Collaboration

The blue glow of Cerenkov radiation emanates from the core of MIT's reactor.

MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory launches seed grant program

New program eases access to the MIT Reactor for MIT faculty and research staff.

September 21, 2017

New leadership for MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

Computer vision and machine learning expert Antonio Torralba to lead new artificial intelligence research lab.

September 20, 2017

Anantha Chandrakasan, dean of MIT’s School of Engineering, who negotiated the collaboration on behalf of MIT, speaks during the signing of the agreement with representatives of IBM.

3Q: Anantha Chandrakasan on new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab

Lab seeks to expand the boundaries of research on artificial intelligence.

September 7, 2017

MIT President L. Rafael Reif, left, and John Kelly III, IBM senior vice president, Cognitive Solutions and Research, shake hands at the conclusion of a signing ceremony establishing the new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab.

IBM and MIT to pursue joint research in artificial intelligence, establish new MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment in new lab with MIT to advance AI hardware, software, and algorithms.

September 7, 2017

“I’ve heard or have been a part of concerts in Kresge for 37 years," said composer Jamshied Sharifi '83, "and that night tops them all.”

Imagination off the charts

New documentary chronicles Jacob Collier's collaborations at MIT.

September 6, 2017

MIT students, students from the University of Venice, and faculty members from both institutions pose in front of Venice's experimental floodgates as part of a collaborative summer workshop.

Saving Venice, MIT-style

MISTI interns and MIT faculty tackle rising sea level challenges at Italian research camp this summer.

August 23, 2017

The interior of the Alcator C-Mod tokamak, where experiments were conducted that have helped create a new scenario for heating plasma and achieving fusion.

Fusion heating gets a boost

The Plasma Science and Fusion Center explores a new recipe for heating plasma.

August 21, 2017

A three-day hackathon on campus brought together students and researchers from MIT and around Boston who developed functional fabric concepts to solve major issues facing soldiers in combat or training, first responders, victims and workers in refugee camps, and many others.

Hacking functional fabrics to aid emergency response

MIT and other innovators design novel solutions for the battlefield, disaster sites, and other dangerous environments.

August 1, 2017

The Tadpole Galaxy, a disrupted spiral galaxy, shows streams of gas stripped by gravitational interaction with another galaxy. Molecular gas is the required ingredient to form stars in early universe galaxies.

New insights into the early universe’s galaxy clusters

MIT Kavli Institute scientists help conduct one of the largest-ever studies of molecular gas in distant galaxy clusters.

July 25, 2017

The Varanasi research group visits the MIT Central Utilities Plant cooling towers, where they will test their water-recapture technology with support from the new Campus Sustainability Incubator Fund.

New fund makes MIT a living sustainability lab

MIT Office of Sustainability announces awards to multi-departmental projects that test management, design, and operations solutions on campus.

July 21, 2017

Localizing ground-penetrating radar (LGPR) developed at MIT Lincoln Laboratory uses inherently stable subsurface features and their geolocation to locate a vehicle, even in adverse weather conditions. Below the surface, an earlier map can be seen in gray on the left, while a current scan is shown in light blue under the vehicle, and the registered data is shown in blue and green behind the vehicle...

Lincoln Laboratory enters licensing agreement to produce its localizing ground-penetrating radar

Commercial prototypes of the system will be available to the self-driving vehicle industry.

July 18, 2017

“If you work near someone, you’re more likely to have substantive conversations more frequently,” says doctoral student Matthew Claudel.

Proximity boosts collaboration on MIT campus

Study: Being near colleagues helps cross-disciplinary research on papers and patents.

July 9, 2017

American Society for Engineering Education President Bevlee Watford (left) presents the 2017 ASEE Excellence in Engineering Collaboration Award to Boeing executives Christi Gau Pagnanelli (center) and Mark Cousino.

Online program wins engineering education award

More than 1,600 professionals have completed the Architecture and Systems Engineering course series developed by MIT in collaboration with Boeing and edX.

June 30, 2017

MIT President L. Rafael Reif (left) and Iberdrola Chairman and CEO Ignacio S. Galán

Iberdrola and MIT Energy Initiative announce $10.3 million collaboration

Funding will establish MIT professorship and support low-carbon energy and climate initiatives.

June 21, 2017

MIT Euro-Club and MISTI officials celebrate a milestone: (left to right) the Euro-Club's Xiaoyu Wu, Susanna Bachle, Katrin Michel, Karine Ip, and Giulio Alighieri; MISTI's Tanya Raymond, Alicia Goldstein Raun, Serenella Sferza, and Erin Schenck.

A unique partnership

The MIT European Club surpasses $200,000 mark in support of MISTI fellowships.