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An MIT model for object recognition takes as input the unlabeled images of digital photographs from the street scene database (top) and generates automatic annotations (bottom row). The orange bounding boxes are for pedestrians ("ped") and cars ("car"). The system would have also detected bicycles if present. For sky, buildings, trees and road, the system uses color coding (blue, brown, green and ...

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Professor Richard R. Schrock relaxes following a press conference at MIT held after he learned he won the 2005 Nobel Prize in chemistry.

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An artist's rendering of the original Tech Square complex.

MIT leaves behind a rich history in Tech Square

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Professor Ned Thomas, director of the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, led a group from MIT to the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk, Louisiana, in late January 2003.

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Former New York City Ballet principal dancer Jacques d'Amboise leads children through RoBallet moves.

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Directors Victor Zue of LCS (left) and Rodney L. Brooks of the A.I. Lab will be joining forces at the New Laboratory for Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence on July 1.

LCS and AI Lab to merge

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Current LCS director Victor Zue, left, will serve as co-director of the New Laboratory for Computer Science and Artifical Intelligence, and Rodney Brooks, right, currently director of the AI Lab, will serve as director.

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May 28, 2003

John V. Guttag, left, head of the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, plays "Robot John" for AI Lab director Rodney Brooks to illustrate how a robot learns tasks.

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EECS celebrates 100 years at MIT

May 14, 2003

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Graduate student James McLurkin is featured on this diorama placed in two of Washington D.C.'s busiest Metro stations - Federal Center and Union Station - during September. It will be back again in December. Approximately 55,000 people come through each station daily.

Tiny ideas get big media play

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