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Algorithms & Theory

Foundational work that includes complexity, parallel computing and game theory

AI & ML

Spanning natural language processing, deep-learning, computer vision and more

Computational Biology

Understanding disease via epigenomics, gene regulation and bioinformatics

Computer Architecture

How CPUs, memory and other systems are designed and organized

Graphics & Vision

Teaching computers to interpret, create and animate visual data

Human-Computer Interaction

Software and hardware that let us naturally interact with technology

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

From compilers and verification to software design and engineering

Robotics

Vision, actuation, sensing and manipulation of machines

Security & Cryptography

Developing technologies to prevent and recover from cyber-attacks

Systems & Networking

From distributed systems and databases to wireless

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10 Group Results

Community of Research

Applied Machine Learning Community of Research

This CoR brings together researchers at CSAIL working across a broad swath of application domains. Within these lie novel and challenging machine learning problems serving science, social science and computer science.
Regina Barzilay
Berger
Michael Carbin
+6
Una-May O'Reilly

Una-May O'Reilly

Leads

Una-May O'Reilly

Una-May O'Reilly

Research Areas

AI & ML
Computational Biology
Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Impact Areas

Cybersecurity
Education
Health Care

Lead

Una-May O'Reilly

Una-May O'Reilly

Regina Barzilay
Berger
Michael Carbin
+6
 
Una-May O'Reilly

Una-May O'Reilly

Community of Research

Cognitive AI Community of Research

This CoR aims to develop AI technology that synthesizes symbolic reasoning, probabilistic reasoning for dealing with uncertainty in the world, and statistical methods for extracting and exploiting regularities in the world, into an integrated picture of intelligence that is informed by computational insights and by cognitive science.
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Randall Davis
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+6
Howard Shrobe

Howard Shrobe

Leads

Howard Shrobe

Howard Shrobe

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Robotics
Security & Cryptography
Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Cybersecurity
Education

Lead

Howard Shrobe

Howard Shrobe

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Randall Davis
Kagal-headshot
+6
 
Howard Shrobe

Howard Shrobe

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.
Randall Davis
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+4
Stefanie Mueller

Stefanie Mueller

Leads

Stefanie Mueller

Stefanie Mueller

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision
Human-Computer Interaction
Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Impact Areas

Education
Entertainment
Manufacturing

Lead

Stefanie Mueller

Stefanie Mueller

Randall Davis
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+4
 
Stefanie Mueller

Stefanie Mueller

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

Ted Adelson

Durand

Fredo Durand

John W. Fisher III

John Fisher

Freeman

William Freeman

Polina Golland

Polina Golland

Horn

Berthold Horn

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Aude Oliva

Torralba

Antonio Torralba

Grimson

Eric Grimson

Research Areas

AI & ML
Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Entertainment
Health Care
Transportation

Lead

Ted Adelson

Ted Adelson

Durand

Fredo Durand

John W. Fisher III

John Fisher

Freeman

William Freeman

Polina Golland

Polina Golland

Horn

Berthold Horn

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Aude Oliva

Torralba

Antonio Torralba

Grimson

Eric Grimson

13 Project Results

Project

Active Learning of Models for Planning

Learning and Intelligent Systems
Machine Learning
We aim to develop a systematic framework for robots to build models of the world and to use these to make effective and safe choices of actions to take in complex scenarios.
Kaelbling

Leslie Kaelbling

Lozano-Perez

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Leads

Kaelbling

Leslie Kaelbling

Lozano-Perez

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory
AI & ML
Human-Computer Interaction
Robotics

Impact Areas

Big Data
Education
Entertainment
 
Kaelbling

Leslie Kaelbling

Lozano-Perez

Tomas Lozano-Perez

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.
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Alexandre Kaspar

Leads

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Alexandre Kaspar

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision
Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Entertainment
Manufacturing
 
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Alexandre Kaspar

13 People Results

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Michael Foshey

Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager
Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, Digital Fabrication
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RM 32-321
Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, Digital Fabrication
Freeman

PI
Core/Dual

William Freeman

Professor
Vision, machine learning, Bayesian modeling
Freeman
T 253-8828
RM 32-D476

Lead

Vision Group
Computer Graphics Group

Member

Single-Image 3D Interpreter Network
Visual Dynamics: Probabilistic Future Frame Synthesis via Cross Convolutional Networks
Learning the Arrow of Time from Videos
3D Generative Adversarial Networks
Embodied Intelligence Community of Research
Visual Computing Community of Research
Vision, machine learning, Bayesian modeling
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PI
Core/Dual

Justin Solomon

Assistant Professor
Geometry, graphics, vision, machine learning, optimization.
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RM 32-D460

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.
Torralba

PI
Core/Dual

Antonio Torralba

Professor
Vision, graphics, perception, machine learning
Torralba
T 324-0900
RM 32-386G

Lead

Vision Group
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

11 News Results

System directs camera-equipped drones to maintain framing of an aerial shot.
Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Graphics & Vision Robotics Entertainment Transportation

Cinematography on the fly

In recent years, a host of Hollywood blockbusters — including “The Fast and the Furious 7,” “Jurassic World,” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” — have included aerial tracking shots provided by drone helicopters outfitted with cameras. Those shots required separate operators for the drones and the cameras, and careful planning to avoid collisions. But a team of researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) and ETH Zurich hope to make drone cinematography more accessible, simple, and reliable.

Cinematography on the fly