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Recommendation Theory
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- Written by Larry Hardesty
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Devavrat Shah’s group at MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) specializes in analyzing how social networks process information. In 2012, the group demonstrated algorithms that could predict what topics would trend on Twitter up to five hours in advance; this year, they used the same framework to predict fluctuations in the prices of the online currency known as Bitcoin.
Moneyball for business
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- Written by Rob Matheson
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Michael Lewis’ 2003 book “Moneyball” - and the 2011 film adaptation - detailed how the Oakland Athletics used analytics, primarily derived from players’ on-base percentages, to assemble a competitive team despite financial constraints.
Bacteria become “genomic tape recorders”
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- Written by Anne Trafton
Cambridge, Massachusetts - MIT engineers have transformed the genome of the bacterium E. coli into a long-term storage device for memory. They envision that this stable, erasable, and easy-to-retrieve memory will be well suited for applications such as sensors for environmental and medical monitoring.
Atomic timekeeping, on the go
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- Written by Jennifer Chu
Cambridge, Massachusetts - What time is it? The answer, no matter what your initial reference may be a wristwatch, a smartphone, or an alarm clock will always trace back to the atomic clock.
The missing piece of the climate puzzle
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- Written by Genevieve Wanucha
Cambridge, Massachusetts - In classrooms and everyday conversation, explanations of global warming hinge on the greenhouse gas effect. In short, climate depends on the balance between two different kinds of radiation: The Earth absorbs incoming visible light from the sun, called “shortwave radiation,” and emits infrared light, or “longwave radiation,” into space.
Social Networking
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- Written by Peter Dizikes
Cambridge, Massachusetts - Every day we make simple decisions - what to eat, what to wear - that may be influenced by the views of people around us.
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