Martin Wainwright, a widely recognized leader in statistics and machine learning, has been named the new director of MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society.
Professors Wanying Kang, Sarah Millholland, Sam Peng, Julien Tailleur, Richard Teague, Martin Wainwright, and Harikesh Wong join the MIT School of Science as new faculty in 2022.
17 new professors join the MIT School of Engineering community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.