The SDM community is continually addressing some of the world's most complex challenges through innovative problem-solving. Our faculty continue to shape the field of systems thinking through their research. With critical guidance from our faculty and industry professionals, our students and alumni harness the principles and theories from their SDM education to find innovative solutions and serve as leaders in their fields.
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Dan Sturtevant SDM ’07 was featured in MIT News for his work on making large, complex codebases more understandable and more modular. His company Silverthread spun out of
Susan Conover SDM ’15 was featured in MIT News for her work on the startup she co-founded, Piction Health. Piction is an app that assists doctors in identifying and managing
Indrayud Mandal, a current SDM fellow, will co-present a pre-conference workshop at the CSUN Assistive Technology Conference on March 6th and 7th, 2021. “Using Tactile
Submitted by Jean-Michel Prouillet-Leplat. Abstract: The pace of technology development shapes the landscape of almost every industry today. The words innovation, digital
An MIT team, including one SDM fellow, took second place in NASA’s 2019 BIG Idea Challenge. Tommy Smith joined SDM in 2018 and participated in the student team’s
Submitted by Siddhartha Ray Barua. Abstract: Many companies are increasing their focus on Artificial Intelligence as they incorporate Machine Learning and Cognitive technologies
Submitted by Kautilya Vemulapalli. Abstract: The Commercial UAS industry is relatively new and has significant growth potential as new technology are incorporated into it, new
Thesis: Evaluation of the smoothing activation function in neural networks for business applications
Submitted by Jun Siong Ang. With vast improvements in computational power, increased accessibility to big data, and rapid innovations in computing algorithms, the use of neural