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Project Research

SuperGlue Kinesics

The relationship between news content and its presentation has been a long-studied problem in the communications domain. Often, chan...

in Viral Communications
Tejal Wakchoure · Mike Hao Jiang +1 more
#computer vision #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +6 more
Article Research

An exercise at Kennedy School explores the dangers if large sums could be secretly sent to hostile nations

Neha Narula and Gary Gensler joined other experts to explore the potential impacts of digital currencies on national and global security.

via The Harvard Gazette · Nov. 20, 2019
in Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)
#cryptocurrency #economy #politics +1 more
Research
Space Exploration Initiative

Space Exploration Initiative

#robotics #design #virtual reality +39 more
Research
City Science

Looking beyond smart cities

#robotics #design #social networks +57 more
Accepting Applicants
Article Research

In wargaming exercise, a digital yuan neuters US sanctions and North Korea buys nukes

Neha Narula and Gary Gensler participated in a simulated “digital currency war” at Harvard’s Belfer Center.

via CoinDesk · Nov. 20, 2019
in Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)
#economy #politics #technology
Article Research

Students push to speed up artificial intelligence adoption in Latin America

To help the region catch up, students organize summit to bring Latin policymakers and researchers to MIT.

via MIT News · Nov. 19, 2019
in Object-Based Media · Personal Robots · Fluid Interfaces
#artificial intelligence #politics #social science +5 more
Project Research

Theme | Mobility On-Demand

Urban populations around the world are rapidly growing. To improve livability, urban residents must reduce dependency on fossil fuels and...

in City Science
Abhishek Agarwal · Kent Larson +8 more
#robotics #design #artificial intelligence +11 more
Project Research

Paper Dreams

Paper Dreams explores how human creativity can be supported by artificial intelligence.Prior research on AI and creativity has primarily ...

in Fluid Interfaces
Guillermo Bernal
#design #art #artificial intelligence +8 more
Post Research

Joy Buolamwini and Amanda Nguyen chosen for TIME 100 Next 2019

Congratulations to Joy Buolamwini and Amanda Nguyen for being recognized in the "Advocates" category.

Nov. 13, 2019
in Civic Media · Director's Fellows Program
#civic technology #politics #social change +3 more
Project Research

RadioTalk

The RadioTalk corpus includes speech recognition transcripts sampled from talk radio broadcasts in the United States between October of 2...

in Social Machines
William Brannon · Deb Roy +1 more
#civic media #politics #social science +3 more
Article Research

Investigating the power of group think

Political science doctoral student Clara Vandeweerdt studies how identity shapes beliefs on complex political topics such as climate change.

via MIT News · Nov. 7, 2019
in Social Machines
#politics #social science #behavioral science +1 more
Research
Fluid Interfaces

Designing systems for cognitive enhancement

#robotics #design #virtual reality +43 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Space Enabled

Advancing justice in Earth's complex systems using designs enabled by space

#design #agriculture #art +26 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

World's 100 most influential people in digital government 2019

Commending a formidable variety of international change-makers driving digital transformation in government.

via Apolitical · Nov. 1, 2019
in Civic Media
#civic technology #government #politics +1 more
Article Research

When politicians play web designers

Opinion: The push to ban unwanted “dark patterns” from apps and sites may also take away certain features users want.

via Wired · Sept. 25, 2019
in Director's Office
#politics #privacy #technology
Article Research

A story in images: the abortion media storm of 2019

Cindy Sherman Bishop developed a new method for image analysis to analyze the spring 2019 abortion legislation and related news coverage.

via Medium · Oct. 16, 2019
in Civic Media
#civic media #politics #ethics +1 more
Research
Responsive Environments

Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks

#robotics #design #virtual reality +31 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Social Machines

Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks

#robotics #design #social networks +44 more
Accepting Applicants
Research
Opera of the Future

Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation

#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +16 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Schoenberg in Hollywood: A new opera by Tod Machover

“Can a man know the truth and tell it to the greatest number and still be misunderstood? Can one man be of the many and still be known?” ...

in Opera of the Future
Tod Machover
#art #music #politics +1 more
Project Research

Media Cloud

Media Cloud is a platform for studying media ecosystems. By tracking millions of stories published online, the system allows researchers ...

in Civic Media · Center for Civic Media
Ethan Zuckerman · Anushka Shah +4 more
#social networks #civic media #data +5 more
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Object-Based Media

Changing storytelling, communication, and everyday life through sensing, understanding, and new interface technologies

#robotics #design #virtual reality +47 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Research
CE 2.0

CE 2.0

#robotics #architecture #art +20 more
Research
Human Dynamics

Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion

#robotics #design #social networks +54 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Civic Media

Creating technology for social change

#robotics #design #social networks +47 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Molecular Machines

Engineering at the limits of complexity with molecular-scale parts

#artificial intelligence #bioengineering #genetics +6 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Community Biotechnology

Community Biotechnology

#design #art #bioengineering +11 more
Archived
Research
Collective Learning

Transforming data into knowledge

#design #social networks #virtual reality +39 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Research
Personal Robots

Building socially engaging robots and interactive technologies to help people live healthier lives, connect with others, and learn better

#robotics #design #human-computer interaction +43 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Post Research

Alum Erhardt Graeff receives Best Dissertation Award

The Association of Internet Researchers has recognized alum Erhardt Graeff, now an assistant professor of social and computer science at ...

Aug. 21, 2019
in Center for Civic Media · Civic Media
#civic media #civic technology #politics
Archived
Project Research

Empowerment-based design and evaluation of civic technology

Civic technology should empower us as citizens. But despite its breadth as a field, civic technology often takes its lead from Silicon Va...

in Center for Civic Media · Civic Media
Erhardt Graeff
#civic media #civic technology #politics +2 more
Archived
Archived
Research
Advancing Wellbeing

Advancing Wellbeing

#design #virtual reality #human-computer interaction +25 more
Archived
Research
Music, Mind and Machine

How to build intelligent music systems out of interacting audio-processing agents.

#robotics #architecture #art +17 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Article Research

Innovative composer hopes to unify the Koreas: Through his work, Tod Machover has shown the power of music, technology

Opera of the Future head Tod Machover talks to Korea JoongAng Daily about “Symphony for the Koreas.”

via Korea JoongAng Daily · March 20, 2019
in Opera of the Future
#music #politics #technology
Project Research

Symphony for the Koreas

Symphony for the Koreas will be the latest installment of the celebrated City Symphony series. Over the next few years, Tod Machover and ...

in Opera of the Future
Tod Machover
#music #politics #community +1 more
Article Research

Peace workshop, concert connect experts, youth on Jeju Island

Opera of the Future head Tod Machover reflects on the recent peace workshop and concert on Jeju Island

via The Korea Times · Aug. 11, 2019
in Opera of the Future
#music #politics #community
Article Research

Beyond the Vast Wasteland: briefing Congresspeople for the Aspen Institute

Ethan Zuckerman speaks at a gathering of Senators and Representatives who came to MIT for an Aspen Institute event in May, 2019.

via Medium · July 31, 2019
in Civic Media
#government #politics #social media
Article Research

The world is complex. Measuring charity has to be too

We must, however, make changes in the way we fund potential solutions so that it supports a diversity of disciplines and approaches.

via Wired · July 30, 2019
in Director's Office
#economy #politics #social science
Project Research

Accessibility of the microgravity research ecosystem

For decades, the International Space Station (ISS) has operated as a bastion of international cooperation and a unique testbed for microg...

in Space Enabled
Danielle Wood · Christine Joseph
#politics #social science #space +1 more
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Scalable Cooperation

Reimagining human cooperation in the age of social media and artificial intelligence

#design #social networks #human-computer interaction +40 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

CivicLink

Major political campaigns and nonprofit organizations use bespoke systems to organize, inform, and solicit members. These top-down system...

in Viral Communications
Sam Posner · Oceane Boulais +2 more
#social networks #civic technology #open source +6 more
Project Research

Social Physics of Unemployment

Earlier studies proved that behavior is highly shaped and constrained by one's social networks, and demonstrated ways in which individual...

in Human Dynamics
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland · Abdullah M. Almaatouq
#data #economy #politics +4 more
Article Research

Space exploration and the age of the Anthropocosmos

Joi Ito calls for responsible stewardship of the commons beyond our planet.

via Wired · May 30, 2019
in Director's Office · Space Exploration Initiative
#environment #politics #space +1 more
Article Research

It's OK that Amazon will (likely) get the .amazon domain

Ito shares his thoughts on the difficulty of making the right decisions in the face of what, to the public, appears to be obviously wrong.

via Wired · May 25, 2019
in Director's Office
#politics #computer science #industry
Article Research

French media is polarizing. But not in the way we expected.

Ethan Zuckerman reflects on a year of research with collaborators to determine how the French media landscape differs from that of the US.

via Columbia Journalism Review · May 13, 2019
in Civic Media
#civic media #politics #social media
Research
Digital Currency Initiative (DCI)

Digital Currency Initiative

#banking and finance #cryptocurrency #economy +13 more
Archived
Project Research

Bias by us

Bias by us envisions a future of media diversity by understanding the bias of today.Our work seeks to understand how the US media ec...

in Civic Media
Ethan Zuckerman · Orestis Papakyriakopoulos
#civic media #politics #social media +2 more
Archived
Project Research

The Electome: Measuring responsiveness in the 2016 election

The Electome: Where AI meets political journalismThe Electome project is a machine-driven mapping and analysis of public sphere content a...

in Social Machines
Deb Roy · Russell Stevens +8 more
#computer vision #artificial intelligence #data +6 more
Research
Viral Communications

Creating scalable technologies that evolve with user inventiveness

#design #human-computer interaction #artificial intelligence +24 more
Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Civic Entertainment

Civic Entertainment is a project based at the Center for Civic Media that explores the intersection of civic engagement with film, televi...

in Civic Media · Center for Civic Media
Anushka Shah · Ethan Zuckerman
#civic media #communications #entertainment +4 more
Article Research

Microgravity research after the International Space Station

Researchers say new facilities in space should be available to scientists from any country.

via MIT News · March 12, 2019
in Space Enabled
#politics #space #technology
Article Research

Augmented Democracy: César Hidalgo at TED2018

A bold idea to replace politicians

via TED · March 5, 2019
in Collective Learning
#artificial intelligence #politics #social science
Communications Futures Program
#robotics #architecture #art +20 more
Archived
Article Research

The paradox of universal basic income

Liberals and conservatives alike love—and fear—the idea of giving free money to everyone. But we have to try it anyway.

via Wired · March 29, 2018
in Director's Office
#politics #social science
Counter Intelligence
#architecture #consumer electronics #economy +3 more
Archived
Future Storytelling
#robotics #architecture #art +21 more
Archived
Consumer Electronics Laboratory
#robotics #architecture #art +20 more
Archived
Hundred Dollar Laptop
#architecture #consumer electronics #developing countries +5 more
Archived
Project Research

Social Mirror

Social Mirror is a web application that helps Twitter users interactively explore the politically active parts of their social network. ...

in Social Machines
Ann Yuan · Nabeel Gillani +1 more
#social networks #politics #social media
Project Research

EqualAIs: Facial Recognition, Adversarial Attacks and Policy Choice

This 2018 AI and Governance Assembly project, EqualAIs, was a multifaceted investigation into the technical, policy and societal question...

in Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence
Gretchen Greene
#artificial intelligence #politics
Archived
ML_logo_160W
Inventing the future of digitally augmented objects and environments.
#robotics #architecture #art +23 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Article Research

Technologists are trying to fix the “filter bubble” problem that tech helped create

MIT Technology Review Article featuring LSM research

via MIT Technology Review · Aug. 23, 2018
in Social Machines · Civic Media
#social networks #politics #social media
Article Research

Your front row seat to the trade war

This is what a trade war looks like.

via Marketplace | Make me smart with Kai and Molly · July 3, 2018
in Director's Office · Responsive Environments
#manufacturing #politics #trade
How software can act as an assistant to the user rather than a tool, by learning from interaction and by proactively anticipating the user's
#robotics #architecture #art +20 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Archived
Thesis Research

Evaluating Civic Technology Design for Citizen Empowerment

Graeff, Erhardt (2018). Evaluating Civic Technology Design for Citizen Empowerment. PhD Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Thesis, May 2018
in Civic Media
#civic media #civic technology #politics +1 more
Center for Civic Media
Ethan Zuckerman
#robotics #design #social networks +49 more
Project Research

Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon

In September 2014, 150 parents, engineers, designers, and healthcare practitioners gathered at the MIT Media Lab for the "Make the Breast...

in Civic Media
Ethan Zuckerman · Catherine D'Ignazio +4 more
#civic technology #consumer electronics #politics +2 more
Archived
Research
Electronic Publishing

How to distill meaning from complex everyday experiences.

#robotics #architecture #art +14 more
Not Accepting Applicants
Project Research

Global Cooperation

Measuring Cooperation at Scale

in Scalable Cooperation
Iyad Rahwan · Morgan Ryan Frank +2 more
#networks #politics #social science +1 more
Publication Research

Detecting reciprocity at a global scale

Frank, M. R., Obradovich, N., Sun, L., Woon, W. L., LeVeck, B. L., & Rahwan, I. (2018). Detecting reciprocity at a global scale. Science Advances, 4(1), eaao5348.

Academic Paper, Jan. 2018
in Scalable Cooperation
#networks #politics #social science +1 more
Project Research

Evolution of the Social Contract

Political constitutions describe the fundamental principles by which nation-states are governed, the political and legal state institutio...

in Scalable Cooperation
Iyad Rahwan · Manuel Cebrian
#politics #social science #collective intelligence
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