An autonomous fleet for Amsterdam
MIT, AMS Institute will collaborate to solve complex urban problems for Amsterdam with the development of autonomous "roboats."
Department
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Sixteen MIT grad students named Siebel Scholars for 2017
MIT graduate students from bioengineering, business, computer science, and energy fields are honored.
Faster parallel computing
New programming language delivers fourfold speedups on problems common in the age of big data.
Nancy Lynch named associate head of Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Expert in distributed computing to join department leadership.
Tiny gold grids yielding secrets
Summer Scholar Justin Cheng explores process in Berggren group for making ordered metal nanostructures that display interesting new properties.
New applications for ultracapacitors
Startup’s energy-storage devices find uses in drilling operations, aerospace applications, electric vehicles.
QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17
Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.
How machine learning can help with voice disorders
By detecting signs of vocal misuse, system from CSAIL and Mass General could eventually be used to help diagnose voice disorders.
Using light to control genome editing
New technique offers precise manipulation of when and where genes are targeted.
Hacking microbes
Startup’s engineered yeast helps clients produce fragrances and flavors more efficiently.
Solving network congestion
MegaMIMO system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab speeds data transfer by coordinating multiple routers at the same time.
Family and friends recall Drew Esquivel
A talented scholar and athlete, the MIT rising senior “never failed to see the good in others.”
Programmable network routers
New design should enable much more flexible traffic management, without sacrificing speed.
Duane Boning named head of Leaders for Global Operations program
Boning succeeds David Simchi-Levi as engineering faculty director of master’s program.
Booting up spin-based device studies
Summer Scholar Grant Smith works to establish parameters for making ferromagnetic thin films in the Luqiao Liu lab.