New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020

The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 7, 2022 ~7 min

Intelligence, information warfare, cyber warfare, electronic warfare – what they are and how Russia is using them in Ukraine

From jamming satellite signals to spreading disinformation, Russia’s military has sophisticated technologies it’s bringing to the battlefield in Ukraine.

Justin Pelletier, Professor of Practice of Computing Security, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
March 1, 2022 ~7 min


How AI is shaping the cybersecurity arms race

Artificial intelligence is emerging as a key cybersecurity tool for both attackers and defenders.

Sagar Samtani, Assistant Professor of Operations and Decision Technologies, Indiana University • conversation
Feb. 23, 2022 ~5 min

Systems scientists find clues to why false news snowballs on social media

A new model shows that the more polarized and hyperconnected a social network is, the more likely misinformation will spread.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 15, 2021 ~8 min

Aaron Rodgers dropped the ball on critical thinking – with a little practice you can do better

Critical thinking means seeking out new information – especially facts that might run contrary to what you believe – and being willing to change your mind. And it’s a teachable skill.

Joe Árvai, Dana and David Dornsife Professor of Psychology and Director of the Wrigley Institute for Environmental Studies, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
Dec. 1, 2021 ~11 min

Avoiding shortcut solutions in artificial intelligence

A new method forces a machine learning model to focus on more data when learning a task, which leads to more reliable predictions.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 2, 2021 ~8 min

Making machine learning more useful to high-stakes decision makers

A visual analytics tool helps child welfare specialists understand machine learning predictions that can assist them in screening cases.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 28, 2021 ~8 min

Instagram Kids: tech development must move from usability to safety

Children are at the heart of the battle between usefulness and security. Can we trust Big Tech to find solutions to making computers, and life online, safer for them?

Ana Calderon, Senior Lecutrer in Computer Science, Cardiff Metropolitan University • conversation
Oct. 7, 2021 ~5 min


3 Questions: Kalyan Veeramachaneni on the hurdles preventing fully automated machine learning

Researchers hope more user-friendly machine-learning systems will enable nonexperts to analyze big data — but can such systems ever be completely autonomous?

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 6, 2021 ~9 min

Data flow’s decisive role on the global stage

New research by political science PhD candidate Meicen Sun illuminates the broad economic and political impacts of internet restrictions.

Leda Zimmerman | Department of Political Science • mit
Sept. 21, 2021 ~8 min

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