Meenakshi Chakraborty named 2019 Churchill Scholar
Senior majoring in computer science and molecular biology will pursue an MPhil at Cambridge University.
Department
Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Exercises in amazement: Discovering deep learning
A popular student-coordinated class draws a capacity crowd from across the MIT campus and beyond.
Robot hand is soft and strong
Gripper device inspired by “origami magic ball” can grasp wide array of delicate and heavy objects.
MIT graduate engineering, business programs earn top rankings from U.S. News for 2020
Graduate engineering program is No. 1 in the nation; MIT Sloan is No. 3.
Streamlining restaurant operations
Alumni-founded Toast provides technologies that help get an order from a customer to the kitchen and back again.
MARC 2019 shines a light on research in microsystems, nanotechnology, and more
Annual student-led conference connects MIT researchers and industry partners.
Combining artificial intelligence with their passions
Research projects show creative ways MIT students are connecting computing to other fields.
Smoothing out the wrinkles in graphene
Coating graphene with wax makes for a less contaminated surface during device manufacturing.
Computing the future
Fireside chat brings together six Turing Award winners to reflect on their field and the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.
Tissue model reveals how RNA will act on the liver
Studies could speed the development of new treatments for liver disease.
Negotiating with infrastructure cyberterrorists
Researchers design a negotiation strategy to help cities and organizations minimize losses when their data are held hostage.
2019 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Angrist, Demaine, Jones, and Taylor receive MIT's highest honor in undergraduate teaching.
Innovating at the speed of light
Symposium speakers describe how colleges must meet the challenges of a rapidly emerging environment in which "computing is for everyone."
Technique streamlines fabrication of 2-D circuits
Growing material directly onto substrates and recycling chip patterns should enable faster, simpler manufacturing.
Securing the “internet of things” in the quantum age
Efficient chip enables low-power devices to run today’s toughest quantum encryption schemes.