Author: Katharine Dunn
OA research in the news: Tackling diversity in philosophy
There has long been a push to increase diversity in the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and math. And for good reason: women and minorities...
OA research in the news: MIT places 6th in DARPA robot finals
Researchers from MIT placed sixth out of two dozen teams in the international DARPA Robotics Challenge finals last week. Humanoid challengers in the Defense...
OA research in the news: MIT students Hack to the Future
Emmett “Doc” Brown was certainly clever: he made the world’s first time machine out of a gull-winged sports car. But he was also fictional....
OA research in the news: A unique neuroanatomy lesson
Ever wonder which areas of your brain “turn on” when you see faces or think about other people’s thoughts? Using a scanning method called...
OA research in the news: MIT launches Institute for Data, Systems, & Society
Last week, the deans of MIT’s five Schools announced a new Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), which will launch in July and be...
OA research in the news: Stonebraker wins computing “Nobel”
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory researcher Michael Stonebraker was awarded the “Nobel Prize of computing” last month for his research in database management systems....
OA research in the news: Preschoolers learn programming
MIT researchers are developing a system in which children as young as four can program a socially interactive robot so it reacts to stimuli. The...
OA research in the news: MIT’s influence on US economics
In his New York Times blog last week, economist and MIT alum Paul Krugman writes about the “triumph” of MIT’s economics department as described...
OA research in the news: How global warming can worsen snowfalls
In the last month, Boston has set a string of records: Most snowfall in the city in a 30-day period (90.2 inches); deepest snow...