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Graduate student Dextina Booker (center) discusses her group's ideas at a mock trade show held as part of the Desiging the First Year at MIT class.

Tackling the ultimate problem set: The first year at MIT

How would you change the first-year experience? Students have proposed inventive ways to improve the first year. And MIT is listening.

June 5, 2018

Researchers in MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering are using artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to enhance the products we use in everyday life.

Revolutionizing everyday products with artificial intelligence

Mechanical engineering researchers are using AI and machine learning technologies to enhance the products we use in everyday life.

June 1, 2018

Seniors Alexa Jaeger (right) and Chelsea Chitty (center) present their capstone research project at the CEE Senior Celebration and Awards Night.

A celebration of community and research accomplishments

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Celebration and Awards Banquet honors the Class of 2018 and outstanding community members.

June 1, 2018

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have designed a device that helps cheap flash storage process massive graphs on a personal computer. The device (pictured here) consists of a flash chip array (eight black chips) and computation “accelerator" (square piece directly to the left of the array). A novel algorithm sorts all access requests for gr...

Device allows a personal computer to process huge graphs

With novel system, data scientists can analyze massive networks without the need for power-hungry servers.

May 31, 2018

A Sustainability Connect 2018 panel at explored early findings from the new spring class Solving for Carbon Neutrality. The instructors, Tim Gutowski, a professor of mechanical engineering, and Julie Newman, director of sustainability, participated in the discussion with graduate student Julien Barber.

Exploring the impact of campus sustainability efforts

The Institute's fourth annual Sustainability Connect event highlights imagination and the incubation of new ideas.

May 23, 2018

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and the Senseable City Lab have designed a fleet of autonomous boats that offer high maneuverability and precise control.

Fleet of autonomous boats could service some cities, reducing road traffic

Researchers design 3-D-printed, driverless boats that can provide transport and self-assemble into other floating structures.

May 23, 2018

A study by MIT researchers has uncovered a new way of telling how well people are learning English: tracking their eyes.

Gauging language proficiency through eye movement

Study tracks eye movement to determine how well people understand English as a foreign language.

May 22, 2018

A droplet, splashing onto the tip of a very thin rod, produces a rim of fluid that sprays smaller droplets as it expands.

New theory describes intricacies of a splashing droplet

Findings may help track movement of pesticides and biological contaminants.

May 16, 2018

“Realizing that I could leverage my technical background in computer science to drive innovation in the theater arts motivated me to be part of the CS+HASS-SuperUROP,” says Nitah Nyang’ate Onsongo. “I hope to gain a better understanding of the scope of the communication breakdown within the theater field and help revolutionize how theater is received by society.”

CS+HASS SuperUROP debuts with nine research projects

In yearlong program, MIT students apply computer science to humanities, arts, and social science research.

May 15, 2018

David Simchi-Levi's research focuses on developing and implementing robust and efficient techniques for supply chains and revenue management.

Solving global business problems with data analytics

David Simchi-Levi leads the Accenture and MIT Alliance in Business Analytics to develop novel solutions to the most pressing challenges faced by global companies.

May 15, 2018

Admitted students lined up to sample the 15 flavors of liquid nitrogen ice cream made on the spot by residents of East Campus at Campus Preview Weekend 2018.

Be our guest!

For nearly two decades, MIT has put its collective best foot forward to welcome admitted students during Campus Preview Weekend.

May 8, 2018

Carlos Gomez Uribe ’02, MEng ’03, PhD ’08, who is an internet tech product and algorithms leader at Facebook, presents during the industry session at the 2018 MIT Statistics and Data Science Conference.

Celebrating 21st century statistics

MIT Statistics and Data Science Conference highlights new approaches and varied applications.

May 8, 2018

“When I first started Python, I basically felt like I was learning some unfathomable witchcraft. Many of the concepts still feel hard to grasp for me, and that sort of feeling is what made me love it,” says second-year student James Quigley. He is featured with Ana Bell, a lecturer in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at MIT.

Computation counts

Students are flocking to 6.00 (Introduction to Computer Science and Programming Using Python), where they learn not just coding but computational thinking.

May 4, 2018

Untangling DNA knots

Chemical engineers discover how to control knots that form in DNA molecules.

May 3, 2018

At CSAIL Suresh conducts research on personalized medicine and the societal implications of machine learning.

Building AI systems that make fair decisions

Harini Suresh, a PhD student at MIT CSAIL, studies how to make machine learning algorithms more understandable and less biased.

April 24, 2018

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