Editing Seth Lloyd (section)

==Epstein affair==
During July 2019, reports surfaced that MIT and other institutions had accepted funding from convicted sex offender [[Jeffrey Epstein]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Jeffrey Epstein Called Himself A "Science Philanthropist" And Donated Millions To These Researchers|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/peteraldhous/jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking-science-donations|access-date=2020-01-27|last=Aldhous|first=Peter|date=2019-07-11}}</ref> In the ensuing scandal,<ref name="factfindingmit">{{cite web|url=http://factfindingjan2020.mit.edu/|access-date=2020-01-27|title=MIT and Jeffrey Epstein|website=factfinding2020.mit.edu}}</ref> the director of the [[MIT Media Lab]], [[Joi Ito]], resigned from MIT as a result of his association with Epstein.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/07/business/mit-media-lab-jeffrey-epstein-joichi-ito.html|work=The New York Times|title=Director of M.I.T.'s Media Lab Resigns After Taking Money From Jeffrey Epstein|last1=Tracy|first1=Marc|last2=Hsu|first2=Tiffany|date=7 September 2019 |access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref> Lloyd's connections to Epstein also drew criticism: Lloyd had acknowledged receiving funding from Epstein in 19 of his papers.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/business/epstein-mit-media-lab.html |title = Jeffrey Epstein Donations to M.I.T. Will be Focus of University Inquiry|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 2019-08-23|last1 = Tracy|first1 = Marc|last2 = Hsu|first2 = Tiffany}}</ref> On August 22, 2019, Lloyd published a letter<ref>{{Cite web |first=Seth|last=Lloyd| url=https://medium.com/@sqlloyd/i-am-writing-to-apologize-to-jeffrey-epsteins-victims-eee805c4f13 |title=I am writing to apologize to Jeffrey Epstein's victims|date=2019-08-24|website=medium.com}}</ref> apologizing for accepting grants (totaling $225,000) from Epstein. Despite this, the controversy continued.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/students-are-demanding-mit-fire-a-professor-who-visited-epstein-in-prison/|title=Students Are Demanding MIT Fire a Professor Who Visited Epstein in Prison|last=Gurley|first=Lauren Kaori|date=2019-11-04|work=Vice|language=en|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thetech.com/2019/10/23/seth-lloyd-should-not-teach|title=Seth Lloyd should not be teaching at MIT|last=Graham|first=Eleanor|website=The Tech|language=en|access-date=2019-11-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Seth Lloyd should continue teaching at MIT|url=https://thetech.com/2019/12/05/seth-lloyd-continue-teaching-mit|last1=Tolchin|first1=Rion|date=2019-12-05|work=The Tech|location=Cambridge, MA|access-date=2020-01-27}}</ref>  In January 2020, at the request of the [[MIT Corporation]], the law firm [[Goodwin Procter]] issued a report<ref name="factfindingmit" /> on all of MIT's interactions with Epstein. As a result of the report, on January 10, 2020, Lloyd was placed on [[administrative leave|paid administrative leave]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://news.mit.edu/2020/mit-releases-results-fact-finding-report-jeffrey-epstein-0110|title=MIT releases results of fact-finding on engagements with Jeffrey Epstein|last=MIT News Office|date=2020-01-10|language=en|access-date=2020-01-10}}</ref>  Lloyd has vigorously denied that he misled MIT about the source of the funds he received from Epstein.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@sqlloyd/what-i-told-mit-about-epsteins-donations-feec0beb26a|first=Seth|last=Lloyd|title=What I told MIT about Epstein's donations|website=medium.com|access-date=2020-01-27|date=2020-01-16}}</ref> This denial was validated by a subsequent MIT investigation that concluded that Lloyd did not attempt to circumvent the MIT vetting process, nor try to conceal the name of the donor, and Lloyd was allowed to continue his tenured faculty position at MIT.<ref name="masslive">{{Cite news|url=https://www.masslive.com/boston/2020/12/massachusetts-institute-of-technology-disciplining-professor-with-ties-to-disgraced-financier-jeffrey-epstein.html|title=Massachusetts Institute of Technology disciplining professor with ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein|last=Stening|first=Tanner|access-date=2020-12-20|work=MassLive|language=en|date=2020-12-18}}</ref> However, most but not all members of MIT's fact-finding committee concluded that Lloyd had violated MIT's conflict of interest policy by not revealing crucial publicly known information about Epstein's background to MIT, as a result of which Lloyd will be subject to a series of administrative actions for 5 years.<ref name="masslive" />