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Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)
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Students push to speed up artificial intelligence adoption in Latin America
To help the region catch up, students organize summit to bring Latin policymakers and researchers to MIT.
November 19, 2019 -
Predicting people's driving personalities
System from MIT CSAIL sizes up drivers as selfish or selfless. Could this help self-driving cars navigate in traffic?
November 18, 2019 -
Improbability Walk at MIT.nano honors Mildred Dresselhaus
Courtyard space celebrates beloved professor’s research and mentorship.
November 15, 2019 -
Sixteen grad students named to the Siebel Scholars class of 2020
MIT students from the fields of bioengineering, business, computer science, and energy science receive the prestigious awards.
November 12, 2019 -
Visualizing an AI model’s blind spots
New tool highlights what generative models leave out when reconstructing a scene.
November 8, 2019 -
Materials Day talks examine the promises and challenges of AI and machine learning
The ability to predict and make new materials faster highlights the need for safety, reliability, and accurate data.
November 5, 2019 -
What makes an image memorable? Ask a computer
An artificial intelligence model developed at MIT shows in striking detail what makes some images stick in our minds.
November 1, 2019 -
Self-transforming robot blocks jump, spin, flip, and identify each other
Developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, robots can self-assemble to form various structures with applications including inspection.
October 30, 2019 -
Fireside chat with Don Eigler wraps up MIT.nano “Perspectives in Nanotechnology” seminars
Series featured five experts who played seminal roles in understanding the nanoscale.
October 21, 2019 -
Open access task force releases final recommendations
Report urges MIT community to openly share the products of its research and teaching.
October 17, 2019 -
Better fact-checking for fake news
New research reveals biases in fake news datasets and improves the use of automatic detectors.
October 17, 2019 -
Using algorithms to build a map of the placenta
New technique stretches out MRI scans of placentas so they can be more accurately analyzed, and shows the potential of MRI for pregnancy monitoring.
October 2, 2019 -
Collaboration adds an extra dimension to undergraduate research
Students on UROP teams agree that teamwork speeds up the research.
September 18, 2019 -
What a little more computing power can do
Commercial cloud service providers give artificial intelligence computing at MIT a boost.
September 16, 2019 -
Using machine learning to estimate risk of cardiovascular death
CSAIL system uses a patient's ECG signal to estimate potential for cardiovascular death.
September 12, 2019 -
Objects can now change colors like a chameleon
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light.
September 10, 2019 -
Overcoming obstacles with an electric hovercraft
MIT team places first among U.S. universities at 2019 SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition.
August 28, 2019 -
IBM gives artificial intelligence computing at MIT a lift
Nearly $12 million machine will let MIT researchers run more ambitious AI models.
August 26, 2019 -
MIT-Delft University of Technology team places third in Formula Student Germany driverless competition
Teams were scored on speed, construction, performance, and financial planning at one of the world’s largest student engineering competitions.
August 16, 2019 -
The tenured engineers of 2019
Seventeen appointments have been made in eight departments within the School of Engineering.
June 4, 2019