Seeking new physics, scientists borrow from social networks
Technique can spot anomalous particle smashups that may point to phenomena beyond the Standard Model.
Why urban planners should pay attention to restaurant-review sites
Study finds online restaurant information can closely predict key neighborhood indicators, in lieu of other data.
MIT Press and Harvard Data Science Initiative launch the Harvard Data Science Review
Open access journal to promote the latest research, educational resources, and commentary from leading minds in data science.
Visiting lecturer to spearhead project exploring the geopolitics of artificial intelligence
At MIT, Luis Videgaray, alumnus and former foreign minister of Mexico, will launch project to help shape international AI policies.
IDSS hosts inaugural Learning for Dynamics and Control conference
L4DC explored an emerging scientific area at the intersection of real-time physical data, machine learning, control theory, and optimization.
Drag-and-drop data analytics
System lets nonspecialists use machine-learning models to make predictions for medical research, sales, and more.
New AI programming language goes beyond deep learning
General-purpose language works for computer vision, robotics, statistics, and more.
Teaching artificial intelligence to connect senses like vision and touch
MIT CSAIL system can learn to see by touching and feel by seeing, suggesting future where robots can more easily grasp and recognize objects.
Transmedia Storytelling Initiative launches with $1.1 million gift
Program creates a new hub for pedagogy and research in time-based media.
Chip design drastically reduces energy needed to compute with light
Simulations suggest photonic chip could run optical neural networks 10 million times more efficiently than its electrical counterparts.
Cracking open the black box of automated machine learning
Interactive tool lets users see and control how automated model searches work.
Empowering African farmers with data
Research from the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society aims to help African farmers increase their production and profits with better prediction.
Sensor-packed glove learns signatures of the human grasp
Signals help neural network identify objects by touch; system could aid robotics and prosthetics design.
3 Questions: Faculty appointments and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Working group studies options for creating a new set of faculty hires for MIT’s new college.
MIT Policy Hackathon connects data-driven problem solvers
Interdisciplinary teams propose creative policy solutions addressing societal challenges at the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society student-organized event.