Published on October 28th in Therapeutic Innovation & Regulatory Science, this article from CBI NEWDIGS addresses inefficiencies in the system and process of data sharing among stakeholders in the development, access, and use of drug therapies. It applies a Systems Engineering approach within a case study to propose a scalable...
MIT Connection Science Group: Reforming Global Trade, Finance, and Governance
MIT Connection Science, in collaboration with the World Leadership Alliance and the Boston Global Forum, is working to bring about a new paradigm in global trade, finance, and governance systems. With tools to securely collect, share, and analyze data, governments and communities can build better systems for health, monetary exchange, economic...
Prediction and prevention of disproportionally dominant agents in complex networks
A new publication from SSRC Research Affiliate Sandro Lera, MIT Prof. Sandy Pentland, and ETH Prof. Didier Sornette encourages regulators to take a holistic view to prevent and address outsized dominance within systems, concluding that "the emergence of disproportional dominance is not explained as the action of a single agent,...
A New Social Contract for the AI Age
MIT Professors Sandy Pentland and Nazli Choucri joined global leaders at the AI World Society in September in developing the first ever social contract for the AI age. The effort is designed to foster positive social outcomes from the use of AI and to build an inclusive society across politics,...
New Publication in Nature Offers Suggested Approach to Safely Reopening
A new article published August 5 in Nature Human Behaviour integrates anonymized real-time mobility data with census and demographic data to model COVID-19 transmission in the Boston area. The authors, including Esteban Moro, Visiting Professor in the Media Lab and IDSS, and Professor Sandy Pentland of MIT’s Connection Science Group,...
Dynamic Networks Improve Remote Decision Making
Crisis events demand decision-making networks that are dynamic, not static, and respond to frequent feedback.
CBI Study Analyzes Contamination in Drug Manufacturing Plants
A new study from the Center for Biomedical Innovation (CBI) published in Nature Biotechnology analyzes past incidents of viral contamination in the manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals and offers recommendations.
Interview with Gigi Hirsch, MD from Evidera
NEWDIGS is an exciting and innovative approach to developing solutions for systemwide impediments to biomedical innovation and patient care. The noncompetitive, collaborative environment encourages novel and fresh ideas and interactions to truly move the industry forward in positive ways. Dr. Debra Schaumberg, Vice President, Scientific Affairs, Real-World Evidence at Evidera...
Empowering African Farmers with Data
Research from the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society aims to help African farmers increase their production and profits with better prediction. by Scott Murray May 30, 2019 With a couple billion more people estimated to join the global population in the next few decades, world food production could use...
PRESTIGIOUS MURI AWARD
[tm_pb_section admin_label="section"][tm_pb_row admin_label="row"][tm_pb_column type="4_4"][tm_pb_text admin_label="Text" text_orientation="justified" use_border_color="off" border_color="#ffffff" border_style="solid"] A team led by IDSS and LIDS professor Ali Jadbabaie, JR East Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Director of the MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC), has been awarded a multidisciplinary university research initiative...