Soft robotic fish moves like the real thing
A new robotic fish can change direction almost as rapidly as a real fish.
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Upcoming conference puts supply chain management in broad context
Host Yossi Sheffi thinks supply chains change, and are changed by, the world.
MIT, White House co-sponsor workshop on big-data privacy
MIT hosts the first of three conferences on privacy policy
Modeling cyberspace control worldwide
Nazli Choucri analyzes issues of governance, politics, and participation in online communications.
Give him the hook: New data shows baseball managers when to replace the starting pitcher
As MIT’s major sports analytics conference begins, novel research provides data-based guidance for big-league skippers.
Self-completing programs
A system that automatically fills in the gaps in programmers’ code becomes more powerful.
Rise of the compliant machines
MIT spinout Meka Robotics, recently acquired by Google, creates ‘sociable’ humanoids that could help advance human-robot interaction.
MIT professor ‘made much of our world possible’
Computing luminaries celebrate the work of MIT adjunct professor and Turing Award winner Butler Lampson, one of the fathers of the modern PC.
Herding robots
A new system combines simple control programs to enable fleets of robots — or other “multiagent systems” — to collaborate in unprecedented ways.
Storage system for ‘big data’ dramatically speeds access to information
Using multiple nodes allows the same bandwidth and performance from a storage network as far more expensive machines.
Expanding our view of vision
New brain-scanning technique allows scientists to see when and where the brain processes visual information.
Marvin Minsky honored for lifetime achievements in artificial intelligence
The MIT professor emeritus earns the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award for his pioneering work and mentoring role in the field of artificial intelligence.
MIT Professional Education creates Online X Programs and launches big data course
"Tackling the Challenges of Big Data” is first professional course to be offered online
New algorithm can dramatically streamline solutions to the ‘max flow’ problem
Research could boost the efficiency even of huge networks like the Internet.