Topic
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
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Teaching robots lateral thinking
New algorithms could help household robots work around their physical shortcomings.
February 25, 2013 -
Students develop assistive technologies
Undergraduate teams create helpful phone apps and devices for people with disabilities.
January 8, 2013 -
Mining physicians’ notes for medical insights
A new approach to algorithmically distinguishing words with multiple possible meanings could help find useful data in electronic medical records.
October 31, 2012 -
Glasses-free 3-D TV looks nearer
A new method for producing multiple-perspective 3-D images could prove more practical in the short term than holography.
July 12, 2012 -
MIT, Intel unveil new initiatives addressing ‘big data’
An Intel research center based at MIT will be the cornerstone of a new research project dubbed ‘bigdata@CSAIL.’
May 31, 2012 -
Scott Aaronson wins NSF’s Alan T. Waterman Award
National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award will help fuel CSAIL researcher’s work.
March 8, 2012 -
Game on
As MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference kicks off, scholars and fans have produced a growing avalanche of quantitative research.
March 2, 2012 -
Portable, super-high-resolution 3-D imaging
A simple new imaging system could help manufacturers inspect their products, forensics experts identify weapons and doctors identify cancers.
August 9, 2011 -
Drug discovery, Netflix style?
MIT researchers apply ranking algorithms to pharmaceutical R&D.
April 13, 2010