Data

On the hunt for mathematical beautyAlexei Borodin uses sophisticated tools to extract information from large groups.

Hail to the geeksAt this year’s MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference: cutting-edge basketball research and, yes, plenty of discussion about Jeremy Lin.

A model bursterResearchers find the first neutron star that bursts as predicted.

Explained: SigmaHow do you know when a new finding is significant? The sigma value can tell you — but watch out for dead fish.

Data mining without prejudiceA 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 opportunitiesWith knowledge and data, a smarter world will divide work between computers and humans, search engine executive chairman says.

Institute teams dominate Clean Energy PrizeInstitute ideas win $200K top prize and all five finalist prizes, with variety of energy solutions.

Retooling algorithmsCharles Leiserson and his team are experts at designing parallel algorithms — including one for a chess-playing program that outperformed IBM’s Deep Blue.

Turning reviews into ratingsA new system automatically combs through online reviews to provide recommendations according to unusual criteria.

Steps closer to protecting MIT's data

Safeguarding data: An MIT responsibilityTo protect the personal data MIT collects and to comply with new Massachusetts regulations, a campus-wide Written Information Security Program (WISP) has been developed.