Designing customized “brains” for robots
A new system devises hardware architectures to hasten robots’ response time.
Three MIT faculty elected 2020 ACM Fellows
Association for Computing Machinery honors Anantha Chandrakasan, Alan Edelman, and Samuel Madden for work that underpins contemporary computing.
Improving MIT life and learning during a pandemic
Weekend hackathon inspires hundreds of MIT students to find ways to improve the upcoming semester.
Could lab-grown plant tissue ease the environmental toll of logging and agriculture?
MIT researchers grow structures made of wood-like plant cells in a lab, hinting at the possibility of more efficient biomaterials production.
“Futurizing” undergraduate teaching
Associate Professor Michael Short’s innovative approach can be seen in the two nuclear science and engineering courses he’s transformed.
An intro to the fast-paced world of artificial intelligence
In two years, the MIT Quest for Intelligence has allowed hundreds of students to explore AI in its many applications.
Designing in a pandemic to fight a pandemic
The capstone senior design class in biological engineering, 20.380 (Biological Engineering Design), took on its most immediate challenge ever.
Transforming quantum computing’s promise into practice
Electrical engineer William Oliver develops technology to enable reliable quantum computing at scale.
James DiCarlo named director of the MIT Quest for Intelligence
Brain and cognitive sciences professor will lead the Institute’s interdisciplinary initiative to advance research in natural and artificial intelligence.
Fiercely supporting student welfare and resilient growth
Jesse Kroll and Cathy Drennan honored as "Committed to Caring."
Model analyzes how viruses escape the immune system
Using this computational system, researchers can identify viral protein sequences that could make better vaccine targets.
Scientists seek insight into Parkinson’s, addiction by tracking gene expression in the brain
Two MIT faculty members earn funding from the G. Harold and Leila Y. Mathers Foundation.
Concept for a hybrid-electric plane may reduce aviation’s air pollution problem
Proposed design could reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by 95 percent, a new study finds.
Professor Emeritus Peter Eagleson, pioneering hydrologist, dies at 92
Former Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering head and AGU president revolutionized thinking about the global water cycle, raising it to a place of prominence in the geosciences, and inspiring generations of students.
Professor Antonio Torralba elected 2021 AAAI Fellow
EECS faculty head of artificial intelligence and decision making honored for significant and extended contributions to the field of AI.