Assistant Professor - Department of Civil and Environmental - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA
Cambridge, MA, United States
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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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Vermeer's Paintings Might Be 350-Year-Old Color Photographs
I was sitting in the bathtub in 2008 when I thought of a simple way Johannes Vermeer (Girl with a Pearl Earring) might have painted his photorealistic pictures...
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Researchers Design Circuits Capable of Functioning at Extreme Temperatures
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have designed integrated circuits that can survive at high temperatures and which could improve other devices which must...
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Ambitious Plans For Brain Project Unveiled
A working group of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) presented a ten-year plan for the agency's portion of a major neuroscience initiative announced last...
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How to se Tech Like a Teenager
Enough with complaining that young people these days are addicted to their phones. The question you should be asking is: What do they know that you don't?
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New Study Finds Internet Not Responsible For Dying Newspapers
Maybe the Internet didn't kill the traditional newspaper after all. A recently-published study finds that blaming the Internet for the decline of newspapers is...
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Guarding Against 'Carmageddon' Cyberattacks
The potential value of turning U.S. freeways into "smart transportation systems" is enormous. But they have a worrisome downside: They are vulnerable to cyberattacks...
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Nasa Advanced Technology Phase I Concepts Selected
NASA has selected 12 proposals, including three from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California, for study under Phase I of the NASA Innovative Advanced...
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11 Amazing Images from High-Powered Microscopes
Thanks to high-powered microscopes we’re able to see life in incredible detail.
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Researchers Create Nanoparticle Thin Films That Self-Assemble in One Minute
Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have devised a technique whereby self-assembling nanoparticle arrays can form a highly ordered thin film...
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'conjurers' Head to Computer Programming Contest Finals
What do you get when you combine three students, one computer, five hours, and one problem set? For three University of Chicago students, it's a chance to compete...
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So Far, Big Data Is Small Potatoes
Is Big Data going to revolutionize science and help us make a better world? Not based on what it's done so far.
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Do We Really Need to Learn to Code?
"Learn to Code!" This imperative to program seems to be everywhere these days. Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg recently donated ten million dollars to Code.org,...
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Former Counterterrorism Czar Richard Clarke: .s. Drone Program nder Obama 'got Out of Hand'
Richard Clarke served as the nation's top counterterrorism official under presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush before resigning in 2003 in protest of the...
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Cyberattack Insurance a Challenge For Business
Julia Roberts's smile is insured. So are Heidi Klum’s legs, Daniel Craig's body and Jennifer Lopez's derrière.
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Paper Planes Transform Into Tiny Drones
It took Chuck Pell less than a minute to build his drone.
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Virtual Soccer Now a World Cup Fan's Best Prediction Tool
Thursday marks the kickoff of the 2014 World Cup, signaling the start of a global guessing game about which two teams will appear in the finals of the 64-match...
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No Growth in Science and Engineering Graduate Enrollments
STEM graduate enrollments among U.S. citizens and permanent residents in 2012 fell for the first time in the last decade, while enrollments for temporary visa holders...
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Computer Science's Diversity Gap Starts Early
Getting more women and underrepresented minorities into computer science remains a priority for a growing number of nonprofit organizations that have sprung up...
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Seeing How a Lithium-Ion Battery Works
Researchers at MIT say their new findings explain the unexpectedly high power and long cycle life of a type of electrode widely used in lithium-ion batteries.
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