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MIT students participating in the Advanced Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program include: (clockwise from top left) Haripriya Mehta, Rohil Verma, Christabel Jemutai Sitienei, Andy Wei, Gabriel Margolis, and Mattie Wasiak.

The many interfaces of computing

A roundup of MIT student research projects offers a glimpse of where computing is going next.

November 11, 2018

Associate Professor Caitlin Mueller presented on creative computing for high performance design in structural engineering.

Highlighting new research opportunities in civil and environmental engineering

At its annual alumni reception, CEE faculty shared innovative research projects ranging from machine learning to regional impacts of climate change.

November 7, 2018

Often, multiple Wikipedia editors will disagree on certain changes to articles or policies.

Why some Wikipedia disputes go unresolved

Study identifies reasons for unsettled editing disagreements and offers predictive tools that could improve deliberation.

November 6, 2018

An MIT study proposes that laser technology on Earth could emit a beacon strong enough to attract attention from as far as 20,000 light years away.

E.T., we’re home

Existing laser technology could be fashioned into Earth’s “porch light” to attract alien astronomers, study finds.

November 4, 2018

MIT researchers describe an autonomous system for a fleet of drones to collaboratively search under dense forest canopies using only onboard computation and wireless communication — no GPS required.

Fleets of drones could aid searches for lost hikers

System allows drones to cooperatively explore terrain under thick forest canopies where GPS signals are unreliable.

November 1, 2018

MIT researchers have developed a “semantic parser” that learns through observation to more closely mimic a child’s language-acquisition process, which could greatly extend computing’s capabilities.

Machines that learn language more like kids do

Computer model could improve human-machine interaction, provide insight into how children learn language.

October 31, 2018

The new model measures distances between words with similar meanings in “word embeddings,” and then aligns the words in both embeddings that are most closely correlated by relative distances, meaning they’re most likely to be direct translations of one another.

Model paves way for faster, more efficient translations of more languages

New system may open up the world’s roughly 7,000 spoken languages to computer-based translation.

October 30, 2018

Alexi Choueiri (left) and Mahdi Ramadan, both evacuees from Lebanon, met at MIT 11 years after leaving their homeland on the same boat.

Meeting of the Minds

Mahdi Ramadan and Alexi Choueiri’s common experiences as Lebanese evacuees led both to study the human brain at MIT.

October 26, 2018

MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong welcomes attendees to MITEI’s annual research conference, which featured panels on topics ranging from climate change to energy startups to the critical role artificial intelligence and machine learning can play in developing technology for a low-carbon energy future.

Q&A: Climate change, tough tech startups, and the future of energy intelligence

MIT Energy Initiative Director Robert Armstrong offers his perspective on the takeaways from MITEI’s annual research conference.

October 25, 2018

Humon co-founders Daniel Wiese, left, and Alessandro Babini

Monitoring muscles to improve athletic training

Humon’s wearable “Hex” device gives athletes real-time data on muscle oxygen levels to guide workouts.

October 25, 2018

MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future announces advisory and research boards

Leaders from industry, academia, labor, government, foundations, and other organizations, as well as leading scholars in related fields, will provide guidance.

October 24, 2018

This photo shows circles on a graphene sheet where the sheet is draped over an array of round posts, creating stresses that will cause these discs to separate from the sheet. The gray bar across the sheet is liquid being used to lift the discs from the surface.

How to mass produce cell-sized robots

Technique from MIT could lead to tiny, self-powered devices for environmental, industrial, or medical monitoring.

October 23, 2018

Ceremonial groundbreaking, left to right: Community Art Center Apprentice William Gallop, Community Art Center Executive Director Eryn Johnson, Aurora Flight Sciences CEO John Langford, Boeing CTO Greg Hyslop, MIT Provost Martin Schmidt, Cambridge Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, MIT Museum Director John Durant, and MIT Co-Director of Government and Community Relations Sarah Gallop

A ground-breaking mash-up

A new building at 314 Main Street for the MIT Museum, Boeing, and others brings Cambridge and MIT together for memorable HUBweek celebration.

October 23, 2018

The 2018 Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellows will receive financial support and valuable experience working in DOE laboratories. They are: (l-r) Billy Moses, Kaley Brauer, Paul Zhang, and Sarah Greer.

Computational science grad students awarded U.S. Department of Energy fellowships

Kaley Brauer, Sarah Greer, William Moses, and Paul Zhang will receive DoE support to fuel research that tackles problems of national importance.

October 19, 2018

School of Engineering third quarter 2018 awards

Faculty members recognized for excellence via a diverse array of honors, grants, and prizes over the last quarter.