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Research collaboration puts climate-resilient crops in sight
... owner knows that changes in the amount of water or sunlight a plant receives can put it under immense stress. A dying plant brings certain ... plants, and whose crops may nourish hundreds or thousands of people, the devastation of failing flora is that much greater. As climate ...
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A tool for predicting the future
MIT researchers created a tool that enables people to make highly accurate predictions using multiple time-series data with just a few keystrokes. The powerful algorithm at the heart of their tool can ...
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Democracy and the Pursuit of Randomness
... E18-304 Abstract Sortition is a storied paradigm of democracy built on the idea of choosing representatives ... assemblies, which bring together randomly selected people from all walks of life to discuss key questions and deliver policy ...
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AI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT campus
... Smart thermostats have changed the way many people heat and cool their homes by using machine learning to respond to occupancy patterns and preferences, resulting in a lower energy draw. This technology — which can collect and synthesize data ...
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The Inflated Value of Network Data for Diffusion
... of individuals to first receive information (“seeds”) in a social network is a widely-studied question with applications in marketing ... interested in communicating a message to a large number of people may wish to compare the cost of network-based targeting to that of ...
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Speed limit for birds
... and underbrush to catch its quarry. With reflexes that rival a fighter pilot’s, the goshawk zips through a forest at high speeds, ... are developing a first-person flying game to test how well people can navigate through a simulated forest at high speeds. ...
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IDSS Distinguished Seminar: Essential Concepts of Causal Inference: A Remarkable History
... Abstract I believe that a deep understanding of cause and effect, and how to estimate causal effects ... experimental settings to more complex ones dealing with people, started in the 1970s and continue to this day, and include the bridging ...
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Who Builds a Skyscraper without Drawing Blueprints?
... be why buildings seldom collapse and programs often crash? A blueprint for software is called a specification. TLA+ specifications have ... formatting system for the ever-diminishing class of people who write formulas instead of drawing pictures. He is also known for ...
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Causality in digital medicine (A Q&A with Caroline Uhler and colleagues)
... interests in causality inference and how this can provide a robust framework for digital medicine studies. Article Author ... green spaces on health on physical and mental wellbeing of people. You can run a correlational study without taking confounders into ...
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Exploring new methods for increasing safety and reliability of autonomous vehicles
... fatal car crash in the United States, motor vehicles log a whopping hundred million miles on the road. Human reliability also plays ... “If you can fully automate highway driving … you give people back about a third of their driving time.” If it became feasible ...