New CSAIL research could help secure the cloud DARPA funding awarded to a project that aims to develop a smart, self-healing cloud computing infrastructure. March 14, 2012 Read full story →
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures MIT researchers are developing a system that would allow aircraft-carrier crews to direct autonomous planes using ordinary hand gestures. March 14, 2012 Read full story →
Scott Aaronson wins NSF’s Alan T. Waterman Award National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award will help fuel CSAIL researcher’s work. March 8, 2012 Read full story →
First course offered by MITx begins More than 90,000 people have registered for 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics March 5, 2012 Read full story →
Game on As MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference kicks off, scholars and fans have produced a growing avalanche of quantitative research. March 2, 2012 Read full story →
New system allows robots to continuously map their environment Algorithm to build 3-D maps requires a low-cost camera, no human input. February 16, 2012 Read full story →
Microchips’ optical future To keep energy consumption under control, future chips may need to move data using light instead of electricity — and the technical expertise to build them may reside in the United States. February 15, 2012 Read full story →
MITx prototype course opens for enrollment Online-learning initiative’s first offering, ‘6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,’ accepting registrants now. February 13, 2012 Read full story →
Cuthbert receives $500,000 Digging into Data grant Will support innovative musicology research February 10, 2012 Read full story →
My connectome, myself Neuroscientist Sebastian Seung is on a quest to map brain connections that reveal how our memories and personalities take root. February 7, 2012 Read full story →
MIT faculty speak at the World Economic Forum in Davos Talks explore the mind/machine interface and the science of predicting the economy, among other topics. February 1, 2012 Read full story →
Said and Done for January 2012 The humanities, arts and social sciences monthly digest. January 26, 2012 Read full story →