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Karthik Dinakar @ American Association of Suicidology

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Thursday
April 16, 2015
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Karthik Dinakar

Former Research Scientist

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Karthik Dinakar @ Cyberbullying Symposium

LocationHet Leidse Volkshuis in the Theaterzaal, Leiden Description Additional Featured Research By (Unpublished) Software Agents

Friday
September 20, 2013
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Karthik Dinakar @ Harvard University

LocationHarvard University DescriptionLatent Variable ModelsThe purpose of this workshop is to bring clinical psychology and probabilistic …

Monday — Tuesday
January 12, 2015 —
January 13, 2015
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Karthik Dinakar Dissertation Defense

We introduce lensing, and apply it to three health applications.

Thursday
May 18, 2017
10:00am — 12:00pm ET
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Karthik Dinakar @ Social Mobile Web (SMW'11)

LocationBarcelona, Spain Description Additional Featured Research By (Unpublished) Software Agents

Thursday
July 21, 2011
Video

Karthik Dinakar Dissertation Defense

Lensing Machines–Representing Perspective in Machine Learning Generative models are venerated as full …

Person

Karthik Patanjali

Person

Karthik V Narayan

Person

Aswin Karthik Ramachandran Venkatapathy

Visiting Student

Article

Association of American Publishers announces finalists for 2021 PROSE Awards

Sasha Costanza-Chock and Catherine D’Ignazio are among the finalists in these awards for their respective scholarly works.

Project

Association between COVID-19 Outcomes and Mask Mandates, Adherence, and Attitudes

We extend previous studies on the impact of masks on COVID-19 outcomes by investigating an unprecedented breadth and depth of health outcom…

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Pratik Shah invited to speak at 2019 American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting

Dr. Pratik Shah  is an invited speaker and panel participant at 2019 American Association for Cancer Research #AACR19 major scientific…

Friday — Wednesday
March 29, 2019 —
April 3, 2019
Publication

Association between COVID-19 Outcomes and Mask Mandates, Adherence, and Attitudes

D. Adjodah, et al (2021) Association between COVID-19 Outcomes and Mask Mandates, Adherence, and Attitudes, PLOS ONE, doi: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252315

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Ufuoma Ovienmhada & Danielle Wood Present at the 2022 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

AGU is an international, nonprofit scientific association which promotes discovery in Earth and space science for the benefit of humanity.

Monday — Friday
December 12, 2022 —
December 16, 2022
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Ramesh Raskar @ European Machine Vision Association Conference

LocationAmsterdam, The Netherlands Description

Saturday
May 14, 2011
Video

Matthew Nock on Prediction of Suicidal Behavior

DescriptionIn his talk, Dr. Nock will describe recent findings from epidemiologic studies on the prevalence, characteristics and risk facto…

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Technical Flaws of Pretrial Risk Assessments Raise Grave Concerns

By Chelsea Barabas, Karthik Dinakar, and Colin DoyleTwenty-seven prominent  researchers from MIT,  Harvard, Princeton, NYU, …

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Liberatory Computing for African American Students

The underrepresentation of minoritized groups, particularly African Americans, is the longstanding reality of computing fields. Computing h…

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Tod Machover @ American Philosophical Society

LocationAmerican Philosophical Society, Philadelphia Description

Saturday
April 27, 2013
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Harvard Business School Association of Thailand | Metaverse: The Next Tech Revolution

Fluid Interfaces researcher Pat Pataranutaporn invited for a fireside chat at Harvard Business School Association in Asia

Tuesday
March 22, 2022
8:00am — 9:30am ET
Article

Deblina Sarkar featured in the Association for Women in Science spotlight

Deblina Sarkar was selected for the Association for Women in Science (AWIS) Spotlight. The following interview excerpt is posted on the AWIS

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Communications Forum: Race, Politics, and American Media

LocationBartos Theatre, MIT Media Lab DescriptionThe election of an African-American president in November 2008 has been hailed as a transf…

Thursday
October 8, 2009
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Ehsan Hoque named Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Affective Computing alum Ehsan Hoque honored for work at intersection of AI and human-centered computing.

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MIT Colombian Association wins 2019 Organization of the Year Award

Civic Media PhD student Pedro Reynolds-Cuellar serves as president of the association.

Article

American Sign Language (ASL) at MIT

On Aug. 15, 25 MIT students and staff members were engaged in a lively lecture and discussion in Building 66 — but the room was completely …

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Tod Machover @ League of American Orchestras, Annual Conference

LocationLeague of American Orchestras Description

Wednesday
June 19, 2013
Publication

Liberatory Computing for African American Students (Awarded Best Position Paper)

Walker, R., Sherif, E., & Breazeal, C. (2022). Liberatory computing education for African American students. 2022 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 85–89.

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Liberatory Computing for African American Students (Awarded Best Position Paper)

Walker, R., Sherif, E., & Breazeal, C. (2022). Liberatory computing education for African American students. 2022 Conference on Research in Equitable and Sustained Participation in Engineering, Computing, and Technology (RESPECT), 85–89.

Article

Do Americans need air-conditioning?

Summer’s great indoor-temperature debate rages on.

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Danielle Wood Speaks at the MIT Alumni Association's Faculty Forum Online

Danielle Wood will present on "Designing for Sustainability on Earth and in Space" as part of the MIT Faculty Forum Online series.

Wednesday
November 4, 2020
2:00pm ET
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You Too!

We are working on ways to detect sensitive themes in the online discussions between teenagers on social networks, and to match them to simi…

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Canan Dagdeviren at 2018 Swedish American Life Science Summit (SALSS)

The Swedish-American Life Science Summit is a series of exclusive summits taking place each August in Stockholm, a by invitation only forma…

Wednesday
August 22, 2018
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Goal-Oriented Interfaces for Mobile Phones

Currently each app lives in its own little world, with its own interface. Apps are usually unable to communicate with each other and unable…

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Time Out: Reflective User Interface for Social Networks

Time Out is an experimental user interface system for addressing cyberbullying on social networks. A Reflective User Interface (RUI) is a n…

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Valinor: Mathematical models to understand and predict self-harm

We are developing statistical tools for understanding, modeling, and predicting self-harm by using advanced probabilistic graphical models …

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Fathom: Probabilistic graphical models to help mental health counselors

We explore advanced machine learning and reflective user interfaces to scale the national Crisis Text Line. We are using state-of-the-art p…

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Danielle Wood Speaks at the American National Standards Institute Informational Meeting

The video and report from the meeting are available for review

Monday
December 7, 2020
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Space Enabled Presents at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2020

Space Enabled members will present their papers at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2020.

Tuesday — Thursday
December 1, 2020 —
December 17, 2020
Publication

Capturing spontaneous trait inference with the modified free association paradigm

Orghian, D., Smith, A., Garcia-Marques, L., & Heinke, D. (in press). Capturing spontaneous trait inferences with the modified word association task. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2017.07.004

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Space Enabled Presents at the 2021 American Geophysical Union Conference

AGU is an international, nonprofit scientific association whose mission is to promote discovery in Earth and space science for the ben…

Sunday — Saturday
December 12, 2021 —
December 18, 2021
Article

Death and the Powers to Cap an Eclectic 2011 American Repertory Theater Season

Article

Americans have become less willing to explore their own cities

In a new study, researchers from MIT and other universities show that personal mobility during the Covid-19 pandemic hasn't fully recovered.

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Cynthia Breazeal elected as a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

The AAAI Fellows program recognizes individuals who have made significant, sustained contributions to the field of artificial intelligence.

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Adam Foss

Former Director's Fellow

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A Wearable Computing Based American Sign Language Recognizer

Thad Starner, Joshua Weaver, Alex Pentland

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Humanizing AI in Law (HAL)

This work is being continued through The Dalai Lama Center for Ethics and Transformative Values at MIT.The  Humanizing …

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Canan Dagdeviren, moderator: Life Science Investment Panel, 2018 Swedish American Life Science Summit

The Swedish-American Life Science Summit (SALSS) is a by-invitation-only conference bringing together some of the most renowned Life Scienc…

Thursday
April 12, 2018
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Lensing: Cardiolinguistics for Atypical Angina

Conversations between two individuals—whether between doctor and patient, mental health therapist and client, or between two people romanti…

Publication

Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children

Ito, Mizuko, Remy Cross, Karthik Dinakar, and Candice Odgers. "Algorithmic Rights and Protections for Children." MIT Press.

Article

Key Women's Heart Attack Symptoms Not So Different From Men's, AI Study Finds

Women are more likely to report multiple symptoms, and "the majority of women present just like men."

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American Innovations in Electronic Musical InstrumentsAmerican Music Center

Joseph A. Paradiso

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Integrating EMA, clinical assessment and wearable sensors to examine the association between MDD and alcohol use

Pedrelli, P., Howe, E., Mischoulon, D., Picard, R., Ghandeharioun, A., Fedor, S."Integrating EMA, clinical assessment and wearable sensors to examine the association between MDD and alcohol use," Connected Health Conference, Boston, MA, October 2017.

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Links that Speak: The global language network and its association with global fame

Shahar Ronen, Bruno Goncalves, Kevin Hu, Alessandro Vespignani, Steven Pinker, Cesar A. Hidalgo

Article

Artist Ekene Ijeoma reflects on the charged life of the American Flag

The flag is a fixed object of the past which needs to become more fluid and in conversation with our present.

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Pratik Shah invited to speak at 2019 American Society for Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics annual meeting

The 2019 Innovation Forum will be a thought-provoking and idea-inspiring interactive session on cutting-edge methods and technology at the …

Wednesday — Saturday
March 13, 2019 —
March 16, 2019
7:00am — 8:00pm ET
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Safinah Ali from Personal Robots was an educator for the Science Research + Mentoring Program at the American Museum of Natural History

Labber Safinah Ali served as an educator & curriculum designer for the SRMP Machine program at the American Museum of Natural History

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Associations between mental health and academic performance sleep behaviors trait and daily behaviors in college students

Sano. A., Taylor, S., and Picard, R., "Associations between mental health and academic performance, sleep behaviors, trait and daily behaviors in college students," Anxiety and Depression Conference, April 2016

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Future of Tech Commission Town Hall: A Public Discussion on Creating Safe, Healthy Online Spaces for All Americans

A public town hall to generate input and feedback on the most urgent tech policy issues facing our economy and democracy.

Publication

Visual Recognition of American Sign Language Using Hidden Markov Models

T. Starner, A. Pentland

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Joi Ito and Ed Boyden inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

On October 7, 2017, Media Lab director Joi Ito and professor Ed Boyden were inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, among …

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Danielle Wood and Ufuoma Ovienmhada speak at 2019 American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

Fall Meeting is the largest international Earth and space science meeting in the world.

Tuesday — Friday
December 10, 2019 —
December 13, 2019
Project

_Mobility on Demand Systems

Mobility on Demand (MoD) systems are fleets of lightweight electric vehicles at strategically distributed electrical charging stations thro…

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Ruminati: Tackling Cyberbullying with Computational Empathy

The scourge of cyberbullying has assumed worrisome proportions, with an ever-increasing number of adolescents admitting to having dealt wit…

Article

Meet Our 2016 American and Australian Google News Lab Fellows

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Celtics star Jaylen Brown wants to fix American schools

The basketball player discusses his new MIT Media Lab fellowship, and how he plans to use the platform to reform education.