Research

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Una-May O'Reilly

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.

Aleksander Madry

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Aleksander Madry

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Aleksander Madry

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Commit Group

We focus on finding novel approaches to improve the performance of modern computer systems without unduly increasing the complexity faced by application developers, compiler writers, or computer architects.

Saman Amarasinghe

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Saman Amarasinghe

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Saman Amarasinghe

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Computation Structures Group

Our mission is fostering the creation and development of high-performance, reliable and secure computing systems that are easy to interact with.

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Srini Devadas

Daniel Sanchez

Armando Solar-Lezama

Arvind

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Srini Devadas

Daniel Sanchez

Armando Solar-Lezama

Arvind

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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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Computer-Aided Programming

We develop techniques and tools that exploit automated reasoning and large amounts of computing power to tackle challenging programming problems

Armando Solar-Lezama

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Armando Solar-Lezama

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Armando Solar-Lezama

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Data Systems Group

We conduct research on all areas of database systems and information management.

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Sam Madden

Michael Stonebraker

Tim Kraska

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Sam Madden

Michael Stonebraker

Tim Kraska

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Decentralized Information Group

We are investigating decentralized technologies that affect social change.

Lalana Kagal

Tim Berners-Lee

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Lalana Kagal

Tim Berners-Lee

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Lalana Kagal

Tim Berners-Lee

Lalana Kagal

Tim Berners-Lee

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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

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Haystack Group

We are an interdisciplinary group of researchers blending approaches from human-computer interaction, social computing, databases, information management, and databases.

Lea Verou

David Karger

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David Karger

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Internet of Things

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David Karger

Lea Verou

David Karger

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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Julia Lab

We focus on theoretical and numerical aspects of the core Julia language, base library, and several other packages.

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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

Research Group

MIT App Inventor

MIT App Inventor is an intuitive, visual programming environment that allows everyone – even children – to build fully functional apps for smartphones and tablets.

Hal Abelson

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Hal Abelson

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Internet of Things

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Hal Abelson

Research Group

Programming Languages & Verification

Mission: improve the software and hardware development process by replacing ugly development techniques with beautiful ones

Secret weapon: applied mathematical logic, including computer theorem proving (especially Coq) and type systems

Adam Chlipala

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Adam Chlipala

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Adam Chlipala

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Programming Languages and Software Engineering

We research programming languages, software engineering, and related work in human-computer interaction.

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Programming Methodology Group

We develop innovative approaches for building software and for solving problems in modern parallel and distributed software systems.

Barbara Liskov

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Barbara Liskov

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Barbara Liskov

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Programming Systems Group

Investigating the semantics, design, and implementation of programming systems (programming languages, compilers, and runtime systems).

Michael Carbin

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Michael Carbin

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Michael Carbin

Research Group

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

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Software Design Group

Our goal is to find better ways to make software, and ways to make software better.

Daniel Jackson

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Daniel Jackson

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Daniel Jackson

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Supertech Research Group

We investigate the technologies that support scalable high-performance computing, including hardware, software, and theory.

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Charles E. Leiserson

Neil Thompson

Tao Schardl

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Charles E. Leiserson

Neil Thompson

Tao Schardl

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Sussman Lab

We focus on understanding the problem-solving strategies used by scientists and engineers, with the goals of automating parts of the process and formalizing educational methods.

Gerald Sussman

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Gerald Sussman

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Gerald Sussman

Community of Research

Systems Community of Research

The Systems CoR is focused on building and investigating large-scale software systems that power modern computers, phones, data centers, and networks, including operating systems, the Internet, wireless networks, databases, and other software infrastructure.

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Sam Madden

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Sam Madden

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Sam Madden

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Sam Madden

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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Costis Daskalakis

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Costis Daskalakis

101 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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Computation Structures Group

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[Inactive] T-1000: A Thousand-Core Coherent Shared Memory System

(This project is no longer active.) The T-1000, a prototype system of a thousand realistic processors embedded throughout an ensemble of interconnected FPGAs, seeks to demonstrate the scalability of timestamp-based cache coherence protocols on distributed shared memory systems.

Quan Nguyen

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Quan Nguyen

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Computational Cognitive Science Group

Quan Nguyen

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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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A Simplified and Extensible Cilk Runtime for Research

CilkS is a new runtime system for the Cilk multithreaded programming environment which makes it easy to experiment with new algorithms, data structures, and programming linguistics.

Charles E. Leiserson

Tao Schardl

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Charles E. Leiserson

Tao Schardl

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Imagination, Computation, and Expression Laboratory (ICE Lab)

Charles E. Leiserson

Tao Schardl

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AIRvatar System: A Framework for Analyzing Virtual Identities

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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Alloy

Software Design Group

Alloy is a language for describing structures and a tool for exploring them. It has been used in a wide range of applications from finding holes in security mechanisms to designing telephone switching networks. Hundreds of projects have used Alloy for design analysis, for verification, for simulation, and as a backend for many other kinds of analysis and synthesis tools, and Alloy is currently being taught in courses worldwide.

Daniel Jackson

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Daniel Jackson

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Computer-Aided Programming

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Daniel Jackson

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An Interlock for Self Driving Cars

Software Design Group

Vertical AI Community of Research

Self-driving cars are likely to be safer, on average, than human-driven cars. But they may fail in new and catastrophic ways that a human driver could prevent. This project is designing a new architecture for a highly dependable self-driving car.

Daniel Jackson

Armando Solar-Lezama

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Daniel Jackson

Armando Solar-Lezama

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Daniel Jackson

Armando Solar-Lezama

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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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Computation Structures Group

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Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST)

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.

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Howard Shrobe

Brian Williams

Boris Katz

Zhutian Yang

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Computer-Aided Programming

Project

Bellmania

Supertech Research Group

Theory of Computation Community of Research

Deductive synthesis for large-scale implementations of dynamic programming algorithms

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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

Research Areas

Computation Structures Group

Mumin Jin

Aya G. Halawi

Jianhua Li

Project

BlueDBM: Distributed Flash Storage for Big Data Analytics

BlueDBM is an architecture of computer clusters consisting of fast distributed flash storage and in-storage accelerators, which often outperforms larger and more expensive clusters in applications such as graph analytics.

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Bridging Theory and Practice in Shared-Memory Parallel Algorithm Design

This project aims to design parallel algorithms for shared-memory machines that are efficient both in theory and also in practice.

Julian Shun

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Julian Shun

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Julian Shun

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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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CilkPride

Usable Programming Group

CilkPride is a programming environment that aims to make performance and safety information always available and appropriately visible to the programmer.

Charles E. Leiserson

Rob Miller

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Charles E. Leiserson

Rob Miller

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Charles E. Leiserson

Rob Miller

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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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Compilation Using Correct-by-Construction Program Synthesis

We're using proof assistants to build correct, extensible compilers, by rephrasing compilation in terms of producing mathematical proofs.

Adam Chlipala

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Adam Chlipala

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Adam Chlipala

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Compression and Reordering for Parallel Graph Analytics

We plan to develop a suite of graph compression and reordering techniques as part of the Ligra parallel graph processing framework to reduce space usage and improve performance of graph algorithms.

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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

Project

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