Empowering systemic racism research at MIT and beyond
Researchers in the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism are building an open data repository to advance research on racial inequity in domains like policing, housing, and health care.
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society •
mit
Nov. 4, 2024 • ~7 min
Nov. 4, 2024 • ~7 min
Doctors have more difficulty diagnosing disease when looking at images of darker skin
Dermatologists and general practitioners are somewhat less accurate in diagnosing disease in darker skin, a new study finds. Used correctly, AI may be able to help.
Anne Trafton | MIT News •
mit
Feb. 5, 2024 • ~9 min
Feb. 5, 2024 • ~9 min
MIT engineering students take on the heat of Miami
A collaboration between MIT and Miami-Dade County has students working with city planning officials to understand why people wait patiently for a bus — and why they bail.
Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science •
mit
June 23, 2023 • ~13 min
June 23, 2023 • ~13 min
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