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{{Short description|Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, USA}}

The '''MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems''' is a research labotarory of [[MIT]], working in the areas of [[communications system|communications]], [[control theory|control]], and [[digital signal processing|signal processing]]. It is located in the Dreyfoos Tower of the [[Stata Center]]. The current director is Prof. Vincent Chan along with Joshua Lau.

The '''MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems''' ('''LIDS''') is an interdisciplinary research laboratory of [[MIT]], working on research in the areas of [[communications system|communications]], [[control theory|control]], and [[digital signal processing|signal processing]] combining faculty from the [[MIT School of Engineering|School of Engineering]] (including the [[MIT School of Engineering#Aeronautics and Astronautics|Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics]]), the [[MIT Mathematics Department|Department of Mathematics]] and the [[MIT Sloan School of Management]]. The lab is located in the [[Ray and Maria Stata Center#Description|Dreyfoos Tower]] of the [[Ray and Maria Stata Center|Stata Center]] and shares some research duties with MIT's [[Lincoln Laboratory]] and the independent [[Draper Laboratory]].

The laboratory was founded in 1940 as the '''Servomechanisms Laboratory''' ('''servo lab'''). At the time it was a center for research into automated control systems, including those used for automatic [[gun laying]] systems. This expertise led to work in the emerging [[radar]] field where the lab was instrumental in introducing automatic radar tracking systems used in the [[SCR-584 radar]]. In the post-war era the lab focused more on electronic systems as opposed to mechanical servos, including the use of [[computer]]s, and this led to it becoming the '''Electronic Systems Laboratory''' ('''ESL''') in 1959. This, in turn, led to the lab working on systems to collect information from widespread sensors and combine in, and presenting that information for command decisions. This led to the current name being adopted in 1978.

It traces its beginnings to the [[MIT Servomechanics Laboratory]], where much work on guidance systems was done during [[World War II]]. It is linked to the [[Charles Stark Draper Laboratory]] located nearby, and closely works with the [[Lincoln Laboratory]] just outside of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]].

== History ==

Affectionately called ''LIDS'', the laboratory has hosted several luminaries over the years, such as [[Claude Shannon]]. Current faculty include [[Robert G. Gallager]] and [[Seth Lloyd]].

The laboratory traces its beginnings to the MIT Servomechanisms Laboratory in 1940, where work on guidance systems and early computation was done during [[World War II]].

Known as ''LIDS'', the laboratory has hosted several luminaries over the years, including [[Claude Shannon]] and [[Dave Forney|David Forney]]. {{As of|2021|7}}, the current acting director is Prof. Sertac Karaman.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sertac Karaman's personal website |url=https://karaman.mit.edu/ |access-date=2023-12-21 |website=karaman.mit.edu}}</ref><ref>[http://ssg.mit.edu/~willsky/ ''Alan S. Willsky,'' Edwin Sibley Webster Retired Professor of Electrical Engineering at M.I.T.] {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010710015115/http://ssg.mit.edu/~willsky/|date=2001-07-10}}</ref><ref>[http://ssg.mit.edu/~willsky/bio_short.htm Biography of Alan S. Willsky.]. {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208011414/http://ssg.mit.edu/~willsky/bio_short.htm|date=2007-02-08}}</ref><ref name="NAE3">[http://www.nae.edu/MembersSection/MemberDirectory/31139.aspx ''Alan S. Willsky'' was elected in 2010] as a member of [[National Academy of Engineering]] in Electronics, Communication & Information Systems Engineering for contributions to model-based [[signal processing]] and [[statistical inference]].</ref>

==External links==

*[http://lids.mit.edu/ LIDS webpage]

== See also ==

* [[Gordon S. Brown]]

== References ==

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== External links ==

* [httphttps://lids.mit.edu/ LIDS webpage]

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