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ML Learning
Algorithms used by the police are better at identifying some racial groups than others. Why is hardly anyone studying this?
Creating technology for social change
Understanding and empowering human networks
Leveraging the power of platforms, big data, and advanced analytics for species protection and the public good in a privacy-preserving, s...
Engaging people in creative learning experiences
Transforming data into knowledge
Earlier studies proved that behavior is highly shaped and constrained by one's social networks, and demonstrated ways in which individual...
Sparking discussion about the social, cultural, and ethical implications of emerging technologies through design and storytelling
Making the invisible visible–inside our bodies, around us, and beyond–for health, work, and connection
www.codedgaze.comAn unseen force is rising—helping to determine who is hired, granted a loan, or even how long someone spends in prison. ...
Code Next
Foundations (2015 - 2016): The Year 1 MIT/Google collaboration program has Pilot Labs in NYC and Oakland. In the Labs, we introduce a coh...
Team Edge (2016 - 2017): The Year 2 MIT/Google Collaboration. For it, we design and author Curricula and Learning Activities in the follo...
Our Personal Research Projects group is dedicated to the closure of the digital and educational divides and gaps as they effect the under...
Scratch is a programming language and online community that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, games, and animations–a...
Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion
Lensless Imaging with Compressive Ultrafast SensingTraditional cameras require a lens and a mega-pixel sensor to capture images. The lens...
Peter Krafft, Michael Macy, Sandy Pentland. (2017). Bots as Virtual Confederates: Design and Ethics. The 20th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW).
Almaatouq, Abdullah, et al. "Twitter: who gets caught? observed trends in social micro-blogging spam." Proceedings of the 2014 ACM conference on Web science. ACM, 2014.
Almaatouq, Abdullah, et al. "A malicious activity detection system utilizing predictive modeling in complex environments." 2014 IEEE 11th Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC). IEEE, 2014. APA
Launched in 2007, the Scratch Online Community enables children, primarily between the ages of 8 and 16, to share interactive media such ...
Creating tangible materials to break down complex computer science ideas for young children.
Alhasoun, Fahad, et al. "The City Browser: Utilizing Massive Call Data to Infer City Mobility Dynamics." 3rd International Workshop on Urban Computing (UrbComp 2014). UrbComp: New York, NY. 2014.
Almaatouq, A., Radaelli, L., Pentland, A., & Shmueli, E. (2016). Are You Your Friends’ Friend? Poor Perception of Friendship Ties Limits the Ability to Promote Behavioral Change. PloS one, 11(3), e0151588. Chicago
When we analyzed self-reported relationship surveys from several experiments around the world (from human subjects, not hobbits!), we fou...
Location prediction is a critical building block in many location-based services and transportation management. This project explores the...
SpeechBlocks is a self-expressive literacy app that helps young children explore alphabetic principles through manipulating letter blocks...