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Forecasting mental distress using healthcare claims data
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Recently, depression rates have reached record levels in the US: 7.1% of adults in the US had at least one major depressive episode in 2015 and an estimated 7 million American adults aged 65 and older experience depression. ...
Making musical magic live : inventing modern production technology for human-centric music performance
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Fifty-two years ago, Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band redefined what it meant to make a record album. The Beatles revolutionized the recording process using technology to achieve completely unprecedented sounds ...
Sensor networks for experience and ecology
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Wetlands are critically important ecosystems, providing numerous benefits to the global environment. As cranberry farms in southeastern Massachusetts come out of production, many are undergoing active restoration with the ...
Embodied mathematics by interactive sketching
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
The language and formalization of mathematics historically evolved as an interplay between abstractions and their grounding in real world objects and events. The embodied mathematics philosophy posits that our mathematical ...
Affordable autonomous lightweight personal mobility
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021)
Self-driving cars and micro-mobility services are among the most important trends in the mobility landscape. While robo-taxi services are still in the pilot phase, residents in many cities today are adopting micro-mobility ...
Discovering the meaning behind the story : creating a system for documenting and supporting children's narrative development
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Narrative is a powerful core component of human development. Our ability to tell stories has been credited as one of the major influences for the success of the human species. We communicate, think, encode memories, dream, ...
Designing the organism-environment relationship
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
How does one reconcile the complex uncertainties of living systems with the control required for real-world design? This is the central question facing the field of biological design and the creative intersection it occupies, ...
Collective behavior over social networks with data-driven and machine learning models
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Individuals form network connections based on homophily; individuals' networks also shape their actions. Pervasive behavioral data provides opportunities for a richer view of the decisions on networks. Yet, the increasing ...
Robust genome editing with broad-targeting CRISPR enzymes
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
Programmable CRISPR enzymes are powerful and versatile tools for genome editing. They, however, require a specific protospacer adjacent motif (PAM) flanking the target site, which constrains the accessible sequence space ...
Polarization and toxicity in political discourse online
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)
The web and social media promised to fundamentally change the public sphere by democratizing access to information and lowering barriers for participation in public discourse. While some of these expectations have been ...