Detecting consumer decisions within messy data
Software analyzes online chatter to predict health care consumers’ behavior.
Reducing waste and inefficiency, while increasing access and profits, propels MIT Energy Hackathon
Eight real-world industry challenges fuel teams’ competitive spirit and impressive results.
Data, drones, and 3-D-printed hearts
Looking back on the year that was: Highlights from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in 2015.
What are your apps hiding?
Half of the communication connections established by the top 500 Android apps have no effect on user experience.
Scaling commercial energy efficiency
Automated energy analytics platform collects data on commercial buildings to improve energy efficiency.
“Shrinking bull’s-eye” algorithm speeds up complex modeling from days to hours
Algorithm may be applied to a broad range of complicated problems.
How to make better visualizations
Eye-tracking research reveals which types of visuals actually get the message across.
An app for safer roads
Censio’s data analytics on driving behavior helps users improve safety and lower insurance rates.
Study: Volkswagen’s emissions cheat to cause 60 premature deaths in U.S.
Timely vehicle recall by German automaker would avoid some 130 early deaths, researchers say.
A smart inhaler for people with asthma
Sensors that track inhaler use aim to keep asthma patients healthy, cut health care costs.
Taking stress to a new level
MIT spinout Neumitra brings an innovative approach to quantifying, understanding, and managing stress.
Automating big-data analysis
System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms 615 of 906 human teams.
Qualtrics improves survey experience
Enterprise survey tool now available to the MIT community lets you collect and analyze survey data via a web browser or mobile app.
Tips for securing your data at MIT
The Information Protection @ MIT website provides access to policies, resources, and guides for safeguarding sensitive data at the Institute.
Carlo Ratti appointed as advisor to European Commission
Urban planning professor will advise on smart cities.