Analytics Lab
The MIT Analytics Lab (A-Lab) is the IDE's flagship educational offering that lets graduate students work directly with companies to uncover solutions to real business challenges.
A-Lab is a graduate level seminar course, spearheaded by the IDE and is part of MIT Sloan School of Management’s suite of Action Learning offerings. The course is led by IDE faculty Sinan Aral.
Over the last 12 years, A-Lab has attracted almost 1,000 students from across MIT to work on over 200 projects spanning IoT, digital technology, platforms, finance, marketing, e-commerce, retail, manufacturing, medical supply chains, workplace safety, and global health.
Many projects are tightly focused on challenges organizations face today, which requires that students quickly understand the business circumstances before performing their analysis. Other projects are more open-ended, and students must think entrepreneurially about how to bring new value to existing data and suggest potential business opportunity.
For Project Host Companies
Propose Projects for A-Lab
Once a project is selected, we closely match the students’ capabilities, experience, and interests to the best-fit project.
Have questions? Reach out to us at a-lab@mit.edu
For Students
Apply to A-Lab
The course includes an extended project pitch session and a final presentation event, in addition to normally scheduled class meetings. The course is not open to the general public. Student attendance at all sessions is mandatory.