The hub of the local robotics industry
MassRobotics, a nonprofit founded by several MIT alumni, is advancing an industry that will play an increasingly important role in our lives.
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A programming language for hardware accelerators
Researchers created Exo for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.
Collin Stultz named co-director and MIT lead of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology
MIT professor will leverage his research into machine learning and computer science, as well as his role as a practicing cardiologist, toward educating clinician-scientists and engineers.
Making data visualization more accessible for blind and low-vision individuals
Researchers have created prototypes that enable screen-reader users to quickly and easily navigate through multiple levels of information in an online chart.
Joel Moses, Institute Professor Emeritus and computer science trailblazer, dies at 80
Known as a visionary who brought together faculty from across MIT, Moses pioneered an influential symbolic mathematics program and held many top leadership posts.
A helping hand for robotic manipulator design
With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.
Charting a safe course through a highly uncertain environment
A new technique can safely guide an autonomous robot without knowledge of its environmental conditions or the size, shape, or location of obstacles it might encounter.
Q&A: Chris Rackauckas on the equations at the heart of practically everything
Have a question about numerical differential equations? Odds are this CSAIL research affiliate has already addressed it.
Study reveals the dynamics of human milk production
A new analysis shows how milk-producing cells change over time in nursing mothers.
2022 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named
Professors Kamrin, Lang, McGee, and Shoulders are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching.
Four from MIT named Meta Fellows for 2022
The honorees include four MIT graduate students in electrical engineering and computer science, economics, and media arts and sciences.
School of Engineering welcomes new faculty
Seventeen new professors join the MIT community, with research areas ranging from robotics and machine learning to health care and agriculture.
A new atlas of cells that carry blood to the brain
Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.
Dexterous robotic hands manipulate thousands of objects with ease
Model-free framework reorients over 2,000 diverse objects with a hand facing both upward and downward, in a step toward more human-like manipulation.
School of Science appoints 11 faculty members to named professorships
Those selected for these positions receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.