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Professor Peter Szolovits, left, and Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi sit together at a small table with coffee mugs inside an MIT building.

Spotlight: Nov 23, 2023

Assistant Professor Marzyeh Ghassemi is thankful to have crossed academic paths with her MIT mentor, Peter Szolovits. The feeling is mutual: “She’s definitely one of the best students I’ve had in my 49 years of teaching at MIT,” Szolovits says.

Nov 23, 2023

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