Data Science and Statistics: Opportunities and Challenges
Devavrat Shah writes about data science challenges and new online course from IDSS & MIT Professional Education.
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Come visit the new IDSS space in E17 and E18
A number of IDSS faculty, staff, and students have moved (including TPP and SSRC). IDSS reception is at E18-407A, next to the new still-in-progress visualization lab. For updated info go to the Contact page: https://idss-stage.mit.edu/contact/.
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Piston engine aircraft pose a significant health threat
Study co-authored by Noelle Selin shows long-lasting health and economic impacts of lead emissions from U.S. general aviation flights.
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Is this pizza worth waiting for?
Prof. Richard Larson weighs in, as an expert in queuing theory, about why people may be willing to wait in extremely long restaurant lines.
READ MOREExtensive media coverage of electric vehicle research
New electric vehicle research from Jessika Trancik and co-authors covered by The Guardian, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, and more.
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Can today’s electric vehicles make a dent in climate change?
Electric vehicles can meet drivers’ needs enough to replace 90 percent of vehicles now on the road.
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Is there a STEM crisis or a STEM surplus?
Wall Street Journal piece cites paper from Prof. Richard Larson and TPP grad Yi Xue.
READ MOREAre Your Friends Just Not That Into You?
Alex Pentland talks about study, "Are You Your Friends' Friend?"
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Reducing emissions, improving technology: A mutually reinforcing cycle
Study on the connection between technology development and emissions-reduction policies informs Paris climate negotiations.
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New online course addresses data science challenges
“Data Science: Data to Insights,” presented by IDSS and MIT Professional Education, begins October 4.
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