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Polina Golland

1 Project Results matching all criteria

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Blood Pressure Imager

Development of affordable wearable continuous blood pressure monitor based on radial arterial pulse imaged from the skin surface of human wrist

Mumin Jin

Aya G. Halawi

Jianhua Li

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Abhijit Biswas

Ted Adelson

Mandayam A. Srinivasan

Mohan Thanikachalam

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Mumin Jin

Aya G. Halawi

Jianhua Li

2 News Results matching all criteria

AI & ML Computational Biology Graphics & Vision Health Care

February 16 '21

Golland named 2021 AIMBE Fellow

Dr. Polina Golland to be inducted into medical and biological engineering elite

Golland named 2021 AIMBE Fellow

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

21 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.

Una-May O'Reilly

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Una-May O'Reilly

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Una-May O'Reilly

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Center for Brains, Minds and Machines

Our main goal is developing a computationally based understanding of human intelligence and establishing an engineering practice based on that understanding.

Tomaso Poggio

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Tomaso Poggio

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Tomaso Poggio

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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.

Aleksander Madry

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Aleksander Madry

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Security & Cryptography

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Aleksander Madry

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Clinical Decision-Making Group

We focus on furthering the application of technology and artificial intelligence in medicine and health-care.

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Peter Szolovits

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Peter Szolovits

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Peter Szolovits

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Peter Szolovits

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Computation and Biology

Our lab focuses on designing algorithms to gain biological insights from advances in automated data collection and the subsequent large data sets drawn from them.

Bonnie Berger

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Bonnie Berger

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Bonnie Berger

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Computational Biology Group

We seek to understand the mechanistic basis of human disease, using a combination of computational and experimental techniques.

Manolis Kellis

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Manolis Kellis

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Manolis Kellis

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Computational Cognitive Science Group

We study the computational basis of human learning and inference.

Joshua Tenenbaum

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Joshua Tenenbaum

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Joshua Tenenbaum

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Computational Connectomics Group

Our group’s goal is to create, based on such microscopic connectivity and functional data, new mathematical models explaining how neural tissue computes.

Nir Shavit

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Nir Shavit

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Nir Shavit

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Computational Genomics Group

We develop new machine learning techniques and algorithms to model the transcriptional regulatory networks that control gene expression programs in living cells.

Dave Gifford

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Dave Gifford

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Dave Gifford

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Computational Perception & Cognition

We combine methods from computer science, neuroscience and cognitive science to explain and model how perception and cognition are realized in human and machine.

Aude Oliva

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Aude Oliva

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Aude Oliva

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Computer Graphics Group

Our group focuses on synthetic image generation, computational photography, digital manufacturing, and geometry.

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Fredo Durand

William Freeman

Wojciech Matusik

Justin Solomon

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Fredo Durand

William Freeman

Wojciech Matusik

Justin Solomon

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Geometric Data Processing Group

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

Justin Solomon

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Justin Solomon

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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.

Stefanie Mueller

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Stefanie Mueller

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Stefanie Mueller

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Medical Vision Group

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

Polina Golland

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Polina Golland

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Polina Golland

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Sensing, Learning and Inference

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

John Fisher

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John Fisher

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Energy

Internet of Things

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John Fisher

Community of Research

Theory of Computation Community of Research

The goal of the Theory of Computation CoR is to study the fundamental strengths and limits of computation as well as how these interact with mathematics, computer science, and other disciplines.

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Costis Daskalakis

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Costis Daskalakis

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Security & Cryptography

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Costis Daskalakis

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Costis Daskalakis

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Tidor Lab

We focus on the analysis of complex biological systems at both the molecular level and the systems level.

Bruce Tidor

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Bruce Tidor

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Bruce Tidor

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.

Martin Rinard

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Martin Rinard

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Security & Cryptography

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Martin Rinard

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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.

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Ted Adelson

Fredo Durand

John Fisher

William Freeman

Polina Golland

Berthold Horn

Aude Oliva

Antonio Torralba

Eric Grimson

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Ted Adelson

Fredo Durand

John Fisher

William Freeman

Polina Golland

Berthold Horn

Aude Oliva

Antonio Torralba

Eric Grimson

Community of Research

Visual Computing Community of Research

The shared mission of Visual Computing is to connect images and computation, spanning topics such as image and video generation and analysis, photography, human perception, touch, applied geometry, and more.

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Ruth Rosenholtz

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Ruth Rosenholtz

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Ruth Rosenholtz

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Ruth Rosenholtz

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Weiss Laboratory for Synthetic Biology

The Weiss Lab seeks to create integrated biological systems capable of autonomously performing useful tasks, and to elucidate the design principles underlying complex phenotypes.

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66 Project Results

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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.

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Computational Cognitive Science Group

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A Counterfactual Simulation Model of Causal Judgment

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.

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Imagination, Computation, and Expression Laboratory (ICE Lab)

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AIRvatar System: A Framework for Analyzing Virtual Identities

Human-Computer Interaction Community of Research

AIRvatar is a system that telemetrically collects and analyzes fine-grained data on users’ virtual identities and the process used to create them.

D. Fox Harrell

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D. Fox Harrell

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D. Fox Harrell

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Analyzing Player Profile Data

Developing new methods for analyzing large quantities of player profile data, such as hundreds of thousands of profile images or chat logs.

D. Fox Harrell

Peter Mawhorter

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D. Fox Harrell

Peter Mawhorter

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D. Fox Harrell

Peter Mawhorter

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Artificial Co-driver

By observing driver in real road situations, we learn a computer assistant that can make driving easier, safer and more enjoyable.

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Weiss Laboratory for Synthetic Biology

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Artificial tissue homeostasis

In order to be able to design synthetic organs that function autonomously, we will need to engineer artificial tissue homeostasis. To control the size of these artificial tissues, two major mechanisms will have to be engineered.

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Blood Pressure Imager

Development of affordable wearable continuous blood pressure monitor based on radial arterial pulse imaged from the skin surface of human wrist

Mumin Jin

Aya G. Halawi

Jianhua Li

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Abhijit Biswas

Ted Adelson

Mandayam A. Srinivasan

Mohan Thanikachalam

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Mumin Jin

Aya G. Halawi

Jianhua Li

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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

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Polina Golland

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Polina Golland

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Characterizing the Sensitivity of Vision-in-the-Loop Driving Controllers Using CG

We work on understanding and improving vision algorithms used for self driving cars, by introducing synthetic data-sets to the loop.

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Cognitive AI Community of Research

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Clinical Intervention Prediction with Neural Networks

Applied Machine Learning Community of Research

Integrating multi-modal clinical data and using recurrent and convolution neural networks to predict when patients will need important interventions.

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Clinical Neuroimaging

Medical Vision Group

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

Polina Golland

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Polina Golland

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Polina Golland

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Computational Bounce Flash for Indoor Portraits

To achieve high-quality photo lighting in challenging environments, our prototype camera dynamically reconstructs a 3D scene model and directs a motor-controlled flash head at nearby walls and ceilings for soft indirect illumination.

Lukas Murmann

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Lukas Murmann

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Computational Design and Fabrication Group

Lukas Murmann

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Computational Knitting: Patterning and Shaping for Everyone

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

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Alexandre Kaspar

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Alexandre Kaspar

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Computational Multicopter Design

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

Tao Du

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Tao Du

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Energy

Theory of Computation Community of Research

Tao Du

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Covering All K-mers Using Joker Characters

Computation and Biology

We developed a new algorithm to generate compact sequence sets covering all k-mers using joker characters.

Bonnie Berger

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Bonnie Berger

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Computational Design and Fabrication Group

Bonnie Berger

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Crowdsourcing in Graphics and Vision

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

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Alexandre Kaspar

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Alexandre Kaspar

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Deep Inverse Planning

Deep inverse planning for learning from high-dimensional demonstrations

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Detailed Interpretation of Object Images

Infolab

The goal of this project is to model the process of ‘full interpretation’ of object images, namely the ability to identify and localize all semantic features and parts that are recognized by human observers.

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Driver-Friendly Bilateral Control for Suppressing Traffic Instabilities

We are studying how best to implement bilateral control and make it acceptable to drivers

Berthold Horn

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Berthold Horn

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Berthold Horn

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Drug Target Identification Via Computational Modeling

Tidor Lab

We use computational models of biological pathways in disease to estimate the range of possible responses to various hypothetical drugs, given patient variability and limited pathway-relevant data.

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Imagination, Computation, and Expression Laboratory (ICE Lab)

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Enriching Virtual Reality (VR) Narratives with Embodied and Gestural Interaction

Human-Computer Interaction Community of Research

Building embodied and gestural interfaces to enrich interaction in VR narratives.

D. Fox Harrell

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D. Fox Harrell

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D. Fox Harrell

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Fast & Accurate Alignment of Barcoded Short Reads

This project aims to develop an improved alignment algorithm for barcoded short reads as produced by 10X Genomics' sequencing platform.

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Fast Lightweight Autonomy

The goal of the FLA program is to explore non-traditional perception and autonomy methods that could enable a new class of algorithms for minimalistic high-speed navigation in cluttered environments.

Nick Villanueva

Jake Ware

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Jake Ware

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