Departments
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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The Better World Tour comes home to Boston
Alumni and friends gather at the Boch Center Wang Theatre to celebrate the vibrant MIT community and the Institute's ambitious dreams for a better world.
October 20, 2017 -
Gene circuit switches on inside cancer cells, triggers immune attack
Advance may open new pathways for cancer immunotherapy.
October 19, 2017 -
Using artificial intelligence to improve early breast cancer detection
Model developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could reduce false positives and unnecessary surgeries.
October 16, 2017 -
New technique scours the genome for genes that combat disease
Biological engineers identify genes that protect against protein linked to Parkinson’s disease.
October 12, 2017 -
Teleoperating robots with virtual reality
A virtual reality system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could make it easier for factory workers to telecommute.
October 11, 2017 -
Grad students earn Department of Energy computational fellowships
Ahrens, Rathbun, Silmore, and Wei are recognized for tackling complex science and engineering problems of national importance.
October 11, 2017 -
Regina Barzilay wins MacArthur “genius grant”
MIT computer scientist who studies natural language processing and machine learning wins $625,000 prize.
October 11, 2017 -
An algorithm for your blind spot
Using smartphone cameras, system for seeing around corners could help with self-driving cars and search-and-rescue.
October 9, 2017 -
Celebrating the life of doctoral student and alumnus Michael B. Cohen
Faculty, friends, and family pay tribute to an intellectually generous scholar.
October 5, 2017 -
Bug-repair system learns from example
Automatic code-patching system corrects nearly twice as many errors as its predecessors.
September 28, 2017 -
“Superhero” robot wears different outfits for different tasks
Shape-shifting device from CSAIL can walk, roll, sail, and glide using recyclable exoskeletons.
September 27, 2017 -
New leadership for MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab
Computer vision and machine learning expert Antonio Torralba to lead new artificial intelligence research lab.
September 20, 2017 -
Automatic code reuse
System makes modifications necessary to transplant code from one program into another.
September 19, 2017 -
“Peel-and-go” printable structures fold themselves
Expanding polymer enables self-folding without heating or immersion in water.
September 13, 2017 -
How neural networks think
General-purpose technique sheds light on inner workings of neural nets trained to process language.
September 8, 2017 -
Maryann Gong named 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Top 30 honoree
Gong becomes third MIT student-athlete to be named to Top 30.
September 7, 2017 -
Two sciences tie the knot
A new major combining computer science and economics will prepare students for designing the virtual marketplaces of the future.
September 4, 2017 -
Making data centers more energy efficient
Flash-memory system could reduce power consumption of data center “caches” by 90 percent.
August 30, 2017 -
Robot learns to follow orders like Alexa
ComText, from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, allows robots to understand contextual commands.
August 30, 2017 -
Monitoring network traffic more efficiently
Programming language plus simple circuit design could let routers report on their own operation.
August 23, 2017