How data can help change the world
At IDSS celebration, speakers explore how data can be brought to bear on global challenges.
Exploring networks efficiently
Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.
Cities of tomorrow
New book by Senseable City Lab researchers presents vision of data-driven urban design.
3 Questions: Sherry Turkle on “Reclaiming Conversation”
MIT professor talks about our need for face-to-face dialogue, in families, classrooms, and workplaces.
Breaking down social networks in a city
New research finds urban social networks are not determined geographically, but socially.
Social networking
Sinan Aral studies peer effects and influence, with an eye toward tackling pressing social problems.
Social media tools that can save you time
MIT social media strategist Stephanie Hatch Leishman highlights applications and resources that can streamline your workflow: Feedly, Flickr, Hootsuite, and IFTTT.
The new MIT Connect
What are people at MIT doing on campus and around the world? Find out by exploring MIT Connect.
Making photos their business
MIT alumni took their photo-aggregating app to market with help from the Institute.
Researchers develop new method for understanding network connections
Technique could be applied to the study of disease, social networks and other diverse fields.
Diversifying your online world
In a new book, MIT’s Ethan Zuckerman asserts that we need to overcome the Internet’s sorting tendencies and create tools to make ourselves ‘digital cosmopolitans.’
MIT Connect: explore the world of MIT through social media
Want to know what’s up at MIT? Check out MIT Connect, an innovative social media portal recently launched by MIT’s Communication Production Services in collaboration with the News Office.
Predicting what topics will trend on Twitter
A new algorithm predicts which Twitter topics will trend hours in advance and offers a new technique for analyzing data that fluctuate over time.