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Using data from social networks to understand and improve systems

Researchers in IDSS are learning how ideas evolve over networks, quantifying the influence of individuals in networks, and making better predictions.

April 7, 2016

April 12 symposium: Take an immersive, intellectual journey across campus

Beyond 2016: MIT’s Frontiers of the Future event offers a playful introduction to research at MIT.

April 5, 2016

MIT named No. 1 university worldwide for architecture, No. 2 for art and design

QS World University Rankings give top ratings to MIT in architecture, arts programs.

April 4, 2016

“In the 155 years of its existence, this Institute has not only withstood and adapted to, but also become a leader of constant progress and change,” said Armenian President Serzh A. Sargsyan (pictured).

President Serzh A. Sargsyan of Armenia visits MIT

Tour includes meeting with MIT President L. Rafael Reif, visit to Media Lab.

March 30, 2016

Members of the MIT Media Lab’s Camera Culture Group devised a new approach to image separation in photographs. Their system fires light into a scene and gauges the differences between the arrival times of light reflected by nearby objects — such as panes of glass — and more distant objects.

Reflection-removing camera

Device uses depth sensor and signal processing to capture clear images through windows.

March 25, 2016

Sourcemap gives companies a visual map of all connected global supplier locations for their products. The software also pulls news feeds on significant political events or environmental disasters to alert companies to potential interruptions.

Plotting the complex path of products

Startup’s software maps out convoluted supply chains for companies and consumers

March 23, 2016

Nathan Brown receives SOM Foundation Fellowship

Award supports travel by Building Technology graduate student to study architectural performance issues.

March 17, 2016

“An intersection is a difficult place, because you have two flows competing for the same piece of real estate,” Carlo Ratti says.

When slower is faster

Study: Communicating vehicles could ease through intersections more efficiently.

March 17, 2016

The Temple of Bel at Palmyra, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was reduced to rubble by the terrorist group ISIS in 2015. MIT professor Nasser Rabbat helps tell the story of this lost heritage as part of "The Museum of Lost Objects," a new BBC Radio series on sites and objects that have been destroyed or looted in Iraq and Syria.

Nasser Rabbat and the Museum of Lost Objects

MIT architect and historian helps the BBC trace the destruction of Syrian antiquities.

March 16, 2016

Architecture symposium March 30 and 31: Exploring the campus then, now, next

Event welcomes more than 20 speakers over four sessions on designing places for inventing the future.

March 15, 2016

The Emerging Worlds innovation lab in Mumbai is a home away from home for MIT graduate students (l-r) Alicia Chong, Mrinal Mohit, Tristan Swedish, and Shantanu Sinha.

Innovating for billions

Emerging Worlds, a Media Lab and Tata Center initiative, seeks to catalyze change on a massive scale.

March 9, 2016

Empatica's wristband, called Embrace (pictured here), is “a consumer-looking, but medical-quality device” for monitoring stress and seizures, Rosalind Picard says.

Wristband detects and alerts for seizures, monitors stress

Wearable tracks increased skin conductance that signals stress, helps identify dangerous seizures.

March 9, 2016

Inés Ariza is a graduate student in the Design and Computation Group in the Department of Architecture.

Inés Ariza selected as 2016 QuarraMatter Fellow

Design and computation graduate student develops digital workflows for design and fabrication.

March 8, 2016

The MIT Media Lab and MIT Press have launched the Journal of Design and Science

MIT Media Lab and MIT Press launch Journal of Design and Science

Journal will offer a new, open-access alternative for academic publishing.

February 24, 2016

Boston Citywide Energy Model simulated energy use in a 200-by-200-meter grid for the City of Boston.

MIT researchers create citywide building energy model for Boston

Detailed model can help planners meet climate goals, increase resilience.

February 22, 2016

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