Silencing gene expression to cure complex diseases
Immuneering uses bioinformatics to develop new medicines while also helping large pharmaceutical companies improve their treatments.
yesterday • ~9 min
Tags: health medicine genetics cancer startups biology rna alzheimers data disease research drug-development school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie alumniae biological-engineering
Machine learning comes of age in cystic fibrosis
World-leading AI technology developed by the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine and their colleagues – some of which is being showcased this week at the North
Oct. 23, 2020 • ~6 min
Tags: machine-learning artificial-intelligence big-data cystic-fibrosis
People want data privacy but don't always know what they're getting
Differential privacy lets people to share data anonymously, but people need to know more about it to make informed decisions.
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~8 min
Tags: social-media data data-privacy privacy online-privacy census census-bureau differential-privacy
Translating lost languages using machine learning
System developed at MIT CSAIL aims to help linguists decipher languages that have been lost to history.
Oct. 21, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: machine-learning artificial-intelligence linguistics history language big-data research electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology algorithms computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
Rural health cooperatives are challenged by connectivity and social distancing -- but are innovating
The pandemic has exacerbated existing issues of connectivity and access, but providers and patients are finding creative solutions.
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: public-health covid-19 coronavirus health-care telehealth data-collection connectivity rural-health
The real promise of synthetic data
MIT researchers release the Synthetic Data Vault, a set of open-source tools meant to expand data access without compromising privacy.
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~9 min
Tags: machine-learning artificial-intelligence data research laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids edx mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
What is an algorithm? How computers know what to do with data
A close look at how you decide what clothes to put on in the morning can help you understand how computers work.
Oct. 16, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: machine-learning computing artificial-intelligence algorithm data curiosity
What is HIPAA? 5 questions answered about the medical privacy law that protects Trump's test results and yours
A health law expert explains what the regulation does and doesn't protect.
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~7 min
Tags: medical-records data-breaches health-data apple-watch fitbit 2020-us-elections privacy-law privacy-rights medical-privacy health-law privacy-policies genetic-databases privacy-laws medical-providers
How we discovered that VR can profile your personality
How much does your virtual reality headset know about your life?
Oct. 15, 2020 • ~5 min
Tags: virtual-reality anxiety psychology stress data-privacy personality neuroticism vr cambridge-analytica
Fotini Christia named director of the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center
Political science professor will spearhead the Institute’s interdisciplinary center that studies high-impact, complex societal challenges.
Oct. 14, 2020 • ~3 min
Tags: data networks research school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences faculty technology-and-society idss political-science administration mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing
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