Looking into the black box
Recent advances give theoretical insight into why deep learning networks are successful.
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Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)
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The tenured engineers of 2020
Eight faculty members have been granted tenure in five departments across the School of Engineering.
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing announces first named professorships
Honorees will receive additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.
Faculty receive funding to develop artificial intelligence techniques to combat Covid-19
C3.ai Digital Transformation Institute awards $5.4 million to top researchers to steer how society responds to the pandemic.
MIT Energy Initiative awards eight seed fund grants for early-stage MIT energy research
Annual MITEI awards support research on battery storage, smart grids, and carbon emissions reduction.
Identifying a melody by studying a musician’s body language
Music gesture artificial intelligence tool developed at the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab uses body movements to isolate the sounds of individual instruments.
MIT-Takeda program launches
Research projects will harness the power of artificial intelligence to positively impact human health.
What jumps out in a photo changes the longer we look
Researchers capture our shifting gaze in a model that suggests how to prioritize visual information based on viewing duration.
Startup with MIT roots develops lightweight solar panels
“The inventions and technical advancements of Swift Solar have the opportunity to revolutionize the format of solar photovoltaic technology.”
Professor Emeritus Michael Athans, pioneer in control theory, dies at 83
Longtime professor of electrical engineering was also a transformative director of the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decisions Systems.
If transistors can’t get smaller, then coders have to get smarter
MIT CSAIL researchers say improving computing technology after Moore's Law will require more efficient software, new algorithms, and specialized hardware.
Recent political science graduates see brighter days ahead
Leveraging unique undergraduate opportunities, new MIT political science alumni pursue bright prospects.
Giving soft robots feeling
In a pair of papers from MIT CSAIL, two teams enable better sense and perception for soft robotic grippers.
Undergraduates develop next-generation intelligence tools
UROP students explore applications in robotics, health care, language understanding, and nuclear engineering.
Eleven from MIT awarded 2020 Fulbright Fellowships
Graduating seniors and recent alumni will spend upcoming year abroad on Fulbright grants.