Remarks by President-Elect Sally Kornbluth to the MIT community
MIT's 18th president greeted community members at an event held on campus and online.
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Q&A: Melissa Nobles on guest-editing Nature to examine racism in science
MIT chancellor and colleagues help lead special project examining how bias has distorted the scientific enterprise — and how to make things better.
Seven from MIT named American Physical Society Fellows for 2022
APS honors Anna Frebel, Liang Fu, Nuh Gedik, Or Hen, Nuno Loureiro, Fredrick Seguin, and Jesse Thaler for research, applications, teaching, and leadership.
New system designs nanomaterials that conduct heat in specific ways
The technique could be used to fabricate computer chips that won’t get too hot while operating, or materials that can convert waste heat to energy.
Study finds the risks of sharing health care data are low
Greater availability of de-identified patient health data would enable better treatments and diagnostics, the researchers say.
Learning on the edge
A new technique enables AI models to continually learn from new data on intelligent edge devices like smartphones and sensors, reducing energy costs and privacy risks.
MIT events illuminate critical need for menstruation science
“AI for endometriosis? If only there were data!”
Neurodegenerative disease can progress in newly identified patterns
A machine-learning method finds patterns of health decline in ALS, informing future clinical trial designs and mechanism discovery. The technique also extends to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s.
New program to support translational research in AI, data science, and machine learning
The MIT-Pillar AI Collective will cultivate prospective entrepreneurs and drive innovation.
Q&A: Global challenges surrounding the deployment of AI
Aleksander Madry, Asu Ozdaglar, and Luis Videgaray, co-chairs of the AI Policy Forum, discuss key issues facing the AI policy landscape today.
Empowering Cambridge youth through data activism
Mayor’s youth employment program brought local high schoolers to MIT this summer.
Protecting maternal health in Rwanda
An interdisciplinary team is developing a mobile health platform that uses AI to detect infection in Cesarean section wounds.
“Kids are people too!”
Throughout his career, Professor Hal Abelson has worked to make information technology more accessible to people of all ages.
The power of weak ties in gaining new employment
An experiment using data from 20 million LinkedIn profiles shows how much we rely on people we know less well to land new jobs.
Computing for the health of the planet
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcomes four new faculty members engaged in research and teaching that address climate risks and other environmental issues.