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  • Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) is committed to addressing complex societal challenges by advancing education and research at the intersection of statistics, data science, information and decision systems, and social sciences.

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    MIT News
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    Generating scenarios for extreme events, without extreme data

    A new algorithm from researchers including IDSS faculty Themis Sapsis learns to anticipate the unprecedented scenarios that critical infrastructure and global supply chains are least prepared for.

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    MIT Technology Review
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    Humans aren’t electronics

    AI-equipped prosthetics hold great promise for enabling people with disabilities to walk, speak, and work. But we cannot rely on the benevolence of tech companies to secure human agency, writes recent TPP alum Strahinja Janjušević SM ’26.

  • Daron Acemoglu and the cover of his book What Happened to Liberal Democracy?
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    Retooling to help democracy revive

    Deindustrialization didn’t only hurt some workers, IDSS faculty Daron Acemoglu says in a new book; it shrank the coalition supporting democracy, which needs expanding

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    Robotic rescue missions are sparking a spaceflight revolution

    TPP alum Danielle Wood ’04, SM ’08, PhD ’12 argues the “launch and leave” model of space design is unsustainable; future missions must plan for cleanup.