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Visualizing the world beyond the frame
May 8, 2020Image courtesy of the researchers.Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for IntelligenceMost firetrucks come in red, but it’s not hard to picture one in blue. Computers aren’t nearly as creative.Their...
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Jason Ku reflects on his time as MIT student, researcher, and lecturer
EECS lecturer Jason Ku ’09, PhD '16By Grace SongEECS lecturer Jason Ku ’09, PhD ’16 is leaving MIT after nearly 15 years at the Institute. Ku will join the National University of Singapore (NUS)...
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A data-driven response to a pandemic
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and SocietyThe Covid-19 pandemic continues to challenge how societies and institutions function at macro and micro scales. In the United States, the novel...
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One from EECS named to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
April 25, 2020Irene Huang | MIT EECS*/ Prestigious honor society announces more than 250 new members.Prof. Ronitt Rubinfeld of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) is...
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Marshaling artificial intelligence in the fight against Covid-19
Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for IntelligenceArtificial intelligence could play a decisive role in stopping the Covid-19 pandemic. To give the technology a push, the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab is funding 10...
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Roundup: EECS faculty awards and honors, 2019-2020
Muriel Médard, Cecil H. Green Professor, received an honorary doctorate from the Technological University of Munich (TUM) and was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. Photo: Uli...
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Bonnie Berger One of Three from MIT elected to the National Academy of...
May 28, 2020Prof. Bonnie Berger Sandi Miller | Department of Mathematics On April 27, the National Academy of Sciences elected 120 new members and 26 international associates, including three...
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Undergraduates develop next-generation intelligence tools
Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for IntelligenceThe coronavirus pandemic has driven us apart physically while reminding us of the power of technology to connect. When MIT shut its doors in March, much of...
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Reducing the carbon footprint of artificial intelligence
Image: MIT News, based on figures courtesy of the researchers Rob Matheson | MIT News OfficeApril 23, 2020 Artificial intelligence has become a focus of certain ethical concerns, but it also has some...
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BEST WISHES to the Class of 2020 Graduates!
Date Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2020 - 6:30pmCard Title Color: BlackCard Description: Congratulations!Photo: Card Wide Image:
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Jesús A. del Álamo wins IPRM Award 2020
Prof. Jesús A. del ÁlamoJesús A. del Álamo is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He holds degrees from Polytechnic University of Madrid...
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A boost for cancer immunotherapy
Image: Nicki Watson, W. M. Keck Microscopy Facility at Whitehead Institute, colorized by MIT News Anne Trafton | MIT News OfficeJune 1, 2020One promising strategy to treat cancer is stimulating the...
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Carbon nanotube transistors make the leap from lab to factory floor
June 2, 2020MIT researchers demonstrated a method to manufacture carbon nanotube transistors in commercial facilities that fabricate silicon-based transistors. This photograph shows Anthony Ratkovich,...
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New glove lets you incorporate real-life objects into virtual worlds
Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) companies have been working for years on developing systems that can incorporate real-life objects into their digitized worlds. With that in mind, a team...
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Roundup: EECS student honors and awards, 2019-2020
EECS PhD students Yuanming Hu (left) and Dimitris Tsipras received Facebook Fellowship Awards in January 2020.EECS StaffEECS undergraduates and graduate students regularly win major scholarships,...
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Professor Emeritus Michael Athans, pioneer in control theory, dies at 83
June 8, 2020Michael Athans at MIT in the 1970s. Photo by Calvin Campbell, MITLaboratory for Information and Decision SystemsMIT electrical engineering and computer science Professor Emeritus Michael...
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Learning the ropes and throwing lifelines
In January, Chauhan traveled to Uruguay as part of a Global Startup Labs initiative, where she taught machine learning to masters students for a month. "It's been one of the most fulfilling things I've...
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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2020-21
MIT News OfficeJune 9, 2020 MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. This is the ninth year in a row MIT has received this...
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Photorealistic simulator made MIT robot racing competition a live online...
June 10, 2020More than 100 people participated in a four-hour online robot race, which served as the final project for MIT Course 6.141/16.405 (Robotics: Science and Systems)WATCH VIDEOAshley Belanger...
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If transistors can’t get smaller, then coders have to get smarter
We’re approaching the limit of how small transistors can get. As a result, over the past decade researchers have been working to find other ways to improve performance so that the computer industry can...
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