Category: Graduate Students

Michelle Vaccaro joined the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) as a PhD student in September 2021. Her research focuses on human-AI collaboration, and she is particularly interested in combining expert knowledge and data-driven models to forecast technological change. Before coming to MIT, Michelle worked at Goldman Sachs in foreign exchange strategy and structuring. She…

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…