Data
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.
Too much information?
October 2, 2012
MIT Sloan marketing professor Catherine Tucker analyzes the boundaries of privacy in a connected world.
Also labeled: Digital, Faculty, Health care, iPhone, Android, smartphones, Marketing, Business and management, Medical records
CSAIL research examines how smartphone apps track users
September 17, 2012
Decentralized Information Group shows that many applications collect data even when 'idle'
Making Web applications more efficient
August 31, 2012
A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast.
Also labeled: Database, Programming, Programming languages, Software optimization, SQL, Web, Web development, Stored procedures
Making crowdsourcing easier
August 24, 2012
A new system for crowdsourcing database operations spares the user from worrying about the computational details but improves cost effectiveness.
Berger named ISCB fellow
July 16, 2012
Applied mathematics, computer science professor honored for contributions in computational biology and bioinformatics.
ARTEMiS brings art to teaching of science and engineering concepts
June 4, 2012
ART for Engineering, Mathematics, and Science an initiative launched last summer through MIT’s Office of Educational Innovation and Technology (OEIT).
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.’
Cognos reporting tool makes its debut at MIT
May 4, 2012
IS&T installed this web-based reporting tool last spring and is now doing a soft rollout to the MIT community that includes hands-on classes.
On the hunt for mathematical beauty
March 23, 2012
Alexei Borodin uses sophisticated tools to extract information from large groups.
Hail to the geeks
March 6, 2012
At this year’s MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference: cutting-edge basketball research and, yes, plenty of discussion about Jeremy Lin.
Also labeled: Analytics, Athletics, Business and management, Special events and guest speakers, Sports, Students, Linsanity
A model burster
March 2, 2012
Researchers find the first neutron star that bursts as predicted.
Explained: Sigma
February 9, 2012
How do you know when a new finding is significant? The sigma value can tell you — but watch out for dead fish.
Also labeled: Explained, Mathematics
Data mining without prejudice
December 16, 2011
A new technique for finding relationships between variables in large datasets makes no prior assumptions about what those relationships might be.
Google’s Schmidt: ‘Global mind’ offers new opportunities
November 15, 2011
With knowledge and data, a smarter world will divide work between computers and humans, search engine executive chairman says.
Institute teams dominate Clean Energy Prize
May 10, 2011
Institute ideas win $200K top prize and all five finalist prizes, with variety of energy solutions.
Retooling algorithms
February 25, 2011
Charles Leiserson and his team are experts at designing parallel algorithms — including one for a chess-playing program that outperformed IBM’s Deep Blue.
Also labeled: Algorithms, Parallel computing, The Multicore Future, Breadth-first search, Computer chess
Turning reviews into ratings
February 3, 2011
A new system automatically combs through online reviews to provide recommendations according to unusual criteria.
Crowds and Clouds: Data, sheep, and collaboration in the works of Aaron Koblin
November 17, 2010
Delivers Abramowitz Memorial Lecture, hosted by MIT Office of the Arts
Steps closer to protecting MIT's data
October 19, 2010
Safeguarding data: An MIT responsibility
May 4, 2010
To protect the personal data MIT collects and to comply with new Massachusetts regulations, a campus-wide Written Information Security Program (WISP) has been developed.
Also labeled: Campus services, Faculty, Fraud, Identity theft, Information Services and Technology, Staff, Students
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