Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions
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Operationalizing Reliable Machine Learning: From Data Collection to Model Presentation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Automated systems driven by machine learning (ML) have made exciting progress across a spectrum of applications. Despite such progress, encoded biases and other failure modes may create barriers to the real-world utility ... -
Anti-phage defense as a driver of molecular innovation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Bacteriophages, or phages for short, pose a near-constant threat to the bacteria they infect. Billions of years of conflict has been a catalyzing force for the creation of bacterial defense systems and corresponding phage ... -
Shaping Function Through Space: The Role of Spatial Organization in Microbial Communities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2025-09)Spatial organization plays a critical role in microbial community function, influencing how cells exchange metabolites, coordinate behavior, and compete for resources. This thesis investigates the consequences of spatial ...
