Student Research Seminar- Spring 2020
At each TPP Research seminar, students give 12 minute presentations of their technical and policy work, each followed by a Q&A with their peers and MIT researchers.
All TPP Research Seminars are virtual
Monday, March 16, 3:30PM
- Tomas Green: Distributed Effects of Climate Policy on US
Households - Nic Rothbacher: Fare Evasion Enforcement in New York City:
Predictive Policing in a Racially Biased Context - Karan Bhuwalka: Can metals supply keep up with electric
vehicle demand?
Wednesday, March 18, 3:30PM
- Sohum Pawar: Building a decarbonized U.S. electric system in the face of climate impacts: lessons from a decade of extreme weather
- Saeyoung Rho: Time Series Prediction Error Lower Bound
Wednesday, April 1, 3:30PM
- Gabe Bann: Rethinking Federal Disaster Aid Policy in the
Context of Social Vulnerability - Hannah Whisnant: Split Learning on FPGAs
Tuesday, April 14, 3:30PM
- Maryam Shahid: Identity and Trust Frameworks: Design and Analysis of identity transactions online
- Andrew Mowry: The Challenges of Deploying EV Fast Charging Infrastructure
Tuesday, April 21, 3:30PM
- Dylan Muramoto: Incorporating Lessons from
Safety/Security-Critical Software Projects Into the U.S. Air
Force (USAF) Software Acquisitions Process - Charlie Chimento: Innovative DoD R&D Grants for Small
Businesses
Tuesday, April 28, 3:30PM
- Frank Ryan: Retraining and upskilling white-collar workers: A
case study - Sophia Wu: Effect of Intermittent Water Supply on Drinking
Water Quality
Tuesday, May 5, 3:30PM
- Wade Provaznik: Mitigating Foreign Social Media Influence Campaigns in US Elections
- Anna Evans: A framework for valuing flexibility in electricity network investments
Wednesday, May 6, 3:30PM
- Andres Inzunza: Distributional effects of the adoption of
solar PV and behind-the-meter batteries in Chicago - Jean-Baptiste Seby: Trek Separation in Linear Structural
Equation Models







