Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

How an analytics-based predictive model can improve kidney transplant survival rates

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Doctors need to trust their intuition, but a decision support tool can help them make hard choices.

Sep 22, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Analytics

Creating better bus routes with algorithms

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The new routes will save the Boston Public School district millions.

Jul 31, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Analytics

How to use algorithms to solve everyday problems

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Faster grocery trips. Better Facebook posts. Ali Almossawi on algorithmic thinking for daily life.

May 8, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

Talking to your boss about data

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Here’s what two MIT business analytics students learned in the new From Analytics to Action class.

Mar 23, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Data

The simple lessons you can still learn from sports analytics

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MIT Sloan’s Ben Shields explains how franchises use data to make personnel, business decisions.

Feb 9, 2017
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Ideas Made to Matter Health Care

Combining data with a personal touch, Fitnescity Lifestyle Management targets crowded wellness market

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An MIT Sloan alumna’s startup brings analytics and 3-D body scanning to personalized wellness

Dec 22, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Hiring

Facing down employment discrimination with an algorithm

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Vivienne Ming on where meritocracy fails, and how big data might help.

Oct 13, 2016
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How will an on-demand economy work?

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As Uber, Airbnb, and others grow, answering questions about employment and benefits becomes urgent

Mar 17, 2016
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Four business lessons from the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference 

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Takeaways from the Oakland A’s, Boston Red Sox, and, of course, Nate Silver

Mar 15, 2016
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Ideas Made to Matter Venture Capital

Domeyard: Inside a high-speed trading firm

MIT ethos penetrates culture at new firm in Boston

Mar 10, 2016
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