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.
Data diversity
Preserving variety in subsets of unmanageably large data sets should aid machine learning.
Making big data manageable
Technique shrinks data sets while preserving their fundamental mathematical relationships.
Learning words from pictures
System correlates recorded speech with images, could lead to fully automated speech recognition.
Computer learns to recognize sounds by watching video
Machine-learning system doesn’t require costly hand-annotated data.
How the brain recognizes faces
Machine-learning system spontaneously reproduces aspects of human neurology.
Creating videos of the future
Given a still image, CSAIL deep-learning system generates videos that predict what will happen next in a scene.
Artificial-intelligence system surfs web to improve its performance
“Information extraction” system helps turn plain text into data for statistical analysis.
Driverless-vehicle options now include scooters
Self-driving scooter demonstrated at MIT complements autonomous golf carts and city cars.
Making computers explain themselves
New training technique would reveal the basis for machine-learning systems’ decisions.
Finding patterns in corrupted data
New model-fitting technique is efficient even for data sets with hundreds of variables.
Quantifying urban revitalization
Combining cellphone data with perceptions of public spaces could help guide urban planning.
Prepping a robot for its journey to Mars
Senior Sarah Hensley aims to improve Earth's most advanced humanoid robot, in advance of its trip to the Red Planet.
Algorithm connects students to the most interesting person they’ve never met
Tuka Al-Hanai and Mohammad Ghassemi have connected over 500 MIT students for more than 1,000 lunch meetings.