No-wait data centers
New system could reduce data-transmission delays across server farms by 99.6 percent.
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Professor Seth Teller dies at age 50
Expert on computer vision, robotics, and human-robot interaction had been on the faculty since 1994.
Can we see the arrow of time?
Algorithm can determine, with 80 percent accuracy, whether video is running forward or backward.
Could wireless replace wearables?
CSAIL wireless technology that measures heart rate and breathing through walls has applications for personal health, baby monitors, and law enforcement.
From contemporary syntax to human language’s deep origins
New paper amplifies hypothesis that human language builds on birdsong and speech forms of other primates.
Dahleh is appointed to William A. Coolidge Professorship
Coolidge chair was established in 1988 to honor devoted member of MIT Corporation
Advanced research gives EECS undergraduates the ‘big picture’
SuperUROP connects student creativity with tough challenges
The science of networking
MIT senior Esther Jang uses science, engineering, and teaching to help others and challenge herself.
Computer system automatically solves word problems
Applications could include educational tools, systems to solve practical geometry or physics problems.
Start6: In good company
New IAP program offers a bridge between alumni entrepreneurs and Course 6 students.
Parallel programming may not be so daunting
“Lock-free” parallel algorithms may match performance of more complex “wait-free” algorithms.
Engineers design ‘living materials’
Hybrid materials combine bacterial cells with nonliving elements that can conduct electricity or emit light.