Sending clearer signals
Associate Professor Yury Polyanskiy is working to keep data flowing as the “internet of things” becomes a reality.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Jan. 11, 2020 | mit~9 mins
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Model beats Wall Street analysts in forecasting business financials
Using limited data, this automated system predicts a company’s quarterly sales.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Dec. 19, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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The uncertain role of natural gas in the transition to clean energy
MIT study finds that challenges in measuring and mitigating leakage of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, prove pivotal.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Dec. 16, 2019 | mit~9 mins
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Shift to renewable electricity a win-win at statewide level
MIT research finds health savings from cleaner air exceed policy costs.
Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change | Aug. 14, 2019 | mit~5 mins
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Health effects of China’s climate policy extend across Pacific
Improved air quality in China could prevent nearly 2,000 premature deaths in the U.S.
Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change | July 29, 2019 | mit~4 mins
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Cracking open the black box of automated machine learning
Interactive tool lets users see and control how automated model searches work.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | May 31, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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Empowering African farmers with data
Research from the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society aims to help African farmers increase their production and profits with better prediction.
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society | May 30, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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Building a community for statistics and data science at MIT and beyond
Third annual MIT Statistics and Data Science conference gathers a growing interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners.
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society | May 10, 2019 | mit~5 mins
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Designing water infrastructure for climate uncertainty
A new method identifies opportunities to learn and adapt to changing temperature and precipitation trends.
Mark Dwortzan | Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change | April 22, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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Explaining the plummeting cost of solar power
Researchers uncover the factors that have caused photovoltaic module costs to drop by 99 percent.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Nov. 20, 2018 | mit~7 mins
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