Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
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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 -
An algorithm for your blind spot
Using smartphone cameras, system for seeing around corners could help with self-driving cars and search-and-rescue.
October 9, 2017 -
Bug-repair system learns from example
Automatic code-patching system corrects nearly twice as many errors as its predecessors.
September 28, 2017 -
“Superhero” robot wears different outfits for different tasks
Shape-shifting device from CSAIL can walk, roll, sail, and glide using recyclable exoskeletons.
September 27, 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 -
Automatic code reuse
System makes modifications necessary to transplant code from one program into another.
September 19, 2017 -
“Peel-and-go” printable structures fold themselves
Expanding polymer enables self-folding without heating or immersion in water.
September 13, 2017 -
How neural networks think
General-purpose technique sheds light on inner workings of neural nets trained to process language.
September 8, 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 -
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 -
Monitoring network traffic more efficiently
Programming language plus simple circuit design could let routers report on their own operation.
August 23, 2017 -
Custom robots in a matter of minutes
CSAIL’s “Interactive Robogami” lets you design and 3-D print origami-inspired robots from 2-D designs.
August 23, 2017 -
Using machine learning to improve patient care
New CSAIL research employs many types of medical data, including electronic health records, to predict outcomes in hospitals.
August 21, 2017 -
High-quality online video with less rebuffering
CSAIL’s machine-learning system enables smoother streaming that can better adapt to different network conditions.
August 14, 2017 -
New AI algorithm monitors sleep with radio waves
Patients with sleep disorders could be studied nonintrusively at home using wireless signals.
August 6, 2017 -
Designing the microstructure of printed objects
Software lets designers exploit the extremely high resolution of 3-D printers.
August 3, 2017 -
Automatic image retouching on your phone
System can apply a range of styles in real-time, so that the viewfinder displays the enhanced image.
August 1, 2017