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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

11 Group Results

Research Group

Algorithms Group

We devise new mathematical tools to tackle the increasing difficulty and importance of problems we pose to computers.

Leads

Costis Daskalakis

Erik Demaine

Michael Goemans

Piotr Indyk

David Karger

Jonathan Kelner

Tom Leighton

Charles E. Leiserson

Aleksander Madry

Ankur Moitra

Ronitt Rubinfeld

Nir Shavit

Ryan Williams

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Lead

Costis Daskalakis

Erik Demaine

Michael Goemans

Piotr Indyk

David Karger

Jonathan Kelner

Tom Leighton

Charles E. Leiserson

Aleksander Madry

Ankur Moitra

Ronitt Rubinfeld

Nir Shavit

Ryan Williams

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Research Group

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

Leads

Bonnie Berger

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Computational Biology

Impact Areas

Lead

Bonnie Berger

Bonnie Berger

Research Group

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

Leads

Nir Shavit

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Computational Biology

Impact Areas

Lead

Nir Shavit

Nir Shavit

Community of Research

Computing & Society Community of Research

This community is interested in understanding and affecting the interaction between computing systems and society through engineering, computer science and public policy research, education, and public engagement.

+8

Daniel Weitzner

Leads

Daniel Weitzner

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Human-Computer Interaction

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

Daniel Weitzner

Daniel Weitzner

Research Group

Decentralized Information Group

We are investigating decentralized technologies that affect social change.

+5

Lalana Kagal

Tim Berners-Lee

Leads

Lalana Kagal

Tim Berners-Lee

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

Lalana Kagal

Tim Berners-Lee

Lalana Kagal

Tim Berners-Lee

Research Group

HCI Engineering Group

We work at the intersection of human computer interaction and personal fabrication tools.

+2

Stefanie Mueller

Leads

Stefanie Mueller

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

Stefanie Mueller

Stefanie Mueller

Research Group

Multicore Algorithmics

We develop techniques for designing, implementing, and reasoning about multiprocessor algorithms, in particular concurrent data structures for multicore machines and the mathematical foundations of the computation models that govern their behavior.

Nir Shavit

Leads

Nir Shavit

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Lead

Nir Shavit

Nir Shavit

Research Group

Quantum Information Science Group

Our research interests center around the capabilities and limits of quantum computers, and computational complexity theory more generally.

Peter Shor

Leads

Peter Shor

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Lead

Peter Shor

Peter Shor

Research Group

Spoken Language Systems Group

Our goal is to create technology that makes it possible for everyone in the world to interact with with computers via natural spoken language.

+7

Jim Glass

Leads

Jim Glass

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

Jim Glass

Jim Glass

Research Group

Theory of Distributed Systems Group

We work on a wide range of problems in distributed computing theory. We study algorithms and lower bounds for typical problems that arise in distributed systems---like resource allocation, implementing shared memory abstractions, and reliable communication.

Nancy Lynch

Leads

Nancy Lynch

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Lead

Nancy Lynch

Nancy Lynch

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.

+7

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

15 Project Results

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

Automatic Speech Recognition

Spoken Language Systems Group

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) has been a grand challenge machine learning problem for decades. Our ongoing research in this area examines the use of deep learning models for distant and noisy recording conditions, multilingual, and low-resource scenarios.

Sameer Khurana

Jim Glass

Leads

Sameer Khurana

Jim Glass

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Sameer Khurana

Jim Glass

Project

Better Models for Ride-Sharing

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Traffic is not just a nuisance for drivers: It’s also a public health hazard and bad news for the economy.

Leads

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Project

The Car Can Explain!

Decentralized Information Group

Cognitive AI Community of Research

Computing & Society Community of Research

Developing techniques to allow self-driving cars and other AI-driven systems to explain behaviors and failures.

Gerald Sussman

Lalana Kagal

Leads

Gerald Sussman

Lalana Kagal

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Gerald Sussman

Lalana Kagal

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

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

+1

Justin Solomon

Leads

Justin Solomon

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Justin Solomon

Project

Hidden Influencers, Risk and Causes of Infection

Data-Driven Inference Group

We aim to study the causes and transmission modes of infectious diseases among members of a community in the presence of hidden, asymptomatic spreaders of the pathogen.

Maggie Makar

John Guttag

Leads

Maggie Makar

John Guttag

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Maggie Makar

John Guttag

Project

Low-Power Speech Processing Circuits

Spoken Language Systems Group

The creation of low-power circuits capable of speech recognition and speaker verification will enable spoken interaction on a wide variety of devices in the era of Internet of Things.

Leads

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Project

Predicting Adverse Events Across Changing Electronic Health Record Systems

Data-Driven Inference Group

Cognitive AI Community of Research

Applied Machine Learning Community of Research

Transitioning machine learning models across electronic health record (EHR) versions can be improved by mapping different EHR encodings to a common vocabulary.

John Guttag

Peter Szolovits

Leads

John Guttag

Peter Szolovits

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

John Guttag

Peter Szolovits

Project

Reconstructing Neural Circuits from Mammalian Brain

Computational Connectomics Group

Theory of Computation Community of Research

We develop algorithms, systems and software architectures for automating reconstruction of accurate representations of neural tissue structures, such as nanometer-scale neurons' morphology and synaptic connections in the mammalian cortex.

Yaron Meirovitch

Nir Shavit

Leads

Yaron Meirovitch

Nir Shavit

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Computational Biology

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Yaron Meirovitch

Nir Shavit

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

Project

Uhura: Personal Assistant that Manages Risk

Model-Based Embedded and Robotics Systems Group

Computation Structures Group

Uhura is an autonomous system that collaborates with humans in planning and executing complex tasks, especially under over-subscribed and risky situations.

Leads

Yuening Zhang

Brian Williams

Howard Shrobe

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Project

Unsupervised Speech Processing

Spoken Language Systems Group

All humans process vast quantities of unannotated speech and manage to learn phonetic inventories, word boundaries, etc., and can use these abilities to acquire new word. Why can't ASR technology have similar capabilities? Our goal in this research project is to build speech technology using unannotated speech corpora.

Yu-An Chung

Sameer Khurana

Leads

Yu-An Chung

Sameer Khurana

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Yu-An Chung

Sameer Khurana

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

Wearable Ultrasonic Echolocation

The goal of this project is to develop and test a wearable ultrasonic echolocation aid for people who are blind and visually impaired. We combine concepts from engineering, acoustic physics, and neuroscience to make echolocation accessible as a research tool and mobility aid.

Santani Teng

Leads

Santani Teng

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Santani Teng

12 People Results

Leandro Agudelo

Research Scientist

Systems Genomics, CompBio, Topological Integrative Biology, Biology

E lagudelo@csail.mit.edu

Systems Genomics, CompBio, Topological Integrative Biology, Biology

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

Barış Ekim

Graduate Student

E ekim@csail.mit.edu

PI
Core/Dual

Jim Glass

Senior Research Scientist

speech and language processing

E glass@mit.edu

T 253-1640

RM

Lead

Spoken Language Systems Group

Designing Information-Rich Embedding Spaces

Unsupervised Learning of Interpretable Representations from Sequential Data

Fact-Checking and Reasoning

Speaker Verification and Diarization

Automatic Speech Recognition

Language and Dialect Identification

Member

Using Computers to Eat Healthier

Low-Power Speech Processing Circuits

Crossing the Vision-Language Boundary

Unsupervised Speech Processing

Arabic Language Processing

Health-related Biomarkers from Speech

Community Question Answering

Understanding Language Representations in Deep Learning Models

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

speech and language processing

Sameer Khurana

Graduate Student

unsupervised speech processing, automatic speech recognition

E skhurana@mit.edu

RM

Lead

Automatic Speech Recognition

Unsupervised Speech Processing

Language and Dialect Identification

Member

Spoken Language Systems Group

unsupervised speech processing, automatic speech recognition

Henry Lieberman

Research Scientist

Henry Lieberman is a Research Scientist at MIT CSAIL, in AI and HCI.

E lieber@MEDIA.MIT.EDU

Henry Lieberman is a Research Scientist at MIT CSAIL, in AI and HCI.

Samuel Sledzieski

Graduate Student

E samsl@csail.mit.edu

Nouran Soliman

Graduate Student

Nouran is a PhD Student in EECS at MIT working with David Karger.

E nouran@mit.edu

Nouran is a PhD Student in EECS at MIT working with David Karger.

Joshua Tenenbaum

Professor

Computational cognitive science, machine learning

E jbt@csail.mit.edu

T 452-2010

RM 46-4015

Lead

Computational Cognitive Science Group

Member

Center for Brains, Minds and Machines

Single-Image 3D Interpreter Network

3D Generative Adversarial Networks

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Cognitive AI Community of Research

Visual Computing Community of Research

Computational cognitive science, machine learning

Yu Wang

Graduate Student

E wangyu9@mit.edu

RM 32-D475A

Member

Geometric Data Processing Group

Geometry and topology for scientific computing and shape analysis

Junyi Zhu

Graduate Student

E junyizhu@mit.edu

RM

Member

HCI Engineering Group

PI
Core/Dual

Victor Zue

Professor

Spoken language systems, human language technologies

E zue@csail.mit.edu

T 253-8513

RM

Member

Spoken Language Systems Group

Spoken language systems, human language technologies

32 News Results

Mirai

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Computational Biology Health Care

January 27 '21

Robust AI tools to predict future cancer

Researchers created a risk-assessment algorithm that shows consistent performance across datasets from US, Europe and Asia.

Robust AI tools to predict future cancer

UTI 1

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Computational Biology Health Care

November 04 '20

Algorithm reduces unnecessary use of antibiotics for UTIs

Machine learning model predicts probability that a patient’s UTI can be treated by various antibiotics

Algorithm reduces unnecessary use of antibiotics for UTIs

Sleeping position

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Health Care

September 17 '20

Monitoring sleep positions for a healthy rest

Wireless device captures sleep data without using cameras or body sensors; could aid patients with Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, or bedsores.

Monitoring sleep positions for a healthy rest

Deep learning

Algorithms & Theory Programming Languages & Software Engineering Energy

August 12 '20

Shrinking deep learning’s carbon footprint

Through innovation in software and hardware, researchers move to reduce the financial and environmental costs of modern artificial intelligence.

Shrinking deep learning’s carbon footprint

Mueller

Human-Computer Interaction Energy Manufacturing

April 17 '20

Mueller named 2020 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow

Mueller named 2020 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow

Mueller named 2020 Microsoft Research Faculty Fellow

COVID-19 breathing

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Health Care Wireless

April 14 '20

CSAIL device lets doctors monitor COVID-19 patients from a distance

Wireless system helps Boston retirement home care for COVID patients while reducing risk of contagion

CSAIL device lets doctors monitor COVID-19 patients from a distance

ipad

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Health Care

January 10 '20

How well can computers connect symptoms to diseases?

A new MIT study finds “health knowledge graphs,” which show relationships between symptoms and diseases and are intended to help with clinical diagnosis, can fall short for certain conditions and patient populations. The results also suggest ways to boost their performance.

How well can computers connect symptoms to diseases?

“Lost dimensions” of images and video 2

Algorithms & Theory Health Care

October 29 '19

Recovering “lost dimensions” of images and video

Model could recreate video from motion-blurred images and “corner cameras,” may someday retrieve 3D data from 2D medical images.

Recovering “lost dimensions” of images and video

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

Photochrom

Human-Computer Interaction Energy Entertainment Manufacturing

September 10 '19

Objects can now change colors like a chameleon

Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light.

Objects can now change colors like a chameleon

Datacenters 1

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Energy

August 28 '19

Artificial intelligence could help data centers run far more efficiently

MIT system “learns” how to optimally allocate workloads across thousands of servers to cut costs, save energy.

Artificial intelligence could help data centers run far more efficiently

drag&drop2

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Health Care

June 27 '19

Drag-and-drop data analytics

System lets nonspecialists use machine-learning models to make predictions for medical research, sales, and more.

Drag-and-drop data analytics

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

brain scan

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Health Care

June 25 '19

From one brain scan, more information for medical artificial intelligence

System helps machine-learning models glean training information for diagnosing and treating brain conditions Home Node From one brain scan, more information for medical artificial intelligence

From one brain scan, more information for medical artificial intelligence

Flash 1

Algorithms & Theory Energy

April 02 '19

Advance boosts efficiency of flash storage in data centers

New architecture promises to cut in half the energy and physical space required to store and manage user data.

Advance boosts efficiency of flash storage in data centers

protein

Algorithms & Theory Computational Biology Health Care

March 26 '19

Model learns how individual amino acids determine protein function

Technique could improve machine-learning tasks in protein design, drug testing, and other applications.

Model learns how individual amino acids determine protein function

Trustworthy AI 2

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Cybersecurity Health Care Internet of Things Manufacturing Transportation Wireless

February 12 '19

MIT CSAIL holds trustworthy AI event with Microsoft

Workshop explores technical directions for making AI safe, fair, and understandable

MIT CSAIL holds trustworthy AI event with Microsoft

CSAIL1

Algorithms & Theory Computer Architecture Big Data Cybersecurity Health Care Internet of Things Manufacturing

January 31 '19

MIT hosts workshop on theoretical foundations of deep learning

Last week MIT’s Institute for Foundations of Data Science (MIFODS) held an interdisciplinary workshop aimed at tackling the underlying theory behind deep learning. Led by MIT professor Aleksander Madry, the event focused on a number of research discussions at the intersection of math, statistics, and theoretical computer science.

MIT hosts workshop on theoretical foundations of deep learning

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

Molecule 2

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Health Care

July 10 '18

Automating molecule design to speed up drug development

Machine-learning model could help chemists make molecules with higher potencies, much more quickly.

Automating molecule design to speed up drug development

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

Demaine 2

Algorithms & Theory Entertainment Health Care Manufacturing Transportation

May 25 '18

Demaine gives Congressional briefing on intersection of origami and computer science

MIT professor discusses using paper-folding for applications in manufacturing, medicine, and robotics

Demaine gives Congressional briefing on intersection of origami and computer science