MIT ReACT welcomes first Afghan cohort to its largest-yet certificate program
Empowering a global community of learners in displacement.
Unlocking new doors to artificial intelligence
MEng graduate students engage with IBM to develop their research skills and solutions to real-world problems.
A new resource for teaching responsible technology development
The Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing publishes a collection of original pedagogical materials developed for instructional use on MIT OpenCourseWare.
Study examines how machine learning boosts manufacturing
Researchers surveyed 100 high-performing companies to determine which of them are leading adopters of machine intelligence and data analytics, and how they succeed.
Injecting fairness into machine-learning models
A new technique boosts models’ ability to reduce bias, even if the dataset used to train the model is unbalanced.
Using artificial intelligence to find anomalies hiding in massive datasets
A new machine-learning technique could pinpoint potential power grid failures or cascading traffic bottlenecks in real time.
Deep-learning technique predicts clinical treatment outcomes
A new methodology simulates counterfactual, time-varying, and dynamic treatment strategies, allowing doctors to choose the best course of action.
Q&A: What makes a bestselling textbook?
The millionth sale of “Introduction to Algorithms” prompts Charles Leiserson and Tom Corman look back at the creation and legacy of the foundational textbook, now in its fourth edition.
Robotic cubes shapeshift in outer space
Self-reconfiguring ElectroVoxels use embedded electromagnets to test applications for space exploration.
A security technique to fool would-be cyber attackers
Researchers demonstrate a method that safeguards a computer program’s secret information while enabling faster computation.
Credit card-sized device focuses terahertz energy to generate high-resolution images
The advance may enable real-time imaging devices that are smaller, cheaper, and more robust than other systems.
A new atlas of cells that carry blood to the brain
Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.
The sound of a sunset
The Digital Humanities Lab unveils its Sonification Toolkit, which enables conversion of almost anything — from data to drawings — into sound.
A new programming language for high-performance computers
With a tensor language prototype, “speed and correctness do not have to compete ... they can go together, hand-in-hand.”
An explorer in the sprawling universe of possible chemical combinations
Heather Kulik embraces computer models as “the only way to make a dent” in the vast number of potential materials that could solve important problems.