Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems

Four focus areas of our research ensures impactful advances in computing foundations and its transformative applications: Autonomy and Agency, Computing and Sustainability, Computing and Society, as well as Machine Learning Foundations.

LIDS identifies research initiatives that cut across disciplinary boundaries and involve collaboration between faculty and PIs within LIDS and with colleagues across MIT. LIDS research initiatives also extend beyond MIT to encompass collaborations with colleagues at other top academic institutions around the world, as well as industrial organizations and national laboratories