Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
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Fadel Adib joins Media Lab faculty
Adib is directing a new research group at the Media Lab, aiming to uncover, analyze, and engineer natural and human-made networks.
January 27, 2017 -
Faster websites with fewer bugs
System that automatically handles database caching in server farms increases speed and reliability.
January 20, 2017 -
SMART automation
MIT Professor Daniela Rus combines automation and mobility to create a smarter world.
January 19, 2017 -
Taming data
System finds and links related data scattered across digital files, for easy querying and filtering.
January 19, 2017 -
Split-second data mapping
New type of database-analytics platform queries and maps billions of data points in milliseconds.
January 11, 2017 -
Model sheds light on purpose of inhibitory neurons
Study suggests computational role for neurons that prevent other neurons from firing.
January 9, 2017 -
How ride-sharing can improve traffic, save money, and help the environment
Study shows carpooling apps could reduce congestion by a factor of three while still serving the same number of people.
January 4, 2017 -
Ingestible robots, glasses-free 3-D, and computers that explain themselves
A look at 16 of the coolest things that happened at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 2016.
December 16, 2016 -
Data diversity
Preserving variety in subsets of unmanageably large data sets should aid machine learning.
December 16, 2016 -
Making big data manageable
Technique shrinks data sets while preserving their fundamental mathematical relationships.
December 14, 2016 -
Four CSAIL researchers named ACM fellows
Association for Computer Machinery cites Erik Demaine, Fredo Durand, William Freeman, and Daniel Jackson for having "provided key knowledge" to computing.
December 8, 2016 -
Learning words from pictures
System correlates recorded speech with images, could lead to fully automated speech recognition.
December 6, 2016 -
Design your own custom drone
CSAIL system lets users design and fabricate drones with a wide range of shapes and structures.
December 5, 2016 -
Face to face with "The Enemy"
Visiting Artist Karim Ben Khelifa creates immersive experiences using virtual and augmented reality to humanize soldiers in global conflicts.
December 2, 2016 -
Computer learns to recognize sounds by watching video
Machine-learning system doesn’t require costly hand-annotated data.
December 2, 2016 -
How the brain recognizes faces
Machine-learning system spontaneously reproduces aspects of human neurology.
December 1, 2016 -
Creating videos of the future
Given a still image, CSAIL deep-learning system generates videos that predict what will happen next in a scene.
November 29, 2016 -
Meeting of the minds for machine intelligence
Industry leaders, computer scientists, and venture capitalists gather to discuss how smarter computers are remaking our world.
November 22, 2016 -
Four MIT faculty elected 2016 AAAS Fellows
Green, Ketterle, Nedivi, and Shrobe are among those recognized for their efforts toward advancing science.
November 21, 2016 -
Teaching Hong Kong students to embrace computational thinking
Powered by MIT expertise and regional universities, CoolThink@JC will offer training to primary teachers and students at 32 schools.
November 15, 2016