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Former professor, MIT alumnus Hammer dies at 60

September 4, 2008

MIT associate professor Josh Tenenbaum and his former student, Charles Kemp, have developed a computer algorithm that can select the best type of structure to fit a set of data. Such structures, shown here, include linear order, rings and clusters.

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

August 25, 2008

A sensible censor for sharing medical records

MIT-developed software helps protect patient privacy

July 23, 2008

Awards and Honors

July 16, 2008

Barbara Liskov named Institute Professor

July 1, 2008

MIT Institute Professor Robert Langer, winner of the Millennium Technology Prize for 2008.

Langer wins Millennium Technology Prize

June 11, 2008

Awards: Key to abbreviations

June 4, 2008

Awards & Honors

June 4, 2008

Question: What do you see in the red circles? A bottle, a cell phone, a person, a shoe? The answer: They're all the same. Professor Antonio Torralba created these low-resolution images, in which the circled shapes were inserted and are all identical, to demonstrate how context affects our recognition of objects. Even the 'car' in the lower left image is the same object.

MIT helps develop new image-recognition software

May 21, 2008

Awards and honors

May 14, 2008

MIT's team competes at the International Collegiate Programming Contest.

MIT crowned regional champs in battle of brains

April 11, 2008

The creators of the MIT six-rotor vehicle, above, developed in collaboration with Ascending Technologies GmbH in Germany, won a tie for first place in a competition to develop a micro air vehicle to aid in a hypothetical hostage situation.

Awards & Honors

April 2, 2008

Joseph Weizenbaum, professor emeritus of computer science, 85

March 10, 2008

Learning about brains from computers, and vice versa

February 16, 2008

On the front lines of the genomic revolution

February 6, 2008

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Former professor, MIT alumnus Hammer dies at 60

MIT model helps computers sort data more like humans

A sensible censor for sharing medical records

Awards and Honors

Barbara Liskov named Institute Professor

Langer wins Millennium Technology Prize

Awards: Key to abbreviations

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MIT helps develop new image-recognition software

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MIT crowned regional champs in battle of brains

Awards & Honors

Joseph Weizenbaum, professor emeritus of computer science, 85

Learning about brains from computers, and vice versa

On the front lines of the genomic revolution

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