Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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2025
A cross-cultural study of urban beauty shows that perceptions vary widely across individuals. Using Google Street View images and participant rankings from 20 countries, the research found no shared standards of beauty and no demographic…
2024
This defense argues prostheses must exchange information, not just energy, with the nervous system. It combines soft-tissue AMI revision, osseointegration with implanted electrodes (OMP), and impedance control to enable continuous powered-knee…
2021
This PhD defense presents research at the intersection of machine learning, reinforcement learning, social learning, affective computing, and human-AI interaction. The thesis is that social learning is a powerful mechanism for intelligence and…