A technique to improve both fairness and accuracy in artificial intelligence
Methods that make a machine-learning model’s predictions more accurate overall can reduce accuracy for underrepresented subgroups. A new approach can help.
Methods that make a machine-learning model’s predictions more accurate overall can reduce accuracy for underrepresented subgroups. A new approach can help.
First results underscore the urgent need for a better understanding of how to address inequities in birth outcomes.
Study shows AI can identify self-reported race from medical images that contain no indications of race detectable by human experts.
Provost Barnhart talks about the connection between diversity and excellence.
Faculty, staff, and students come together in solidarity, to acknowledge the victims of the Buffalo, New York, mass shooting.
MIT anthropologist discusses her new book on ruderal ecologies, her environmental justice class — and how societies can expand their "imagination for how to live otherwise."
More than $1.3 million in funding available to selected Solver teams and fellows.
Assistant dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion at the MIT School of Science answers three questions about the work ahead.
Assistant Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi explores how hidden biases in medical data could compromise artificial intelligence approaches.
"A Lab of One’s Own" invites players to engage with archival materials in a virtual environment.
Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering and professor of biomedical and chemical engineering, inaugurates the new series.
MIT’s Institute community and equity officer discusses the opportunities and challenges of building consensus, the tensions between short and long-term planning, and the processes for bringing the MIT community together.
New initiative extends the press’ commitment to publishing books by historically underrepresented authors through direct financial support.
Senior Brian Williams has used bioengineering as a launchpad to combat racism in public health — and he doesn’t want to stop there.
PhD students discuss their participation in The Poetry of Science project and the importance of bringing the arts into science communication.