Wine matching: Tasty uses for algorithms
A pair of Class of 2010 roommates, entrepreneurial buddies while on campus, recently teamed up to launch a wine club based on big data.
Department
Mathematics
Searching big data faster
Theoretical analysis could expand applications of accelerated searching in biology, other fields.
Hartley Rogers, Jr., professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 89
Mathematician’s 53-year career at MIT included service as associate provost from 1974 to 1980.
Louis Howard, professor emeritus of mathematics, dies at 86
Influential mathematician and professor made fundamental contributions to subjects including hydrodynamic stability and geophysical flows.
High school students find their MathROOTS at MIT
Program aims to inspire female and underrepresented minority students to pursue STEM fields.
School of Engineering awards for 2015
Awards were given to outstanding faculty, and graduate, and undergraduate students.
To handle big data, shrink it
Algorithm reduces size of data sets while preserving their mathematical properties.
National Academy of Sciences elects four MIT professors
Bowring, Mrowka, Poterba, and Seager named for “distinguished” research.
Boiling down viscous flow
A new simplified model predicts patterns that form from honey-like fluids.
Eight faculty members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Among 197 elected this year to the prestigious honorary society.
Adding up to a big win
MIT dominates at annual Putnam Mathematical Competition, taking five of six top individual spots.
