Drones, Bitcoin, and robotic fish
Here are eight of the coolest things that happened at CSAIL in 2014.
In one aspect of vision, computers catch up to primate brain
Newest computer neural networks can identify visual objects as well as the primate brain.
CSAIL opens lab to 150 local students for Hour of Code
Robots, virtual visit from will.i.am aim to get kids excited about programming.
Computers that teach by example
New system enables pattern-recognition systems to convey what they learn to humans.
Computer model enables design of complex DNA shapes
Engineers computer-design the most complicated 3-D structures ever made from DNA.
Recommendation theory
Model for evaluating product-recommendation algorithms suggests that trial and error get it right.
MIT computer scientists can predict the price of Bitcoin
CSAIL/LIDS team's algorithm doubles initial investment in under two months.
Getting metabolism right
Analysis of 89 models of metabolic processes finds flaws in 44 of them — but suggests corrections.
Untangling how cables coil
A simulation technology from movies is used to predict coiling patterns in the lab.
Turning the tables on wireless interference
Cognitive coexistence radio and other technologies will help alleviate spectrum congestion for wireless devices.
New frontier in error-correcting codes
Coding scheme for interactive communication is the first to near optimality on three classical measures.
Can you out-race a computer?
Deep-learning algorithm can weigh up a neighborhood better than humans.
Bound for robotic glory
New algorithm enables MIT cheetah robot to run and jump, untethered, across grass.
Ride-sharing could cut cabs’ road time by 30 percent
A new analytic framework enables analysis of GPS data on 150 million cab rides in New York City.