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A better model for business insurance
The startup Newfront Insurance is modernizing the commercial insurance industry by automating administrative tasks and offering new, data-driven insurance offerings. Image courtesy of Newfront.Zach...
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Method finds hidden warning signals in measurements collected over time
December 18, 2020MIT researchers have developed a deep learning-based algorithm to detect anomalies in time series data. Image: MIT NewsDaniel Ackerman | MIT News OfficeWhen you’re responsible for a...
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Four from MIT are named IEEE Fellows
December 21, 2020MIT's members of the 2021 class of IEEE Fellows are, clockwise from top left, Domitilla Del Vecchio, Asuman Ozdaglar, Robert Shin, and Joel Voldman.Dorothy Ryan | MIT Lincoln...
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Discovery allows early detection of shade avoidance syndrome
December 21, 2020Researchers from SMART built a tabletop Raman spectroscopy instrument that allows measurement of carotenoid levels in plants, which can indicate whether a plant has shade avoidance...
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Making smart thermostats more efficient
December 21, 2020A diagram from a new paper detailing a smart thermostat shows the interaction of weather conditions, control systems, sensors, and learning algorithms to optimize microclimates in...
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EECS Faculty Head Antonio Torralba Elected AAAI Fellow
Faculty head of AI&D Antonio Torralba.Jane Halpern | Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceAntonio Torralba, Faculty Head of AI&D within the Department of EECS and the Thomas and Gerd...
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iQuHACK 2021: MIT gears up for its second annual interdisciplinary quantum...
December 23, 2020A view of the mounted ion trap that forms the core of a small quantum computer. Photo courtesy IonQ.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceThe members...
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EECS Alliance
2020/2021 Membership Information The EECS Alliance is a joint initiative between MIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (EECS) and some of the most innovative and impactful...
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Computer-aided creativity in robot design
December 11, 2020MIT researchers have automated and optimized robot design with a system called RoboGrammar. The system creates arthropod-inspired robots for traversing a variety of terrains. Pictured...
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Evelyn Hu delivers 2020 Dresselhaus Lecture on leveraging defects at the...
January 4, 2021Harvard University Professor Evelyn Hu delivered the 2020 Mildred S. Dresselhaus Lecture, "Transforming Defects into Opportunities: Leveraging the Nanoscale," on Nov. 16. Photo courtesy...
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New type of atomic clock keeps time even more precisely
January 4, 2021Atoms are trapped in an optical cavity composed of two mirrors. When a “squeezing” laser is set through the cavity, the atoms are entangled, and their frequency is measured with a second...
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Building machines that better understand human goals
January 4, 2021An “agent” and an “observer” demonstrate how a new MIT algorithm is capable of inferring goals and plans, even when those plans might fail. Here, the agent makes a mistaken plan to reach...
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To the brain, reading computer code is not the same as reading language
January 4, 2021New research suggests that reading computer code does not rely on the regions of the brain that are involved in language processing. Image courtesy Jose-Luis Olivares, MIT.Anne Trafton |...
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An LED that can be integrated directly into computer chips
January 4, 2021MIT researchers have developed a bright, efficient silicon LED, pictured, that can be integrated directly onto computer chips. The advance could reduce cost and improve performance of...
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Explained: Quantum engineering
January 4, 2021MIT computer engineers are working to make quantum computing’s promise a reality. Image: Jose-Luis Olivares, MITDaniel Ackerman | MIT News OfficeSince the 1940s, classical computers have...
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Automating material-matching for movies and video games
January 4, 2021This is not a photograph — every object in this image was auto-created and textured using the MATch software developed at MIT. Image courtesy of the researchers. Adam Conner-Simons | MIT...
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iQuHACK 2021: MIT gears up for its second annual interdisciplinary quantum...
December 23, 2020A view of the mounted ion trap that forms the core of a small quantum computer. Photo courtesy Kai Hudek, of IonQ.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer...
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Delivering life-saving oxygen during a pandemic
January 8, 2021Postdoc Shriya Srinivasan PhD ’20 conducts an experiment of a method to split a ventilator so it can treat two, or potentially more, patients at a time instead of one. Photo: Giovanni...
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Portable device can quickly detect plant stress
January 8, 2021A portable leaf-clip Raman sensor in use at Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory detects nutrient stress in leafy vegetables.Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and TechnologyResearchers at...
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A big opportunity for women in STEM: the Clare Boothe Luce Graduate...
Photo credit: Christina at wocintechchat @ Unsplash.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceMIT’s Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is pleased to...
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