Graphene to the rescue - Englund leads group to develop optoelectronic...
Optoelectronic computer chips that will use light to move data rather than electricity are much closer to reality thanks to the clever application of graphene (on silicon) by researchers from MIT,...
View ArticleMITx offers new XSeries - course sequences starting fall 2013
MITx has announced two new online learning opportunities that will provide course-sequences in related areas culminating in course-sequence certificates. One of these 'XSeries' titled “Foundations of...
View ArticleTeaching computers to see — by learning to see like computers
In an effort to understand how today's object-recognition systems fall short of their desired goal, Antonio Torralba, EECS associate professor and members of his group in the Computer Science and...
View ArticleHeldt, Sze and Vaikuntananthan join EECS Faculty
Meet the newest members of the MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science faculty — Thomas Heldt, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, Vivienne Sze, Assistant Professor of...
View ArticleDina Katabi selected as MacArthur Fellow
Dina Katabi, professor in the MIT EECS Department, principal investigator in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and co-director of Wireless@MIT has been selected as a 2013-14...
View ArticleTEDxCambridge features Manolis Kellis for a glimpse of Genomics Revolutions...
Curious about how the Genomics revolution of our day is changing the medicine of the future? Listen to Manolis Kellis' recent talk for TEDxCambridge. Manolis Kellis is an Associate Professor of...
View ArticleSuperUROP raises bar for undergraduate research and innovation
SuperUROP in its second year features guest speakers Susan Hockfield and Ray Stata at its Sept. 26 receptionby Patricia Sampson and Danielle FestinoPhoto credit: Bethany VersoyThe MIT Department of...
View ArticleSze, Vaikuntanathan named for career development professorships
Department Head Anantha Chandrakasan recently announced the appointments of Vivienne Sze as the Emanuel E. Landsman (1958) Career Development Assistant Professor and Vinod Vaikuntanathan as the Steven...
View ArticleStart6: A Bootcamp for EECS Entrepreneurs and Innovators
Attention EECS students! Have you already done a UROP or are you currently a SuperUROP or MEng or graduate student? — The EECS Department is running its first-ever IAP Bootcamp for EECS Entrepreneurs...
View ArticleRivest is appointed to Vannevar Bush Professorship
EECS Department Head Anantha Chandrakasan announced today the appointment of Ron Rivest as the new holder of the Vannevar Bush Professorship. The Bush Chair is an Institute-wide professorship...
View ArticleBaldo, Barzilay, Madden and Perreault are selected for 2013 Faculty Research...
Department Head Chandrakasan announced today that the Faculty Research and Innovation Fellowship (FRIF) recipients for 2013–2014 are Marc Baldo, Regina Barzilay, Samuel Madden, and David...
View ArticleEECS Faculty take on new leadership roles at MIT
Bulovic is new School of Engineering Associate Dean for Innovation; Jesús del Alamo becomes MTL DirectorIn a recent letter to the MIT Community, MIT President L. Rafael Reif announced the creation of...
View ArticleDaniela Rus is appointed as Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor
EECS Department Head Anantha Chandrakasan announced today the appointment of Professor Daniela Rus as the Andrew (1956) and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The...
View ArticleCSAIL News: Berthold Horn develops algorithm to alleviate traffic flow...
At this month’s IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transport Systems, Berthold Horn, professor of computer science and engineering in the EECS Department at MIT and member of the Computer Science and...
View ArticleCalculating when our computers can safely make a small mistake
Martin Rinard, professor in the MIT EECS Department and principal investigator in the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) and members of his research group have developed a new...
View ArticleFaculty positions beginning September 2014
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FACULTY POSITIONS The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) seeks candidates for faculty positions starting in September 2014....
View ArticleData sets simplified - AI technique may aid flight delays analysis and more
Using artificial intelligence including probabilistic graphical models, Ying Liu, graduate student in EECS working with Alan Willsky, EECS professor and director of the Laboratory for Information and...
View ArticleUnderstanding Boston Transportation: MIT Big Data launches initiative
November 14, 2013The Big Data Initiative at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) today announced two new activities aimed at improving the use and management of Big Data....
View ArticleFall Thesis Awards are presented
Ten EECS graduate students were selected this fall to receive department SM and PhD thesis awards. These awards complete the roster of awards given by the department to students in the spring. The fall...
View ArticleGraphene: information at e-speed. Englund discusses
"There's a very strong need for that computer to turn electrical signals into optical signals very efficiently,"Dirk Englund the Jamieson Career Development Assistant Professor in the MIT Electrical...
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