The Voting Project was created by Caltech president David Baltimore and MIT president Charles Vest in December 2000. The report was written principally by MIT Professor Stephen Ansolabehere of political science. Prioritizing work is a perennial and universal problem, and he believes his computer program can take some of the guesswork out of it. In a department like Facilities, which is responsible for a great deal of new construction as well as infrastructure renewal projects, there's always much more work than can be done with available funds. Therefore, decisions must be made about what gets done immediately and what gets set aside and evaluated again later.
Some items are obvious.
When safety and economic concerns are clearly involved, for instance, decisions can be made rather easily. But after this first tier of projects is identified, things become less clear, and this is where Weil's methodology comes into play. Weil developed the methodology with Professor of Nuclear Engineering George Apostolakis . Toward Longer Life. In a discovery that may someday help lengthen human life spans, an MIT researcher reported in Nature that he has helped roundworms live up to 50 percent longer.