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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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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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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
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Howard Shrobe

Howard Shrobe

25 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.
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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

Alloy

Software Design Group
Human-Computer Interaction Community of Research
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.
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Daniel Jackson

Leads

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Daniel Jackson

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction
Programming Languages & Software Engineering
Security & Cryptography

Impact Areas

Big Data
Cybersecurity
Education
Transportation
Wireless
 
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Daniel Jackson

Project

PrivacyML - A Privacy Preserving Framework for Machine Learning

Decentralized Information Group
Cognitive AI Community of Research
Computing & Society Community of Research
We are developing a general framework that enforces privacy transparently enabling different kinds of machine learning to be developed that are automatically privacy preserving.
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Lalana Kagal

Vaikkunth

Vaikkunth Mugunthan

Leads

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Lalana Kagal

Vaikkunth

Vaikkunth Mugunthan

Research Areas

AI & ML
Security & Cryptography

Impact Areas

Big Data
Cybersecurity
Education
Energy
Entertainment
Health Care
Internet of Things
Manufacturing
Transportation
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Lalana Kagal

Vaikkunth

Vaikkunth Mugunthan

19 People Results

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R. David Edelman

Director, Project on Technology, Economy & National Security
Machine learning, cybersecurity, governance
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T 258-6389
Machine learning, cybersecurity, governance
Gregory Falco

Gregory Falco

Research Affiliate
Dr. Falco is a hacker and expert in IoT and IIoT cybersecurity.
Gregory Falco
Dr. Falco is a hacker and expert in IoT and IIoT cybersecurity.
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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
Kaelbling

PI
Core/Dual

Leslie Kaelbling

Professor
Robotics, machine learning, motion planning
Kaelbling
T 258-9695
RM 32-333

Lead

Learning and Intelligent Systems
Machine Learning
Learning and Optimization
Robotic Planning and Manipulation with Force Information
Reliable Robotic Construction of Multi-object Arrangements
Learning and Planning with Compressed Linear Expectation Models
Active Learning of Models for Planning
Task and Motion Planning for Autonomous Robots
Robust Intelligent Robots
Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Member

Robust Intelligent Robots
Robotics, machine learning, motion planning
Lozano-Perez

PI
Core/Dual

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Professor
Robotics, artificial intelligence
Lozano-Perez
T 253-7889
RM 32-333

Lead

Learning and Intelligent Systems
Learning and Optimization
Robotic Planning and Manipulation with Force Information
Reliable Robotic Construction of Multi-object Arrangements
Learning and Planning with Compressed Linear Expectation Models
Active Learning of Models for Planning
Task and Motion Planning for Autonomous Robots
Robust Intelligent Robots

Member

Robust Intelligent Robots
Embodied Intelligence Community of Research
Robotics, artificial intelligence
Rus

PI
Core/Dual

Daniela Rus

Director
CSAIL director, robotics, AI, data science, privacy
Rus
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
Robot Compiler
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
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PI
Core/Dual

Julie Shah

Associate Professor
Robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence
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T 324-4879

Lead

Interactive Robotics Group
Robots that collaborate with humans to form team plans
Robots that Quickly Adjust Team Plans to Disturbance
Human-Guided Transfer for Robot Learning
Efficient Communication for Human-Machine Teams

Member

Apprenticeship Scheduling: Learning to Schedule From Human Experts
Embodied Intelligence Community of Research
Robotics, machine learning, artificial intelligence
Russ Tedrake

PI
Core/Dual

Russ Tedrake

Professor
Robotics, machine learning, motion planning and control
Russ Tedrake
T 253-1778
RM 32-380B

Lead

Robot Locomotion Group
Localizing External Contact Using Proprioceptive Sensors
Tactile and Physical Perception
Soft Contact Modeling
Self-Driving Vehicles

Member

Tactile and Physical Perception
Task-Driven Co-Optimization Of Articulated Robots
Center for Deployable Machine Learning (CDML)
Embodied Intelligence Community of Research
Robotics, machine learning, motion planning and control
Williams

PI
Core/Dual

Brian Williams

Professor
Robotics, autonomy, artificial intelligence, machine learning
Williams
T 253-2739
RM 32-227

Lead

Model-Based Embedded and Robotics Systems Group
RADMAX
Geordi: A Driver's Assistant for Risk-bounded Maneuvering
Robots Adapting to Human Intent
Risk-aware Network Resource Allocation
Uhura: Personal Assistant that Manages Risk
Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST)

Member

Cognitive AI Community of Research
Robotics, autonomy, artificial intelligence, machine learning

21 News Results

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Algorithms & Theory Security & Cryptography Big Data Cybersecurity Education Entertainment Health Care Internet of Things Manufacturing

Goldwasser, Micali, and Rivest win BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards

This week it was announced that MIT professors and CSAIL principal investigators Shafi Goldwasser, Silvio Micali, Ronald Rivest, and former MIT professor Adi Shamir won this year’s BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards in the Information and Communication Technologies category for their work in cryptography.

Goldwasser, Micali, and Rivest win BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards

A GelSight sensor attached to a robot’s gripper enables the robot to determine precisely where it has grasped a small screwdriver, removing it from and inserting it back into a slot, even when the gripper screens the screwdriver from the robot’s came
Robotics Manufacturing

Giving robots a sense of touch

Eight years ago, Ted Adelson’s research group at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) unveiled a new sensor technology, called GelSight, that uses physical contact with an object to provide a remarkably detailed 3-D map of its surface. Now, by mounting GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, two MIT teams have given robots greater sensitivity and dexterity. The researchers presented their work in two papers at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation last week.

Giving robots a sense of touch

This 3-D hexapod robot moves via a single motor, which spins a crankshaft that pumps fluid to the robot’s legs. Besides the motor and battery, every component is printed in a single step with no assembly required.
Robotics Manufacturing

First-ever 3-D printed robots made of both solids and liquids

One reason we don’t yet have robot personal assistants buzzing around doing our chores is because making them is hard. Assembling robots by hand is time-consuming, while automation — robots building other robots — is not yet fine-tuned enough to make robots that can do complex tasks.But if humans and robots can’t do the trick, what about 3-D printers?In a new paper, researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) present the first-ever technique for 3-D printing robots that involves printing solid and liquid materials at the same time.The new method allows the team to automatically 3-D print dynamic robots in a single step, with no assembly required, using a commercially-available 3-D printer.

First-ever 3-D printed robots made of both solids and liquids