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 Tue,15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/rssintro news@csail.mit.edu webmaster@csail.mit.edu http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1747 The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science has announced that Russ Tedrake has been promoted to the role of associate professor with tenure, effective July 1, 2012. Tue,15 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1747 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1746 Turing Award winner and Harvard University Professor Leslie Valiant spoke at CSAIL last week as part of the lab’s Dertouzos Lecturer Series. Thu,10 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1746 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1745 Barbara Liskov, an Institute Professor at MIT and a principal investigator at CSAIL, has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), an honor recognizing distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. Tue, 8 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1745 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1744 The sparse Fourier transform, a new algorithm developed by Professors and CSAIL Principal Investigators Piotr Indyk and Dina Katabi, along with CSAIL graduate students Haitham Hassanieh and Eric Price, has been named to MIT Technology Review's 2012 list of the world's most important emerging technologies. Fri, 4 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1744 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1743 Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) today announced EdX, a transformational new partnership in online education. Through EdX, the two institutions will collaborate to enhance campus-based teaching and learning and build a global community of online learners. Wed, 2 May 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1743 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1741 Hal Abelson has been honored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) with the Karl V. Karlstom Outstanding Educator Award for his contributions to computer science education. Mon,30 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1741 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1739 MIT News profiled Professor Anant Agarwal's vision for online education. Thu,26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1739 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1738 CSAIL Principal Investigators Arvind, Bonnie Berger and Frans Kaashoek have been elected as new members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Tue,24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1738 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1734 Andrew Lo, the Charles E. and Susan T. Harris Professor at MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a principal investigator at CSAIL, has been named one of 2012’s “The 100 Most Influential People in the World” by Time magazine. Fri,20 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1734 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1731 The Association for Computing Machinery’s Council on Women in Computing (ACM-W) today named Nancy Lynch, the NEC professor of software science and engineering at MIT and a principal investigator at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), as the 2012-2013 Athena Lecturer. Wed,18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1731 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1730 Associate Professor Manolis Kellis, a principal investigator at CSAIL, is tackling the biological problem of understanding human disease with computer science. Tue,17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1730 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1728 Assistant Professor Armando Solar-Lezama, a principal investigator at CSAIL, will join the University of Pennsylvania and seven other research institutions in a new National Science Foundation (NSF) project to make computer programming faster, easier and more intuitive. Fri,13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1728 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1727 To solve the problem posed by the fact that computer chips are no longer getting faster, Li-Shiuan Peh, an associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at MIT and a principal investigator at CSAIL, has proposed a new method for increasing the efficiency and computational power of computer chips. Tue,10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1727 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1717 The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is leading an ambitious new project to reinvent how robots are produced and designed. Funded by a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the project will aim to develop a desktop technology that would make it possible for the average person to design, customize and print a specialized robot in a matter of hours. Tue, 3 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1717 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1724 A team of researchers at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), in collaboration with the Massachusetts State Police and BAE Systems, has announced a new project to combat the problem of roadside collisions. Mon, 2 Apr 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1724 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1706 The National Institutes of Health (NIH) bestowed the honor of asking Professor Bonnie Berger to give the annual Margaret Pittman Lecture as part of the Institutes’ Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series. Mon,26 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1706 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1702 Leslie Pack Kaelbling, the Panasonic Professor of Computer Science and Engineering and a principal investigator at CSAIL, has been named a 2012 MacVicar Faculty Fellow. Wed,21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1702 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1698 Professor Anant Agarwal has been named director of a new unit of MIT created to advance MIT’s online-learning initiative. Fri,16 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1698 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1697 Earlier this month, MIT alumna Andrea Wong chronicled her journey from MIT undergraduate to President of International Production for Sony Pictures Television as part of CSAIL’s Dertouzos Lecturer Series. Tue,13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1697 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1696 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named Professor Scott Aaronson, a principal investigator at CSAIL, as one of two recipients of this year’s Alan T. Waterman Award. Fri, 9 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1696 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1695 This summer, three CSAIL faculty members are teaching courses as part of MIT's Professional Education program. Tue, 6 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1695 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1694 The first course to be offered through MITx, 6.002x: Circuits and Electronics, starts Monday, March 5. Sat, 3 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1694 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1684 The National Inventors Hall of Fame has named Professor Barbara Liskov as one of its 2012 inductees. Thu, 1 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1684 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1681 Researchers from the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) aim to develop a new system that would help the cloud identify and recover from an attack almost instantaneously. Mon,27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1681 http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1680 The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation has named Associate Professor Wojciech Matusik a Sloan Research Fellow for 2012. Fri,24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.csail.mit.edu/node/1680