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June 27 '19

CSAIL hosts first-ever TEDxMIT

Speakers — all women — discuss everything from gravitational waves to robot nurses

CSAIL hosts first-ever TEDxMIT

44 Group Results

Research Group

Advanced Network Architecture Group

The challenge that motivates the ANA group is to foster a healthy future for the Internet. The interplay of private sector investment, public sector regulation and public interest advocacy, as well as the global diversity in drivers and aspirations, makes for an uncertain future.

+4

David Clark

Karen Sollins

Leads

David Clark

Karen Sollins

Research Areas

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Lead

David Clark

Karen Sollins

David Clark

Karen Sollins

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

Applied Computing Group

We design software for high performance computing, develop algorithms for numerical linear algebra, and research random matrix theory and its applications.

Leads

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Research Group

Broderick Lab

We work in the areas of statistics and machine learning.

Tamara Broderick

Leads

Tamara Broderick

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Lead

Tamara Broderick

Tamara Broderick

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.

+5

Aleksander Madry

Leads

Aleksander Madry

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Graphics & Vision

Human-Computer Interaction

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Security & Cryptography

Impact Areas

Lead

Aleksander Madry

Aleksander Madry

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.

+6

Howard Shrobe

Leads

Howard Shrobe

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Lead

Howard Shrobe

Howard Shrobe

Research Group

Complexity Theory Group

Our interests span quantum complexity theory, barriers to solving P versus NP, theoretical computer science with a focus on probabilistically checkable proofs (PCP), pseudo-randomness, coding theory, and algorithms.

Leads

Shafi Goldwasser

Ronitt Rubinfeld

Michael Sipser

Ryan Williams

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Lead

Shafi Goldwasser

Ronitt Rubinfeld

Michael Sipser

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

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.

+21

Leads

Srini Devadas

Daniel Sanchez

Armando Solar-Lezama

Arvind

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Lead

Srini Devadas

Daniel Sanchez

Armando Solar-Lezama

Arvind

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

Research Group

Computational Design and Fabrication Group

Our research centers on digital manufacturing, 3D printing and computer graphics, as well as computational photography and displays, and virtual humans and robotics.

Wojciech Matusik

Leads

Wojciech Matusik

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Lead

Wojciech Matusik

Wojciech Matusik

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

Cryptography and Information Security Group

We seek to develop techniques for securing tomorrow's global information infrastructure by exploring theoretical foundations, near-term practical applications, and long-range speculative research.

Leads

Shafi Goldwasser

Silvio Micali

Ronald Rivest

Vinod Vaikuntanathan

Butler Lampson

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Security & Cryptography

Impact Areas

Lead

Shafi Goldwasser

Silvio Micali

Ronald Rivest

Vinod Vaikuntanathan

Butler Lampson

Research Group

Data Systems Group

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

+15

Leads

Sam Madden

Michael Stonebraker

Tim Kraska

Research Areas

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Lead

Sam Madden

Michael Stonebraker

Tim Kraska

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

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

We aim to develop the science of autonomy toward a future with robots and AI systems integrated into everyday life, supporting people with cognitive and physical tasks.

+12

Daniela Rus

Leads

Daniela Rus

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Lead

Daniela Rus

Daniela Rus

Community of Research

Embodied Intelligence Community of Research

Our goal is to understand the nature of intelligent behavior in the physical world, through the study of human intelligence and the design and implementation of intelligent robots.

+12

Ted Adelson

Leads

Ted Adelson

Research Areas

Lead

Ted Adelson

Ted Adelson

Research Group

Geometric Data Processing Group

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

+6

Justin Solomon

Leads

Justin Solomon

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Graphics & Vision

Impact Areas

Lead

Justin Solomon

Justin Solomon

Research Group

Haystack Group

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

Lea Verou

+2

David Karger

Leads

David Karger

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Human-Computer Interaction

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

David Karger

Lea Verou

David Karger

Research Group

Interactive Robotics Group

The Interactive Robotics Group aims to imagine the future of work by designing collaborative robot teammates that enhance human capability.

Julie Shah

Leads

Julie Shah

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Lead

Julie Shah

Julie Shah

Research Group

Learning and Intelligent Systems

We conduct interdisciplinary research aimed at discovering the principles underlying the design of artificially intelligent robots.

+5

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Leads

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Lead

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Research Group

Lecturers

Lecturers in CSAIL

Leads

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

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

Leads

John Leonard

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Lead

John Leonard

John Leonard

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

Leads

Hal Abelson

Research Areas

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

Hal Abelson

Hal Abelson

143 Project Results

Project

3D-Printed Organic Solar Cells

Computational Design and Fabrication Group

Using our inkjet printer system, the goal of this project is to produce a light sensor / solar cell that is composed entirely of 3D printed materials.

Leads

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Project

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

Computation Structures Group

(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

Leads

Quan Nguyen

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Systems & Networking

Quan Nguyen

Project

A new way of handling all-to-all broadcast

Computation Structures Group

We design a new all-to-all broadcasts scheme with significantly less communication cost using aggregate signatures.

Alin Tomescu

Jun Wan

Leads

Jun Wan

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Security & Cryptography

Alin Tomescu

Jun Wan

Project

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

Leads

Charles E. Leiserson

Tao Schardl

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Charles E. Leiserson

Tao Schardl

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.

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Leads

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Human-Computer Interaction

Impact Areas

Leslie Kaelbling

Tomas Lozano-Perez

Project

AdaptDB: Adaptive Partitioning for Distributed Joins

Data Systems Group

Our goal is to develop an adaptive storage manager for analytical database workloads in a distributed setting. It works by partitioning datasets across a cluster and incrementally refining data partitioning as queries are run.

Leads

Research Areas

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Project

Aggregate Congestion Control

Networks and Mobile Systems

Develop a method for sending persistently backlogged traffic on the Internet while adapting to link conditions dynamically.

Akshay Narayan

Francis Cangialosi

Leads

Akshay Narayan

Francis Cangialosi

Research Areas

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Akshay Narayan

Francis Cangialosi

Project

Algebraic Techniques for Algorithm Design

Theory of Computation Community of Research

We work on improving the algorithms for algebraic problems like matrix multiplication, and using these to design algorithms for fundamental non-algebraic problems.

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Leads

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Project

Algorithmic Aspects of Performance Engineering

Supertech Research Group

Theory of Computation Community of Research

The project concerns algorithmic solutions for writing fast codes.

Leads

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

Project

Amoeba: A shape changing storage system for big data

Data Systems Group

Amoeba is a distributed storage system that efficiently supports ad-hoc and exploratory analytics using adaptive data partitioning

Alekh Jindal

Leads

Research Areas

Systems & Networking

Alekh Jindal

Project

An Algorithmic Theory of Brain Networks

Theory of Distributed Systems Group

We are developing an algorithmic theory for brain networks, based on simple synchronized stochastic graph-based neural network models.

Nancy Lynch

Leads

Nancy Lynch

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Nancy Lynch

Project

An Interlock for Self Driving Cars

Software Design Group

Computer-Aided Programming

Vertical AI Community of Research

Human-Computer Interaction 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

Leads

Daniel Jackson

Armando Solar-Lezama

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Daniel Jackson

Armando Solar-Lezama

Project

Apprenticeship Scheduling: Learning to Schedule From Human Experts

Interactive Robotics Group

Robot scheduling via learning from demonstration for tasks in medicine and more

Leads

Research Areas

Impact Areas

Project

Approximate String Joins with Abbreviations

Data Systems Group

We propose efficient and effective algorithms to perform approximate string joins with abbreviations in database systems.

Wenbo Tao

Leads

Wenbo Tao

Research Areas

Systems & Networking

Wenbo Tao

Project

Approximating the diameter of a directed graph

Theory of Computation Community of Research

There is a family of approximation algorithms for computing the diameter of an undirected graph that give a time/accuracy trade-off and our goal is to extend these results to directed graphs.

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Leads

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Virginia Vassilevska Williams

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

Aspect-Augmented Adversarial Networks for Domain Adaptation

Natural Language Processing Group

Vertical AI Community of Research

We propose a novel aspect-augmented adversarial network for cross-aspect and cross-domain adaptation tasks. The effectiveness of our approach suggests the potential application of adversarial networks to a broader range of NLP tasks for improved representation learning, such as machine translation and language generation.

Regina Barzilay

Tommi Jaakkola

Leads

Regina Barzilay

Tommi Jaakkola

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Systems & Networking

Regina Barzilay

Tommi Jaakkola

Project

Aurum: Large Scale Data Discovery

Data Systems Group

Aurum is a data discovery system that works at large scale, helping people find relevant data.

Sam Madden

Michael Stonebraker

Leads

Sam Madden

Michael Stonebraker

Research Areas

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Sam Madden

Michael Stonebraker

Project

Basing Cryptography on Structured Hardness

Cryptography and Information Security Group

Theory of Computation Community of Research

We aim to base a variety of cryptographic primitives on complexity theoretic assumptions. We focus on the assumption that there exist highly structured problems --- admitting so called "zero-knowledge" protocols --- that are nevertheless hard to compute

Leads

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Security & Cryptography

Project

Bayesian Optimization for Global Optimization of Expensive Black-box Functions

Machine Learning

Learning and Intelligent Systems

We study the fundamentals of Bayesian optimization and develop efficient Bayesian optimization methods for global optimization of expensive black-box functions originated from a range of different applications.

Leads

Research Areas

Algorithms & Theory

Impact Areas

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

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

Leads

Abhijit Biswas

Ted Adelson

Mandayam A. Srinivasan

Mohan Thanikachalam

Research Areas

Computational Biology

Graphics & Vision

Mumin Jin

Aya G. Halawi

Jianhua Li

Project

BlueDBM: Distributed Flash Storage for Big Data Analytics

Computation Structures Group

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.

Leads

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Project

Brain-Controlled Robots

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

This project aims to let people correct robot mistakes with nothing more than their brain signals - to allow robots to adapt to humans rather than the other way around

Frank H. Guenther

Daniela Rus

Joseph DelPreto

Leads

Daniela Rus

Joseph DelPreto

Research Areas

Human-Computer Interaction

Frank H. Guenther

Daniela Rus

Joseph DelPreto

105 People Results

Murad Abu-Khalaf

Program Manager, Toyota-CSAIL Joint Research Center

E murad@mit.edu

T 452-2859

Leandro Agudelo

Research Scientist

Systems Genomics, CompBio, Topological Integrative Biology, Biology

E lagudelo@csail.mit.edu

Systems Genomics, CompBio, Topological Integrative Biology, Biology

Alexander Amini

Graduate Student

PhD Candidate. Deep Learning; Robotics

E Amini@mit.edu

RM

Lead

Robust Learning for Autonomous Vehicles

Member

Self-Driving Vehicles

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

PhD Candidate. Deep Learning; Robotics

Brandon Araki

Graduate Student

E araki@csail.mit.edu

Venkat Arun

Graduate Student

Congestion control, applied cryptography

E venkatar@MIT.EDU

RM

Congestion control, applied cryptography

Anish Athalye

Graduate Student

PhD student in PDOS

E aathalye@mit.edu

RM 32-G978A

PhD student in PDOS

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

Cenk Baykal

Graduate Student

E baykal@mit.edu

RM 32-376C

Member

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Coresets for Machine Learning Algorithms

Jonathan Behrens

Graduate Student

E behrensj@mit.edu

RM 32-G978B

Member

Noria: a new data-flow system for web applications

Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems

PI
Core/Dual

Adam Belay

Assistant Professor

Operating systems, networking, systems security, and performance

E abelay@CSAIL.MIT.EDU

T 253-0004

RM

Lead

Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems

Member

Systems Community of Research

Operating systems, networking, systems security, and performance

Laurent Bindschaedler

Postdoctoral Fellow

Systems for Big Data and ML. ML for Systems.

E bindscha@mit.edu

Member

Data Systems Group

Systems for Big Data and ML. ML for Systems.

Noam Buckman

Graduate Student

PhD Candidate. Autonomous vehicles. Multi-robot systems.

E nbuckman@mit.edu

RM

Member

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Self-Driving Vehicles

PhD Candidate. Autonomous vehicles. Multi-robot systems.

Richard Camilli

Research Affiliate

E romeo@mit.edu

Member

Model-Based Embedded and Robotics Systems Group

Tej Chajed

Graduate Student

PhD student in systems

E tchajed@csail.mit.edu

RM 32-G978B

Lead

FSCQ: File-system verification

Member

Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems

PhD student in systems

Lillian Chin

Graduate Student

E ltchin@mit.edu

RM

Lead

Sensorized Soft Electric Hands with Handed Shearing Auxetics

Member

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

PI
Core/Dual

Adam Chlipala

Associate Professor

Programming languages, formal methods, security & privacy, systems

E adamc@csail.mit.edu

T 324-8439

RM

Lead

Kami: A Modular Deductive Hardware Verification Platform

Compilation Using Correct-by-Construction Program Synthesis

Programming Languages & Verification

Hemiola: Structural Design and Proof of Cache-Coherence Protocols

Member

Compilation Using Correct-by-Construction Program Synthesis

Programming with spaces

Computation Structures Group

FSCQ: File-system verification

Systems Community of Research

Programming languages, formal methods, security & privacy, systems

InHo Cho

Graduate Student

E inhocho@csail.mit.edu

RM 32-G978B

Stephen Chou

Graduate Student

E s3chou@csail.mit.edu

RM

Member

Taco: The Tensor Algebra Compiler

Valentin Churavy

Graduate Student

#JuliaLang, #GPU, #HPC

E vchuravy@MIT.EDU

Member

Adversarial Cyber Security

#JuliaLang, #GPU, #HPC

PI
Core/Dual

David Clark

Senior Research Scientist

Internet architectures, communications policy, security

E ddc@csail.mit.edu

T 253-6003

RM

Lead

Advanced Network Architecture Group

Internet Policy Research Initiative

Member

Computing & Society Community of Research

Systems Community of Research

Internet architectures, communications policy, security

PI
Core/Dual

Costis Daskalakis

Associate Professor

Algorithms, Economics, Game Theory, Statistics, Machine Learning

E costis@csail.mit.edu

T 253-9643

RM

Lead

Algorithms Group

Is the Casino using a Riffle Shuffle?

Understanding Convergence of Iterative Algorithms

Theory of Computation Community of Research

Member

Center for Deployable Machine Learning (CDML)

Algorithms, Economics, Game Theory, Statistics, Machine Learning

Joseph DelPreto

Graduate Student

Works on human-robot interaction using muscle and brain signals.

E delpreto@csail.mit.edu

RM 32-376A

Lead

Supervising Robots with Muscle and Brain Signals

Brain-Controlled Robots

Distributed Robot Garden

SoFi - The Soft Robotic Fish

Soft Robotic Hand

Using Muscle Signals to Lift Objects with Robots

Controlling drones and other robots with gestures

Helping robots learn using demonstrations

Member

Distributed Robotics Laboratory

Works on human-robot interaction using muscle and brain signals.

PI
Core/Dual

Erik Demaine

Professor

Algorithms, theory, computational geometry, complexity

E edemaine@mit.edu

T 253-6871

RM

Lead

Algorithms Group

Member

Theory of Computation Community of Research

Algorithms, theory, computational geometry, complexity

Martin Demaine

Robotics Engineer

E mdemaine@mit.edu

T 253-7953

RM

141 News Results

GraphIt

Algorithms & Theory Programming Languages & Software Engineering Systems & Networking

February 22 '21

Researchers develop speedier network analysis for a range of computer hardware

The advance could boost recommendation algorithms and internet search.

Researchers develop speedier network analysis for a range of computer hardware

MIT liquid

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML

January 28 '21

“Liquid” machine-learning system adapts to changing conditions

The new type of neural network could aid decision making in autonomous driving and medical diagnosis.

“Liquid” machine-learning system adapts to changing conditions

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

Robot brains

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Robotics

January 22 '21

Designing customized “brains” for robots

A new system devises hardware architectures to hasten robots’ response time.

Designing customized “brains” for robots

Agent vs. Observer

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML

December 07 '20

Building machines that better understand human goals

A new algorithm capable of inferring goals and plans could help machines better adapt to the imperfect nature of human planning

Building machines that better understand human goals

Hari B.

Systems & Networking

December 03 '20

Hari Balakrishnan awarded Infosys Prize for 2020

The prestigious 2020 Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science was awarded to Hari Balakrishnan, the Fujitsu professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, co-leader of the Networks and Mobile Systems Group within CSAIL, and co-director of MIT’s Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing, for his outstanding contributions to science and research.

Hari Balakrishnan awarded Infosys Prize for 2020

BERT

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML

December 02 '20

Shrinking massive neural networks used to model language

A new approach could lower computing costs and increase accessibility to state-of-the-art natural language processing.

Shrinking massive neural networks used to model language

RoboGrammar

Algorithms & Theory Robotics

November 30 '20

Computer-aided creativity in robot design

MIT researchers’ new system optimizes the shape of robots for traversing various terrain types.

Computer-aided creativity in robot design

A neural network learns when it should not be trusted

AI & ML Robotics Transportation

November 24 '20

A neural network learns when it should not be trusted

A faster way to estimate uncertainty in AI-assisted decision-making could lead to safer outcomes.

A neural network learns when it should not be trusted

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

Autonomous boats

Algorithms & Theory Robotics Transportation

October 26 '20

Autonomous boats could be your next ride

Five years in the making, MIT’s autonomous floating vessels get a size upgrade and learn a new way to communicate aboard the waters.

Autonomous boats could be your next ride

Robotic helpers

Robotics Health Care

October 22 '20

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots

Book co-authored by Associate Professor Julie Shah and Laura Major SM ’05 explores a future populated with robot helpers.

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Robots

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

computer vision model 1

Algorithms & Theory AI & ML Programming Languages & Software Engineering

September 08 '20

Toward a machine learning model that can reason about everyday actions

Researchers train a model to reach human-level performance at recognizing abstract concepts in video.

Toward a machine learning model that can reason about everyday actions

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

data storage

Systems & Networking Big Data

August 10 '20

Data systems that learn to be better

Storage tool adapts to what its datasets’ users want to search.

Data systems that learn to be better

John Leonard

Robotics

August 07 '20

3 Questions: John Leonard on the future of autonomous vehicles

MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future examines job changes in the AV transition and how training can help workers move into careers that support mobility systems.

3 Questions: John Leonard on the future of autonomous vehicles

Looking into the black box 1

Algorithms & Theory Systems & Networking

July 29 '20

Looking into the black box

Recent advances give theoretical insight into why deep learning networks are successful.

Looking into the black box

AI/art

Algorithms & Theory Entertainment

July 29 '20

Algorithm finds hidden connections between paintings at the Met

A team from MIT helped create an image retrieval system to find the closest matches of paintings from different artists and cultures.

Algorithm finds hidden connections between paintings at the Met

Graphics & Vision Programming Languages & Software Engineering Systems & Networking

July 17 '20

Wu receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention award

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery announced this week that MIT CSAIL PhD student ‘19 Jiajun Wu was selected for an honorable mention for his dissertation “Learning to See the Physical World.”

Wu receives ACM Doctoral Dissertation Honorable Mention award

cable gripper

Robotics Manufacturing

July 13 '20

Letting robots manipulate cables

Robotic gripper with soft sensitive fingers developed at MIT CSAIL can handle cables with unprecedented dexterity.

Letting robots manipulate cables

TLP

AI & ML Robotics

June 30 '20

Lozano-Perez wins 2021 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award

This week it was announced that MIT professor and CSAIL principal investigator Tomas Lozano-Perez has been awarded the 2021 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award for his “foundational contributions to robot motion planning and visionary leadership in the field.”

Lozano-Perez wins 2021 IEEE Robotics and Automation Award

AR glove

Algorithms & Theory Robotics

June 02 '20

New glove lets you incorporate real-life objects into virtual worlds

New glove lets you incorporate real-life objects into virtual worlds

New glove lets you incorporate real-life objects into virtual worlds

gripper 2

Algorithms & Theory Robotics Manufacturing

June 01 '20

Giving soft robots senses

In a pair of papers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), two teams enable better sense and perception for soft robotic grippers.

Giving soft robots senses