Upcoming conference puts supply chain management in broad context
Host Yossi Sheffi thinks supply chains change, and are changed by, the world.
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MIT, White House co-sponsor workshop on big-data privacy
MIT hosts the first of three conferences on privacy policy
Modeling cyberspace control worldwide
Nazli Choucri analyzes issues of governance, politics, and participation in online communications.
Give him the hook: New data shows baseball managers when to replace the starting pitcher
As MIT’s major sports analytics conference begins, novel research provides data-based guidance for big-league skippers.
Self-completing programs
A system that automatically fills in the gaps in programmers’ code becomes more powerful.
Add/drop goes digital
New online add/drop improves the process for users and paves the way for other digital forms
Rise of the compliant machines
MIT spinout Meka Robotics, recently acquired by Google, creates ‘sociable’ humanoids that could help advance human-robot interaction.
After the U.S. leaves Afghanistan, then what?
In talk, MIT professor examines the implications of the military drawdown for regional rivals India and Pakistan.
MIT professor ‘made much of our world possible’
Computing luminaries celebrate the work of MIT adjunct professor and Turing Award winner Butler Lampson, one of the fathers of the modern PC.
Herding robots
A new system combines simple control programs to enable fleets of robots — or other “multiagent systems” — to collaborate in unprecedented ways.
Goalie, photographer, scientist
Whether she’s blocking shots on the ice or studying cancer cells in the lab, MIT senior Kate Koch tackles challenges head-on.
Storage system for ‘big data’ dramatically speeds access to information
Using multiple nodes allows the same bandwidth and performance from a storage network as far more expensive machines.
Expanding our view of vision
New brain-scanning technique allows scientists to see when and where the brain processes visual information.
