Institute Professor Daron Acemoglu Wins A.SK Social Science Award

Daron Acemoglu, Institute Professor and the Elizabeth and James Killian Professor of Economics in MIT’s School of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences, is the 2023 recipient of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center’s A.SK Social Science Award, one of the most highly...

School Librarians: One of a Student’s Best Resources

Educators and students, don’t forget to tap into one of your best resources as you begin this school year…your school librarian!  In today’s school libraries, you can find lively, vibrant spaces focused on learning and community. A school librarian provides...

A method to interpret AI might not be so interpretable after all

As autonomous systems and artificial intelligence become increasingly common in daily life, new methods are emerging to help humans check that these systems are behaving as expected. One method, called formal specifications, uses mathematical formulas that can be...