July 15, 2026

In the competitive landscape of scholarly research publishing, the influence of publications often determines a program’s success. This year, three journals published by MIT Press have achieved the highest impact factors in their fields. Computational Linguistics secured the top spot in the Linguistics category, International Security led in International Relations, and The Review of Economics…

Artificial intelligence systems aimed at improving business forecasting, planning, and decision-making have surged recently. However, these systems often lack detailed organizational information, limiting their effectiveness. Devavrat Shah, a principal investigator at MIT’s Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems, is working on designing methods for second-by-second decision-making with limited computing resources. “In a sense, with a…