Streamlined rules for robots
New algorithms make it easier to write rules for distributed-computing systems, such as networks of sensors, servers or robots.
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Finding an edge
An algorithm for identifying the boundaries of objects in digital images is 50,000 times more efficient than its predecessor.
School of Engineering honors staff with Infinite Mile Awards
11th annual ceremony recognizes outstanding employee contributions.
Honing household helpers
MIT computer scientists work toward improving robots’ ability to plan and perform complex actions, domestically and elsewhere.
What makes an image memorable?
Hint: We tend to remember pictures of people much better than wide open spaces.
Of minds and machines
Final installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.
Demaine’s artwork selected for Smithsonian exhibit
Part of the 40 Under 40: Craft Futures exhibition, which will run starting in 2012.
Information Age
As part of MIT’s 150th-birthday celebration, computer science luminaries — many from MIT's faculty — gathered on campus for a two-day symposium.
Constant connection
MIT researchers show how to use portable devices’ built-in motion sensors to improve data rates on wireless networks.
Flying like the birds
Multidisciplinary university research initiative, led by a CSAIL researcher, is developing a bird-sized UAV.
Targeted results
By envisioning data as 'graphs,' MIT researchers show how to find local solutions to otherwise overwhelmingly complex problems.
Kaashoek wins ACM’s prize for young researchers
The professor of computer science, 45, is only the fourth recipient of the prize from the Association for Computing Machinery.
