Institute News

Graduate Student Fellow Studies Sleep with Math
BY GINA MANTICA Beverly Setzer always loved math. But after finishing her undergraduate studies at North Carolina State University, she Read more

COVID-19 risk factors change over time in Massachusetts communities
BY GINA MANTICA As COVID-19 cases increase across the country again, public health officials grapple with how to direct their Read more

Modeling metabolism with math
BY GINA MANTICA A bunch of interconnected chemical reactions throughout our body keep us alive. These metabolic networks are key Read more

Junior Faculty Fellow Informs Online Privacy with Economics & Marketing
BY GINA MANTICA & DEIRDRE SHAHAR An economist by training, Junior Faculty Fellow Garrett Johnson became interested in digital marketing Read more

Cars that learn how to drive themselves by watching other cars
BY GINA MANTICA Self-driving cars are powered by machine learning algorithms that require vast amounts of driving data in order Read more

SAIL engineers create algorithm to study the development of welfare states through literature
BY GINA MANTICA Not only do authors contribute their art to society, but many writers also influence public policy through Read more

Event Recap: Advancing Chemical and Materials Science through Machine Learning
BY: DEIRDRE SHAHAR Machine learning is an application of artificial intelligence (AI) that provides systems with the ability to automatically learn Read more

Telepractice Presents a Challenge to Voice Therapy
Boston University researchers urge caution when evaluating voice disorders over teleconferencing platforms due to differences in acoustic measurements. BY GINA Read more

Impaired Hearing Function Underlies Hyperfunctional Voice Disorders
Researchers at Boston University and Boston Medical Center discover that patients with hyperfunctional voice disorders not only have changes to Read more

Graduate Student Fellow Addresses Ecological Research Challenges with Computing
BY: DEIRDRE SHAHAR Computing is the way of the future for scientific research, including ecological studies. Luca Morreale, a Graduate Read more