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Enabling human-robot rescue teams
Larry Hardesty | MIT News OfficeSystem could help prevent robots from overwhelming human teammates with information.Communication system could make it easier to design systems that enable humans and...
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Automatic contingency planning
Larry Hardesty | MIT News OfficeAlgorithm lets planning systems generate backup plans efficiently.“The problem with planning contingencies is that there are so many things that can go wrong, if you...
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Michael Carbin appointed Jamieson CD Chair
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has appointed Michael Carbin as the Jamieson Career Development Professor.Michael Carbin joined EECS in January 2016 as an assistant...
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Liu appointed Shillman Career Development Chair
The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has appointed Luqiao Liu as the Robert J. Shillman (1974) Career Development Professor.Luqiao Liu joined EECS in July 2015 as an assistant...
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Madry one of eleven MIT researchers to win Sloan Research Fellowship
MIT News OfficeAleksander Madry, the NBX Career Development Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.Eleven MIT researchers...
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Solar cells as light as a soap bubble
February 25, 2016David L. Chandler | MIT News OfficeUltrathin, flexible photovoltaic cells from MIT research could find many new uses.The MIT team has achieved the thinnest and lightest complete solar...
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Code of the humans
March 1, 2016Peter Dizikes | MIT News OfficeNew book by Noam Chomsky and Robert Berwick explores how people acquired unique language skills.“Why Only Us: Language and Evolution” (MIT Press), by Robert...
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In the Media: Agarwal and Guttag on why we should teach CS early
Date Posted: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 - 12:00pmCard Title: In the Media: Agarwal and Guttag on why we should teach CS earlyCard URL: http://bit.ly/1TkMwMZCard Description: Anant Agarwal, CEO of edX,...
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The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?
Jennifer Chu | MIT News OfficeNew quantum computer, based on five atoms, factors numbers in a scalable way.“Researchers have designed and built a quantum computer from five atoms in an ion trap. The...
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Devadas named 2016 MacVicar Faculty Fellow
MIT News OfficeDevadas one of four faculty awarded MIT's highest undergraduate teaching award.Each year, the MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program recognizes professors who exhibit exceptional undergraduate...
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Learning to think like an engineer
March 8, 2016Mijal Tenenbaum | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceSenior Neerja Aggarwal reflects on her love for theater, ultimate Frisbee, and her journey to electrical...
View ArticleStartMIT: Empowering Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Thursday, March 3, 2016 - 11:45amAn all-star panel of women shared their experiences as innovators and entrepreneurs at EECS's StartMIT class in January.Moderated by Jesse Draper, creator and host of...
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Yes, industry, there is a future for semiconductors
Card Title: Yes, industry, there is a future for semiconductorsCard URL: https://www.eecs.mit.edu/news-events/calendar/events/yes-industry-there-future-semiconductorsCard Description: Richard K....
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Sze receives 2016 3M Non-Tenured Faculty Award
March 9, 2016Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceVivienne Sze recognized as outstanding junior faculty.Vivienne Sze, the Emanuel E. Landsman (1958) Career Development Assistant...
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Tohoku University honors "Queen of Carbon" Mildred Dresselhaus
Date Posted: Wednesday, March 9, 2016 - 2:15pmNews Image: Card Title: Tohoku University honors "Queen of Carbon" Mildred DresselhausCard URL:...
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Creating Postdoc Connections
Patsy Sampson | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science pilots new ways to build leadership and teamwork skills for its...
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A hands-on approach to art, math, and community
March 10, 2016Catherine Curro Caruso | MIT News correspondentSenior YQ Lu finds new ways to combine math and paper art, shares his passion for both.“I enjoy coding, programming, making pretty things,”...
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3Q: Bruce Tidor on the MIT Skoltech partnership
MIT News OfficeCollaboration has created a pioneering new graduate university in Russia, says project director.“Now, just over four years since its inception, Skoltech is an active graduate university...
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Browsing in public
Larry Hardesty | MIT News OfficeSystem lets Web users share aspects of their browsing history with friends, researchers.“Data has traditionally been used by anyone from corporations to the government,”...
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CSAIL PhD has made seven robots, and still finds time to meditate
Fourth-year EECS student Julian Straub studies how robots can better understand their complex surroundings.Date Posted: Tuesday, March 15, 2016 - 10:00amNews Image: Card Title: CSAIL PhD has made seven...
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