News from the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
The annual EECS publication is now available! Read or download the PDF version or browse the content using the links on this page .
This year's Connector includes coverage of:
- Entrepreneurship: StartMIT and The Engine
- Students: High achievers, young inventors, EECS advisors, peer coaches -- and a "Jeopardy" winner
- Education: Machine learning, mobile sensors, curriculum changes
- Research Updates: Reports from Michael Carbin, Stefanie Mueller, and Devavrat Shah; Q & A with Max Shulaker
- Faculty Focus: Awards, professorships and. new faculty; remembering two EECS giants, Mildred S. Dresselhaus and Robert Fano
- Alumni: Profiles of a five-time EECS graduate, a bestselling author, and the NCAA's 2016 Woman of the Year, among others
- Donors: A list of generous EECS supporters
...and much more!
Read or download the PDF version or browse the content online. Want a hard copy? Email your request to eecs-communications@mit.edu
CONTENTS
FEATURES
- SuperUROP: Bots, Bit Flips, and Catching the Bus (web or pdf)
- When USAGE Speaks, EECS Listens (web or pdf)
- Helping Policy and Technology Work Together: Keertan Kini (web or pdf)
- The Balancing Act: Alyssa Cartwright (web or pdf)
- Three from EECS Win Lemelson-MIT Student Prizes (web or pdf)
- EECS Senior Wins ‘Jeopardy’ College Championship (web or pdf)
- StartMIT: Make It Your Business (web or pdf)
- StartMIT’s Innovation Night (web or pdf)
- StartMIT: Entrepreneurship in Action – on Two Coasts (web or pdf)
- The Engine: Up and Running (web or pdf)
- Masterworks and EECScon: Showcasing Students’ Work (web or pdf)
RESEARCH UPDATES
- Michael Carbin: Verifying Application-Specific Fault Tolerance via First-Class Fault Models (web or pdf)
- Stefanie Mueller: Interacting with Personal Fabrication Machines (web or pdf)
- Devavrat Shah: Social Data Processing (web or pdf)
- Max Shulaker: Next-Generation Nanosystems Q & A (web or pdf)
FACULTY FOCUS
- Faculty Awards (pdf)
- Faculty Research Innovation Fellowships (FRIFs) (pdf)
- New EECS Associate Department Heads (pdf)
- New Career Development Chairs (pdf)
- New Faculty (pdf)
- Remembering Mildred S. Dresselhaus (pdf)
- Remembering Robert Fano (pdf)
EDUCATION NEWS
- Machine Learning for Just About Everyone (web or pdf)
- The Internet of (Play) Things (web or pdf)
- Talk Science to Me (web or pdf)
ALUMNI NEWS
- Michal Depa: An Innovation ‘Ecosystem’ for Better Health Care (pdf)
- Dario Gil: On the Cutting Edge of the Cutting Edge (pdf)
- Philip Guo: Making Programming Accessible for All (pdf)
- Cal Newport: Dual Careers (pdf)
- Martin F. Schlecht: Life Beyond MIT (pdf)
- Lisa Su: An Industry Leader Returns to MIT (pdf)
- Margaret Guo: Swimming Toward Success (pdf)
Questions? Contact us at connector@mit.edu
Read or download the PDF version or browse the content online. Want a hard copy? Email your request to eecs-communications@mit.edu
Read or download the 2017 Connector (pdf)