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| MIT report details new cybersecurity risks Cloud misconfigurations, more sophisticated ransomware, and vendor exploitation attacks are contributing to rising cyberattacks. Full story via MIT Sloan→ | |
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| Studies in empathy and analytics Senior James Simon wants to effect change in two ways: by quantifying societal issues and working directly with disadvantaged communities. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Weaving memory into textiles For the MIT Visiting Artist Chloé Bensahel, fabric itself tells the story. Full story via MIT News → | |
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| Lasagna Love spreads layers of kindness Founded by Rhiannon Menn MBA ’14 in 2020, the meal-delivery nonprofit now has 50,000 volunteers providing lasagnas to families in need. Full story via Slice of MIT→ | |
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| MIT’s new powerful chip thwarts millions of data theft attacks in tests // Interesting Engineering MIT researchers developed a machine-learning accelerator chip to make health-monitoring apps more secure. Full story via Interesting Engineering→ |
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| Take it easy — the importance of being lazy // CBS News Professor Earl Miller discusses multitasking, fear of laziness, and the importance of downtime. Full story via CBS News→ |
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| Opinion: China already manufactures too much. Now it wants to make more. // The Washington Post MIT Innovation Fellow Brian Deese lays out a framework for responding to China’s focus on increasing manufacturing. Full story via The Washington Post→ |
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| A silver tsunami: Challenges and opportunities of global aging // PRX Joseph Coughlin, director of the MIT AgeLab, discusses the potential impacts of greater life expectancy and the role technology might play in assisting aging Americans. Full story via PRX→ |
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| | | The convergence of AI and robotics will unlock a new world of possibilities in everyday life, according to Professor Daniela Rus, director of the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, at the 2024 TED Conference. Diving into the way machines think, she reveals how “liquid networks” — a revolutionary class of AI that mimics the neural processes of simple organisms — could help intelligent machines process information more efficiently and give rise to “physical intelligence” that will enable AI to operate beyond digital confines and engage dynamically in the real world. Watch the video→ |
Name: Sunny Das
Affiliation: Postdoc at the Whitehead Institute
What do you investigate? I primarily work on breast cancer. Specifically, I’m working on a subgroup of breast cancer, known as estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, and trying to understand the molecular mechanisms that dictate how these breast cancer cells colonize liver tissue.
When did you become interested in a career in research? I had always been interested in biology. It’s fascinating to me that we’ve sent people to outer space and the moon, but there’s so much we still don’t know about what’s going on inside of our own cells, where thousands of processes are continually in motion, programmed almost to perfection.
What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be a singer at one point. In India, movies are a big influence and songs are an integral part of our movies, so we’ve grown up listening to those songs quite a bit. When I got a little older, I wanted to be a chef, because I really like cooking.
Full interview via Whitehead Institute→ |
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