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Luis von Ahn is the winner of the 2018 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize for invention.

Luis von Ahn awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize

Inventor of CAPTCHA/reCAPTCHA and Duolingo recognized for commitment to invention, education, and mentorship.

September 12, 2018

MIT professor Silvio Micali, one of the leaders of the new FinTech@CSAIL initiative, speaks to industry leaders at the Stata Center.

CSAIL launches new initiative for financial technology

FinTech@CSAIL industry collaboration will work to improve business models, access to data, and security in the finance sector.

July 26, 2018

Through a set of four online courses developed by MIT faculty and delivered on edX, students will learn, implement, and experiment with data analysis techniques and machine learning algorithms.

MITx MicroMasters Program in Statistics and Data Science opens enrollment

Program offers path to an accelerated master’s degree at seven universities.

June 11, 2018

The co-directors of MITEI’s Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research are (left) Christopher Knittel, the George P. Shultz Professor of Applied Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management, and Francis O'Sullivan, director of research for the MIT Energy Initiative.

3 Questions: Transforming our electric power system

Christopher Knittel and Francis O'Sullivan, co-directors of the MITEI Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research, are exploring cleaner, more reliable, and more cost-effective solutions.

February 2, 2018

Thirty-eight Lab RATs, weary after 52 hours of hacking their competitors' computer networks, posed for a team photograph at the DEF CON Capture the Flag competition held at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.

MIT Lincoln Laboratory team scores big at international hacking event

Lab RATs take 10th place at the annual DEF CON Capture the Flag competition in Las Vegas.

September 20, 2017

“The concept of my startup is, ‘Let’s use hacker tools to defeat hackers,’” PhD student Gregory Falco says. “If you don’t know how to break it, you don’t know how to fix it.”

Gregory Falco: Protecting urban infrastructure against cyberterrorism

PhD student works at the intersection of urban planning and computer science.

September 5, 2017

The MIT Laboratory for Information & Decision Systems hosted the Smart Urban Infrastructures Workshop on May 11-12, 2017 at the MIT Media Lab.

LIDS Smart Urban Infrastructures Workshop highlights emerging research

Speakers from academia, industry, and government discuss the evolution of smart urban systems.

May 31, 2017

New funding enables work on Internet policy and cybersecurity for key infrastructure

Work made possible by grants from the Internet Policy Research Initiative.

May 19, 2017

Two leading voices on nuclear issues, U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee and former Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz, discussed the prospects for disarmament during a day-long conference on “Reducing the Threat of Nuclear War” held on MIT’s campus on May 6.

Prospects for nuclear disarmament in uncertain times

In conference on nuclear threat, former Energy Secretary Moniz and Rep. Lee call for diplomacy to defuse rising risks.

May 9, 2017

Left to right: Rich Nielsen, Charles Stewart, and Daron Acemoglu

Three MIT scholars awarded prestigious Carnegie fellowships

Nielsen, Stewart, and Acemoglu receive high-profile grants for research.

April 26, 2017

MIT Asian security studies faculty (left to right) M. Taylor Fravel, Richard Samuels, and Vipin Narang train the next generation of scholars and security policy analysts; counsel national security officials in the U.S. and abroad; and inform policy through publications and frequent contributions to public debates.

Q&A: Meet MIT's experts in Asian security

Influential team counsels leaders, educates students, and informs policy.

April 3, 2017

An MIT report urges the Trump administration to develop a coherent cybersecurity plan that coordinates efforts across departments, encourages investment, and removes parts of key infrastructure, like the electric grid, from the internet.

MIT experts urge Trump administration to take immediate action on cybersecurity

Report warns of hacking risk to electric grid, oil pipelines, and other critical infrastructure.

March 28, 2017

Nuclear physicist Ernest J. Moniz has been named chief executive officer and chairman of the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He will continue to work at MIT as a part-time professor of physics post-tenure and special advisor to the president.

Ernest Moniz named co-chair and CEO of Nuclear Threat Initiative

Physics professor and former U.S. Energy Secretary will lead nuclear security nonprofit while continuing his work at MIT.

March 23, 2017

Professor Moshe Ben-Akiva presented his research on smart mobility at the Infrastructure, Smart Cities and Transportation Workshop. The event was part of a collaboration between MIT and Parsons Corporation.

At the intersection of industry and academia

Infrastructure, Smart Cities and Transportation Workshop sheds light on collaboration opportunities between MIT and Parsons Corporation.

March 22, 2017

The 2017 IEEE Fellows from MIT are (clockwise from top left) Robert Cunningham, Dov Dori, Paul Juodawlkis, Daniel Oates, Steven Smith, Frank Robey, and Tomás Palacios.

Seven from MIT are named 2017 IEEE Fellows

Five Lincoln Laboratory staff members and two others from MIT honored for the advancement of engineering, science, and technology.

January 5, 2017

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