Toward artificial intelligence that learns to write code
Researchers combine deep learning and symbolic reasoning for a more flexible way of teaching computers to program.
Cyber protection technology moves from the lab to the marketplace
Lincoln Laboratory's technique to protect commodity software from cyberattacks has transitioned to industry and will soon be available as part of a security suite.
Transmedia Storytelling Initiative launches with $1.1 million gift
Program creates a new hub for pedagogy and research in time-based media.
Chip design drastically reduces energy needed to compute with light
Simulations suggest photonic chip could run optical neural networks 10 million times more efficiently than its electrical counterparts.
Preliminary reports examine options for MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Working groups identify key ideas for new college; period of community feedback continues.
Autonomous boats can target and latch onto each other
Fleet of “roboats” could collect garbage or self-assemble into floating structures in Amsterdam’s many canals.
CSAIL hosts first-ever TEDxMIT
Speakers — all women — discuss everything from gravitational waves to robot nurses.
Cracking open the black box of automated machine learning
Interactive tool lets users see and control how automated model searches work.
Q&A: Phillip Isola on the art and science of generative models
Image-translation pioneer discusses the past, present, and future of generative adversarial networks, or GANs.
Teaching language models grammar really does make them smarter
Researchers submit deep learning models to a set of psychology tests to see which ones grasp key linguistic rules.
Sensor-packed glove learns signatures of the human grasp
Signals help neural network identify objects by touch; system could aid robotics and prosthetics design.
3 Questions: The social implications and responsibilities of computing
In helping envision the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, working group is focusing on ethical and societal questions.
3 Questions: Faculty appointments and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Working group studies options for creating a new set of faculty hires for MIT’s new college.
Developing artificial intelligence tools for all
MIT Quest for Intelligence-sponsored undergraduate research projects demystify AI.
Bringing human-like reasoning to driverless car navigation
Autonomous control system “learns” to use simple maps and image data to navigate new, complex routes.