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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

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

We aim to develop the science of autonomy toward a future with robots and AI systems integrated into everyday life, supporting people with cognitive and physical tasks.

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Daniela Rus

Leads

Daniela Rus

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Lead

Daniela Rus

Daniela Rus

Research Group

Marine Robotics Group

Our projects are centered around the problems of navigation and mapping for autonomous mobile robots operating in underwater and terrestrial environments.

John Leonard

Leads

John Leonard

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Lead

John Leonard

John Leonard

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

7 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.

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Leads

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Project

Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST)

Computation Structures Group

Computational Cognitive Science Group

Model-Based Embedded and Robotics Systems Group

Our goal is to develop a socially intelligent team coacher agent that helps humans communicate, strategize, and work together efficiently.

Leads

Howard Shrobe

Brian Williams

Boris Katz

Zhutian Yang

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

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

Drones that Drive

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Multi-robot path planning for robot swarms that can both fly and drive

Leads

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Project

Printable Hydraulics

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Printable Hydraulics allows fluid-actuated robots to be automatically fabricated using 3D printers.

Youbin Kim

Leads

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Youbin Kim

Project

Robot Compiler

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

The Robot Compiler allows non-engineering users to rapidly fabricate customized robots, facilitating the proliferation of robots in everyday life. It thereby marks an important step towards the realization of personal robots that have captured imaginations for decades.

Leads

Joseph DelPreto

Andrew Spielberg

Daniela Rus

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Project

Supervising Robots with Muscle and Brain Signals

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

What if we could control robots more intuitively, using just hand gestures and brainwaves?

Joseph DelPreto

Leads

Joseph DelPreto

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Joseph DelPreto

11 People Results

Alexander Amini

Graduate Student

PhD Candidate. Deep Learning; Robotics

E Amini@mit.edu

RM

Lead

Robust Learning for Autonomous Vehicles

Member

Self-Driving Vehicles

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

PhD Candidate. Deep Learning; Robotics

Brandon Araki

Graduate Student

E araki@csail.mit.edu

Noam Buckman

Graduate Student

PhD Candidate. Autonomous vehicles. Multi-robot systems.

E nbuckman@mit.edu

RM

Member

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Self-Driving Vehicles

PhD Candidate. Autonomous vehicles. Multi-robot systems.

Lillian Chin

Graduate Student

E ltchin@mit.edu

RM

Lead

Sensorized Soft Electric Hands with Handed Shearing Auxetics

Member

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Mustafa Doga Dogan

Graduate Student

E doga@mit.edu

RM

Member

HCI Engineering Group

Michael Foshey

Mechanical Engineer/Project Manager

Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, Digital Fabrication

E mfoshey@mit.edu

RM

Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, Digital Fabrication

Ramin Hasani

Postdoctoral Associate

Machine learning Scientist

E rhasani@csail.mit.edu

Machine learning Scientist

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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

Lucas Liebenwein

Graduate Student

Student and Researcher | Robotics, AI | Advanced Autonomy

E lucasl@mit.edu

RM 32-376C

Lead

Safety Standards for Autonomous Vehicles

Member

Self-Driving Vehicles

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Coresets for Machine Learning Algorithms

Student and Researcher | Robotics, AI | Advanced Autonomy

PI
Core/Dual

Daniela Rus

Director

CSAIL director, robotics, AI, data science, privacy

E rus@csail.mit.edu

T 258-7567

RM 32/ 32-368/ 374

Lead

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Social Network Extraction from GPS Datasets with Coresets

Safety Standards for Autonomous Vehicles

Soft Contact Modeling

Practical Secure Computation

Self-Driving Vehicles

Robust Learning for Autonomous Vehicles

Brain-Controlled Robots

Planning in Congestion for Autonomous Vehicles

Socially-Compliant Behavior for Autonomous Driving

Coresets for Machine Learning Algorithms

M-Blocks Modular Robotics

Distributed Robot Garden

Route and Motion Planning for Mobility-on-Demand with Rules of the Road

Member

Social Network Extraction from GPS Datasets with Coresets

Task-Driven Co-Optimization Of Articulated Robots

Wearable Blind Navigation

Drones that Drive

Better Models for Ride-Sharing

SoFi - The Soft Robotic Fish

Controlling drones and other robots with gestures

Using Muscle Signals to Lift Objects with Robots

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Helping robots learn using demonstrations

CSAIL director, robotics, AI, data science, privacy

Wilko Schwarting

Graduate Student

E wilkos@mit.edu

Lead

Safety Standards for Autonomous Vehicles

Planning in Congestion for Autonomous Vehicles

Socially-Compliant Behavior for Autonomous Driving

Member

Self-Driving Vehicles

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

5 News Results

AI & ML Robotics Cybersecurity Internet of Things Transportation

January 13 '20

WaPo op-ed: how to regulate AI properly

In a Washington Post op-ed, CSAIL's R. David Edelman outlines how to regulate AI properly

WaPo op-ed: how to regulate AI properly

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

recycle

AI & ML Robotics Energy Health Care

April 18 '19

Robots that can sort recycling

CSAIL’s "RoCycle" system uses in-hand sensors to detect if an object is paper, metal or plastic.

Robots that can sort recycling

drone1

Algorithms & Theory Robotics Energy Manufacturing Transportation

February 12 '18

Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertainty

CSAIL's NanoMap system enables drones to avoid obstacles while flying at 20 miles per hour, by more deeply integrating sensing and control.

Programming drones to fly in the face of uncertainty

ACM Fellows

Algorithms & Theory Robotics Security & Cryptography Cybersecurity Internet of Things Manufacturing

December 11 '17

Four from MIT named 2017 Association for Computer Machinery Fellows

Today four MIT faculty were named among the Association for Computer Machinery's 2017 Fellows for making “landmark contributions to computing.”

Four from MIT named 2017 Association for Computer Machinery Fellows