The 2020 U.S. census: Time to make it count
Amid disruptions caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, the MIT community has an important role to play in the 2020 census.
Amid disruptions caused by the Covid-19 outbreak, the MIT community has an important role to play in the 2020 census.
An MIT team discusses the pitfalls of “parachute research” and the importance of “sociotechnical” factors.
IDSS and social impact group Aporta share a vision to educate and empower.
Catherine D’Ignazio’s new book, “Data Feminism,” examines problems of bias and power that beset modern information.
System ensures hackers eavesdropping on large networks can’t find out who’s communicating and when they’re doing so.
PatternEx merges human and machine expertise to spot and respond to hacks.
Text-generating tool pinpoints and replaces specific information in sentences while retaining humanlike grammar and style.
Three-day hackathon explores methods for making artificial intelligence faster and more sustainable.
MIT’s new system TextFooler can trick the types of natural-language-processing systems that Google uses to help power its search results, including audio for Google Home.
The first cohort of 22 students from 14 countries share a common ambition: harnessing data to help others.
External system improves phones’ signal strength 1,000 percent, without requiring extra antennas.
MIT sophomore Rachel Shen looks for microscopic solutions to big environmental challenges.
Deborah Hung shares research strategies to combat tuberculosis as part of the Department of Biology's IAP seminar series on microbes in health and disease.
Associate Professor Yury Polyanskiy is working to keep data flowing as the “internet of things” becomes a reality.
Machine-learning system should enable developers to improve computing efficiency in a range of applications.