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A global collaboration to move artificial intelligence principles to practice

Convened by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, the AI Policy Forum will develop frameworks and tools for governments and companies to implement concrete policies.

October 19, 2020

Fotini Christia named director of the Sociotechnical Systems Research Center

Political science professor will spearhead the Institute’s interdisciplinary center that studies high-impact, complex societal challenges.

October 14, 2020

Milo Phillips-Brown receives inaugural MAC3 Society and Ethics in Computing Research Award

The award supports promising PhD candidates or postdocs conducting interdisciplinary research on the societal and ethical dimensions of computing.

September 30, 2020

MIT Media Lab charts a course for the future

The high-profile research lab is retaining its unique form of creativity while building trust and inclusion.

September 9, 2020

Sarah Williams: Applying a data-driven approach to help cities function

“We hear big data is going to change the world, but I don’t believe it will unless we synthesize it into tools with a public benefit,” she says.

September 8, 2020

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Six strategic areas identified for shared faculty hiring in computing

New faculty in these areas will connect the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing and a department or school.

August 31, 2020

MIT partners with national labs on two new National Quantum Information Science Research Centers

Co-design Center for Quantum Advantage and Quantum Systems Accelerator are funded by the U.S. Department of Energy to accelerate the development of quantum computers.

August 31, 2020

Frédo Durand (left) and Sam Madden are the recipients of the first two named professorships in the Schwarzman College of Computing.

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing announces first named professorships

Honorees will receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.

July 20, 2020

Out of a total of 200 research proposals, 26 projects were selected and awarded $5.4 million to continue AI research to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in the areas of medicine, urban planning, and public policy.

Faculty receive funding to develop artificial intelligence techniques to combat Covid-19

C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awards $5.4 million to top researchers to steer how society responds to the pandemic.

July 17, 2020

Cynthia Breazeal has been promoted to full professor and named associate director of the Media Lab.

Cynthia Breazeal named Media Lab associate director

Expert in personal social robots will work with lab faculty and researchers to develop strategic research initiatives, and to explore new funding mechanisms.

June 19, 2020