Topic
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
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Four CSAIL researchers named ACM fellows
Association for Computer Machinery cites Erik Demaine, Fredo Durand, William Freeman, and Daniel Jackson for having "provided key knowledge" to computing.
December 8, 2016 -
Learning words from pictures
System correlates recorded speech with images, could lead to fully automated speech recognition.
December 6, 2016 -
Design your own custom drone
CSAIL system lets users design and fabricate drones with a wide range of shapes and structures.
December 5, 2016 -
Face to face with "The Enemy"
Visiting Artist Karim Ben Khelifa creates immersive experiences using virtual and augmented reality to humanize soldiers in global conflicts.
December 2, 2016 -
Computer learns to recognize sounds by watching video
Machine-learning system doesn’t require costly hand-annotated data.
December 2, 2016 -
How the brain recognizes faces
Machine-learning system spontaneously reproduces aspects of human neurology.
December 1, 2016 -
Creating videos of the future
Given a still image, CSAIL deep-learning system generates videos that predict what will happen next in a scene.
November 29, 2016 -
Meeting of the minds for machine intelligence
Industry leaders, computer scientists, and venture capitalists gather to discuss how smarter computers are remaking our world.
November 22, 2016 -
Four MIT faculty elected 2016 AAAS Fellows
Green, Ketterle, Nedivi, and Shrobe are among those recognized for their efforts toward advancing science.
November 21, 2016 -
Teaching Hong Kong students to embrace computational thinking
Powered by MIT expertise and regional universities, CoolThink@JC will offer training to primary teachers and students at 32 schools.
November 15, 2016 -
Enabling wireless virtual reality
Developed at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, “MoVR” system allows VR headsets to communicate without a cord
November 14, 2016 -
Artificial-intelligence system surfs web to improve its performance
“Information extraction” system helps turn plain text into data for statistical analysis.
November 10, 2016 -
Faster programs, easier programming
New system lets nonexperts optimize programs that run on multiprocessor chips.
November 7, 2016 -
Driverless-vehicle options now include scooters
Self-driving scooter demonstrated at MIT complements autonomous golf carts and city cars.
November 7, 2016 -
Making computers explain themselves
New training technique would reveal the basis for machine-learning systems’ decisions.
October 27, 2016 -
Finding patterns in corrupted data
New model-fitting technique is efficient even for data sets with hundreds of variables.
October 26, 2016 -
Making it easier to collaborate on code
CSAIL team's “Gitless” fixes Git’s biggest issues — and suggests their approach could help improve systems like Gmail and Dropbox.
October 25, 2016 -
MRIs for fetal health
Algorithm could help analyze fetal scans to determine whether interventions are warranted.
October 21, 2016 -
Prepping a robot for its journey to Mars
Senior Sarah Hensley aims to improve Earth's most advanced humanoid robot, in advance of its trip to the Red Planet.
October 18, 2016 -
Professor Emeritus Whitman Richards dies at 84
Longtime professor and beloved advisor was known for advances in experimental and theoretical studies of vision, perception, and cognition.
October 17, 2016