Topic
Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)
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Professor Tom Leighton and Danny Lewin SM ’98 named to National Inventors Hall of Fame
Akamai founders honored for applying algorithms to solve web congestion.
February 2, 2017 -
First major database of non-native English
Resource could yield linguistic insights, practical applications for non-native English speakers.
July 29, 2016 -
Automatic bug finder
System could make complex analysis practical for programs that import huge swaths of code.
May 25, 2016 -
MIT team’s “brain” for microgrids wins Clean Energy Prize
Six teams split $225,000 in prizes at the annual competition that funds clean-energy ideas.
May 2, 2016 -
Secure, user-controlled data
Cryptographic system would allow users to decide which applications access which aspects of their data.
March 18, 2016 -
Eleven MIT researchers win Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty from eight MIT science and engineering departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.
February 23, 2016 -
Automatic contingency planning
Algorithm lets planning systems generate backup plans efficiently.
February 15, 2016 -
Computer science meets economics
Constantinos Daskalakis adapts techniques from theoretical computer science to game theory.
February 4, 2016 -
Recognizing correct code
Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors as its predecessors.
January 29, 2016 -
A jumpstart for entrepreneurs
Intensive course helps students navigate early challenges in starting a company.
January 29, 2016 -
Optoelectronic microprocessors built using existing chip manufacturing
High-performance prototype means chipmakers could now start building optoelectronic chips.
December 23, 2015 -
Machines that learn like people
Algorithms could learn to recognize objects from a few examples, not millions; may better model human cognition.
December 23, 2015 -
Untraceable communication — guaranteed
New untraceable text-messaging system comes with statistical guarantees.
December 7, 2015 -
Streamlining mobile image processing
Technique for mobile image processing in the cloud cuts bandwidth use by more than 98 percent.
November 13, 2015 -
Amplifying — or removing — visual variation
Algorithms could offer new tools for graphics software or reveal structural defects.
November 5, 2015 -
An app for safer roads
Censio’s data analytics on driving behavior helps users improve safety and lower insurance rates.
November 2, 2015 -
A basis for all cryptography
A tool that would provide a secure foundation for any cryptographic system may be close at hand.
October 28, 2015 -
Faster optimization
New general-purpose optimization algorithm promises order-of-magnitude speedups on some problems.
October 23, 2015 -
Automating big-data analysis
System that replaces human intuition with algorithms outperforms 615 of 906 human teams.
October 16, 2015 -
Learning language by playing games
System learns to play text-based computer game using only linguistic information.
September 23, 2015