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Researchers have come up with a new approach to network monitoring that provides great flexibility in data collection while keeping both the circuit complexity of the router and the number of external analytic servers low.

Monitoring network traffic more efficiently

Programming language plus simple circuit design could let routers report on their own operation.

August 23, 2017

Researchers have developed a fast, inexpensive robotic device that can find even tiny leaks in pipes with pinpoint precision, no matter what the pipes are made of.

Finding leaks while they’re easy to fix

Robot can inspect water or gas pipes from the inside to find leaks long before they become catastrophic.

July 17, 2017

Watch 3-D movies at home, sans glasses

CSAIL system converts 3-D movies into a more TV-friendly format.

July 12, 2017

“Adaptive Markets,” by Andrew Lo, published by Princeton University Press

Darwin visits Wall Street

Andrew Lo’s new book urges a rethink of financial markets, along evolutionary lines.

May 17, 2017

“Beautiful, unusual objects that were made hundreds of years ago allow us a different point of access into the past,” says MIT professor Kristel Smentek.

The art of the dealers

MIT’s Kristel Smentek studies art, collectors, and commerce in new ways.

April 2, 2017

MIT senior Daniel Zuo fell in love with algorithms his first year at MIT. “It was exactly what I was looking for,” he says with a smile. “I took every algorithms course there was on offer.”

Daniel Zuo: Creative approaches to connectivity

MIT senior and Marshall Scholar will pursue research on algorithms to improve computer networks.

March 16, 2017

A group of MIT students and community members join Boston University professor Nathan Phillips, right, on a gas leak safari.

Climate science takes to the streets

MIT students and community members go on the hunt for natural gas leaks.

February 28, 2017

3Q: Maria Zuber, daughter of coal country

MIT’s vice president for research describes how growing up in eastern Pennsylvania shaped her views on climate policy.

February 27, 2017

Christian Soura, director of the South Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, speaks at MIT.

Government leaders gather at MIT to advance evidence-based policymaking

State and local policymakers joined with leading researchers to share experiences overcoming challenges to evaluating government programs.

February 9, 2017

Kevin Kung, a Tata Fellow and PhD candidate in biological engineering, feeds rice husks into the torrefaction reactor in his lab at MIT. A thermochemical process will convert the biomass to a more energy-dense form, making it easier to transport and use as fuel.

Tapping the hidden value of farm waste

MIT researchers are developing mobile torrefaction technology that can convert biomass into clean-burning fuel, unlocking potential income for farmers.

January 25, 2017

Making the most of social media

Jenny Fowler, manager of social media strategy in MIT’s Communications Initiatives, shares tips for those building a social media presence for their DLC or group.

January 20, 2017

“There’s a close correspondence between the behavior of networks of computers or other devices like mobile phones and that of biological systems,” says MIT professor Nancy Lynch. “We’re trying to find problems that can benefit from this distributed-computing perspective, focusing on algorithms for which we can prove mathematical properties.”

Model sheds light on purpose of inhibitory neurons

Study suggests computational role for neurons that prevent other neurons from firing.

January 9, 2017

Decision points for the first player in an “envelope game” are graphed like the branches of a tree. In a game with two players, each has a potential payoff, but the first one’s actions determine the second one’s payoff in each round. Choices whether to gather more information by looking in an envelope that contains either a high or a low temptation and whether to cooperate or defect from t...

Using evolutionary dynamics and game theory to understand personal relations

MIT biophysicists apply mathematics from evolutionary biology to describe a surprising aspect of human behavior.

January 5, 2017

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and its Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems have designed a new algorithm that makes it much more practical to select diverse subsets from a much larger dataset.

Data diversity

Preserving variety in subsets of unmanageably large data sets should aid machine learning.

December 16, 2016

Members of the MITili and pK-12 Action Group convene to discuss learning and research directions.

Enhancing education from pre-K to MIT and beyond

Two new initiatives take an in-depth look at learning.

November 23, 2016

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