Topic
Computer science and technology
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Selective memory
Scheme would make new high-capacity data caches 33 to 50 percent more efficient.
October 22, 2017 -
Digital Diploma debuts at MIT
Using Bitcoin's blockchain technology, the Institute has become one of the first universities to issue recipient-owned virtual credentials.
October 17, 2017 -
Using artificial intelligence to improve early breast cancer detection
Model developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could reduce false positives and unnecessary surgeries.
October 16, 2017 -
Teleoperating robots with virtual reality
A virtual reality system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could make it easier for factory workers to telecommute.
October 11, 2017 -
Regina Barzilay wins MacArthur “genius grant”
MIT computer scientist who studies natural language processing and machine learning wins $625,000 prize.
October 11, 2017 -
Developing new magnetic device materials
Summer Scholar Stephanie Bauman interns in Luqiao Liu lab synthesizing and testing manganese gallium samples for spintronic applications.
October 2, 2017 -
Fast-moving magnetic particles could enable new form of data storage
Recently discovered phenomenon could provide a way to bypass the limits to Moore’s Law.
October 2, 2017 -
Bug-repair system learns from example
Automatic code-patching system corrects nearly twice as many errors as its predecessors.
September 28, 2017 -
New leadership for MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab
Computer vision and machine learning expert Antonio Torralba to lead new artificial intelligence research lab.
September 20, 2017 -
MIT Lincoln Laboratory team scores big at international hacking event
Lab RATs take 10th place at the annual DEF CON Capture the Flag competition in Las Vegas.
September 20, 2017 -
Automatic code reuse
System makes modifications necessary to transplant code from one program into another.
September 19, 2017 -
How neural networks think
General-purpose technique sheds light on inner workings of neural nets trained to process language.
September 8, 2017 -
3Q: Anantha Chandrakasan on new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
Lab seeks to expand the boundaries of research on artificial intelligence.
September 7, 2017 -
IBM and MIT to pursue joint research in artificial intelligence, establish new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment in new lab with MIT to advance AI hardware, software, and algorithms.
September 7, 2017 -
Gregory Falco: Protecting urban infrastructure against cyberterrorism
PhD student works at the intersection of urban planning and computer science.
September 5, 2017 -
Two sciences tie the knot
A new major combining computer science and economics will prepare students for designing the virtual marketplaces of the future.
September 4, 2017 -
Making data centers more energy efficient
Flash-memory system could reduce power consumption of data center “caches” by 90 percent.
August 30, 2017 -
Robot learns to follow orders like Alexa
ComText, from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, allows robots to understand contextual commands.
August 30, 2017 -
Back to school special
Members of MIT’s class of 2021 get a free backpack — and a glimpse at the future of “smart” fabrics.
August 29, 2017 -
Drones relay RFID signals for inventory control
System could save retailers billions lost through faulty inventory records.
August 25, 2017