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3 Questions: Kalyan Veeramachaneni on hurdles preventing fully automated machine learning

Researchers hope more user-friendly machine-learning systems will enable nonexperts to analyze big data — but can such systems ever be completely autonomous?

October 6, 2021

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MIT Sloan and Bayer team up to cultivate digital intrapreneurship capability

Corporate innovation leaders at Bayer engage MIT Sloan Executive Education in a transformational data science and intrapreneurship program.

October 5, 2021

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Mathematicians solve an old geometry problem on equiangular lines

How many lines can be pairwise separated by the same angle in high dimensions? Geometry breakthrough gives new insights into spectral graph theory.

October 4, 2021

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Artificial intelligence is smart, but does it play well with others?

Humans find AI to be a frustrating teammate when playing a cooperative game together, posing challenges for "teaming intelligence," study shows.

October 4, 2021

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New “risk triage” platform pinpoints compounding threats to US infrastructure

Modeling tool showcases emerging MIT Joint Program research focus on multi-sector dynamics.

October 4, 2021

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Ana Pantelic appointed executive director of MIT D-Lab

An international development practitioner, academic researcher, and social entrepreneur, Pantelic will help guide D-Lab into its third decade.

October 1, 2021

MIT brings Campaign for a Better World to a successful finish

The effort raised more than $6 billion to spark innovation on global challenges.

September 30, 2021

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The language of change

Preparing for a career advancing the science and policy of climate issues, junior Ryan Conti focuses on math, computer science, and the philosophy of language.

September 29, 2021

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Citizens emerge from the slums

PhD student Ying Gao's research reveals that the urban poor in the developing world are politically engaged and capable of effecting change.

September 28, 2021

Lindsey Backman: Biochemist, mentor, and advocate

The PhD candidate studies the human microbiome and its proteins, while also championing the Latinx community on MIT’s campus.

September 28, 2021

Institute Professor Paula Hammond named to White House science council

The head of MIT’s Department of Chemical Engineering will serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology.

September 22, 2021

Bringing precision to musculoskeletal health

Figur8, founded by MIT alumna Nan-Wei Gong SM ’09, PhD ’13, offers a wearable sensor system to improve the diagnosis and treatment of muscle injuries.

September 21, 2021

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How quickly do algorithms improve?

MIT scientists show how fast algorithms are improving across a broad range of examples, demonstrating their critical importance in advancing computing.

September 20, 2021

Taking on the stormy seas

Themistoklis Sapsis tackles engineering problems associated with the unpredictable ocean environment and its effects on ships and other structures.

September 19, 2021

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Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight

MIT professors Dave Des Marais and Caroline Uhler combine plant biology and machine learning to identify genetic roots of plant responses to environmental stress.

September 17, 2021

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New “risk triage” platform pinpoints compounding threats to US infrastructure

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