Announcements


  • Congratulations Dr. Shujuan Mao

    Congratulations Dr. Shujuan Mao

    On August 16, 2021, Shujuan succesfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “Monitoring and Imaging Seismic Velocity Changes Across Temporal and Spatial Scales.” Her advisor was Prof. Robert van der Hilst of ERL and the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Studies.

  • A new approach to preventing human-induced earthquakes

    A new approach to preventing human-induced earthquakes

    Applied in the field, a new model reduced quakes from oil and gas processes; could help manage seismic events from carbon sequestration. By Jennifer Chu, MIT News OfficeJuly 28, 2021 When humans pump large volumes of fluid into the ground, they can set off potentially damaging earthquakes, depending on the underlying geology. This has been…

  • Congratulations Dr. Matthew T.C. Li

    Congratulations Dr. Matthew T.C. Li

    On July 22, 2021, Matt successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled “Applications of Deep Learning to Scientific Inverse Problems.” He is pictured here with his advisor, Prof. Laurent Demanet.

  • Compact neural networks as natural simulators of chaotic dynamics

    Compact neural networks as natural simulators of chaotic dynamics

    MIT researchers demonstrate that neural networks can efficiently “learn” to become chaotic — to extrapolate beyond training data and mimic non-linear systems, with applications for modeling or correcting for chaotic behaviors in engineered systems. Lauren Hinkel | EAPS News Friday, July 16, 2021 Climate processes, irregular heartbeats, long-term stock market forecasts, the flow of smoke…