model developed by researchers at the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) extracts granular behavioral patterns from transaction data to more accurately flag suspicious activity.
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Why the Data Marketplaces of the Future Will Sell Insights, Not Data
Data is recognized as a business asset, but we lack efficient ways to price it, says IDSS director Munther Dahleh. He proposes a marketplace that bases the cost of data on the financial value it generates.
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Pablo Parrilo Appointed Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor
The appointment is a senior faculty chaired professorship given in recognition of his outstanding contributions and achievements in both teaching and research.
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Asu Ozdaglar Appointed School of Engineering Distinguished Professor of Engineering
The former LIDS director and current head of EECS is recognized for her outstanding teaching, leadership, and contributions to her field.
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