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Global cement meeting paves the way for worldwide collaboration
A recent meeting on the MIT campus laid the foundation for better coordination of global research relating to cement and sustainability.
Dropbox founder drops by to inspire and spark collaboration
Drew Houston ’05 chatted with student innovators and shared his latest projects.
Seven MIT researchers win 2017 Sloan Research Fellowships
Faculty from four MIT departments among 126 selected from across the U.S. and Canada.
Getting their hands dirty: Students experience fieldwork in Hawaii
TREX program from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers undergraduates the opportunity to get out in the field.
Voice control everywhere
Low-power special-purpose chip could make speech recognition ubiquitous in electronics.
Eight MIT faculty elected to the National Academy of Engineering
New members have made advances in artificial skin, wireless communications, nanotechnology, hydrology, and cancer treatment.
Researchers add a splash of human intuition to planning algorithms
Incorporating strategies from skilled human planners improves automatic planners’ performance.
Professor Tom Leighton and Danny Lewin SM ’98 named to National Inventors Hall of Fame
Akamai founders honored for applying algorithms to solve web congestion.
Wearable AI system can detect a conversation's tone
Coupled with audio and vital-sign data, deep-learning system could someday serve as a “social coach” for people with anxiety or Asperger’s.
Celebrating Pauline Morrow Austin, a founder of radar meteorology
MIT faculty, friends, and family gathered to remember Austin's life and commemorate her contributions to science with the unveiling of an exhibit in EAPS.
Optimizing code
Modifying the “middle end” of a popular compiler yields more-efficient parallel programs.
Fadel Adib joins Media Lab faculty
Adib is directing a new research group at the Media Lab, aiming to uncover, analyze, and engineer natural and human-made networks.
MIT, Conservation International announce collaboration on climate adaptation and mitigation
Collaboration will explore ways of working with natural systems to address climate change.
Play Labs, a playful tech accelerator for MIT students and alumni, launches
MIT Game Lab, Bayview Labs, and Seraph Group announce funding, facilities, and mentorship for startups focusing on virtual, augmented, and mixed reality.