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MIT researchers’ modified flash storage drives hold promise to cut in half the energy and physical space required to store and manage user data in power-hungry data centers.

Advance boosts efficiency of flash storage in data centers

New architecture promises to cut in half the energy and physical space required to store and manage user data.

April 2, 2019

$Researchers trained a hybrid AI model to answer questions like “Does the red object left of the green cube have the same shape as the purple matte thing?” by feeding it examples of object colors and shapes followed by more complex scenarios involving multi-object comparisons. The model could transfer this knowledge to new scenarios as well as or better than state-of-the-art models using a frac...$

Teaching machines to reason about what they see

Researchers combine statistical and symbolic artificial intelligence techniques to speed learning and improve transparency.

April 2, 2019

A new model developed by MIT researchers creates richer, more easily computable representations of how individual amino acids determine a protein’s function, which could be used for designing and testing new proteins.

Model learns how individual amino acids determine protein function

Technique could improve machine-learning tasks in protein design, drug testing, and other applications.

March 22, 2019

Researchers have developed computationally simple robots, called particles, that cluster and form a single “particle robot” that moves around, transports objects, and completes other tasks. The work hails from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Columbia University, and elsewhere.

“Particle robot” works as a cluster of simple units

Loosely connected disc-shaped “particles” can push and pull one another, moving en masse to transport objects.

March 20, 2019

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Using machine learning for medical solutions

Master’s student and Marshall Scholar Kyle Swanson uses computer science to help make drug development more efficient.

March 19, 2019

The Ad Hoc Task Force on Open Access to MIT’s Research is seeking community input on ways to support and increase the open sharing of MIT publications, data, software, and educational materials.

Open access task force releases draft recommendations

The MIT community is invited to comment on ways to increase sharing of research, data, software, and more.

March 18, 2019

MIT Professor Tim Berners-Lee is being honored for work on a new startup, inrupt, aimed at "re-decentralizing the web."

Tim Berners-Lee named FT “Boldness in Business” Person of the Year

CSAIL researcher and web inventor recognized for his startup inrupt, which aims to give users more control over their data.

March 18, 2019

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Ethics, computing, and AI: Perspectives from MIT

Faculty representing all five MIT schools offer views on the ethical and societal implications of new technologies.

March 18, 2019

For the second year, the Independent Activities Period course was coordinated by Alexander Amini ‘17 and Ava Soleimany ’16.

Exercises in amazement: Discovering deep learning

A popular student-coordinated class draws a capacity crowd from across the MIT campus and beyond.

March 15, 2019

The origami gripper can lift a wide range of objects, from apples and soup cans to wine glasses and drones.

Robot hand is soft and strong

Gripper device inspired by “origami magic ball” can grasp wide array of delicate and heavy objects.

March 15, 2019

In a network analysis of data tied to Sierra Leone’s 2014 Ebola virus outbreak, PhD student Marie Charpignon discovered that poor health care access helped to explain why Sierra Leone fared worse than neighboring Guinea or Liberia relative to its population. Here, she explains her results during the Feb. 26-28 MIT Schwarzman College of Computing celebration.

Combining artificial intelligence with their passions

Research projects show creative ways MIT students are connecting computing to other fields.

March 7, 2019

MIT A.M. Turing Award winners discuss MIT's new College of Computing: (l-r) Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Shafi Goldwasser, Butler Lampson, Barbara Liskov, Ronald Rivest, Michael Stonebraker, and Daniela Rus.

Computing the future

Fireside chat brings together six Turing Award winners to reflect on their field and the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.

March 5, 2019

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Negotiating with infrastructure cyberterrorists

Researchers design a negotiation strategy to help cities and organizations minimize losses when their data are held hostage.

March 4, 2019

Institute Professor Barbara Liskov (right) was one of the academic and industry leaders who participated in Tuesday’s “Perspectives from Luminaries” panel, part of the celebration of the new MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing. Professors Stefanie Mueller (left) and Vivienne Sze (center) moderated the panel.

Lighting the path

Luminaries in computing and cognition discuss their journeys and share their insights.

February 28, 2019

“We’re in the midst of a global transformation that’s catalyzed by the rapid acceleration of digital technologies, including unprecedented access to computation and data,” said Farnam Jahanian, president of Carnegie Mellon University, in a keynote address during the three-day celebration for the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing.

The future of education in a world of pervasive computing

Conference celebrating new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing explores the changing face of higher ed.

February 28, 2019