Talk science to me
In the EECS Communication Lab, peer coaches provide guidance on papers, posters, presentations, and more.
Department
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Featured video: A self-driving wheelchair
Autonomous wheelchair developed by researchers at MIT and in Singapore promises improved independence for the disabled.
Maryann Gong earns second-straight Division III Academic All-America of the Year Award
Computer science major is the first Division III student-athlete to earn the honor in back-to-back years and just the second overall in the NCAA.
Reshaping computer-aided design
CSAIL’s InstantCAD allows manufacturers to simulate, optimize CAD designs in real-time.
Artificial intelligence suggests recipes based on food photos
Given a still image of a dish filled with food, CSAIL team's deep-learning algorithm recommends ingredients and recipes.
Engineered liver tissue expands after transplant
Tiny implantable “seeds” of tissue produce fully functional livers.
Bringing neural networks to cellphones
Method for modeling neural networks’ power consumption could help make the systems portable.
Antibiotic nanoparticles fight drug-resistant bacteria
Targeted treatment could be used for pneumonia and other bacterial infections.
Watch 3-D movies at home, sans glasses
CSAIL system converts 3-D movies into a more TV-friendly format.
Miniaturizing the brain of a drone
Method for designing efficient computer chips may get miniature smart drones off the ground.
Converging on cancer at the nanoscale
Marking its first anniversary, the Koch Institute’s Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine goes full steam ahead.
Using chip memory more efficiently
System for generating ad hoc “cache hierarchies” increases processing speed while reducing energy consumption.
New 3-D chip combines computing and data storage
Advance points toward new generation of computers for coming superstorm of data.
Summer interns' lab work underway
Summer Scholars in materials science and engineering are tackling projects ranging from magnetic thin films to catalysts for energy.
Practical parallelism
System enables large speedups — as much as 88-fold — on common parallel-computing algorithms.