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Research Center

Center for Deployable Machine Learning (CDML)

The MIT Center for Deployable Machine Learning (CDML) works towards creating AI systems that are robust, reliable and safe for real-world deployment.

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Aleksander Madry

Leads

Aleksander Madry

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Graphics & Vision

Human-Computer Interaction

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Security & Cryptography

Impact Areas

Lead

Aleksander Madry

Aleksander Madry

Research Group

Geometric Data Processing Group

Our group studies geometric problems in computer graphics, computer vision, machine learning, optimization, and other disciplines.

+6

Justin Solomon

Leads

Justin Solomon

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Lead

Justin Solomon

Justin Solomon

Community of Research

Human-Computer Interaction Community of Research

The focus of the HCI CoR is inventing new systems and technology that lie at the interface between people and computation, and understanding their design, implementation, and societal impact.

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Stefanie Mueller

Leads

Stefanie Mueller

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Human-Computer Interaction

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Impact Areas

Lead

Stefanie Mueller

Stefanie Mueller

Research Group

Medical Vision Group

We develop new algorithms for medical image analysis and visualization of medical imagery.

+8

Polina Golland

Leads

Polina Golland

Research Areas

Computational Biology

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Lead

Polina Golland

Polina Golland

Research Group

Sensing, Learning and Inference

We develop scalable algorithms for analysis of complex, high-dimensional data.

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John Fisher

Leads

John Fisher

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

John Fisher

John Fisher

Community of Research

Vertical AI Community of Research

This CoR takes a unified approach to cover the full range of research areas required for success in artificial intelligence, including hardware, foundations, software systems, and applications.

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Martin Rinard

Leads

Martin Rinard

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Graphics & Vision

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

Martin Rinard

Martin Rinard

Research Group

Vision Group

Our researchers create state-of-the-art systems to better recognize objects, people, scenes, behaviors and more, with applications in health-care, gaming, tagging systems and more.

Leads

Ted Adelson

Fredo Durand

John Fisher

William Freeman

Polina Golland

Eric Grimson

Berthold Horn

Aude Oliva

Antonio Torralba

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Lead

Ted Adelson

Fredo Durand

John Fisher

William Freeman

Polina Golland

Eric Grimson

Berthold Horn

Aude Oliva

Antonio Torralba

18 Project Results

Project

3D Generative Adversarial Networks

Cognitive AI Community of Research

We study the problem of 3D object generation. We propose a novel framework, 3D Generative Adversarial Network (3D-GAN), leveraging recent advances in volumetric convolutional networks and generative adversarial nets.

Leads

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Project

A Counterfactual Simulation Model of Causal Judgment

Computational Cognitive Science Group

Cognitive AI Community of Research

We develop a computational model that explains how people make causal judgments in physical scenes by mentally simulating counterfactual outcomes and comparing those to what actually happened.

Leads

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Project

Cardiac MRI analysis

Medical Vision Group

We develop image analysis algorithms for whole-heart cardiac MRI in patients with severe congenital heart disease.

Polina Golland

Leads

Polina Golland

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Polina Golland

Project

Clinical Neuroimaging

Medical Vision Group

We develop novel algorithms for neuroimage segmentation, registration, and joint modeling of brain structure with clinical and genetic data.

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Polina Golland

Leads

Polina Golland

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Polina Golland

Project

Computational Knitting: Patterning and Shaping for Everyone

Computational Design and Fabrication Group

Knitting is the new 3d printing. It has become popular again with the widespread availability of patterns and templates, together with the maker movements. Lower-cost industrial knitting machines are starting to emerge, but we are still missing the corresponding design tools. Our goal is to fill this gap.

Alexandre Kaspar

Leads

Alexandre Kaspar

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Alexandre Kaspar

Project

Computational Multicopter Design

Computer Graphics Group

A system that can help you to design our own drone!

Tao Du

Leads

Tao Du

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Tao Du

Project

Crowdsourcing in Graphics and Vision

Computational Design and Fabrication Group

Our goal is to develop new applications and algorithms that leverage the skills of distributed crowdworkers, notably for image and video processing applications.

Alexandre Kaspar

Leads

Alexandre Kaspar

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Alexandre Kaspar

Project

Foundry: Design for Multi-Material 3-D Printing

A new approach for designs in multi-material fabrication

Leads

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Project

Geometry and topology for scientific computing and shape analysis

Geometric Data Processing Group

Computer Graphics Group

Developing state-of-the-art tools that process 3D surfaces and volumes

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Justin Solomon

Leads

Justin Solomon

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Justin Solomon

Project

Geometry in Large-Scale Machine Learning

Machine Learning

Data often has geometric structure which can enable better inference; this project aims to scale up geometry-aware techniques for use in machine learning settings with lots of data, so that this structure may be utilized in practice.

Justin Solomon

Stefanie Jegelka

Leads

Justin Solomon

Stefanie Jegelka

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Justin Solomon

Stefanie Jegelka

Project

InstantCAD: Interactive Design Exploration/Optimization for CAD Models

Almost every object we use is developed with computer-aided design (CAD). While CAD programs are good for creating designs, using them to actually improve existing designs can be difficult and time-consuming.

Leads

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Project

Monitoring Fetal Health

Medical Vision Group

We develop algorithms for fetal MRI interpretation, to enable noninvasive fetal monitoring from MRI.

Polina Golland

Leads

Polina Golland

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Polina Golland

Project

Political Geometry: Establishing Fair Mathematical Standards for Political Redistricting

Geometric Data Processing Group

Gerrymandering is a direct threat to our democracy, undermining founding principles like equal protection under the law and eroding public confidence in elections.

Justin Solomon

Leads

Justin Solomon

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Graphics & Vision

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Justin Solomon

Project

Quantification of Pulmonary Edema in Chest Radiographs

Medical Vision Group

We develop machine learning algorithms to automatically and quantitatively assess the severity of pulmonary edema from chest x-ray images.

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Polina Golland

Leads

Polina Golland

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Polina Golland

Project

Sensible Deep Learning for 3D Data

Geometric Data Processing Group

Machine Learning

Developing state-of-the-art deep learning algorithms for analyzing and modeling 3D geometry

Justin Solomon

Leads

Justin Solomon

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Justin Solomon

Project

Single-Image 3D Interpreter Network

Cognitive AI Community of Research

We aim to understand 3D object structure from a single image. We propose an end-to-end framework which sequentially estimates 2D keypoint heatmaps and 3D object structure, by training it on both real 2D-annotated images and synthetic 3D data and by integrating a 3D-to-2D projection layer.

Leads

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Project

Wearable Blind Navigation

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

We enable independent navigation for visually impaired users through a wearable feedback system using time-of-light sensors or depth cameras.

Leads

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Project

Where Are They Looking?

Our goal is to build a system that predicts where people are looking in images. Given an image and the location of a head, our approach follows the gaze of the person and identifies the object being looked at.

Leads

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

26 People Results

Mazdak Abulnaga

Graduate Student

medical vision

E abulnaga@mit.edu

RM

Member

Monitoring Fetal Health

Medical Vision Group

Geometric Data Processing Group

Geometry and topology for scientific computing and shape analysis

medical vision

PI
Core/Dual

Ted Adelson

Professor

Vision, touch sensing, robotics

E adelson@csail.mit.edu

T 253-0645

RM

Lead

Blood Pressure Imager

Member

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Visual Computing Community of Research

Vision, touch sensing, robotics

PI
Core/Dual

Regina Barzilay

Professor

Natural language processing, machine learning

E regina@csail.mit.edu

T 258-5706

RM

Lead

Natural Language Processing Group

Aspect-Augmented Adversarial Networks for Domain Adaptation

Member

Vertical AI Community of Research

Applied Machine Learning Community of Research

Natural language processing, machine learning

Yu-An Chung

Graduate Student

Speech and language processing, machine learning

E andyyuan@mit.edu

RM

Lead

Unsupervised Speech Processing

Member

Spoken Language Systems Group

Speech and language processing, machine learning

Mustafa Doga Dogan

Graduate Student

E doga@mit.edu

RM

Member

HCI Engineering Group

Tao Du

Graduate Student

CS PhD student

E taodu@csail.mit.edu

RM

Lead

Computational Multicopter Design

CS PhD student

PI
Core/Dual

Fredo Durand

Professor

Vision, graphics, computational photography

E fredo@csail.mit.edu

T 253-7223

RM

Lead

Computer Graphics Group

Human-Computer Interaction

Computational Understanding of Visualizations and Graphic Designs

Member

Computational Bounce Flash for Indoor Portraits

Visual Computing Community of Research

Vision, graphics, computational photography

PI
Core/Dual

John Fisher

Senior Research Scientist

Vision, machine learning, signal processing

E fisher@csail.mit.edu

T 253-0788

RM

Lead

Sensing, Learning and Inference

Member

Visual Computing Community of Research

Vision, machine learning, signal processing

Michael Foshey

Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager

Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, Digital Fabrication

E mfoshey@mit.edu

RM

Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, Digital Fabrication

PI
Core/Dual

Polina Golland

Professor

Vision, medical imaging, statistical inference

E polina@csail.mit.edu

T 253-8005

RM

Lead

Medical Vision Group

Monitoring Fetal Health

Cardiac MRI analysis

Clinical Neuroimaging

Quantification of Pulmonary Edema in Chest Radiographs

Member

Visual Computing Community of Research

Vision, medical imaging, statistical inference

Evan Hernandez

Graduate Student

Natural language processing, machine learning, interpretability

E dez@mit.edu

Natural language processing, machine learning, interpretability

PI
Core/Dual

Leslie Kaelbling

Professor

Robotics, machine learning, motion planning

E lpk@csail.mit.edu

T 258-9695

RM

Lead

Learning and Intelligent Systems

Machine Learning

Learning and Optimization

Robotic Planning and Manipulation with Force Information

Reliable Robotic Construction of Multi-object Arrangements

Learning and Planning with Compressed Linear Expectation Models

Active Learning of Models for Planning

Task and Motion Planning for Autonomous Robots

Robust Intelligent Robots

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Member

Robust Intelligent Robots

Robotics, machine learning, motion planning

Alexandre Kaspar

Graduate Student

Graphics, crowdsourcing and hybrid fabrication.

E akaspar@mit.edu

RM

Lead

Crowdsourcing in Graphics and Vision

Computational Knitting: Patterning and Shaping for Everyone

Graphics, crowdsourcing and hybrid fabrication.

Fern Keniston

Senior Administrative Assistant

Research and Education Support

E fern@csail.mit.edu

T 253-5860

RM 32/ 32-250A/ 391

Member

Clinical Decision-Making Group

Research and Education Support

PI
Core/Dual

John Leonard

Professor

Robotics, navigation/mapping, self-driving cars

E jleonard@csail.mit.edu

T 253-5305

RM

Lead

Marine Robotics Group

Self-Driving Vehicles

Member

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Robotics, navigation/mapping, self-driving cars

Ruizhi Liao

Graduate Student

E ruizhi@mit.edu

RM

Member

Monitoring Fetal Health

Medical Vision Group

Quantification of Pulmonary Edema in Chest Radiographs

PI
Core/Dual

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Professor

Robotics, artificial intelligence

E tlp@csail.mit.edu

T 253-7889

RM

Lead

Learning and Intelligent Systems

Learning and Optimization

Robotic Planning and Manipulation with Force Information

Reliable Robotic Construction of Multi-object Arrangements

Learning and Planning with Compressed Linear Expectation Models

Active Learning of Models for Planning

Task and Motion Planning for Autonomous Robots

Robust Intelligent Robots

Member

Robust Intelligent Robots

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Robotics, artificial intelligence

Razvan Marinescu

Postdoctoral Associate

Postdoctoral Associate working with Polina Golland on neuroimaging.

E razvan@csail.mit.edu

RM 32-D475B

Member

Clinical Neuroimaging

Medical Vision Group

Postdoctoral Associate working with Polina Golland on neuroimaging.

PI
Core/Dual

Wojciech Matusik

Professor

Graphics, vision, fabrication, robotics, hci

E wojciech@csail.mit.edu

T 324-8432

Lead

Computational Design and Fabrication Group

Computer Graphics Group

Member

Computational Multicopter Design

Simit: A Language for Computing on Sparse Systems

InstantCAD: Interactive Design Exploration/Optimization for CAD Models

Visual Computing Community of Research

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Graphics, vision, fabrication, robotics, hci

Nalini Singh

Graduate Student

E nmsingh@mit.edu

RM 32-D475B

Member

Monitoring Fetal Health

Medical Vision Group

Dmitriy Smirnov

Graduate Student

https://people.csail.mit.edu/smirnov/

E smirnov@mit.edu

RM 32-D475B

Member

Geometric Data Processing Group

Sensible Deep Learning for 3D Data

https://people.csail.mit.edu/smirnov/

PI
Core/Dual

Justin Solomon

Assistant Professor

Geometry, graphics, vision, machine learning, optimization.

E jsolomon@mit.edu

RM

Lead

Computer Graphics Group

Geometric Data Processing Group

Geometry in Large-Scale Machine Learning

Political Geometry: Establishing Fair Mathematical Standards for Political Redistricting

Sensible Deep Learning for 3D Data

Optimal transport for statistics and machine learning

Geometry and topology for scientific computing and shape analysis

Member

Visual Computing Community of Research

Geometry, graphics, vision, machine learning, optimization.

Andrew Spielberg

Graduate Student

E aespielberg@gmail.com

RM

Lead

Task-Driven Co-Optimization Of Articulated Robots

Member

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

PI
Core/Dual

Antonio Torralba

Professor

Vision, graphics, perception, machine learning

E torralba@csail.mit.edu

T 324-0900

RM 32-386G

Lead

Understanding Light via Deep Neural Networks

Understandable Deep Networks

Understanding Food images

Member

Predictive Vision

Where Are They Looking?

Single-Image 3D Interpreter Network

VirtualHome: Representing Activities as Programs

Places Database for Scene Recognition

Semantic Scene Understanding through ADE20K dataset

Crossing the Vision-Language Boundary

Center for Deployable Machine Learning (CDML)

Visual Computing Community of Research

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Vision, graphics, perception, machine learning

14 News Results

Text

Graphics & Vision Human-Computer Interaction Manufacturing

April 08 '20

Sprayable user interfaces

SprayableTech system lets users create large-scale interactive surfaces with sensors and displays using airbrushed inks

Sprayable user interfaces

point cloud 1

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Graphics & Vision Big Data Transportation

October 29 '19

Deep learning with point clouds

Research aims to make it easier for self-driving cars, robotics, and other applications to understand the 3D world.

Deep learning with point clouds

Maz

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Graphics & Vision Health Care

October 02 '19

Better fetal health - by building a map of the placenta

New technique stretches out MRI scans of placentas so they can be more accurately analyzed, and shows the potential of MRI for pregnancy monitoring.

Better fetal health - by building a map of the placenta

knitting

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Graphics & Vision Programming Languages & Software Engineering Systems & Networking Entertainment Manufacturing

August 05 '19

Computer-aided knitting

New CSAIL research uses machine learning to customize clothing designs

Computer-aided knitting

Actuator 2

Algorithms & Theory Graphics & Vision Robotics Manufacturing

July 22 '19

Automated system generates robotic parts for novel tasks

When designing actuators involves too many variables for humans to test by hand, this system can step in.

Automated system generates robotic parts for novel tasks

Barbara Liskov 2

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Computational Biology Computer Architecture Graphics & Vision Human-Computer Interaction Programming Languages & Software Engineering Robotics Security & Cryptography Systems & Networking Cybersecurity Education Energy Entertainment Health Care Manufacturing Transportation Wireless

June 27 '19

CSAIL hosts first-ever TEDxMIT

Speakers — all women — discuss everything from gravitational waves to robot nurses

CSAIL hosts first-ever TEDxMIT

Yunzhu Li 2

AI & ML Graphics & Vision Systems & Networking Health Care Manufacturing

June 18 '19

Teaching artificial intelligence to connect senses like vision and touch

MIT CSAIL system can learn to see by touching and feel by seeing, suggesting future where robots can more easily grasp and recognize objects.

Teaching artificial intelligence to connect senses like vision and touch

3-d shapes 1

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Graphics & Vision Energy Entertainment Manufacturing

December 10 '18

Teaching machines to see in 3-D

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

Teaching machines to see in 3-D

high res model

Algorithms & Theory Graphics & Vision Systems & Networking Health Care

November 29 '18

Higher-res models for creating structures with complex features

Computer scientists often develop mathematical models to understand how animals move, enabling breakthroughs in designing things like microrobotic wings and artificial bone structures.

Higher-res models for creating structures with complex features

speech & object recognition 1

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Graphics & Vision Health Care

September 19 '18

Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once

Model learns to pick out objects within an image, using spoken descriptions.

Machine-learning system tackles speech and object recognition, all at once

Lucas Manuelli

Algorithms & Theory Graphics & Vision Robotics Manufacturing

September 10 '18

Robots can now pick up any object after inspecting it

Breakthrough CSAIL system suggests robots could one day be able to see well enough to be useful in people’s homes and offices.

Robots can now pick up any object after inspecting it

mingmin

AI & ML Graphics & Vision Health Care

June 12 '18

Artificial intelligence senses people through walls

Wireless smart-home system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could monitor diseases and help the elderly “age in place.”

Artificial intelligence senses people through walls

virtual home1

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Graphics & Vision Health Care

May 30 '18

Teaching chores to an artificial agent

Activity simulator could eventually teach robots tasks like making coffee or setting the table.

Teaching chores to an artificial agent

automating materials desing

Graphics & Vision Manufacturing

February 05 '18

Automating materials design

With new approach, researchers specify desired properties of a material, and a computer system generates a structure accordingly.

Automating materials design