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Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
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CSAIL team's printable robots earn first place in IEEE competition
March 27, 2014 -
Soft robotic fish moves like the real thing
A new robotic fish can change direction almost as rapidly as a real fish.
March 13, 2014 -
Upcoming conference puts supply chain management in broad context
Host Yossi Sheffi thinks supply chains change, and are changed by, the world.
March 12, 2014 -
Give him the hook: New data shows baseball managers when to replace the starting pitcher
As MIT’s major sports analytics conference begins, novel research provides data-based guidance for big-league skippers.
February 28, 2014 -
Self-completing programs
A system that automatically fills in the gaps in programmers’ code becomes more powerful.
February 25, 2014 -
White House to co-host workshop at MIT on ‘big data’ and privacy
March 3 event convenes academics, representatives of industry, and top government officials to discuss big data and the role of technology in protecting privacy.
February 24, 2014 -
Rise of the compliant machines
MIT spinout Meka Robotics, recently acquired by Google, creates ‘sociable’ humanoids that could help advance human-robot interaction.
February 20, 2014 -
Smarter caching
Cleverer management of the local memory banks known as ‘caches’ could improve computer chips’ performance while reducing their energy consumption.
February 19, 2014 -
Marvin Minsky selected for Dan David Foundation Prize
February 18, 2014 -
Herding robots
A new system combines simple control programs to enable fleets of robots — or other “multiagent systems” — to collaborate in unprecedented ways.
February 12, 2014 -
Storage system for ‘big data’ dramatically speeds access to information
Using multiple nodes allows the same bandwidth and performance from a storage network as far more expensive machines.
January 31, 2014 -
Expanding our view of vision
New brain-scanning technique allows scientists to see when and where the brain processes visual information.
January 26, 2014 -
New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to the ‘max flow’ problem
Research could boost the efficiency even of huge networks like the Internet.
January 7, 2014 -
App Inventor launches second iteration
Since its 2009 creation, more than a million people have registered to use App Inventor, which is now based out of the MIT Media Lab.
December 30, 2013 -
Building culture in digital media
Fox Harrell’s new book presents a ‘manifesto’ detailing how computing can create powerful new forms of expression and culture.
October 23, 2013 -
Automatic speaker tracking in audio recordings
A new system dispenses with the human annotation of training data required by its predecessors but achieves comparable results.
October 18, 2013 -
Surprisingly simple scheme for self-assembling robots
Small cubes with no exterior moving parts can propel themselves forward, jump on top of each other, and snap together to form arbitrary shapes.
October 4, 2013 -
Teaching computers to see — by learning to see like computers
By translating images into the language spoken by object-recognition systems, then translating them back, researchers hope to explain the systems’ failures.
September 19, 2013 -
First ‘SuperUROPs’ cap off inaugural year
EECS program immerses undergraduates in advanced research projects.
May 13, 2013 -
New research could let vehicles, robots collaborate with humans
Researchers are developing systems that can analyze people’s needs to determine the best way to achieve their goals.
May 3, 2013