Sal Khan to deliver 2012 Commencement address
Online-education pioneer, MIT alumnus to speak to the Class of 2012 on June 8.
Double duty
A computational biologist and physician, Collin Stultz takes a unique approach to studying diseases that could lead to new treatments.
Important step toward computing with light
Research at MIT produces long-sought component to allow complete optical circuits on silicon chips.
Google’s Schmidt: ‘Global mind’ offers new opportunities
With knowledge and data, a smarter world will divide work between computers and humans, search engine executive chairman says.
Materials research in the Information Age
MIT, Lawrence Berkeley launch new tool to calculate properties of new materials
Computer science gives a boost to heart health
New technique searches for subtle indicators of risk hidden in a patient’s EKG.
An oracle for object-oriented programmers
By automatically cataloging connections between software 'objects,' a new system orients programmers joining large software projects in midstream.
‘I speak MISTI’
MIT program sends students abroad for experiences tailor-made for their academic and professional interests.
Building chips from collapsing nanopillars
By turning a common problem in chip manufacture into an advantage, MIT researchers produce structures only 30 atoms wide.
Increasing fuel efficiency with a smartphone
A network of dashboard-mounted phones can collect data on traffic lights and tell drivers how to avoid inefficient stopping and starting.
New Artificial Intelligence Hall of Fame inducts four MIT professors
IEEE Computer Society magazine honors AI pioneers in inaugural Hall of Fame.
Milestone for MIT Press’s bestseller
What began as lecture notes for an MIT computer-science class has become the standard text in the field, selling half a million copies in 20 years.