Preparing for large-scale solar deployment
Deploying solar power at the scale needed to alleviate climate change will pose serious challenges for today’s electric power system, finds a study performed by researchers at MIT and the Institute for Research and Technology (ITT) at Comillas University in Spain.
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Reductions in mercury emissions should lead to economic benefits
In a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, MIT researchers report that global action on reducing mercury emissions will lead to twice the economic benefits for the U.S., compared with domestic action, by 2050.
READ MOREIDSS faculty awarded IEEE Control Systems Society’s 2015 George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award
Daron Acemoglu, Munzer Dahleh, and Emilio Frazzoli (together with collaborators Giacomo Como from Lund University and Ketan Savla from USC) have been awarded the IEEE Control Systems Society's 2015 George S. Axelby Outstanding Paper Award for their paper, “Robust Distributed Routing in Dynamical Networks–Part II: Strong Resilience, Equilibrium Selection and Cascaded Failures." The award recognizes the best paper published in the past two years in the IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control. It was presented at the CSS Awards Ceremony at the 2015 IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC) in Japan.
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Caroline Uhler awarded the Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization
The 2015 Doherty Professorship in Ocean Utilization was presented to Professor Caroline Uhler in support of her research proposal entitled, "Bayesian Gaussian Graphical Model Selection and Ocean Energy Utilization."
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Noelle Selin named among the first Leshner Leadership Institute Public Engagement Fellows at AAAS
Prof. Noelle Selin has been named among the first cohort of 15 fellows. All are climate scientists with an interest in promoting dialogue between science and society.
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History in the making: The outcome of the Paris climate change negotiations
Noelle Selin and Jessika Trancik participated in recent panel of MIT experts discussing outcomes of the Paris climate negotiations.
READ MOREEmery Brown among MIT faculty named 2015 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors
Four MIT faculty members have been named 2015 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). Prof. Emery Brown is the Edward Hood Taplin Professor of Medical Engineering and of Computational Neuroscience in the MIT School of Science and School of Engineering and the Warren M. Zapol Professor of Anesthesia at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He is also director of the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology; associate director of the MIT Institute for Medical Engineering and Science; and professor of health sciences and technology at MIT. His lab investigates neural signal processing algorithms and seeks to understand general anesthesia.
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Sharing climate research and strategies in Paris
MIT events throughout recent climate talks underscore Institute’s global perspectives and partnerships.
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The hidden virtuous cycle of Paris climate pledges
As Paris climate talks enter their final stage, Jessika Trancik explains how pledges to cut emissions beget even deeper emissions cuts.
READ MOREDavid Forney awarded the IEEE Medal of Honor
G. David Forney, Jr., adjunct professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and the Laboratory of Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), will receive the 2016 Institute of Electrical and Electronics (IEEE) Medal of Honor, the highest award bestowed by the IEEE.
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