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Marta González, an associate professor at MIT, speaks Friday afternoon about how big data tackles urban challenges. PHOTO BY CARRIE SHEEHAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

MIT professor presents on urban mobility, big data

Alana Levene February 5, 2017

More than 50 Boston University students and faculty members attended a seminar on data and urban mobility Friday in the BU Photonics Center, featuring MIT professor, Marta González.  González’s...

Using past U.S. Census Bureau data, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Notre Dame researchers were able to calculate average population distribution, a measure needed for their traffic-predicting algorithm. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE RESEARCHERS

MIT study devises new algorithm to predict traffic patterns

Becca DeGregorio November 13, 2014

Honks and profanity are surefire ways of letting off some five o’clock steam, but when all is said and done, there’s a reason why the phrase “stuck in traffic” sticks. But the inch-by-inch stop-and-go...

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