Big data
Study shows that people organize daily travel efficiently
May 8, 2013
A population-level study discovers small-scale details about individuals’ choices.
Also labeled: Civil and environmental engineering, Data, Research, Statistics, Commuting, Traffic management, Cities
How hard is it to 'de-anonymize' cellphone data?
March 27, 2013
A new formula that characterizes the privacy afforded by large, aggregate data sets may be discouraging, but could help sharpen policy discussion.
Making sense of big data
March 26, 2013
PhD student Jameson Toole wants to harness data to improve human lives.
Also labeled: Data, Economics, Graduate, postdoctoral, Profile, Research, Students, Engineering Systems
Helping students master data
March 18, 2013
An undergraduate econometrics class gets students to think critically about their own research.
Accenture and MIT form alliance for advanced analytics solutions
March 13, 2013
New collaboration will develop tools and techniques focused on big data and decision science.
Companies benefit from analytics
March 5, 2013
Global study from MIT Sloan Management Review and SAS finds companies gain competitive edge by using analytics.
Big medical data
January 25, 2013
At the intersection of medicine and computer science, researchers look for clinically useful correlations amid mountains of information.
Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Artificial intelligence, Medical data mining, Engineering Health, Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES), Computer science and technology, Health care, Health sciences and technology, Medicine, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Cellphone data helps pinpoint source of traffic tie-ups
December 20, 2012
Study: Congestion can be alleviated throughout a metropolitan area by altering the trips of drivers in specific neighborhoods.
New online learning tool brings 'the crowd' into homework assignments
December 14, 2012
Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Graphical user interfaces, Online learning, User interfaces, Education, teaching, academics, Graphical programming interfaces, Programming, Crowdsourcing, Social networks, EdX, Students, Undergraduate, Software
Department snapshot: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
November 16, 2012
EECS places renewed emphasis on interdisciplinary research, partnerships with alumni and industry, and experiential learning.
Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Education, teaching, academics, EdX, Electrical engineering and electronics, Faculty, Industry, Microsystems Technology Laboratories, Research, Research Laboratory of Electronics, Student life, Students, Undergraduate, Women in engineering, Department snapshot
Speeding algorithms by shrinking data
November 13, 2012
A new approach to processing ‘big data’ creates succinct representations of huge data sets, so that existing algorithms can handle them efficiently.
MIT Auto-ID Labs launches ‘Cloud of Things’ initiative
November 2, 2012
Initiative brings together academia, industry to support the development, adoption, best practices and commercial success of big-data applications in mobile retail commerce.
MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’
May 31, 2012
An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’
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