Topic
Computer science and technology
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Building AI systems that make fair decisions
Harini Suresh, a PhD student at MIT CSAIL, studies how to make machine learning algorithms more understandable and less biased.
April 24, 2018 -
Integrating optical components into existing chip designs
Technique would allow addition of optical communication components to existing chips with little modification of their designs.
April 19, 2018 -
Photonic communication comes to computer chips
Startup’s optoelectronic chips could reduce energy usage by up to 50 percent in data centers while increasing computing speeds.
April 5, 2018 -
Using friends to fight online harassment
CSAIL’s “Squadbox” uses “friendsourcing” to better support targets of cyberbullying.
April 5, 2018 -
Artificial intelligence in action
At the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, researchers are training computers to recognize dynamic events.
April 4, 2018 -
Computer system transcribes words users “speak silently”
Electrodes on the face and jaw pick up otherwise undetectable neuromuscular signals triggered by internal verbalizations.
April 4, 2018 -
Computer searches telescope data for evidence of distant planets
Machine-learning system uses physics principles to augment data from NASA crowdsourcing project.
March 29, 2018 -
Using technology to combat bias in hiring
Stephanie Lampkin MBA ’13 says unconscious bias creates unfair hiring practices — and she developed an app for that.
March 23, 2018 -
Professor Tom Leighton wins 2018 Marconi Prize
Akamai co-founder honored for pioneering content delivery network services industry.
March 22, 2018 -
Depth-sensing imaging system can peer through fog
Computational photography could solve a problem that bedevils self-driving cars.
March 20, 2018 -
Eric Schmidt provides support to MIT Intelligence Quest
Gift will help launch new Institute-wide initiative in human and machine intelligence research.
March 1, 2018 -
MIT rates No. 1 in 12 subjects in 2018 QS World University Rankings
MIT ranked within top 5 in 19 out of 48 subject areas.
February 28, 2018 -
MIT and SenseTime announce effort to advance artificial intelligence research
Alliance will be part of new MIT Intelligence Quest.
February 28, 2018 -
Private browsing gets more private
New system patches security holes left open by web browsers’ private-browsing functions.
February 22, 2018 -
Neural networks everywhere
New chip reduces neural networks’ power consumption by up to 95 percent, making them practical for battery-powered devices.
February 13, 2018 -
Energy-efficient encryption for the internet of things
Special-purpose chip reduces power consumption of public-key encryption by 99.75 percent, increases speed 500-fold.
February 12, 2018 -
Study finds gender and skin-type bias in commercial artificial-intelligence systems
Examination of facial-analysis software shows error rate of 0.8 percent for light-skinned men, 34.7 percent for dark-skinned women.
February 11, 2018 -
Eric Schmidt to join MIT as visiting innovation fellow
Former Google leader offers insights of a storied career to MIT’s entrepreneurial community
February 5, 2018 -
Automating materials design
With new approach, researchers specify desired properties of a material, and a computer system generates a structure accordingly.
February 2, 2018 -
Letter regarding the MIT Intelligence Quest
February 1, 2018