Creating and verifying stable AI-controlled systems in a rigorous and flexible way
Neural network controllers provide complex robots with stability guarantees, paving the way for the safer deployment of autonomous vehicles and industrial machines.
Fotini Christia named director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Known for building connections between the social sciences, data science, and computation, the political science professor will lead IDSS into its next chapter.
Characterizing social networks
A new method to measure homophily in large group interactions offers insights into how groups might interact in the future.
MIT engineers are on a failure-finding mission
The team’s new algorithm finds failures and fixes in all sorts of autonomous systems, from drone teams to power grids.
AI copilot enhances human precision for safer aviation
Designed to ensure safer skies, “Air-Guardian” blends human intuition with machine precision, creating a more symbiotic relationship between pilot and aircraft.
Quantum repeaters use defects in diamond to interconnect quantum systems
This technology for storing and transmitting quantum information over lossy links could provide the foundation for scalable quantum networking.
A system to keep cloud-based gamers in sync
By synchronizing media streams transmitted from the cloud to two devices, researchers could improve cloud gaming and AR/VR applications.
Field campaign assesses vulnerabilities of 5G networks
A Lincoln Laboratory team visited Hill Air Force Base in Utah to determine how susceptible the latest-generation mobile network is to detection, geolocation, and jamming.
Why big changes early in life can help later on
Study shows moving can help foster a more robust social network, by strengthening “long ties” with others.
Building connections
PhD student Will Sussman studies wireless networks while fostering community networks.
Researchers create a tool for accurately simulating complex systems
The system they developed eliminates a source of bias in simulations, leading to improved algorithms that can boost the performance of applications.
Drones navigate unseen environments with liquid neural networks
MIT researchers exhibit a new advancement in autonomous drone navigation, using brain-inspired liquid neural networks that excel in out-of-distribution scenarios.
Bob Metcalfe ’69 wins $1 million Turing Award
CSAIL research affiliate and MIT Corporation life member emeritus is honored with the “Nobel Prize of computing” for Ethernet invention.
New “traffic cop” algorithm helps a drone swarm stay on task
By keeping data fresh, the system could help robots inspect buildings or search disaster zones.
Hari Balakrishnan awarded Marconi Prize
The prize is the top honor within the field of communications technology.