Using friends to fight online harassment | MIT News

CSAIL’s “Squadbox” uses “friendsourcing” to better support targets of cyberbullying.

Adam Conner-Simons | Rachel Gordon | CSAIL • mit
April 5, 2018 ~5 min

Crowdsourcing big-data analysis | MIT News

Web-based system automatically evaluates proposals from far-flung data scientists.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 30, 2017 ~5 min


Mapathon seeks to direct humanitarian aid for Puerto Rico | MIT News

Boston-area volunteers gather at MIT to help identify post-hurricane conditions in the territory

Department of Urban Studies and Planning • mit
Oct. 16, 2017 ~3 min

Targeted, crowdsourced aid for Mexican earthquake victims | MIT News

MIT team’s online platform links those who need aid with those who can help. (Este artículo está disponible en español.)

School of Architecture and Planning • mit
Sept. 24, 2017 ~5 min

Scientists make huge dataset of nearby stars available to public | MIT News

Users can search database of 1,600 stars to find signs of new exoplanets.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 13, 2017 ~6 min

Better wisdom from crowds | MIT News

MIT scholars produce new method of harvesting correct answers from groups.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 25, 2017 ~8 min

Improving educational opportunities for refugee youth around the world | MIT News

Three proposals in MIT Solve's “Learn” pillar advance to finals.

Marilyn Siderwicz | Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering • mit
Oct. 26, 2016 ~12 min

Quantifying urban revitalization | MIT News

Combining cellphone data with perceptions of public spaces could help guide urban planning.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 24, 2016 ~7 min


Harnessing the power of citizens | MIT News

PhD student Lily Bui works with communities around the world to gather data from the bottom up.

Catherine Curro Caruso | MIT News correspondent • mit
Oct. 12, 2016 ~9 min

Taking on gender gaps in health care and technology | MIT News

Graduate student Alicia Chong Rodriguez uses her engineering skills to empower women.

Catherine Curro Caruso | MIT News correspondent • mit
Aug. 18, 2016 ~9 min

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