Solving network congestion
MegaMIMO system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab speeds data transfer by coordinating multiple routers at the same time.
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New heads of house join undergraduate and graduate communities to start the fall semester
Areas of expertise include robotics, writing, physics, jewelry-making, and breakfast cereal.
User-friendly language for programming efficient simulations
New language can speed up computer simulations 200-fold or reduce the code they require by 90 percent.
$1 million gift to support diversity in STEM education
Gift from Hopper-Dean Foundation will enhance computer science and engineering programs for high school and middle school students.
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.
Fighting ALS with mind, hand, and heart
With support from the MIT Sandbox Innovation Fund Program, an MIT spinoff is creating assistive technology for people with ALS.
2016 MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellows announced
Program blurs the lines between academia and the world.
Growing season
New professional education program on agriculture, innovation, and the environment attracts global agricultural leaders to MIT.
How MIT gave "Ghostbusters" its "geek cred"
From proton packs to hidden props, the 2016 blockbuster draws upon MIT personalities and scientific panache.
Robot helps nurses schedule tasks on labor floor
System from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab suggests where to move patients and who should do C-sections.
Exploring networks efficiently
Analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication.
Girls Who Build Cameras workshop sparks future engineers
High school girls learn to construct cameras and program image filters at Lincoln Laboratory event.
Michael Mitchell wins Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Award at the Scientific Interface
MIT postdoc is among 10 scientists honored for combining biology with the physical sciences and engineering toward medical breakthroughs.
“It’s okay if it breaks and blows up”
MIT’s thriving maker culture is on display in ABC network’s “BattleBots” competition.