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LIDS is at the forefront of advancements in computing technology applied to numerous domains, including aerospace, business processes, telecommunications, information technology, the automotive, energy, defense, and human health sectors.
Our Mission
An interdepartmental research center committed to research and education advancing computing with information and decision sciences, towards inventing new computing methodologies that will power future systems with significant social or physical dynamics.
Our History
Founded in 1940 under its original name, "Servomechanism Lab," LIDS is the longest continuously-running lab at MIT. Explore our timeline.
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Explore a selection of companies, both large and small, that have been founded or co-founded by LIDS alumni, faculty, and/or researchers.
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LIDS/All is the lab's annual publication, which celebrates the highlights of the year. Learn more and read the latest issue.
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LIDS is located in the Stata Center (MIT Building 32) and in the Schwarzman College of Computing (MIT Building 45).
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Research Overview
LIDS research ranges from development of basic theory, methodologies, algorithms, and computational infrastructures to adaptations of this work for challenging applications in a broad array of fields.
Focus areas
LIDS research is typically cross-cutting, usually involving a combination of problems and tools within four main focus areas.
Impact areas
In addition to building on the knowledge base in our main focus areas, LIDS plays a key role in identifying novel directions and advancing the state of the art in several impact areas.
Research Initiatives
Most PI-led Research initiatives in LIDS cut across disciplinary boundaries and involve collaboration with colleagues across MIT.
Research fields
LIDS PIs engage in research across a broad range of fields, from Reinforcement Learning, Sequential Decision Making, and Learning for Control, to Autonomy and Control Theory, and Statistics and Statistical Inference.
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