Professor Emeritus Seymour Papert, pioneer of constructionist learning, dies at 88
World-renowned mathematician, learning theorist, and educational-technology visionary was a founding faculty member of the MIT Media Lab.
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JuliaCon draws global users of a dynamic, easy-to-learn programming language
Now three years old, the Julia programming language is helping to solve problems in areas such as economic modeling, spaceflight, and bioinformatics.
Robert Fano, computing pioneer and founder of CSAIL, dies at 98
Professor emeritus helped launch field of information theory and developed early time-sharing computers.
Teaching machines to predict the future
Deep-learning vision system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab anticipates human interactions using videos of TV shows.
Julie Shah, Sandy Alexandre receive campus houseteam appointments
Shah named head of house after serving as Sidney Pacific associate housemaster; Alexandre joins East Campus as associate head of house.
MIT, Cambridge University team up for “Cambridge 2 Cambridge” hackathon
Hosted by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, event featured mixed student teams tackling cybersecurity challenges.
Marvin Minsky, “father of artificial intelligence,” dies at 88
Professor emeritus was a co-founder of CSAIL and a founding member of the Media Lab.
Deep-learning algorithm predicts photos’ memorability at “near-human” levels
Future versions of an algorithm from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab could help with teaching, marketing, and memory improvement.
Data, drones, and 3-D-printed hearts
Looking back on the year that was: Highlights from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in 2015.
Designing virtual identities for empowerment and social change
D. Fox Harrell receives $1.35 million in grant funding to advance research at the intersection of social science and digital technology.
NASA gives MIT a humanoid robot to develop software for future space missions
Team led by Professor Russ Tedrake of CSAIL to develop algorithms for 6-foot-tall “Valkyrie” robot to travel to Mars and beyond.
Real-time epidemiology from urban wastewater
MIT and Kuwait researchers have been awarded $4 million to fund Underworlds, a study of real-time epidemiology using biomarkers in urban sewage.
Empowering students in Sri Lanka to form mobile-app startups
MIT Global Startup Labs program leads to student-founded startups 4Axis Solutions and PayMedia.
Observing invisible vibrations
PhD student Justin Chen magnifies minuscule vibrations in structures to detect damage.