Ritu Raman, a postdoctoral fellow at the Koch Institute, is working on an initiative to promote women in STEM, The Women in STEM Database at MIT (WiSDM) is an initiative designed to promote the visibility of women in our academic community. The goal of WiSDM is to provide a curated searchable online database of MIT women, making it easier to […]
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Prof. Nike Sun Speaks at SDSC Conference
May 23, 2019
Prof. Nike Sun “described progress toward a solution in a theoretical geometric problem in classic probability called the Ising perceptron” at the third annual MIT Statistics and Data Science Center conference, which gathered a growing interdisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners. Read more at MIT News.
Gweneth McKinley Earns Charles and Holly Housman Award for Excellence in Teaching
May 23, 2019
Math doctoral student Gweneth McKinley was awarded The Charles and Holly Housman Award for Excellence in Teaching, at the math department’s recent awards night. Supported by the Charles L. and Holly Housman Fund, this is presented to graduate student(s) in mathematics for their skill and dedication in undergraduate teaching. Two others received the award, Vishal […]
Tanya Khovanova Selected for the School of Science Infinite Mile Award
May 23, 2019
Lecturer Tanya Khovanova received the School of Science Infinite Mile Award, in the “Mentor Award” category. Tanya is the head mentor of the math section of MIT’s Research Science Institute (RSI), and since its inception in 2010, of MIT PRIMES. She was nominated for her exceptional ability to guide her colleagues and inspire them to […]
My day as a double major
May 7, 2019
Even at MIT, sometimes less is more. by Jiaming Zeng ’15Feb 27, 2019 Math alum Jiaming Zeng ’15 is pursuing a PhD in management science and engineering at Stanford. Photo courtesy of Jiaming Zeng ’15 In the fall of my junior year, after almost two years of debating, I finally decided to supplement my major […]
New approach could accelerate efforts to catalog vast numbers of cells
May 7, 2019
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.