Ozdaglar appointed to Keithley Professorship
Asuman Ozdaglar, professor of electrical engineering and computer science, has been appointed to the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professorship in Electrical Engineering.
READ MORECan Financial Engineering Cure Cancer?
Andrew Lo gives talk at TEDxCambridge about better ways of funding early-stage biomedical research and drug development.
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From Mobile Data, Drawing Social Circles
A recent study extracted phone data from more than 25 million phone users in 155 cities in France, Portugal, and Spain over the course of six months.
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Bresler appointed to Tenenbaum Career Development Chair
Guy Bresler has been named the Bonnie and Marty (1964) Tenenbaum Career Development Professor.
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Stefanie Jegelka receives prestigious German prize
IDSS and CSAIL principal investigator Stefanie Jegelka received a prestigious German prize for her research efforts in machine learning.
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How big data will help us hold governments accountable
In our post-Snowden age, a little paranoia about how our data are collected and used is natural. But what if we turned the tables, and big data became a way to hold governments accountable, instead? MIT social physicist Alex Pentland thinks that it's possible.
READ MOREThe Power Of Resilience: A Q&A with Yossi Sheffi
Yossi Sheffi talks about his new book, The Power Of Resilience: How The Best Companies Manage The Unexpected.
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How Many Deaths Did Volkswagen’s Deception Cause in the US?
Professor Noelle Selin provides some insights on pollution from Volkswagen diesel cars.
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IDSS part of new collaboration focusing on systemic risk in the financial system
IDSS part of new collaboration to foster interdisciplinary research in the measurement of systemic risk in the financial system.
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Ethical trials, targeted ads
Prof. Philippe Rigollet and colleagues present a new method that optimizes outcomes for subjects in comparison tests.
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