Research

Human-Computer Interaction

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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

HCI Engineering Group

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

Stefanie Mueller

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Stefanie Mueller

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Stefanie Mueller

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

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John Leonard

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John Leonard

Research Group

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

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Nir Shavit

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Systems & Networking

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Cybersecurity

Lead

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

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Peter Shor

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Big Data

Cybersecurity

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Peter Shor

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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AI & ML

Graphics & Vision

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Big Data

Internet of Things

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John Fisher

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

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Nancy Lynch

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Distributed Robotics Laboratory

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Nancy Lynch

6 Project Results

Project

Better Models for Ride-Sharing

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

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AI & ML

Systems & Networking

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Big Data

Project

Computational Multicopter Design

Computer Graphics Group

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

Tao Du

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Tao Du

Research Areas

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Manufacturing

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Tao Du

Project

Drones that Drive

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

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AI & ML

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