A key issue today is that data is siloed, whether its personal data, data inside an organization, or data sharing across different organizations. Data discovery and integration is difficult and presents complex technical, organizational and policy challenges. A Living Lab allows MIT to be a microcosm for many big data efforts whether in government or in industry. One of our goals is to work with organizations in opening up repositories of information on  that contain the data needed to discover valuable new insights about important topics such as poverty, refugees, innovation, learning and sustainability. MIT is well positioned to take a leadership role in demonstrating not only how organizations can leverage data in the future, but how we collect, manage, and use personal information, from setting appropriate privacy policies to demonstrating systems that can implement it in practice.

Current MIT LivingLabs in Progress:

• Adelaide, South Australia

• The Atlas of Opportunity works to better understand how social interaction and economic behavior impact future outcomes of communities across South Australia.

• Country of Israel, including The Great Ashdod Initiative for Public Smart Transportation - Building a national testbed for transportation innovation

• The Open Music Initiative

• OPAL - Bringing transparency and accountability to governments

• Inequality - Using big data to understand the problems in our society

• Blockchain Systems Consortium - A forum to explore the synergy of AI and Blockchain

• Tradecoin - A new type of money

• The Prosperity Collaborative is focused on creating better tax systems through innovative technology.

• Country of Italy

• Principality of Andorra

• Country of China

• Country of Colombia

• Country of Switzerland

• Country of Turkey