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Improving AI Helpers: Modeling Human Irrational Behavior as a Starting Point
To build AI systems that can collaborate effectively with humans, it helps to have a good model of human behavior to start with. But humans tend to behave suboptimally when making decisions.
This irrationality, which is…
MIT Enhances Campus Preparedness for Cardiac Emergencies
MIT has launched an initiative to install an automated external defibrillator (AED) in every building on MIT’s campus, including leased spaces and satellite locations. The effort will continue over the course of the upcoming year…
Heather Paxson Appointed Associate Dean for Faculty of MIT’s School of Humanities, Arts, and…
MIT professor Heather Paxson has been named associate dean for faculty of the School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences (SHASS), effective July 1.
Agustin Rayo, the Kenan Sahin Dean of SHASS, describes Paxson as a leader of…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Exploring the Many-Body Dynamics of Cold Atoms and…
Newton's third law of motion states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The basic physics of running involves someone applying a force to the ground in the opposite direction of their sprint.
For senior Olivia…
Twenty-three MIT Faculty Members Recognized as ‘Committed to Caring’ for 2023-25
In the halls of MIT, a distinctive thread of compassion weaves through the fabric of education. As students adjust to a postpandemic normal, many professors have played a pivotal role by helping them navigate the realities of hybrid…
MIT Names Erin Bahm and Steven Parks as 2024–25 UPS Fellows
The MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics (CTL) has announced Erin Bahm and Steven Parks as recipients of the UPS Fellowship for the 2024–25 academic year.
Made possible by a grant from the UPS Foundation, the UPS…
Scientists Detect New Molecule in Space
New research from the group of MIT Professor Brett McGuire has revealed the presence of a previously unknown molecule in space. The team's open-access paper, “Rotational Spectrum and First Interstellar Detection of 2-Methoxyethanol…
BIMM University chooses Figshare to showcase its non-traditional research and creative practitioner…
Figshare, a leading provider of institutional repository infrastructure that supports open research, is pleased to announce that BIMM University has chosen Figshare to support the sharing, showcasing and management of its non-traditional…
Researchers Map Brain Pathways of Visual Memorability
For nearly a decade, a team of MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researchers have been seeking to uncover why certain images persist in a people's minds, while many others fade. To do this, they set out to…
MIT Geologists Make Groundbreaking Discovery: Oldest Evidence Yet of Earth’s Magnetic Field Found in…
Geologists at MIT and Oxford University have uncovered ancient rocks in Greenland that bear the oldest remnants of Earth’s early magnetic field.
The rocks appear to be exceptionally pristine, having preserved their properties for…