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A new model may help clinicians streamline the diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a type of tumor that sometimes leads to a serious form of breast cancer.

Currently, tests that determine DCIS stages are too expensive to perform widely. Professor Caroline Uhler was part of a team that combined imaging and AI to inexpensively identify the eight states that are indicative of invasive cancer.

Read more about the team’s research here: https://bit.ly/3SvigT2

Gain the AI and skills you need to revolutionize your industry and change the world with the Professional Certificate Program in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence. Join your peers from all over the world and MIT faculty experts, such as Professor Uhler in this intensive certificate program: https://bit.ly/4dheViE.

Sign up for program updates to join our next cohort!

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Did you know that about 70% of the world’s generated energy ends up as waste heat?

Phonons are the culprit behind inefficient power generation systems. And this excessive heat is preventing engineers from developing more powerful microelectronics. Tommi Jaakkola was part of a team of researchers who created an framework that is 1 million times faster at predicting phonon dispersion compared to traditional non-AI-based methods. Read about their work here: https://bit.ly/3YfzTtR.

Learn from MIT faculty experts like Professor Jaakkola with ! Whether you work in , science, or designing efficient systems, a well-rounded and education may help you solve your work—and world—challenges.

Sign up for updates on our next cohort of the Professional Certificate Program in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence: https://bit.ly/4dheViE.

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✍️: Adam Zewe, MIT News

Advanced Study Program participants rose to the challenge at the height of the pandemic, using drones to aid COVID diagnostics in remote Scandinavia. Today, their “viking drones” are a home delivery option that they hope to expand into more of Europe and beyond.

Read about Aviant founders Lars Erik Fagernæs and Herman Øie Kolden, their ASP roots, and the future of aerial delivery: https://bit.ly/3zZDHFl

The next application window for the Advanced Study Program opens September 15! Register your interest and see how taking courses may propel your career or academic journey forward: https://bit.ly/3yoFV0u.

📷: Axel Brandtzaeg, Aviant, Otto Johnsen
✍️: Elisabeth Erskine, MIT News

Databases can quickly become unwieldy. A new tool is helping database users identify anomalies, fix errors, and perform complicated statistical analyses of tabular .

Read more about the researchers’ SQL-based model here: https://bit.ly/3WinjHA.

Harness generative AI’s practical applications with the live online course Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation. Gain the hands-on experience that’ll help you drive and streamline processes at your organization.

👉 Sign up for course updates to join our next cohort: https://bit.ly/3SwGXhT.

Are you looking to transform your business with and ? The online course AI and ML: Leading Business Growth covers the building blocks to roadmapping, building, and deploying no-code AI capabilities.

For more details and to see if this course aligns with your career goals, join us for a virtual open house on Tuesday, August 20 at 10am ET.

🔗 Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/46EVPk8

Can leadership be taught? Absolutely, says senior lecturer David Niño in a recent Q&A by Mass Technology Leadership Council.

Leadership goes hand in hand with innovation, making it a crucial skill for engineering, science, and technology professionals. Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3xA237Q.

Thank you to everyone who made this summer's anniversary celebrations special!

☀️75 years of Short Programs
📚60 years of the Advanced Study Program
🎶25 seasons of the Summer Philharmonic Orchestra
💻10 years of online Digital Plus Programs

We marked these occasions with a faculty panel discussion, alumni reception, and MITSPO’s spectacular yearly performance at Kresge Auditorium.

Looking for your next summer read? Stay sharp with MIT’s collection of faculty and staff author’s recent publications. Among them is a chapter by senior lecturer in the MIT Center for Real Estate Walter Torous exploring residential mortgage defaults.

📚Check out the summer 2024 reading list: https://bit.ly/3xQAFCJ.

📷: Christine Daniloff, MIT
✍️: MIT News

🎉Congratulations to Julian Shun on making tenure!

Professor Shun’s research centers on parallel and high-performance and on designing , spatial data, and dynamic problems. Read the announcement here: https://bit.ly/3XXBS5F.

Professor Shun brings his graphing expertise to his Short Program Graph Algorithms and Machine Learning. Participants gain experience with the tools that’ll assist in clustering classification tasks and organizing data for pipelines.

👉 Sign up for course updates to learn more about the next cohort: https://bit.ly/4fjALU2.

Seeking a lively, musical, and wallet-friendly Friday evening? The Boston Globe lists the Summer Philharmonic Orchestra’s concert as one of this week’s top free events: https://bit.ly/3LyIuQB.

Join us for MITSPO’s 25th season at Celebrating Milestones in Excellence, featuring compositions from Márquez, Ginastera, and Respighi. 🎺🎻🎶✨

🎟️ Admission is free, but make sure to arrive early to get a seat. We hope to see you there! For details: https://bit.ly/4bVXDX3.

📚 Explore a wealth of knowledge with ! Dive into any of the following open short courses. Registration is still available at our course catalog page—don't miss out!

▪️Reinforcement Learning: https://bit.ly/3qMI0zH
▪️Machine Learning for Materials Informatics: https://bit.ly/47MYW9P
▪️Fermentation Technology: https://bit.ly/45Od40V
▪️Transportation Networks: https://bit.ly/45vdCZQ
▪️Advanced Reinforcement Learning: https://bit.ly/47FWrpE

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The MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra returns for its 25th season on Friday, July 26, at 8 p.m. at MIT’s Kresge Auditorium! 🎶 You won’t want to miss this incredible night of celebration and music, performed by some of the top musicians from MIT and the Boston area. 🎼 🎹 🎵 🎶

This event is free for all to attend—but be sure to arrive early to grab your seat. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4bJCNKn.

With as a partner, materials scientists can expect to discover stronger, lighter, and more durable materials, says Professor Markus J. Buehler.

Read the full interview for Professor Buehler’s take on AI and for a glimpse into his upcoming course, Machine Learning for Materials Informatics: https://bit.ly/3Wh1v08.

In this live virtual course, you’ll gain hands-on experience with the and computational modeling tools that are transforming materials science.

📆 Class begins July 29. Reserve your spot before July 19: https://bit.ly/47MYW9P.

Join policymakers, engineers, and mobility professionals this summer in the five-day live virtual course, Transportation Networks and Smart Mobility: Methods and Solutions (July 29-Aug. 2). 🚗 🚛 🚎 🚌

Acquire the cutting-edge strategies you need by exploring cutting-edge traffic simulation models, demand modeling methods, and related analytical techniques.

🔗 Learn more and apply: https://bit.ly/3K4QZSU.

Recent research predicts the market to exceed $100 billion by 2033. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3zg5RLZ.

This summer, the five-day course Downstream Processing (July 22-26) will prepare engineer, biochemists, and manufacturing leaders to leverage to improve the efficiency of biological processes.

📆 Registration closes soon! Reserve your spot today: https://bit.ly/3QUPrQ3.

Professor Svafa Grönfeldt, an expert in organizational design, is leading a team of researchers in creating AI-augmented decision-support systems. Why you ask? To forecast the probability of the success of startups through a machine learning approach. They are “also developing a large language model that will guide the selection of the business model by using large datasets from different companies in Germany and the U.S.” Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3WaY3Em.

Learn from Professor Grönfeldt in his online course, Designing High-Impact Solutions with MITdesignX. Registration ends today, so make sure to secure your spot!

📚: Designing High-Impact Solutions with MITdesignX
👤: Svafa Grönfeldt, Gilad Rosenzweig
📆: July 09 - Sept. 03, 2024
🔗: https://bit.ly/3RXBpwO
📷: Alexander Laiman

If you're struggling with and it's getting in the way of moving your technology projects forward, listen up! The Persuasive Communication Bootcamp (July 15-18) can help boost your confidence as you master persuasive communication skills.

📆 Registration closes soon! Apply today: https://bit.ly/3EjLj4g.

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While green energy solutions like solar panels and wind turbines play a crucial role in combating climate change, a persistent challenge lies in effectively storing the energy they produce during periods of low wind and sunlight. To address this issue, Professor Yet-Ming Chiang, former Tesla Vice President Mateo Jaramillo, and MIT graduate student Marco Ferrara co-founded Form Energy, a startup based in Somerville, MA.

Their startup developed a new category of energy storage systems capable of storing energy for multiple days. Ferrara teamed up with Professor Jessika Trancik to model four representative locations in the United States, concluding that by keeping energy storage costs below approximately $20/kWh, they could enable a wind-solar combination to deliver cost-effective and reliable electricity in regions with high renewable resources. Learn more: https://bit.ly/4f4cW2K.

It’s crucial to find effective strategies for climate change mitigation through data-informed analysis. Explore further in Professor Trancik’s Clean Energy Solutions course (July 9 - Sept. 3). Registration closes July 9th. Apply today!

🔗: https://bit.ly/49GFTh3
📷: Form Energy

New research by MIT student Branden Spitzer is making a tangible impact in the kitchen! Spitzer’s “longest-running research project, in Professor Markus Buehler’s Laboratory for Atomistic and Molecular Mechanics, involves working with mycelium, the root systems of mushrooms, to improve and alter the growth of the material for use in 3D printing.” Read the full article: https://bit.ly/4cuOIgm.

Are you passionate about ? Learn from Professor Buehler in his Machine Learning for Materials Informatics course this summer!

📚: Machine Learning for Materials Informatics
👤: Professor Markus Buehler
📆: July 29 - August 2, 2024
🔗: https://bit.ly/47MYW9P
📷 : Jodi Hilton

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), which leads to kidney enlargement and eventual loss of function, affects over 12 million people globally.

A breakthrough is now within reach: Scientists from MIT and Yale University School of Medicine, led by MIT research scientist Bogdan Fedeles, have discovered a compound initially designed for cancer treatment that shows potential for treating ADPKD. Fedeles expressed optimism, stating, “We strongly believe this could revolutionize treatment approaches for this critical disease.”

🔗 Read the full article: https://bit.ly/3W6SxT4

📷: Melanie Gonick, MIT
✍️: Anne Trafton, MIT News

’s two-day course Leadership Skills for Engineering and Science Faculty imparts the and skills key to forming cohesive, productive academic teams. The human relationship-centered strategies and role-playing class activities will prepare academics to handle conflicts and interpersonal dynamics more confidently.

📚Leadership Skills for Engineering and Science Faculty runs July 8-9, but registration closes July 2! Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/3OQnUg0.

Take a tour of the Improbable AI Lab with Professor Pulkit Agrawal. He explains how teams are training robots on new superpowers: to use tools, enable the sensation of touch, interact with scenes of objects, and much more. Watch: https://bit.ly/4eLB4qE.

Learn from Professor Agrawal this summer in his course AI in Robotics: Learning Algorithms, Design and Safety. In three days (July 10-12), you’ll tour MIT labs, gain hands-on experience with sim-to-real training policies, and gather the frameworks to optimize your robot design process.

🔗 For more information and to reserve your spot, visit: https://bit.ly/3VivyCP.

Improbable AI Lab Tour Introduction with Professor Pulkit Agrawal Professor Pulkit Agrawal runs the Improbable AI Lab at CSAIL, where they have the goal of building machines that can automatically and continuously learn abo...

In just two days, learn the ins and outs of designing systems that will support your long-term goals, sustainably.

The course Designing Efficient Deep Learning Systems unites hardware and software, academia and industry to help engineers like you implement the most effective systems for your organization.

🔗Class runs July 8-9! Reserve your spot: https://bit.ly/47Nztx9.