Driven to abstraction
Institute Professor Barbara Liskov pioneered many of the ideas that have shaped modern computer science.
Child care openings at TCC Linc, Lexington
Technology Children’s Center, Lincoln Laboratory, has spaces open in the infant, toddler and preschool classrooms; families seeking child care are encouraged to apply.
HHMI lists Tsai team’s advance among 10 biggest stories of 2009
Howard Hughes Medical Institute honors discovery of gene protein that could lead to safer drug treatments for Alzheimer’s and other diseases.
The 'signature novel' of the decade
Junot Díaz's 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao' cited as a defining work
Eight from MIT named AAAS fellows
Institute researchers are recognized for ‘scientifically or socially distinguished’ contributions.
MIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson named 'public intellectual' of the year
MIT Sloan Professor Simon Johnson topped UK's Prospect Magazine's list of 25 public intellectuals of the financial crisis in 2009.
Willsky to receive IEEE SPS Technical Achievement Award
LIDS Director and EECS faculty member Alan S. Willsky has been selected to receive the IEEE Signal Processing Society Technical Achievement Award to be presented in March 2010 at the IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing.