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IDE researchers publish their findings and work in highly respected academic journals.

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The Economic Impact of Generative AI

Jan, 2024

Andrew McAfee | Co-Director & Technology-Driven Organizations and Digital Culture Research Group Lead

Research Papers How Fast Do Algorithms Improve?

Sep 2021

Neil Thompson | Artificial Intelligence, Quantum and Beyond Research Group Lead

Yash Sherry

Research Papers The Effects of Remote Work on Collaboration Among Information Workers

Sep 2021

David Holtz | Research Affiliate

Longqi Yang

Sonia Jaffe

Siddharth Suri

Shilpi Sinha

Jeffrey Weston

Connor Joyce

Neha Shah

Kevin Sherman

Brent Hecht

Jaime Teevan

Research Papers Scaling up Fact-checking Using the Wisdom of Crowds

Sep 2021

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Jennifer Allen | PhD Candidate

Antonio A. Arechar

Gordon Pennycook

Research Papers Geographic and Social Spillovers in COVID-19 Closures and Reopenings in the United States

Aug 2021

Sinan Aral | Director and Generative AI and Decentralization Research Group Lead

Michael Zhao | PhD Candidate

David Holtz | Research Affiliate

Research Papers Platform Leadership: Staffing and Training the Inverted Firm

Jul 2021

Geoff Parker | Visiting Scholar

Marshall Van Alstyne | Digital Fellow

Peter Evans

Dylan Finkhousen

Research Papers Stuck Online: When Online Engagement Gets In the Way of Offline Sales

Jun 2021

Sagit Bar-Gill | Research Affiliate

Shachar Reichman

Research Papers The Psychology of Fake News

May 2021

David Rand | Misinformation & Fake News Research Group Lead

Gordon Pennycook

Research Papers Our Digital Future: From the Internet to the Interledger

May 2021

Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland | Building a Distributed Economy Research Group Lead

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