Smarter caching
Cleverer management of the local memory banks known as ‘caches’ could improve computer chips’ performance while reducing their energy consumption.
Expanding our view of vision
New brain-scanning technique allows scientists to see when and where the brain processes visual information.
A computer scientist's approach to medicine
Stephanie Seneff is using the novel natural language processing techniques she developed to better understand how drugs and environmental toxins impact human health.
Managing multicore memory
MIT research shows that it may be time to let software, rather than hardware, manage the high-speed on-chip memory banks known as ‘caches.’
Artificial-intelligence research revives its old ambitions
A new interdisciplinary research center at MIT, funded by the National Science Foundation, aims at nothing less than unraveling the mystery of intelligence.
CSAIL researchers develop new ways to streamline, simplify 3-D printing
New research to be presented at the 2013 SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference could transform field of 3-D printing.
A faster Internet — designed by computers?
Computer-designed algorithms for controlling network congestion yield transmission rates two to three times as high as those designed by humans.
Writing programs using ordinary language
Systems that can convert written specifications into working code in a few narrow cases could be generalized to other tasks.
Researchers build an all-optical transistor
An optical switch that can be turned on by a single photon could point toward new designs for both classical and quantum computers.
Protecting data in the cloud
A new hardware design makes data encryption more secure by disguising cloud servers’ memory-access patterns.
Securing the cloud
A new algorithm solves a major problem with homomorphic encryption, which would let Web servers process data without decrypting it.
Dennis Freeman appointed dean for undergraduate education
Electrical engineering and computer science professor has lengthy record of leadership in teaching, advising and curricular innovation.
How computers can learn better
With a recently released programming framework, researchers show that a new machine-learning algorithm outperforms its predecessors.
Reinventing invention
Designer Chuck Hoberman partners with CSAIL to create transformable mechanisms
iCampus Student Competition yields online tools for improved on campus experiences
Grand prize in 2013 competition goes to an online exploration tool to aid students in planning their selection of classes.