Faith Baca ’25 finds her passion in linguistics and AI By Mark Sullivan Faith Baca ’25, double-majoring in linguistics and mathematics with computer science, aims to put AI to work for people who are marginalized in society. “AI is a powerful tool that has left underserved communities without representation, and I want to change this,” […]
Alum creates Cambridge Math Circle to share the joy of math
August 19, 2025
By Sandi Miller Members of the MIT Math community have been working directly with kids to share the joy of math discovery at the local nonprofit Cambridge Math Circle (CMC). This summer, Isabel McGuigan ’25 and graduate student Hamilton Wan led students through investigations of Boolean logic, logic gates, and Euler’s formula, among other topics, […]
Yiming Chen ’24 named Rhodes Scholar
November 18, 2024
By Sandi Miller Yiming Chen, from Beijing, China, and the Washington area, was named one of four Rhodes China Scholars on Sept 28. At Oxford, she will pursue graduate studies in engineering science, working toward her ongoing goal of advancing AI safety and reliability in clinical workflows. Chen graduated from MIT in 2024 with a […]
Applying the beauty and rigor of math to social sciences
October 31, 2024
By Pamela Ferdinand Growing up in Serbia, Nataša Dragović ’14 had no interest in politics. She also had no plans to become a mathematician like her parents. Yet today she’s an assistant professor of mathematics at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota, where her work applies probability to social science problems such as how […]
Profile: Mengjie Ding ’12 SB
October 8, 2024
By Sandi Miller Mengjie Deng attended the Sept. 10 Math Department event “From Here to Where,” where alumni talk to students about their career path after leaving MIT. Now a Data Science Manager at Stripe, Mengjie uses machine learning and statistical methods to optimize user experience and business performance for financial products. Name: Mengjie DingHometown: […]