Topic
Artificial intelligence
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Explained: Neural networks
Ballyhooed artificial-intelligence technique known as “deep learning” revives 70-year-old idea.
April 14, 2017 -
Looking ahead to the future of computer-driven cars
Amnon Shashua PhD ’93, co-founder of Mobileye, discusses challenges associated with autonomous vehicles in MIT visit.
April 13, 2017 -
CSAIL launches artificial intelligence initiative with industry
SystemsThatLearn@CSAIL aims to develop new “human-like systems” for data science and other fields.
April 6, 2017 -
Multi-university effort will advance materials, define the future of mobility
With support from the Toyota Research Institute, MIT faculty will focus on next-generation energy storage.
April 3, 2017 -
Making better decisions when outcomes are uncertain
A simple statistical trick could help make a ubiquitous model of decision processes more accurate.
March 21, 2017 -
Security for multirobot systems
New technique could protect robot teams’ communication networks from malicious hackers.
March 16, 2017 -
Brain-controlled robots
CSAIL system enables people to correct robot mistakes using brain signals.
March 6, 2017 -
Putting data in the hands of doctors
Computer scientist Regina Barzilay empowers cancer treatment with machine learning.
February 16, 2017 -
Voice control everywhere
Low-power special-purpose chip could make speech recognition ubiquitous in electronics.
February 13, 2017 -
Researchers add a splash of human intuition to planning algorithms
Incorporating strategies from skilled human planners improves automatic planners’ performance.
February 7, 2017 -
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.
January 27, 2017 -
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.
January 20, 2017 -
SMART automation
MIT Professor Daniela Rus combines automation and mobility to create a smarter world.
January 19, 2017 -
MIT Media Lab to participate in $27 million initiative on AI ethics and governance
Fund establishes a global initiative to advance artificial intelligence research for the public good.
January 10, 2017 -
How ride-sharing can improve traffic, save money, and help the environment
Study shows carpooling apps could reduce congestion by a factor of three while still serving the same number of people.
January 4, 2017 -
Data diversity
Preserving variety in subsets of unmanageably large data sets should aid machine learning.
December 16, 2016 -
Making big data manageable
Technique shrinks data sets while preserving their fundamental mathematical relationships.
December 14, 2016 -
Learning words from pictures
System correlates recorded speech with images, could lead to fully automated speech recognition.
December 6, 2016 -
Computer learns to recognize sounds by watching video
Machine-learning system doesn’t require costly hand-annotated data.
December 2, 2016 -
How the brain recognizes faces
Machine-learning system spontaneously reproduces aspects of human neurology.
December 1, 2016