Month: February 2024

A three-day celebration event this week for the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing put focus on the Institute’s new […]

At the Feb. 28 Hello World, Hello MIT event celebrating the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT Solve Executive […]

As part of the public launch of the Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT hosted a special fireside chat Wednesday, […]

Computational thinking will be the mark of an MIT education when the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing opens this […]

Judah Cohen, director of seasonal forecasting at AER (Atmospheric and Environmental Research) and visiting scientist in MIT’s Department of Civil and […]

It was standing-room only in the Stata Center’s Kirsch Auditorium when some 300 attendees showed up for opening lectures for MIT’s […]

The MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing will reorient the Institute to bring the power of computing and artificial intelligence […]

Pharmaceutical companies spend a lot of time testing potential drugs, and they end up wasting  much of that effort on candidates […]

Oceanographers studying the physics of the global ocean have long found themselves facing a conundrum: Fluid dynamical balances can vary greatly […]

A new area in artificial intelligence involves using algorithms to automatically design machine-learning systems known as neural networks, which are more […]

A machine-learning model from MIT researchers computationally breaks down how segments of amino acid chains determine a protein’s function, which could […]

A new way of making scaffolding for biological cultures could make it possible to grow cells that are highly uniform in […]

For decades, MIT has been widely held to have one of the best linguistics programs in the world. But what is […]

A child who has never seen a pink elephant can still describe one — unlike a computer. “The computer learns from […]

If you look under the hood of the internet, you’ll find lots of gears churning along that make it all possible. […]

Editor’s note: On Oct. 25, 2021, the PLOS journal reporting the research discussed in this article retracted the publication. What goes […]

The following letter was sent to the MIT community on April 4 by Provost Martin A. Schmidt. To the members of the […]

In October 2018, MIT announced the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing, to address the rapid evolution of computing and […]

A new learning system developed by MIT researchers improves robots’ abilities to mold materials into target shapes and make predictions about […]

In February, the Institute established five working groups to generate ideas for different components of the structure and operation of the […]

Vivienne Sze, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), has received the 2018-2019 Harold E. […]

The work of a science writer, including this one, includes reading journal papers filled with specialized technical terminology, and figuring out […]

In February, the Institute established five working groups to generate ideas for different components of the structure and operation of the […]

Community forums held last week for the MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing working groups addressed how new ideas for […]

Smartphones, security cameras, and speakers are just a few of the devices that will soon be running more artificial intelligence software […]

In February, the Institute established five working groups to generate ideas for different components of the structure and operation of the […]

The Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health (J-Clinic) has announced more than $2.3 million in funding for 18 […]

Artistic sketches can be used to capture details of a scene in a simpler image. MIT researchers are now bringing that […]

A new algorithm developed by MIT researchers takes cues from panoramic photography to merge massive, diverse cell datasets into a single […]

These days, nearly all the artificial intelligence-based products in our lives rely on “deep neural networks” that automatically learn to process […]

We live in a world of wireless signals flowing around us and bouncing off our bodies. MIT researchers are now leveraging […]

MIT’s class 18.06 (Linear Algebra) has surpassed 10 million views on OpenCourseWare (OCW). That’s the kind of math that makes Professor […]

Most antibiotics work by interfering with critical functions such as DNA replication or construction of the bacterial cell wall. However, these […]

MIT researchers have devised a method for assessing how robust machine-learning models known as neural networks are for various tasks, by […]

MIT and the U.S. Air Force have signed an agreement to launch a new program designed to make fundamental advances in […]

As the size, complexity, and interconnection of societal systems increase, these systems generate huge amounts of data that can lead to […]

With aims of bringing more human-like reasoning to autonomous vehicles, MIT researchers have created a system that uses only simple maps […]

To demystify artificial intelligence (AI) and unlock its benefits, the MIT Quest for Intelligence created the Quest Bridge to bring new […]

Since February, five working groups have been generating ideas about the form and content of the new MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman […]

Since February, five working groups have been generating ideas about the form and content of the new MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman […]

Wearing a sensor-packed glove while handling a variety of objects, MIT researchers have compiled a massive dataset that enables an AI […]

Voice assistants like Siri and Alexa can tell the weather and crack a good joke, but any 8-year-old can carry on […]

If you’ve ever wondered what a loaf of bread would look like as a cat, edges2cats is for you. The program that turns sketches […]

Researchers from MIT and elsewhere have developed an interactive tool that, for the first time, lets users see and control how […]

Objects made with 3-D printing can be lighter, stronger, and more complex than those produced through traditional manufacturing methods. But several […]

MIT has issued a set of reports today outlining its progress developing the essential elements of the new MIT Stephen A. […]

MIT researchers have developed a novel “photonic” chip that uses light instead of electricity — and consumes relatively little power in […]

A broad class of materials called perovskites is considered one of the most promising avenues for developing new, more efficient solar […]