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Jonathan Zong is sitting at a desk, typing on a keyboard connected to a printing machine delivering large amounts of paper where letters of different sizes are visible.

Improving accessibility of online graphics for blind users

Open-source software by MIT MAD Fellow Jonathan Zong and others in the MIT Visualization Group reveals online graphics’ embedded data in the user’s preferred degree of granularity.

October 2, 2023

A collage of headshots of five professors

Five MIT faculty members named 2023 Simons Investigators

The program supports “outstanding theoretical scientists.”

September 26, 2023

A closeup photo of two sets of hands. Both hold pens, and one holds a piece of paper.

Artificial intelligence for augmentation and productivity

The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing awards seed grants to seven interdisciplinary projects exploring AI-augmented management.

August 18, 2023

Four photos in a grid. Upper left: A hand holds a bottle and another hand holds a smartphone in front of it, with the screen revealing a black and white square that is an invisible QR code. Upper right: The same phone sees the same QR code in a wristband worn on an arm being scanned by the phone. Lower left: The wristband is shown alone. Lower right: The same wristband reveals several black and white QR codes.

Invisible tagging system enhances 3D object tracking

Developed by MIT researchers, BrightMarkers are invisible fluorescent tags embedded in physical objects to enhance motion tracking, virtual reality, and object detection.

August 15, 2023

Armando Solar-Lezama stands at the bottom of a circular stairwell for a photo.

Armando Solar-Lezama named inaugural Distinguished Professor of Computing

EECS professor appointed to new professorship in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

July 17, 2023

On a blue gridded background is a purple bar chart with 7 bars. On top of each bar is a letter. Across the image, the letters spell “Caption.”

Researchers teach an AI to write better chart captions

A new dataset can help scientists develop automatic systems that generate richer, more descriptive captions for online charts.

June 30, 2023

Four illustrated heads have lines connects to region with scribbles, which connect to the various emotions printed at the top. The words "joy", "grief", "excitement", "surprise", "relief", "guilt", and "fury" are in black text with different color backgrounds.

Computational model mimics humans’ ability to predict emotions

Using insights into how people intuit others’ emotions, researchers have designed a model that approximates this aspect of human social intelligence.

June 5, 2023

Illustration of two humanoid robots standing in a kitchen, mixing fluids on a table to make a batter

Helping robots handle fluids

Researchers create a new simulation tool for robots to manipulate complex fluids in a step toward helping them more effortlessly assist with daily tasks.

May 24, 2023

Three MIT-led projects awarded MURI funding for 2023

Through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, the US Department of Defense supports research projects in areas of critical importance to national defense.

May 18, 2023

Headshots of the five newly elected NAS members in a photo collage, with three in an upper row and two in a lower row

Five MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Sciences for 2023

Joshua Angrist, Gang Chen, Catherine Drennan, Dina Katabi, Gregory Stephanopoulos, and seven additional alumni are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research.

May 11, 2023