art
artificial intelligence
health
human-machine interaction
learning + teaching
design
robotics
technology
architecture
consumer electronics
human-computer interaction
music
kids
wearable computing
bioengineering
data
politics
sensors
machine learning
networks
environment
social science
entertainment
cognition
space
economy
wellbeing
history
computer science
storytelling
interfaces
creativity
covid19
ethics
engineering
prosthetics
developing countries
alumni
community
civic technology
biology
privacy
social robotics
social media
communications
augmented reality
computer vision
neurobiology
public health
urban planning
imaging
virtual reality
synthetic biology
industry
biotechnology
food
biomechanics
social networks
transportation
energy
climate change
affective computing
government
data visualization
social change
fabrication
behavioral science
ocean
medicine
data science
cognitive science
zero gravity
startup
materials
women
agriculture
blockchain
prosthetic design
manufacturing
genetics
racial justice
diversity
gaming
neural interfacing and control
3d printing
banking and finance
fashion
electrical engineering
ecology
human augmentation
bionics
cryptocurrency
sustainability
construction
microfabrication
civic action
performance
healthcare
sleep
security
open source
systems
natural language processing
language learning
marginalized communities
internet of things
autonomous vehicles
perception
collective intelligence
microbiology
interactive
clinical science
mechanical engineering
social justice
mental health
visualization
water
nanoscience
mapping
physiology
physics
code
nonverbal behavior
chemistry
voice
cities
rfid
long-term interaction
textiles
trust
sports and fitness
biomedical imaging
hacking
algorithms
orthotic design
networking
pharmaceuticals
mechatronics
soft-tissue biomechanics
open access
assistive technology
autism research
member company
culture
law
gender studies
real estate
internet
exhibit
wireless
science
news
cells
business
decision-making
digital currency
asl
We build technologies that interface with the sleeping mind. We track different sleep-stages using brain activity, muscle tensio…
Connected Mind + Body | Revolutionizing the future of mental and physical wellbeing
Advancing human wellbeing by developing new ways to communicate, understand, and respond to emotion
Extending expression, learning, and health through innovations in musical composition, performance, and participation
Exploring how social networks can influence our lives in business, health, governance, and technology adoption and diffusion
Looking beyond smart cities
Life with AI | Designing the future of smart systems to improve the human experience
Augmenting and mediating human experience, interaction, and perception with sensor networks
Decentralized Society | Architecting the new internet for the good of the people
Future Worlds | Design and action for the future we want to live in
Cultivating Creativity | Catalyzing a global movement enabling everyone to unlock and unleash their individual and collective creativity
The challenge of understanding pandemics, illustrated by the recent COVID-19 outbreak, has significantly impacted global health and economi…
Science is not just about discovery; it’s an art of communication too.In this project, we are exploring how complex scientific topics can b…
Converting the patterns of nature and the human body into beneficial signals and energy
Cultivating wisdom through evolutionary and ecological engineering
The Media Lab is honored to have had its research and researchers highlighted in two 2023 end-of-year lists prepared by MIT News.
Designing tools, methods and systems that connect rather than divide us to create a healthier society
Designing Systems for Cognitive Support
Ultrasound is widely used for tissue imaging such as breast cancer diagnosis; however, fundamental challenges limit…
Humanizing Agent-Based Models (h-ABM) emerges as a pioneering technique to simulate real-world behaviors, aiming to seamlessly bridge …
The increasing prevalence of large-scale labor aggregation platforms, worker analytics, and algorithmic decision-making by management raise…
Dan Calacci, a PhD student in the Human Dynamics group, talks about one of his projects that centers around the gig economy.
Building intelligent personified technologies that collaborate with people to help them learn, thrive, and flourish.
The MIT CCC participated in this year's Ars Electronica festival from September 6–10, 2023.
Through an embodied, spatial audio experience, Collective Echos makes tangible a living library of human experiences.In the face of intensi…
GeekWire reports on research that people were less likely to visit socioeconomically different areas while returning to pre-pandemic habits.
CommunityLM is a research program from MIT Center for Constructive Communication (CCC) and MIT Media Lab. We are devoted to developing soci…
@artbhot is a Twitter bot that leverages stable diffusion technology to translate user tweets into images and animations. Access…
Identity spans multiple dimensions; however, the relative salience of a dimension of identity can vary markedly from person to person. …
As part of its recommendations to increase transparency, the Aspen Institute’s Commission on Information Disorder recommended – in its…
Tod Machover’s first opera (he has now composed many more groundbreaking ones) was VALIS, and it made history when it premiered for the 10t…
In a new study, researchers from MIT and other universities show that personal mobility during the Covid-19 pandemic hasn't fully recovered.
Hawkins, R.D., Berdahl, A.M., Pentland, A.‘. et al. Flexible social inference facilitates targeted social learning when rewards are not observable. Nat Hum Behav (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-023-01682-x
Promoting deeper learning and understanding in human networks
Mobility-related data show the pandemic has had a lasting effect, limiting the breadth of places people visit in cities.
We use high-resolution geospatial data collected from mobile phones to measure social segregation at an unprecedented resolution in cities …
Newly published research shows that a focus on sharing can make it harder for social media users to tell whether content is accurate.
An MIT-led study reveals a core tension between the impulse to share news and to think about whether it is true.
Transforming data into knowledge
Of 25 proposed interventions for democracy tested, one developed by Human Dynamics researchers was among the most effective.
Hang Jiang, Doug Beeferman, Brandon Roy, and Deb Roy. 2022. CommunityLM: Probing Partisan Worldviews from Language Models. In Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING), pages 6818–6826, Gyeongju, Republic of Korea. International Committee on Computational Linguistics.
Deb Roy, director of the MIT Center for Constructive Communication, discusses his research and how technology can be used for social good.
Ziv Epstein talks about his latest research project, which will attempt to "map the networks of cooperation and serendipity at Burning Man."
Reimagining human cooperation in the age of social media and artificial intelligence
Creating technology for social change
In Wired, Deb Roy, director of the MIT CCC, and postdoc Nabeel Gillani make the case for "you-are-here" maps for the internet.
Media Cloud is a platform for studying media ecosystems. By tracking millions of stories published online, the system allows researchers to…
Calacci, Dan, Alex Berke, Kent Larson, Sandy Pentland. "The tradeoff between the utility and risk of location data and implications for public good." Presented at the Oxford & London School of Economics Connected Life conference. (2019). https://arxiv.org/abs/1905.09350
RAISE
Lynn Cameron highlights Human Dynamics student Tobin South and his path from the University of Adelaide to the Media Lab.
Leaders often have to decide whether to delegate projects to individuals or a group. According to a new study, it should depend on the task.
Can machines make us better citizens and conversationalists? Deb Roy thinks so.
A new model shows that the more polarized and hyperconnected a social network is, the more likely misinformation will spread.
Rosalind Picard presents some principles that engineers and computer scientists can use to create meaningful, authentic human relationships.
Urban socioeconomic segregation is an important indicator that is crucial for social, economic, and health outcomes. Segregation is inheren…
Social Mirror is a web application that helps Twitter users interactively explore the politically active parts of their social network. Wo…
But research shows online polarization isn’t as clear-cut as people think.
Research finds Covid-19-related lockdowns led to a marked reduction in walking in lower-income areas of major metropolises.
In a recent lecture, Deb Roy discussed social media, democracy, and the continuing importance of local, in-person conversations.
Yuan, Yuan, Ahmad Alabdulkareem, and Alex Pentland. "An interpretable approach for social network formation among heterogeneous agents." Nature Communications 9.1 (2018): 4704.
Saa, I.L., Novak, M., Morales, A.J. et al. Looking for a better future: modeling migrant mobility. Appl Netw Sci 5, 70 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-020-00308-9