New leadership for sociotechnical systems
Ali Jadbabaie from the University of Pennsylvania named interim director of SSRC
Laboratory for Information and Decisions Systems (LIDS)
MIT computer scientists can predict the price of Bitcoin
CSAIL/LIDS team's algorithm doubles initial investment in under two months.
The connector
Munther Dahleh’s expertise in mathematical modeling gives him profound insight into people, and MIT.
Collecting just the right data
When you can’t collect all the data you need, a new algorithm tells you which to target.
Collaborative learning — for robots
Algorithm lets independent agents collectively produce a machine-learning model without aggregating data.
From contemporary syntax to human language’s deep origins
New paper amplifies hypothesis that human language builds on birdsong and speech forms of other primates.
Dahleh is appointed to William A. Coolidge Professorship
Coolidge chair was established in 1988 to honor devoted member of MIT Corporation
School of Engineering awards for 2014
Awards given to outstanding faculty, and graduate and undergraduate students
Think fast, robot
Algorithm that harnesses data from a new sensor could make autonomous robots more nimble.
Dahleh appointed leader in LIDS
Planning the next steps for information and decisions systems at MIT.