Big, intensive data
Assistant Professor Thomas Heldt mines critical care data to support real-time clinical decision making and improve patient care.
IDSS conversations: Caroline Uhler
Electrical engineering and computer science assistant professor is working at the intersection of genomics and computational biology.
Secure, user-controlled data
Cryptographic system would allow users to decide which applications access which aspects of their data.
Architecture symposium March 30 and 31: Exploring the campus then, now, next
Event welcomes more than 20 speakers over four sessions on designing places for inventing the future.
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The games within the games
The world’s biggest sports analytics conference shows how theorists have changed sports.
IDSS conversations: Guy Bresler
Assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science discusses his work focusing on learning graphical models from data.
U.S., EU leaders talk Web policy and world economy at MIT
With EU vice president, U.S. secretary of commerce discusses EU-U.S. “Privacy Shield” and launches new policy program.
Wristband detects and alerts for seizures, monitors stress
Wearable tracks increased skin conductance that signals stress, helps identify dangerous seizures.
System loads Web pages 34 percent faster by fetching files more effectively
"Polaris" system from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab accelerates website load-time by decreasing network trips.
The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?
New quantum computer, based on five atoms, factors numbers in a scalable way.
Testimony: LIGO has “cracked open” a new window to the universe
MIT’s David Shoemaker testifies before Congress on the significance of LIGO.
MIT researchers create citywide building energy model for Boston
Detailed model can help planners meet climate goals, increase resilience.
Startup optimizes corporate health care plans
Software mines insurance claims data to determine best coverage for employees, within a budget.