Transportation policymaking in Chinese cities
A new framework for learning from each other.
Tags: mit-energy-initiative urban-studies-and-planning climate transportation china energy environment sustainability urban-planning policy economics business research school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences
Discerning the texture of urban resilience
MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub researchers are investigating how the layouts, or textures, of cities influence extreme weather events.
Tags: concrete-sustainability-hub school-of-engineering hurricanes construction architecture climate-change natural-disasters civil-and-environmental-engineering research cities urban-studies-and-planning sustainability
The elephant in the server room
Catherine D’Ignazio’s new book, “Data Feminism,” examines problems of bias and power that beset modern information.
Tags: data women faculty research books-and-authors mit-press diversity-and-inclusion ethics technology-and-society artificial-intelligence machine-learning computer-science-and-technology urban-studies-and-planning school-of-architecture-and-planning
Historic migration patterns are written in Americans' DNA
Genetic, geographic, and demographic data from more than 30,000 Americans reveal more genetic diversity within ancestry groups than previously thought.
Tags: research broad-institute genetics school-of-engineering school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs dna
At halfway point, SuperUROP scholars share their research results
In a lively poster session, more than 100 undergraduates discuss their yearlong research projects on everything from machine learning to political geography.
Jan. 29, 2020 • ~9 min
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Surveying the quality of life at MIT
A new survey of MIT students, faculty, and staff will inform initiatives to improve the work-life experience on campus and at Lincoln Laboratory.
Tags: community students faculty staff human-resources research provost administration urban-studies-and-planning lincoln-laboratory
MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift
New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.
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3 Questions: An experiment illuminates the value of public transportation
Urban studies research from MIT sheds light on the ways low-income riders use mass transit.
Tags: school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning transportation policy research 3-questions
Taking a city’s pulse with moveable sensors
Study quantifies how much of Manhattan 10 taxis cover in a day — to better measure air pollution, traffic, and more.
Tags: urban-studies-and-planning cities transportation automobiles pollution sensors research school-of-architecture-and-planning
Autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other
Fleet of “roboats” could collect garbage or self-assemble into floating structures in Amsterdam’s many canals.
Tags: research robotics robots computer-science-and-technology autonomous-vehicles transportation sensors design urban-studies-and-planning algorithms computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering
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