Does ride-sharing substitute for or complement public transit?
In the Chinese city of Chengdu, one-third of ride-sharing might replace public transit trips.
Tags: cities sustainability pollution development research transportation automobiles school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning singapore-mit-alliance-for-research-and-technology-smart
Transportation policymaking in Chinese cities
A new framework for learning from each other.
Tags: sustainability energy environment business climate china economics policy urban-planning research transportation school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences mit-energy-initiative
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: cities sustainability climate-change architecture construction hurricanes natural-disasters research school-of-engineering urban-studies-and-planning civil-and-environmental-engineering concrete-sustainability-hub
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: machine-learning artificial-intelligence ethics women data research school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning diversity-and-inclusion computer-science-and-technology faculty technology-and-society mit-press books-and-authors
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: dna genetics broad-institute research school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering urban-studies-and-planning electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs
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
Tags: research students school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering urban-studies-and-planning classes-and-programs undergraduate special-events-and-guest-speakers school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail aeronautical-and-astronautical-engineering civil-and-environmental-engineering political-science chemical-engineering superurop electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs
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: research community students urban-studies-and-planning faculty staff administration provost lincoln-laboratory human-resources
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.
Tags: robotics robots research autonomous-vehicles sensors transportation design school-of-engineering urban-studies-and-planning electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology algorithms computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail
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: policy research transportation school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning 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: cities pollution research sensors transportation automobiles school-of-architecture-and-planning urban-studies-and-planning
Page 1 of 21