New MIT analytics tools predict COVID-19 patient outcomes and more
Some doctoral students led by Prof. Dimitris Bertimas at MIT Sloan are turning their machine learning and analytics skills against COVID-19.
Some doctoral students led by Prof. Dimitris Bertimas at MIT Sloan are turning their machine learning and analytics skills against COVID-19.
MIT Sloan Senior Lecturer Chintan Vaishnav writes: "COVID-19 has already set the scene for the biggest global recession since the 1930s."
MIT Sloan's Simon Johnson, Kate Kellogg, and Retsef Levi write: "Residents of nursing facilities in Massachusetts are in grave danger."
The COVID-19 Policy Alliance is a team of MIT faculty and experts that rapidly generate actionable data intelligence and operational recommendations.
This year's celebration includes an address given by Admiral William McRaven, salutes from student leaders, an extraordinary community-sourced music project, and the conferring of degrees.
Prof. Andrew Lo says "In the midst of an outbreak...we need to be less concerned about false positives and more concerned about false negatives."
Seth Benzell, MIT IDE, on he and his fellow Sloan researchers' (Christos Nicolaides and Avinash Collis) plan for re-opening the economy. (4:00)
"The pandemic is not likely to diminish solely due to summer weather,” said Hazhir Rahmandad.
Robert C. Pozen and co-author write: "The coronavirus pandemic is a crucible moment for management teams and their boards of directors."