President Reif urges “farsighted national strategy” to address China competition
New York Times op-ed by MIT president says a national focus on innovation and research is more effective than only playing defense on trade practices.
CSAIL launches new initiative for financial technology
FinTech@CSAIL industry collaboration will work to improve business models, access to data, and security in the finance sector.
Helping computers perceive human emotions
Personalized machine-learning models capture subtle variations in facial expressions to better gauge how we feel.
Doctors rely on more than just data for medical decision making
Computer scientists find that physicians’ “gut feelings” influence how many tests they order for patients.
Smart office enables a personalized workplace atmosphere
Project out of the MIT Media Lab uses biosensors and machine learning to optimize the sensory experience in individual work environments.
Automating molecule design to speed up drug development
Machine-learning model could help chemists make molecules with higher potencies, much more quickly.
An AI system for editing music in videos
Given a video of a musical performance, CSAIL’s deep-learning system can make individual instruments louder or softer.
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Personalized “deep learning” equips robots for autism therapy
Machine learning network offers personalized estimates of children’s behavior.
How to control robots with brainwaves and hand gestures
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory system enables people to correct robot mistakes on multiple-choice tasks.
Faster analysis of medical images
Algorithm makes the process of comparing 3-D scans up to 1,000 times faster.
CSAIL launches new five-year collaboration with iFlyTek
Lab will work with Chinese company on research in artificial intelligence, language processing, and human-computer interaction.
MIT engineers build smart power outlet
Design can “learn” to identify plugged-in appliances, distinguish dangerous electrical spikes from benign ones.
Teaching robots how to move objects
PhD candidate and Amazon Robotics Challenge winner Maria Bauza helps to improve how robots interact with the world.
Artificial intelligence senses people through walls
Wireless smart-home system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could monitor diseases and help the elderly “age in place.”
On a mission to build the uncrashable car
Ryan Eustice PhD '05 and his team at the Toyota Research Institute are using artificial intelligence technologies to develop a car incapable of causing accidents.