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Doğan awarded Adobe Research Fellowship
April 1, 2021Mustafa Doğa Doğan, shown here in front of MIT’s Great Dome. Photo credit: Hannah Harens.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceMustafa Doğa Doğan is a 3rd...
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Roundup: Student honors and awards, 2020-21
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceEECS undergraduates and graduate students regularly win major scholarships, fellowships, and awards. Following is a sampling of EECS student...
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Chai Awarded Adobe Research Fellowship
April 8, 2021PhD student Lucy Chai was recently recognized for her groundbreaking work with an Adobe Research Fellowship. Image credit: Monica Agrawal Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical...
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Seeking the cellular mechanisms of disease, with help from machine learning
Caroline Uhler’s research blends machine learning and statistics with biology to better understand gene regulation, health, and disease. Despite this lofty mission, Uhler remains dedicated to her...
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A safer way to deploy bacteria as environmental sensors
April 8, 2021MIT engineers have devised a way to encapsulate bacterial sensors into a tough hydrogel sphere, which prevents them from interacting with other microbes in the environment. Image:...
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Three EECS professors awarded 2021 Faculty Research Innovation Fellowships...
April 14, 2021From left to right: Ryan Williams, William Oliver, and Aleksander MadryJane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceThe Department of EECS has awarded three...
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Nine MIT students awarded 2021 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New...
Top row (l-r): James Diao, Fiona Chen, Enrique Toloza; Middle row (l-r): Charlie Changwon Lee, Brian Chang, Aziza Almanakly; Bottom row (l-r): Ashwin Sah, Archana Podury, Alaleh Azhir. Images courtesy...
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3 Questions: Devavrat Shah on curbing online misinformation
MIT professor Devavrat Shah shares how social media algorithms could be tweaked to curb the spread of misinformation and promote a diversity of viewpoints. Image: Allegra BovermanDaniel Ackerman | MIT...
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Distinguished Postdoc Fellowship Program Announced; First Of Its Kind
April 23, 2021Professor of Electrical Engineering Jae LimJane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceThe Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science is...
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Five from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2021
MIT News Office | April 22, 2021Five MIT faculty members are among more than 250 leaders from academia, business, public affairs, the humanities, and the arts elected to the American Academy of Arts...
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Almanakly honored with P.D. Soros Fellowship For New Americans
PhD candidate Aziza Almanakly stands in front of MIT’s Great Dome.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceEECS PhD candidate Aziza Almanakly recently received news of an...
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Q&A: Vivienne Sze on crossing the hardware-software divide for efficient...
Associate professor Vivienne Sze is bringing artificial intelligence applications to smartphones and tiny robots by co-designing energy-efficient hardware and software. Image: Lillie Paquette/MIT...
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Spencer Compton, Karna Morey, Tara Venkatadri, and Lily Zhang named 2021-22...
Clockwise from top left: Spencer Compton, Karna Morey, Lily Zhang, and Tara Venkatadri are four of the 410 undergraduates in the United States to receive 2020-21 Goldwater Scholarships. Photos courtesy...
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From diabetes to Covid-19, Better World (Health) showcases MIT research in...
April 29, 2021Event speakers included (clockwise from top left) W. Eric L. Grimson, Daniel P. Huttenlocher, Steven Truong, and Mariana Arcaya. Christine Thielman | MIT Alumni Association“MIT’s work to...
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Enric Boix-Adserà and Alireza Fallah named Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD...
April 29, 2021From left to right: Enric Boix-Adserà (photo credit: Carles Boix) and Alireza Fallah (photo credit: Maryam Aliakbarpour).Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer...
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Nano flashlight could allow future cell phones to detect viruses, more
April 30, 2021Schematic of three different nano flashlights for the generation of, left to right, focused, wide-spanning, and collimated beams. Each could have different applications. Schematic...
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Médard named 2021 Member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Muriel Médard, the Cecil H. and Ida Green Professor of EECS.Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceMuriel Médard has been named one of the new 2021 Members of the...
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Get to Know: Katrina LaCurts
Katrina LaCurts, Undergraduate Officer for EECS. (Photo courtesy Katrina LaCurts.) Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceKatrina LaCurts is the Undergraduate Officer...
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Nanostructured device stops light in its tracks
May 7, 2021As a laser illuminates these nanometer-scale devices (blue wave), attosecond electron flashes are generated (red pulse) at the ends of nanotips and used to trace out weak light fields (red...
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MIT launches new data privacy-focused initiative
May 7, 2021The new initiative will focus on topics such as database systems, applied cryptography, AI and machine learning, and human-computer interaction. Photo courtesy MIT CSAIl.Adam Conner-Simons |...
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