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Medard honored for contributions to information theory community
Muriel Médard, the Cecil H. Green Professor in EECS, received the 2017 Aaron D. Wyner Distinguished Service Award at the recent IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory (ISIT) in Aachen,...
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MIT convenes ad hoc task force on open access to Institute's research
Group including EECS professors will explore opportunities to disseminate MIT knowledge as widely as possible.MIT’s provost, in consultation with the vice president for research, the chair of the...
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Using chip memory more efficiently
By Larry Hardesty | MIT News OfficeFor decades, computer chips have increased efficiency by using “caches,” small, local memory banks that store frequently used data and cut down on time- and...
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Miniaturizing the brain of a drone
Jennifer Chu | MIT News OfficeIn recent years, engineers have worked to shrink drone technology, building flying prototypes that are the size of a bumblebee and loaded with even tinier sensors and...
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Watch 3-D movies at home, sans glasses.
By Adam Connors-Simon | CSAILWhile 3-D movies continue to be popular in theaters, they haven’t made the leap to our homes just yet — and the reason rests largely on the ridge of your nose.Ever wonder...
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Dennis M. Freeman named Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Professor of Electrical...
Dennis M. Freeman has been appointed to the Henry Ellis Warren (1894) Chair in Electrical Engineering. The appointment recognizes Freeman’s leadership in cochlear mechanics research, his outstanding...
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LIDS director receives IEEE Control Systems Award for 2018
John Tsitsiklis, director of MIT's Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems (LIDS), has won the IEEE Control Systems Award for 2018.The IEEE Control Systems Society award recognizes...
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Bringing neural networks to cellphones
Image: Jose-Luis Olivares/MITMIT News OfficeIn recent years, the best-performing artificial-intelligence systems — in areas such as autonomous driving, speech recognition, computer vision, and...
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The Connector, 2017: News from the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering...
The annual EECS publication is now available! Read or download the PDF version or browse the content online.This year's Connector include coverage of: Entrepreneurship: StartMIT and The Engine...
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When USAGE Speaks, EECS Listens
Kathryn O'Neill | EECS Contributing WriterWhen big changes are afoot in Course 6 —and even when the changes are small—students involved in the Undergraduate Student Advisory Group in EECS (USAGE) have...
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2017 Connector
News from the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceThe annual EECS publication is now available! Read or download the PDF version or browse the content using the links on this...
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Talk science to me: The EECS Communication Lab
Valarie Sarge '18 gives a presentation on a research project during EECScon, MIT's undergraduate research conference. Photo: Gretchen ErtlAlison F. Takemura | EECSIn the spring of 2015, graduate...
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Reshaping computer-aided design
Photo: Rachel Gordon | CSAIL Adam Conner-Simons | CSAILAlmost every object we use is developed with computer-aided design (CAD). Ironically, while CAD programs are good for creating designs, using them...
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Just for postdocs
Munther Dahleh, now director of MIT's Institute for Data, Systems, and Society, speaks with postdoc Rose Faghih at a Postdoc6 workshop. Photo: Patricia Sampson EECS is MIT’s largest department — so it...
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Anette 'Peko' Hosoi named associate dean of engineering
Photo: Lillie Paquette | School of EngineeringStaff | School of EngineeringAnette "Peko" Hosoi has been named associate dean of MIT’s School of Engineering. Currently the associate department head in...
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Automatic image retouching right on your smartphone
A new system can automatically retouch images in the style of a professional photographer. It can run on a cellphone and display retouched images in real time. Photo: Courtesy of researchers (edited by...
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EECS group's tiny terahertz laser could be used for imaging, chemical detection
A new technique boosts the power output of tiny, chip-mounted terahertz lasers by 88 percent. Image: Demin Liu | Molgraphics Larry Hardesty | MIT News OfficeTerahertz radiation — the band of the...
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Designing the microstructure of printed objects
MIT researchers have developed a new design system that catalogues the physical properties of a huge number of tiny cube clusters, which can then serve as building blocks for larger printable objects....
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High-quality online video with less rebuffering
In experiments, Pensieve could stream video with 10 to 30 percent less rebuffering than other approaches, and at levels that users rated 10 to 25 percent higher on key “quality of experience” metrics....
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Open-source entrepreneurship in EECS
Assignments for Professor Saman Amarasinghe’s undergraduate course included consulting with mentors, interviewing users, writing promotional plans, — and, of course, leading the development of an...
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