Topic
Artificial intelligence
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Self-driving cars, meet rubber duckies
“Duckietown” class at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab teaches autonomy, aims to become global research platform.
April 20, 2016 -
System predicts 85 percent of cyber-attacks using input from human experts
Virtual artificial intelligence analyst developed by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab and PatternEx reduces false positives by factor of 5.
April 18, 2016 -
First-ever 3-D printed robots made of both solids and liquids
System from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab 3-D prints hydraulically-powered robot bodies, with no assembly required.
April 6, 2016 -
Voice-controlled calorie counter
Spoken-language app makes meal logging easier, could aid weight loss.
March 24, 2016 -
Enabling human-robot rescue teams
System could help prevent robots from overwhelming human teammates with information.
February 17, 2016 -
Automatic contingency planning
Algorithm lets planning systems generate backup plans efficiently.
February 15, 2016 -
Car talk
At MIT, federal safety chief discusses future of automated driving.
February 10, 2016 -
Energy-friendly chip can perform powerful artificial-intelligence tasks
Advance could enable mobile devices to implement “neural networks” modeled on the human brain.
February 3, 2016 -
A virtual “guide dog” for navigation
Low-power chip processes 3-D camera data, could enable wearable device to guide the visually impaired.
February 2, 2016 -
Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88
Professor emeritus was a co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab.
January 25, 2016 -
Machines that learn like people
Algorithms could learn to recognize objects from a few examples, not millions; may better model human cognition.
December 23, 2015 -
Deep-learning algorithm predicts photos’ memorability at “near-human” levels
Future versions of an algorithm from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab could help with teaching, marketing, and memory improvement.
December 16, 2015 -
CSAIL shows off demos to 150 high-schoolers for “Hour of Code”
Robots, 3-D printers, and a surprise guest aim to get students excited about computer science.
December 14, 2015 -
Computer system passes “visual Turing test”
Character-drawing machines can fool human judges.
December 10, 2015 -
NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions
Team led by Professor Russ Tedrake of CSAIL to develop algorithms for 6-foot-tall “Valkyrie” robot to travel to Mars and beyond.
November 17, 2015 -
Streamlining mobile image processing
Technique for mobile image processing in the cloud cuts bandwidth use by more than 98 percent.
November 13, 2015 -
Automating big-data analysis
System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms 615 of 906 human teams.
October 16, 2015 -
Robots and us
Should cars be fully driverless? No, says an MIT engineer and historian.
October 13, 2015 -
Predicting change in the Alzheimer’s brain
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease.
October 6, 2015 -
More-flexible machine learning
Giving machine-learning systems “partial credit” during training improves image classification.
October 1, 2015