By Yifan Bai, MEng ’20 (EECS)The Conference on Machine Learning and Systems (MLSys) is an annual conference targeting research in systems and machine learning (ML). This year it was held in Austin, Texas. I was honored to have an opportunity to attend …
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Op-ed: Blowing away idealizations about wind and solar energy
By Emilien Etchevers, MEng ’20 (IEOR)Left: Photo by Angie Warren on Unsplash // Right: Photo by Cameron Venti on UnsplashWildfires, heat waves, rising sea levels, decrease in crop yield… The potentially disastrous effects of climate change are now very…
Op-ed: The role of the FDA in the future of medtech innovation
By Kian Talaei, MEng ’20 (IEOR)Have you ever wondered how Theranos and its “revolutionary” technology slid past FDA regulations? New technology in general poses difficulties for regulators. With advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine lear…
Op-ed: Let’s dispel the myths about nuclear energy
By Tatiana Siaraferas, MEng ’20 (NE)The 2019 HBO mini-series, Chernobyl, managed to do two major things: first, to make the Chernobyl nuclear accident known to a vast majority of people and depict some of the technical mistakes of the event from a Holl…
Op-ed: Quantum computing: the internet will soon need an upgrade
Op-ed: Quantum computing, the internet will soon need an upgradeBy Garey B. Fleeman, MEng ’20 (EECS)Photo by John Schnobrich on UnsplashThe speeding up of computers has drastically changed the modern world. According to Moore’s law, the computing power…
Op-ed: The need for personalized healthcare
Op-Ed: Challenging the Hype over Personalized MedicineBy Reef Aldayafleh, MEng ’20 (BIOE)We grow up being told to embrace our unique characteristics. We customize our phones, clothes, and drinks to our personal preferences. So why not customize our med…
Op-ed: How the filamentous underworld will help our forests survive
By Gina Myers, MEng ’20 (BIOE)The mention of fungi often bears ideas of a deadly inoculation that is anything but desirable. The notion of pathology is understandable, after the destruction wrought by fungal diseases like Dutch Elm and Needle Blight. T…
Op-ed: The technologies behind the future of transportation
By Elena Aung, MEng ’20 (CEE)The technologies that will put order to the chaos that is urban mobility aren’t the trendy new ones like ride-hailing or autonomous vehicles. The complex urban mobility problem requires technologies that enable connection a…
Op-ed: Fusion power is a strong alternative energy source
By Christopher Reis, MEng ’20 (NE)Humanity hasn’t really done a great job when it comes to energy production. We are able to meet our needs but at the cost of polluting the environment with waste and releasing several billion tons of carbon dioxide int…
How to approach ethical dilemmas in the workplace
By Tiffany Tao, MEng ’20 (ME)On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, the Fung Institute had the pleasure of hosting Sonia Banerji as a guest speaker for the E270M: Professional Ethics in Technology, Law, and Business, a Spring bootcamp class within the Master of…
