Automatically grading programming homework
Software that identifies errors in students’ programs — however idiosyncratic their approaches — could be a boon for online learning.
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Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
A step closer to artificial livers
Researchers identify compounds that help liver cells grow outside the body.
How computers can learn better
With a recently released programming framework, researchers show that a new machine-learning algorithm outperforms its predecessors.
Engineering course ‘demystifies’ entrepreneurship
‘The Founder’s Journey’ serves as an introduction to entrepreneurship for undergraduates.
MIT visiting scientist Kanako Miura, 36, dies while bicycling in Boston
'She truly became an integral part of the CSAIL community.'
iCampus Student Competition yields online tools for improved on campus experiences
Grand prize in 2013 competition goes to an online exploration tool to aid students in planning their selection of classes.
MIT students, alumni awarded 2013 Fulbright grants
Selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields
Making quantum encryption practical
An MIT team that proposed a new, more-practical scheme for using quantum physics to secure data transmission has now demonstrated it experimentally.
MIT Global Founders’ Skills Accelerator announces 2013 student teams
Startup accelerator includes eight MIT student teams as well as teams from six international universities.
Cells as living calculators
Using analog computation circuits, MIT engineers design cells that can compute logarithms, divide and take square roots.
Making frequency-hopping radios practical
New hardware could lead to wireless devices that identify and exploit unused transmission frequencies, using radio spectrum much more efficiently.
First ‘SuperUROPs’ cap off inaugural year
EECS program immerses undergraduates in advanced research projects.
MIT conference showcases undergraduate research
EECScon 2013 marks MIT’s first research conference geared toward engineering undergraduates
Wireless researchers host ‘Game-Jam’
Event will bring together game developers, graphic designers and audio professionals to design mobile games that will help wireless researchers gather information on network data.