MIT announces Professor Gilbert Strang as first MathWorks Professor of Mathematics Endowment underscores value commercial industry places on science, technology, engineering and mathematics education September 26, 2011 Read full story →
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. April 14, 2011 Read full story →
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. March 29, 2011 Read full story →
Programming crowds With the Web, people worldwide can work on distributed tasks. But getting reliable results requires algorithms that specify workflow between people, not transistors. October 27, 2010 Read full story →
First improvement of fundamental algorithm in 10 years The max-flow problem, which is ubiquitous in network analysis, scheduling, and logistics, can now be solved more efficiently than ever. September 27, 2010 Read full story →
Rivest wins faculty’s Killian Award MIT encryption pioneer recognized for ‘extraordinary’ contributions in computer science May 19, 2010 Read full story →
Celebrating MIT's excellent staff Fifteen individuals and four teams to be honored at 2010 MIT Excellence Awards February 17, 2010 Read full story →
Barbara Liskov wins Turing Award ACM cites 'foundational innovations' in programming language design March 10, 2009 Read full story →