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Philippe Rigollet awarded NSF BIGDATA grant
Research uses the theory of optimal transport to address data that are whole geometric objects rather than a collection of individual points, with applications in medical imaging, LiDAR for self-driving cars, and more.
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MITx MicroMasters adds new pathways to access to master’s degrees
Learners from around the globe now have enhanced access to “blended” master’s programs at MIT and elsewhere.
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The cartographer of cells
Statistics and Data Science Center affiliate Aviv Regev helped pioneer single-cell genomics. Now she’s co-chairing a massive effort to map the trillions of cells in the human body.
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Ankur Moitra wins 2018 MIT School of Science Teaching Prize
Moitra, an MIT Math professor and core faculty member with the Statistics and Data Science Center, won the award for his course ‘Algorithmic Aspects of Machine Learning.
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Three questions with Tetsuya Kaji, one of the first alumni of the new Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Statistics
Kaji works at the intersections of economics, statistics, and machine learning.







