http://www.csail.mit.edu/csailnews News Articles about CSAIL (MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory) and CSAIL Members. Articles generated by CSAIL and by other sources. en-us Wed,15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/rssintro news@csail.mit.edu webmaster@csail.mit.edu http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1936 MIT students, faculty and staff are invited to come light up the Cambridge sky during the second performance of UP: The Umbrella Project on Sunday, May 19 at 7:45 p.m. at Jack Barry Field. Wed,15 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1936 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1937 From Friday, May 17 through Sunday, May 19, a group of CSAIL researchers is hosting a location-based, Android “Game-Jam,” a two-day event dedicated to bringing game developers together to build a host of mobile games that will aid in this research. Mon,13 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1937 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1935 Assistant Professor Shyamnath Gollakota, an MIT graduate who completed his doctoral research in Professor Dina Katabi’s Networks@MIT research group at CSAIL, has won the 2012 Doctoral Dissertation Award presented by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Tue, 7 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1935 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1933 New research from Professor Brian William’s Model-Based Embedded and Robotic Systems Group at CSAIL could allow humans, robots and other autonomous vehicles to collaborate on everything from navigation to trip planning, and eventually pave the way for the operation of personal aircraft and driverless cars. Fri, 3 May 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1933 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1930 Professor Anant Agarwal and Professor Andrew Lo are two of 198 new members elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Mon,29 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1930 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1929 Professor Samuel Madden, Assistant Professor Armando Solar-Lezama and CSAIL graduate student Alvin Cheung have been honored for their work with the Best Paper Award at the 2013 Conference on Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR). Thu,25 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1929 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1928 In the wake of last week's tragic events, MIT has announced plans to honor MIT Officer Sean Collier, who was killed in the line of duty on Thursday, April 18. Mon,22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1928 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1927 In an article in the April 17 edition of The Boston Globe, Professor Hari Balakrishnan, CSAIL principal investigator and co-director of the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing (Wireless@MIT), explains that many cellphone users experienced service issues following the Boston Marathon bombings because wireless networks were overwhelmed. Thu,18 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1927 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1926 Professor Saman Amarasinghe was named the winner of the Most Influential Paper Award at the 2013 IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Code Generation and Optimization (GCO). Tue,16 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1926 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1924 The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has announced that Professor Erik Demaine and CSAIL Visiting Scientist Martin Demaine have been named 2013 Guggenheim Fellows for their work in origami from wood, plastic, metal, and glass. Thu,11 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1924 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1923 The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has announced that it is honoring Professor Piotr Indyk and Professor Dina Katabi for their innovations in computing technology. Tue, 9 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1923 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1912 Professor Anant Agarwal, president of edX and a principal investigator at CSAIL, was named to the Forbes list of top 15 education innovators. Thu, 4 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1912 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1908 Assistant Professor Julie Shah’s work with developing new algorithms that allow robots to collaborate and adapt to the working preferences of their human co-workers, has been featured in The New York Times. Mon, 1 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1908 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1904 Institute Professor Barbara Liskov, a principal investigator at CSAIL, has been named a recipient of the 2012 Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS) Hall of Fame Award. Wed,27 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1904 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1899 Professor Daniela Rus, director of CSAIL, is leading a movement to revolutionize our access to robots. Her work is featured in a new video on Science Nation. Fri,22 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1899 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1897 Professor Peter Szolovits has been named the recipient of the 2013 Morris F. Collen Award of Excellence. Wed,20 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1897 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1896 The Royal Academy of Engineering has announced that Professor Tim Berners-Lee has been named one of the winners of the inaugural Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering for his work in creating the World Wide Web. Mon,18 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1896 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1895 Associate Professor Rob Miller has been named one of the 2013 MacVicar Faculty Fellow for his outstanding undergraduate teaching, mentoring and educational innovation. Fri,15 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1895 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1893 MIT professors Shafi Goldwasser and Silvio Micali have won the Association for Computing Machinery’s (ACM) A.M. Turing Award for their pioneering work in the fields of cryptography and complexity theory. Wed,13 Mar 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1893 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1891 On Wednesday, March 6, the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing (Wireless@MIT) kicked off its new lecture series with a discussion on wireless spectrum policy with Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski. Fri, 8 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1891 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1890 The International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) has announced that the recipient for the 2013 Privacy Leadership Award is Daniel Weitzner, director and co-founder of the MIT Decentralized Information Group, and former United States Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Internet Policy in the White House. Thu, 7 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1890 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1889 On Wednesday, March 6 at 4:00 PM, Julius Genachowski, Chairman of the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will answer questions about wireless spectrum - including spectrum sharing, spectrum access and allocation, and the impact of the spectrum crunch on the wireless industry - during a Fireside Chat with Professor Hari Balakrishnan and Professor Dina Katabi, co-directors of the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing (Wireless@MIT). Fri, 1 Mar 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1889 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1888 The Eulerian Video Magnification system developed by a team of CSAIL researchers to amplify and allow for analysis of subtle movements and variations in color in ordinary videos has been featured on The New York Times. Thu,28 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1888 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1887 Professor Erik Demaine has been honored with the 2013 European Association for Theoretical Computer Science (EATCS) Presburger Award for young scientists. Mon,25 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1887 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1886 A new system developed by Assistant Professor Armando Solar-Lezama enables accurate and automatic grading of coding assignments. Thu,21 Feb 2013 05:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1886