MIT Connection Science | 1,253 followers on LinkedIn. The technology of Innovation | The mission of MIT Connection Science is to revolutionize technology-mediated human networks through analysis, prediction, data-driven design, and evaluation. MIT Connection Science is working to unlock the trapped potential of the digital networks that surround us — from social media, to civic infrastructure systems, to enterprise databases that house and protect personal information. Evidence of the urgent need for our work is all around us.