Data-sampling method makes “sketches” of unwieldy biological datasets while still capturing the full diversity of cell types. “These are like sketches on paper, where an artist will try to preserve all the important features of a main image,” says our math prof Bonnie Berger. Read more at the MIT News.
Merging cell datasets, panorama style
May 7, 2019
Algorithm developed by Bonnie Berger and other researchers stitches multiple datasets into a single “panorama,” which could provide new insights for medical and biological studies. See MIT News.
MIT Press Fund for Diverse Voices
May 7, 2019
Colleen Flaherty May 7, 20190 With the help of an anonymous donor, MIT Press formed a new fund to grow its publications list by women and other underrepresented groups in science, technology, math and engineering fields. The Fund for Diverse Voices will help the press offer competitive advances to authors, cover the cost of production features, […]
Women in mathematics aim for an equals sign
April 5, 2019
Female graduate students in the Department of Mathematics unite to encourage community and to extend an invitation to prospective MIT students. Laura Carter | School of Science MIT News March 25, 2019 Ten years had passed since 2008’s Women in Mathematics: A Celebration when a few graduate students in the Department of Mathematics approached a […]
Q&A: Professor Gigliola Staffilani on women in mathematics
April 5, 2019
More than a decade after creating the Celebration of Women in Mathematics at MIT, Staffilani talks about the present and future of women in the field. Laura Carter | School of Science April 3, 2019 In 2008, Gigliola Staffilani, the Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor in the Department of Mathematics, and former MIT assistant professor Katrin […]