Four MIT students named 2017 Marshall Scholars Matthew Cavuto, Zachary Hulcher, Kevin Zhou, and Daniel Zuo will pursue two years of study in the U.K. November 28, 2016 Read full story →
Meeting of the minds for machine intelligence Industry leaders, computer scientists, and venture capitalists gather to discuss how smarter computers are remaking our world. November 22, 2016 Read full story →
Four MIT faculty elected 2016 AAAS Fellows Green, Ketterle, Nedivi, and Shrobe are among those recognized for their efforts toward advancing science. November 21, 2016 Read full story →
Teaching Hong Kong students to embrace computational thinking Powered by MIT expertise and regional universities, CoolThink@JC will offer training to primary teachers and students at 32 schools. November 15, 2016 Read full story →
Enabling wireless virtual reality Developed at Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, “MoVR” system allows VR headsets to communicate without a cord November 14, 2016 Read full story →
Artificial-intelligence system surfs web to improve its performance “Information extraction” system helps turn plain text into data for statistical analysis. November 10, 2016 Read full story →
Faster programs, easier programming New system lets nonexperts optimize programs that run on multiprocessor chips. November 7, 2016 Read full story →
Driverless-vehicle options now include scooters Self-driving scooter demonstrated at MIT complements autonomous golf carts and city cars. November 7, 2016 Read full story →
Where music and technology unite MIT and Berklee College of Music collaborate to bring young entrepreneurs together. November 3, 2016 Read full story →
Making computers explain themselves New training technique would reveal the basis for machine-learning systems’ decisions. October 27, 2016 Read full story →
New engineering faculty for 2016-2017 The School of Engineering welcomes 13 new professors. October 27, 2016 Read full story →
Finding patterns in corrupted data New model-fitting technique is efficient even for data sets with hundreds of variables. October 26, 2016 Read full story →
Making it easier to collaborate on code CSAIL team's “Gitless” fixes Git’s biggest issues — and suggests their approach could help improve systems like Gmail and Dropbox. October 25, 2016 Read full story →