Flying the not-so-friendly skies
Study shows that network carriers receive more complaints than cheaper airlines, regardless of actual service quality.
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MITx course builds a systematic approach to understanding the uncertain
6.041x shows learners how to use probability to make scientifically sound predictions under uncertainty.
Bringing the world reboot-less updates
Ksplice software, which allows for updates without rebooting, became a profitable venture for the MIT alumni who developed it.
Power (of electronics) to the people
Alumna Ayah Bdeir’s fast-growing startup littleBits, which sells connectable electronic modules, is helping people understand and build creatively with electronics.
James K. Roberge, professor of electrical engineering, dies at 75
A member of the MIT faculty since 1967, Roberge spent nearly his entire professional career at MIT.
MIT Professional Education creates Online X Programs and launches big data course
"Tackling the Challenges of Big Data” is first professional course to be offered online
The ocean’s hidden waves show their power
Large-scale tests in the lab and the South China Sea reveal the origins of underwater waves that can tower hundreds of feet.
New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to the ‘max flow’ problem
Research could boost the efficiency even of huge networks like the Internet.
Anthropologist Manduhai Buyandelger wins the 2013 Levitan Prize in the Humanities
The $25,000 research grant will go towards supporting the professor's ethnographic study of parliamentary elections in Mongolia.
New approach to vertex connectivity could maximize networks’ bandwidth
Technique advances understanding of a basic concept in graph theory, paralleling advances in edge connectivity.
A global community dedicated to alleviating poverty gathers at MIT
JPAL@10 event celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.
MIT admits 612 accomplished and diverse students through early action
New maker portfolios enhance optional application supplements.
3 Questions: Randolph Kirchain on the spread of electronic waste
New study provides a comprehensive look at where a steadily growing quantity of old computers, televisions, and phones end up.