Geology is partly detective work, and scientists now have enough evidence to book a suspect in the biggest environmental catastrophe in Earth's history. Graduate students Seth Burgess and Ben Black talk to.
Following the December 13th deadline, CRCS is no longer accepting applications for its Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scholars Programs for the 2014-2015 academic year. Thank you to everyone who submitted an application this year. CRCS will be reviewing the applications in the near future, and will contact applicants in the spring.
Rohini Pande, Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy and HEEP Faculty Fellow, Michael Greenstone, 3M Professor of Environmental Economics at MIT and HEEP Associate Scholar, and their colleagues recently published a paper presenting the results of a two-year study, the goal of which was to improve the effectiveness of environmental regulation in India. HEEP provided partial support for the study.
New Perspectives on Early Korean Art: From Silla to Koryŏ Edited by Youn-mi Kim
Volumes in the Early Korea Project Occasional Series focus on central issues related to the study of early Korean history and archaeology. This volume includes discussion of a variety of artworks, ranging from gold adornments found in Silla tombs to Koryŏ Buddhist paintings scattered in modern museum and private collections, that provide insight into the religious practices, aesthetics, cross-cultural exchanges, and everyday life of the people who made, used, appreciated, and...
Milind Tambe, Professor of Computer Science and Industrial and Systems Engineering, has been selected as an Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Fellow for his contributions to theory and practice of multiagent systems, teamwork, and security games. Tambe was previously awarded the ACM Autonomous Agents Research Award in 2005.
“We recognize these scientists and engineers, creators and builders, theorists and practitioners who are making a difference in our lives,” said ACM President Vinton G. Cerf. “They’re enabling us to listen, learn, calculate, and communicate in...