Philip Khoury to step down as vice provost for the arts
The professor of history expanded MIT’s arts infrastructure and championed its arts faculty, while providing new opportunities for students and faculty.
Hybrid AI model crafts smooth, high-quality videos in seconds
The CausVid generative AI tool uses a diffusion model to teach an autoregressive (frame-by-frame) system to rapidly produce stable, high-resolution videos.
The Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building opens with Sonic Jubilance
An exuberant performance included five premieres by MIT composers, a fitting tribute to open the new home of MIT Music and launch the MIT arts festival Artfinity.
The human body, its movement, and music
Connected by the MIT Human Insight Collaborative, Lecturer Mi-Eun Kim and Research Scientist Praneeth Namburi want to develop an understanding of musical expression and skill development.
Scene at MIT: Artfinity brings artistic celebration to campus
Events connected the MIT community through exhibitions, performances, interactive installations, and more.
3D printing approach strings together dynamic objects for you
“Xstrings” method enables users to produce cable-driven objects, automatically assembling bionic robots, sculptures, and dynamic fashion designs.
3 Questions: Visualizing research in the age of AI
Felice Frankel discusses the implications of generative AI when communicating science visually.
MIT students' works redefine human-AI collaboration
Projects from MIT course 4.043/4.044 (Interaction Intelligence) were presented at NeurIPS, showing how AI transforms creativity, education, and interaction in unexpected ways.
Making the art world more accessible
The startup NALA, which began as an MIT class project, directly matches art buyers with artists.
Images that transform through heat
The Thermochromorph printmaking technique developed by CSAIL researchers allows images to transition into each other through changes in temperature.
Seen and heard: The new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building
Opening in February 2025, the building will “give MIT musicians the conservatory-level tools they deserve,” says MIT President Sally Kornbluth.
A new way to create realistic 3D shapes using generative AI
Researchers propose a simple fix to an existing technique that could help artists, designers, and engineers create better 3D models.
A model of virtuosity
Acclaimed keyboardist Jordan Rudess’s collaboration with the MIT Media Lab culminates in live improvisation between an AI “jam_bot” and the artist.
Graph-based AI model maps the future of innovation
An AI method developed by Professor Markus Buehler finds hidden links between science and art to suggest novel materials.