Python-based compiler achieves orders-of-magnitude speedups
Codon compiles Python code to run more efficiently and effectively while allowing for customization and adaptation to various domains.
Report: CHIPS Act just the first step in addressing threats to US leadership in advanced computing
The Advanced Computing Users Survey, sampling sentiments from 120 top-tier universities, national labs, federal agencies, and private firms, finds the decline in America’s advanced computing lead spans many areas.
“MIT Illuminations,” a colorful installation and introduction to creative computation, is now open in Kendall Square
Located in the new MIT Welcome Center in Building E38, the installation expresses the dynamic, vibrant culture of MIT through the medium of programmable light.
Two Lincoln Laboratory software products honored with national Excellence in Technology Transfer Awards
Cloud security and video forensics software have been transitioned to end users.
Ushering in a new era of computing
Dan Huttenlocher is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and the inaugural dean at MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.
The “last mile” from credentials to employment
Digital Credentials Consortium’s new report explores barriers to adoption.
Desktop simulation of MIT.nano die bonder enables virtual tool training
Digital twins to expand training capabilities through virtual reality.
MeepCon comes to MIT
Photonics community gathers to further develop open-source software for electromagnetic simulations spanning a broad range of applications.
3 Questions: Teaching computational maker skills through gaming
With FabO, PhD student Dishita Turakhia wants to empower students to learn digital fabrication by making video game objects and characters come alive.
A programming language for hardware accelerators
Researchers created Exo for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.
Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving
MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable training and testing of autonomous vehicles.
The MIT Press relaunches the Software Studies series
The reshaped series will integrate a wide range of disciplines — from mathematics to critical race theory, from software art to queer theory — to understand the social and cultural implications of software.
Making data visualization more accessible for blind and low-vision individuals
Researchers have created prototypes that enable screen-reader users to quickly and easily navigate through multiple levels of information in an online chart.
A helping hand for robotic manipulator design
With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.
3 Questions: Designing software for research ethics
PhD candidate Jonathan Zong found a lack of systems that earn and maintain public trust in large-scale online research — so he made one himself.