Andrew Lo

New MIT Sloan study applies gamification techniques to improve online teaching techniques and learning outcomes for students

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Friday, April 2, 2021

A new study led by Andrew W. Lo , Professor of Finance at MIT's Sloan School of Management and Principal Investigator at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ,finds that educators who borrow ideas and tools from the gaming community can improve their online teaching techniques, and improve learning outcomes for students.

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  • A new study led by Andrew W. Lo , Professor of Finance at MIT's Sloan School of Management and Principal Investigator at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory ,finds that educators who borrow ideas and tools from the gaming community can improve their online teaching techniques, and improve learning outcomes for students.
  • "Teachers around the country, thrown online by surprise because of COVID-19, discovered that using many traditional, in-class teaching techniques didn't translate as well to an online environment," said Prof.
  • "Gamification could be revolutionary for education, and a godsend for students with more visual and collaborative learning styles," said Prof.
  • The MIT Sloan School of Management is where smart, independent leaders come together to solve problems, create new organizations, and improve the world.

MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering and Informa Pharma Intelligence Launch Analytics Initiative for Life Sciences Professionals

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Friday, January 4, 2019

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan.4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Today, the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) and Informa Pharma Intelligence announced Project ALPHA (Analytics for Life-sciences Professionals and Healthcare Advocates), an initiative to provide timely and more accurate estimates of the risks and rewards of clinical trials to the entire biopharma ecosystem.

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  • CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Jan.4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ --Today, the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) and Informa Pharma Intelligence announced Project ALPHA (Analytics for Life-sciences Professionals and Healthcare Advocates), an initiative to provide timely and more accurate estimates of the risks and rewards of clinical trials to the entire biopharma ecosystem.
  • "We're excited to be collaborating with Andrew Lo and the MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering to leverage our data and biopharma expertise with their research capabilities in risk management and financial analytics," said Mark Gordon, president of product & innovation in Informa's business intelligence division.
  • The MIT Laboratory for Financial Engineering (LFE) is a research center focused on the quantitative analysis of financial markets and institutions using mathematical, statistical, and computational models and methods.
  • Citeline is the R&D Intelligence arm of Informa's Pharma Intelligence vertical, one of the world's leading providers of drug, device, company, clinical trial and market intelligence in the pharma and medtech markets.