Five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2025
Rodney Brooks, Parag Pathak, Scott Sheffield, Benjamin Weiss, Yukiko Yamashita, and 13 MIT alumni are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research.
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Simulation-based pipeline tailors training data for dexterous robots
The PhysicsGen system, developed by MIT researchers, helps robots handle items in homes and factories by tailoring training data to a particular machine.
Changing the conversation in health care
The Language/AI Incubator, an MIT Human Insight Collaborative project, is investigating how AI can improve communications among patients and practitioners.
AI shapes autonomous underwater “gliders”
An AI pipeline developed by CSAIL researchers enables unique hydrodynamic designs for bodyboard-sized vehicles that glide underwater and could help scientists gather marine data.
Study could lead to LLMs that are better at complex reasoning
Researchers developed a way to make large language models more adaptable to challenging tasks like strategic planning or process optimization.
Robotic probe quickly measures key properties of new materials
Developed to analyze new semiconductors, the system could streamline the development of more powerful solar panels.
MIT and Mass General Hospital researchers find disparities in organ acceptance
In an analysis of over 160,000 transplant candidates, researchers found that race is linked to how likely an organ offer is to be accepted on behalf of a patient.
Confronting the AI/energy conundrum
The MIT Energy Initiative’s annual research symposium explores artificial intelligence as both a problem and a solution for the clean energy transition.
The high-tech wizardry of integrated photonics
PhD candidate Sabrina Corsetti builds photonic devices that manipulate light to enable previously unimaginable applications, like pocket-sized 3D printers.
New imaging technique reconstructs the shapes of hidden objects
By leveraging reflections from wireless signals like Wi-Fi, the system could allow robots to find and manipulate items that are blocked from view.
President Emeritus Reif reflects on successes as a technical leader
At a fireside chat, L. Rafael Reif and Anantha P. Chandrakasan discussed the importance of developing engineering leadership skills to solve the world’s most challenging problems.
Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely
MIT CSAIL researchers combined GenAI and a physics simulation engine to refine robot designs. The result: a machine that out-jumped a robot designed by humans.
Accelerating hardware development to improve national security and innovation
The alumni-founded startup Nominal has built a platform for building and testing complex systems like fighter jets, nuclear reactors, rockets, and robots.
Four from MIT named 2025 Goldwater Scholars
Rising seniors Avani Ahuja, Julianna Lian, Jacqueline Prawira, and Alex Tang are honored for their academic achievements.
The tenured engineers of 2025
Eleven faculty members have been granted tenure in six units across MIT’s School of Engineering.