Recommendation theory
Model for evaluating product-recommendation algorithms suggests that trial and error get it right.
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Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS)
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New leadership for sociotechnical systems
Ali Jadbabaie from the University of Pennsylvania named interim director of SSRC
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.
No-wait data centers
New system could reduce data-transmission delays across server farms by 99.6 percent.
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.
Dahleh appointed to new roles
Leading ESD and planning for a potential MIT-wide effort in the areas of socio-technical systems, information and decision systems, and statistics.
Machine learning branches out
An algorithm that extends an artificial-intelligence technique to new tasks could aid in analysis of flight delays and social networks.