/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 Mon,29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT /rssintro news@csail.mit.edu webmaster@csail.mit.edu /node/704 At this year’s annual RSA Security Conference, Ron Rivest noted some of the difficulties in securing cloud computing. The CSAIL PI points out that terminology matters, particularly where sensitive data is concerned. Mon,29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/704 /node/645 During the week of June 8th, researchers working on the agile robotics forklift project took their craft south for demonstration. The forklift was put through its paces in front of a host of industry and military notables in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Fri,19 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/645 /node/597 This summer, three CSAIL Principal Investigators are teaching courses on a variety of subjects. Dina Katabi’s course, an introduction to network coding, provides a foundation for that type of work. Tom Knight is offering a class in synthetic biology, an opener in beginning to understand the field. And Charles Leiserson will be giving three courses: two on concepts in multicore programming, another on leadership skills in the arena of engineering education. Sat,13 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/597 /node/613 On Friday, June 5th, the Institute will hold its 143rd commencement ceremony. We here at CSAIL would like to join the speaker, Governor Deval Patrick, in wishing our graduates luck on the next leg of their journey. The CSAIL students matriculating in both Masters and PhD programs are listed below; congratulations, and best wishes for an exciting future! Tue, 2 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/613 /node/611 On May 27th and 28th, the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory will play host to the annual meeting of its industrial partnership organization. The Industry Affiliates Program, or IAP, is a consortium of companies working in concert with CSAIL on a wide host of technological innovations. Wed,27 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/611 /node/609 A team of researchers headed by CSAIL PI Daniela Rus is to receive a grant in support of a project called Smart Adaptive Reliable Teams for Persistent Surveillance (SMARTS). The grant is one of nine awarded to teams of researchers who count members of the Institute community among their number. The SMARTS award was given through the Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative, by the Office of Naval Research. Tue,26 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/609 /node/598 On June 23rd, CSAIL researchers will have the unique honor of receiving two out of four awards presented for excellence at the IEEE’s Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition. Tue,19 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/598 /node/596 Costis Daskalakis, who will be a CSAIL faculty member beginning this fall, has just been awarded the 2008 Doctoral Dissertation Award by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). Daskalakis is the second CSAIL PI to have been honored by the ACM this year. In March, Professor Barbara Liskov was announced as the winner of this year’s ACM Turing Award. Thu,14 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/596 /node/595 Former CSAIL Director Rodney Brooks will deliver the keynote address tomorrow at the Grand Finale of MIT’s $100K Entrepreneurship Competition. The competition was founded to encourage MIT community members to funnel their talent, energy and ideas into creating the leading businesses of the future. Tue,12 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/595 /node/590 Professor Daniela Rus has just been named a 2009 Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. The fellowship, now in its nineteenth year, was created to recognize those who have made dedicated and sustained contributions to the field. Wed, 6 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/590 /node/588 On April 29th, three CSAIL staff members were honored with the Infinite Mile Award, the School of Engineering’s highest honor. Financial Officer Kris Lantheaume and Administrative Assistant Joanne Hanley received two of nine Infinite Mile Awards for Excellence, while Assistant Director of Infrastructure Jack Costanza was awarded one of two Infinite Mile Awards for Sustained Excellence. Thu,30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/588 /node/587 Yesterday, CSAIL Principal Investigator Tim Berners-Lee was one of six MIT faculty members elected to the National Academy of Sciences. The NAS, established in 1863, is an organization whose membership is conferred only on those most distinguished in their fields. Wed,29 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/587 /node/584 On Saturday, April 4th, seventy-five middle- and high school students from Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth made a visit to CSAIL for robotics workshops, project demonstrations, and an inside view of life here at the lab. Accompanied by their parents, the trip marked the first year of collaboration with CTY, spearheaded by CSAIL’s Daniela Rus. Sun,19 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/584 /node/586 Graduate student Michael Bernstein and a group of collaborators have been awarded a Golden Mouse Award from the prestigious CHI Conference. The conference, an event on human factors in computing systems, has been held annually since 1982; this is the first year in which a video showcase has been held. Wed,15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/586 /node/579 A finding by a team of MIT engineers suggests that an attached sugar found on antibodies is unnecessary for effective functioning. This discovery means that the last barrier to mass producing therapeutic antibodies using bacterial or fungal means, rather than mammalian cells. Mon,30 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/579 /node/575 Former CSAIL graduate student Reshma Shetty has been busy since she left the Institute. The biological engineering PhD has founded a new company called Gingko BioWorks which is working hard to make the fabrication of biological building blocks a reality. Thu,26 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/575 /node/560 Electrical engineering Professor Martin Rinard will be the winner of a coaching honor this April at the International Collegiate Programming Contest. The competition, which has taken place for over thirty years, is designed to challenge the best and brightest young minds in computer science to solve a computational problem collectively in just five hours. Fri,20 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/560 /node/558 Sally Lee, Administrative Assistant in CSAIL, has received an award for her book, “The Tutu Ballet”. Fri,13 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/558 /node/557 Professor Barbara Liskov has just become the second woman to receive the Association for Computing Machinery’s A. M. Turing Award. First awarded in 1966, the Turing is considered the “Nobel Prize of computing.” The other CSAIL PIs to have won the award are Ron Rivest (2002), Butler Lampson (1992) and Fernando J. Corbató (1990). Tue,10 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/557 /node/556 CSAIL PI Daniel Jackson has been named one of four MacVicar Faculty Fellows this year. The honor is conferred in recognition of innovative teaching practices and excellence in education. It commemorates a late Dean for Undergraduate Education, Margaret MacVicar. Mon, 9 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/556 /node/554 CSAIL Professor Scott Aaronson has just secured a coveted Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship for the year 2009. The fellowships are intended to support promising young faculty as they embark on their research and academic careers. Thu,26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/554 /node/553 Professor Emeritus Jack Dennis has just been made a member of the National Academy of Engineering, for contributions to sharing and protection in computer systems and parallel architectures. Thu,19 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/553 /node/552 A trio of CSAIL PIs has been hailed for their work in each of their respective fields. Fri, 6 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/552 /node/550 Four CSAIL Principal Investigators have been elected Fellows of the prestigious Association for Computing Machinery. That four of this year's forty-four new members came from one lab is a testament to the lab's continuing excellence in the field. The new members are: Tue,27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/550 /node/546 A group of researchers headed by CSAIL Professor David Karger has just released a program which may help organize the ephemera of our messy daily lives. List.it, a new information capture tool, tries to efficiently serve the purpose of all the tools we use – and misuse – to create a kind of sprawling paper trail of memory. Tue, 6 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT /node/546