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MS&E newsletter autumn 2021
Research from faculty, students, and alumni. Explore podcasts, videos and articles in this issue of the MS&E Newsletter.
October 29, 2021
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How do you beat fake news?
New research on the ways fake news spreads via social media refines conventional wisdom and offers potential solutions to a vexing problem.
October 26, 2021
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Meet our new PhD students: Autumn 2021
As the 2021-22 academic year begins, get to know where our incoming PhD students came from and what brings them to MS&E.
September 20, 2021
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Graduating students share their journeys, aspirations
Eleven graduates share how they came to MS&E, how the COVID-19 pandemic affected their studies, and where they'll go after Stanford.
August 31, 2021
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Stanford engineers develop algorithm to aid kidney transplant exchanges
A historic and complex kidney exchange between Israel and Abu Dhabi put a spotlight on the Stanford algorithm that made it all possible.
August 12, 2021
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INFORMS editorial boards exhibit low levels of diversity, MS&E study finds
Prof. Margaret Brandeau recently assessed editorial boards of 16 INFORMS journals on the basis of gender, underrepresented minorities, and coauthor connections between members.
August 05, 2021
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Irene Lo: How math makes markets fairer
An expert in algorithms discusses how the changing meaning of the word “market” is being leveraged to achieve important social goals.
July 16, 2021
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Program alumna pays it forward by helping new students learn to SURF
A Stanford Undergraduate Research Fellowship propelled Andrea Coto into STEM. Now a Stanford PhD student, she encourages undergraduates to apply for the program that helped her.
June 15, 2021
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June 14, 2021
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Do people governed by algorithms improve or quit?
Research by an MS&E alumnus reveals whether performance evaluations with secret or hidden criteria increase workers' performance.
May 10, 2021
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How technology and organizational design affect routines
MS&E postdoctoral researcher Jen Rhymer and colleagues discuss how an organization's use of varying technologies can differently affect its operation.
May 07, 2021
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Data science takes on racial bias
A group of scholars discuss how medicine, artificial intelligence, criminology, and other fields can better understand and anticipate bias and the ways it manifests in society.
May 06, 2021
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Is natural language processing ready to take on legal hearings?
AI can help us read tens of thousands of case records within minutes, but some key Natural Language Processing challenges remain.
May 03, 2021
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April 09, 2021
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Stanford MS&E Prof. Irene Lo co-organizes ACM conference on equity and access in algorithms, mechanisms, and optimization
The conference aims to highlight research that can help improve equity and access to opportunity for historically disadvantaged and underserved communities.
April 06, 2021
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Stanford team reveals cost-effective and life-saving treatment for nation's opioid disorder epidemic
A team co-lead by Prof. Margaret Brandeau developed a mathematical model to assess the cost-effectiveness of various interventions to treat opioid use disorder.
March 31, 2021
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Isaiah Sanders: Giving back and making an impact
Isaiah’s passion for helping those around him started early. He supported underprivileged youth and has been an inspirational speaker to high school and college students.
March 31, 2021
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Linda Esquivel receives School of Engineering Diversity-Inclusion staff award
MS&E's Career & Affiliate Services Officer is recognized by the School for her outreach and events geared toward inclusivity.
March 29, 2021
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Research Insight: New Data on Lean Startup
Recent research by MS&E Prof. Riitta Katila and colleagues sheds new light on lean startup methodology.
March 24, 2021
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New automated text messages remind Santa Clara County public defender clients of court dates to reduce pretrial incarceration
The Stanford Computational Policy Lab in MS&E co-developed new technology that can help eliminate months or even years of jail time.
March 23, 2021