Category: Graduate Students

Michelle Vaccaro is a PhD candidate in MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, where she studies human-AI interaction, focusing on how people and AI should—and should not—work together in organizations. To this end, she concentrates on: Before coming to MIT, Michelle worked at Goldman Sachs in foreign exchange strategy and structuring. She earned her Bachelor’s…

Nicholas Maurer is a PhD student at the MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society. He combines timeless mathematical techniques with cutting-edge data science to explore the complex economic trade-offs renewable and storage technologies have with traditional energy sources such as coal, gas, and nuclear. Before coming to MIT, Nicholas was a senior researcher at the University of Queensland…

Beomjun Kim is currently in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) at MIT. His research interests include a wide range of decision-making, including control, optimization, data science, and economics, with their application to transportation, infrastructure, and management. Contact: kimbj at mit dot edu

Shannon Hwang is a PhD student in the Social and Engineering Systems (SES) program at MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS). She received her MEng. and B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and minor in Energy Studies from MIT, and interned at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory prior to starting graduate school. Her…

Seth Blum is a Masters student in the Technology and Policy Program. His research focuses on the impacts and costs of heating electrification under extreme weather events and varying technology adoption and cost scenarios. Seth earned his B.A. in Mathematics and International and Area Studies at Washington University in St. Louis.  Prior to MIT, Seth…