The 18 biggest computer science stories of 2018

CSAIL’s approach uses algorithms and “2.5-D” sketches to let computers visualize images from any perspective

MIT Professor Ted Adelson named IEEE Fellow

Programming language works at a larger scale, outperforming existing frameworks while also reducing the lines of code

New approach can identify potential biases and suggest how to reduce them while maintaining predictive accuracy

How management training can prevent an unhealthy lab culture

Speakers like MA Secretary of Labor and former head of Google

Study identifies reasons for unsettled editing disagreements and offers predictive tools that could improve deliberation.

Online tool can help researchers correct pathogenic mutations and restore genes to healthy state

Computer model could improve human-machine interaction, provide insight into how children learn language.

Honda Research Institute USA seeks to develop intelligent systems that use curiosity to understand people’s needs and empower human capability through cross-disciplinary research that aims to advance breakthroughs in artificial cognition.

MIT CSAIL system lets users change one part of a processor’s design without impacting the others

New MIT system breaks up cache memory more efficiently to defend against similar "timing attacks"

Neural network that securely finds potential drugs could encourage large-scale pooling of sensitive data.

On Wednesday, October 31 MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) will be hosting a special one-day conference with BT to convene security professionals, government officials and academic experts to talk about key issues in cybersecurity.

System that automatically identifies people moving around indoors could enable self-adjusting homes.

Deep-learning model has been used successfully on patients, may lead to more consistent screening procedures.

$350 million gift establishes Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing

This week CSAIL hosted researchers from Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI), which is part of Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Doha.

MacArthur “geniuses” in machine learning and synthetic biology to serve as faculty co-leads; Nobel laureate to chair advisory board of new research center.

In simulations, robots move through new environments by exploring, observing, and drawing from learned experiences.

Machine learning system aims to determine if an information outlet is accurate or biased.

Congratulations to this year's Nobel Prize winners! While computer science has no formal Nobel Prize, the Association for Computing Machinery’s A.M. Turing Award is often described as “the Nobel Prize of computing.”Over the years, more than a dozen CSAIL-affiliated computer scientists have receive the award - including four of the last nine winners.

Read below for more information about some of the honorees.


The Data Systems and Artificial Intelligence Lab (DSAIL) will focus on using machine learning to improve data systems, and vice versa