What are your apps hiding?
Half of the communication connections established by the top 500 Android apps have no effect on user experience.
Designing virtual identities for empowerment and social change
D. Fox Harrell receives $1.35 million in grant funding to advance research at the intersection of social science and digital technology.
It takes a network
Rising Stars workshop helps female electrical engineers and computer scientists build a professional network, find jobs in academia.
A new way to monitor vital signs
Ingestible sensor measures heart and breathing rates from within the digestive tract.
NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions
Team led by Professor Russ Tedrake of CSAIL to develop algorithms for 6-foot-tall “Valkyrie” robot to travel to Mars and beyond.
“Shrinking bull’s-eye” algorithm speeds up complex modeling from days to hours
Algorithm may be applied to a broad range of complicated problems.
Reprogramming biology
Biological engineer James Collins designs genetic circuits with novel functions.
Asuman Ozdaglar appointed to Keithley Professorship
Professor of electrical engineering and computer science has been appointed to the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professorship in Electrical Engineering.
Why MIT.nano?
Doug Spreng ’65 believes nanotechnology could hold the biggest payoffs — for everyone.
Streamlining mobile image processing
Technique for mobile image processing in the cloud cuts bandwidth use by more than 98 percent.
Buehler named McAfee Professor
Institute-wide professorship recognizes Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering head's dedication and vision.
Shocking new way to get the salt out
MIT team invents efficient shockwave-based process for desalination of water.
Chandrakasan appointed to Vannevar Bush Professorship
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science head Anantha Chandrakasan appointed to Institute-wide professorship.