Applied Mathematics

The AAAS recognized MIT affiliates Noubar Afeyan, Cynthia Breazeal, Alan Edelman, Robert Millard, Jagadeesh Moodera, and Noelle Eckley Selin, as well as 27 additional MIT alumni, as 2024 AAAS Fellows for their efforts to advance science and related fields.

Scientists still debate whether our mathematical models of the universe objectively exist

VentureBeat congratulates all the nominees and thanks everyone for raising awareness of the women making a significant difference in AI.

Bowen Kyle was compelled to use technology to help save people from wildfires and urban firestorms like the Camp Fire.

Scientists think they've uncovered a cosmic "glitch" in gravity that could require a revision in Einstein's theory of general relativity.

Two math models combine to solve an age-old problem.

Anna Russo, an MIT PhD student in economics, conducts research into how to improve the design, function, and outcomes of public policies.

The first woman to serve as JPL's deputy director, Livesay serves under Laurie Leshin, the first woman to lead the lab.

Encoding symmetries into neural networks can significantly reduce data complexity, leading to faster and more efficient learning processes, according to MIT researchers leveraging the century-old Weyl's law.

Sallie Pero Mead made major discoveries about how electromagnetic waves propagate that allowed objects to be detected at a distance

In a study that could help fill some holes in quantum theory, the team recreated a "quantum bomb tester" in a classical droplet test.

Within every developing embryo lies the mystery of self-organization: How does an organism go about shaping itself even while it's in the process of making its parts?

Mathematics was the cornerstone of the Industrial Revolution. A new paradigm of measurement and calculation, more than scientific discovery, built industry, modernity, and the world we inhabit today.

Researchers are using mathematical models to better understand the effects of disruptions like daylight savings time, working night shifts, jet lag or even late-night phone scrolling on the body's circadian rhythms.

Avi Loeb's hunt for alien tech sounds like a conspiracy, but it's really an academic thought experiment—just one you should take with a grain of salt.

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Margo Seltzer, a Professor at the University of British Columbia has been named the 2023-2024 ACM Athena Lecturer and is recognized for foundational research in file and storage systems, pioneering research in data provenance, impactful software contributions in Berkeley DB, and tireless dedication to service and mentoring.

California blackworms make a contribution to the math and physics of knot tying by demoing twisting motions that help them escape a tangled worm ball

The system uses acoustic technology and AI to identify the likelihood of a tsunami.