Learning to solve
Hallmark program “SuperUROP” lets undergrad engineers dive into a year-long research experience.
Department
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Recognizing correct code
Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors as its predecessors.
A jumpstart for entrepreneurs
Intensive course helps students navigate early challenges in starting a company.
Computer science and engineering major helps people while having fun
Senior Sami Alsheikh helps others, solves problems, and has fun doing both.
Mapping regulatory elements
Systematically searching DNA for regulatory elements indicates limits of previous thinking.
New chip fabrication approach
Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88
Professor emeritus was a co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab.
Empowering innovation
Panel highlighting female innovators from a range of fields aims to encourage student entrepreneurs.
Self-stacking nanogrids
Polymer nanowires that assemble in perpendicular layers could offer route to tinier chip components.
Going off grid: Tata researchers tackle rural electrification
At MIT’s Tata Center for Technology and Design, researchers are exploring ways to extend electricity access to rural communities in India using microgrids.
Drones dodge obstacles
Motion-planning algorithms allow drones to do donuts, figure-eights in object-filled environments.
Local boy makes good
Michael Watts took two decades to make the 20-mile trip from suburban Hingham to tenure at MIT.
Mind, hand, heart — and chalk
A daily art project conceived by MIT student Benjamin Chan welcomes students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the Stata Center.
Concentrating dawn-to-dusk solar energy
MOSAIC award spurs MIT research into concentrator solar cells that can run in shade and full sun with power control and wavelength separation.
25 from MIT named to Forbes 30 Under 30 lists in 2016
Students, researchers, and alumni honored in the 2016 Forbes 30 Under 30 lists showcasing America’s most important young entrepreneurs, thinkers, and leaders.