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Recent work from MIT CSAIL addresses how computers divide objects into sets of smaller elements, a procedure known as “meshing.” Zhang et al. produced a range of detailed 2D images without depending on unreliable methods that try to trace out features like curves and edges ahead of time.

Better simulation meshes well for design software (and more)

New work on 2D and 3D meshing aims to address challenges with some of today’s state-of-the-art methods.

July 20, 2020

Using sophisticated AI and machine learning technologies, the "In Event of Moon Disaster" team merged Nixon's face with the movements of an actor reading a speech the former president never actually delivered.

Tackling the misinformation epidemic with “In Event of Moon Disaster”

New website from the MIT Center for Advanced Virtuality rewrites an important moment in history to educate the public on the dangers of deepfakes.

July 20, 2020

Out of a total of 200 research proposals, 26 projects were selected and awarded $5.4 million to continue AI research to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in the areas of medicine, urban planning, and public policy.

Faculty receive funding to develop artificial intelligence techniques to combat Covid-19

C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awards $5.4 million to top researchers to steer how society responds to the pandemic.

July 17, 2020

MIT researchers have developed a representation of spatial perception for robots that is modeled after the way humans perceive and navigate the world. The key component of the team’s new model is Kimera, an open-source library that the team previously developed to simultaneously construct a 3D geometric model of an environment. Kimera builds a dense 3D semantic mesh of an environment and can tra...

“Alexa, go to the kitchen and fetch me a snack”

New model aims to give robots human-like perception of their physical environments.

July 15, 2020

A virtual "datathon" organized by MIT to bring fresh insights to the Covid-19 pandemic drew 300 participants and 44 mentors from around the world. Here, mentors who volunteered to judge the final projects meet on Zoom to select the top 10 projects.

What is the Covid-19 data tsunami telling policymakers?

A global team of researchers searches for insights during a weeklong virtual “datathon.”

July 1, 2020

The MIT Press and UC Berkeley launch Rapid Reviews: COVID-19

The new open access, rapid-review overlay journal aims to combat misinformation in Covid-19 research.

June 29, 2020

The startup macro-eyes is bringing new techniques in machine learning and artificial intelligence to global health problems like vaccine delivery and patient scheduling with its Connected Health AI Network (CHAIN).

Improving global health equity by helping clinics do more with less

The startup macro-eyes uses artificial intelligence to improve vaccine delivery and patient scheduling.

June 25, 2020

Researchers use skeletal keypoint data to match the movements of musicians with the tempo of their part, allowing listeners to isolate similar-sounding instruments.

Identifying a melody by studying a musician’s body language

Music gesture artificial intelligence tool developed at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab uses body movements to isolate the sounds of individual instruments.

June 25, 2020

Cynthia Breazeal has been promoted to full professor and named associate director of the Media Lab.

Cynthia Breazeal named Media Lab associate director

Expert in personal social robots will work with lab faculty and researchers to develop strategic research initiatives, and to explore new funding mechanisms.

June 19, 2020