Topic
Data
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Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once
Model learns to pick out objects within an image, using spoken descriptions.
September 18, 2018 -
Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health at MIT aims to revolutionize disease prevention, detection, and treatment
A key part of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, J-Clinic builds on MIT expertise across multiple scientific disciplines.
September 17, 2018 -
Model can more naturally detect depression in conversations
Neural network learns speech patterns that predict depression in clinical interviews.
August 29, 2018 -
Learning to evaluate social programs
Flagship J-PAL course teaches policy leaders how, why, and when to evaluate social programs ranging from antiviolence interventions to housing mobility initiatives.
August 16, 2018 -
Shaping technology’s future
With data-informed models, Jessika Trancik seeks ways to coax progress toward sustainable energy systems.
August 15, 2018 -
Risk, failure, and living your life: The economics of being an early-career scientist
Doctoral student Ryan Hill studies factors that influence researchers’ professional paths, while lending his voice to support student families.
August 9, 2018 -
Hammer family gift to support doctoral fellowships in the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Gift to IDSS honors Michael Hammer, influential business leader, engineer, educator, MIT faculty member, and MIT alumnus.
August 3, 2018 -
Doctors rely on more than just data for medical decision making
Computer scientists find that physicians’ “gut feelings” influence how many tests they order for patients.
July 20, 2018 -
Study finds climate determines shapes of river basins
Results may help identify ancient climates on Earth or other planets.
July 17, 2018 -
Collaboration to expand the study of microbial oceanography
Simons Foundation-backed CBIOMES brings together researchers in oceanography, statistics, data science, ecology, biogeochemistry, and remote sensing.
July 10, 2018 -
Project to elucidate the structure of atomic nuclei at the femtoscale
Laboratory for Nuclear Science project selected to explore machine learning for lattice quantum chromodynamics.
July 6, 2018 -
Automating molecule design to speed up drug development
Machine-learning model could help chemists make molecules with higher potencies, much more quickly.
July 6, 2018 -
Method man
Alberto Abadie refines the tools of economics — and gets some interesting results along the way.
June 18, 2018 -
MIT engineers build smart power outlet
Design can “learn” to identify plugged-in appliances, distinguish dangerous electrical spikes from benign ones.
June 15, 2018 -
MITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science opens enrollment
Program offers path to an accelerated master’s degree at seven universities.
June 11, 2018 -
Decoding RNA-protein interactions
Scientists leverage one step, unbiased method to characterize the binding preferences of more than 70 human RNA-binding proteins.
June 7, 2018 -
MIT faculty approves new urban science major
Interdisciplinary undergraduate program combines urban planning and computer science.
June 5, 2018 -
Keeping data fresh for wireless networks
Algorithm provides networks with the most current information available while avoiding data congestion.
June 4, 2018 -
Device allows a personal computer to process huge graphs
With novel system, data scientists can analyze massive networks without the need for power-hungry servers.
May 31, 2018 -
Applying machine learning to challenges in the pharmaceutical industry
MIT researchers and industry form new consortium to aid the drug discovery process.
May 17, 2018