Social media’s ‘law’ of short messages
Study shows a regular decline in length of social media messaging during public events as the volume of messages increases.
Telecommunications data show civic dividing lines in major countries
New study uses network data to show communication patterns and divisions in many major nations.
Researchers develop new method for understanding network connections
Technique could be applied to the study of disease, social networks and other diverse fields.
Saurabh Amin to be chief scientist on multi-institutional NSF grant
Project aims to improve security and operations of civil and environmental engineering structures and systems
Ruiz writes to Academic Council regarding strengthened campus security
Letter details planned improvements in emergency preparedness, emergency communication protocols and network-security practices.
Students examine Russian networks in action
MIT-Russia program sends 12 students to Moscow as part of “Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Networks” IAP course
IS&T addresses concerns about MIT’s network
Information Services & Technology sheds light on recent service interruptions, as well as steps taken to mitigate risks to the MIT network.
A new ‘branch’ of math
Researchers find a common angle and tipping point of branching valley networks.
MIT's CSAIL launches new center to tackle the future of wireless and mobile technologies
Will address major technical challenges facing wireless field, bring together academia and industry
Sharing data links in networks of cars
A new algorithm lets networks of Wi-Fi-connected cars, whose layout is constantly changing, share a few expensive links to the Internet.
The elusive capacity of networks
Calculating the total capacity of a data network is a notoriously difficult problem, but information theorists are beginning to make some headway.
Real-time speech communication on packet networks named an IEEE Milestone
MIT Lincoln Laboratory's role in this seminal R&D effort is honored
How spider webs achieve their strength
It’s not just the strength of the silk itself, a new study finds; the silk’s way of stretching and the structure of the whole web help it resist damage.
Many man-made and natural networks have same underlying architecture
In first DES4, Albert-László Barabási explains the concept of scale-free networks using the Web.