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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

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.

+21

Sam Madden

Leads

Sam Madden

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

Sam Madden

Sam Madden

2 Project Results matching all criteria

Project

Kami: A Modular Deductive Hardware Verification Platform

Programming Languages & Verification

A framework to support implementing, specifying, verifying, and compiling hardware designs, modularly

Adam Chlipala

Leads

Adam Chlipala

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Impact Areas

Adam Chlipala

Project

Using Bitcoin to prevent identify theft

Computation Structures Group

System piggybacks on the digital currency’s security protocols to thwart hijacked servers.

Srini Devadas

Leads

Srini Devadas

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Impact Areas

Srini Devadas

8 People Results matching all criteria

PI
Core/Dual

Saman Amarasinghe

Professor

Compilers, architectures, software engineering

E saman@csail.mit.edu

T 253-8879

RM

Lead

Tiramisu Compiler

Member

Simit: A Language for Computing on Sparse Systems

Taco: The Tensor Algebra Compiler

OpenTuner: An Extensible Framework for Program Autotuning

Program Performance Prediction with Deep Learning

Vertical AI Community of Research

Compilers, architectures, software engineering

PI
Core/Dual

Tim Berners-Lee

Professor

Systems, privacy, inventor of the World Wide Web

E timbl@w3.org

T 253-5702

RM

Lead

Decentralized Information Group

World Wide Web Consortium

Solid: Social Linked Data

Member

Computing & Society Community of Research

Systems, privacy, inventor of the World Wide Web

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

Peter Deutsch

Graduate Student

E pwd@mit.edu

PI
Core/Dual

Srini Devadas

Professor

Architectures, security, computer-aided design

E devadas@csail.mit.edu

T 253-0454

RM

Lead

Computation Structures Group

Using Bitcoin to prevent identify theft

Secure Demand Paging for Trusted Execution Environments

Scaling strong anonymity

Return of the Byzantine Generals

Member

Sanctum Secure Processor

A new way of handling all-to-all broadcast

Architectures, security, computer-aided design

PI
Core/Dual

Howard Shrobe

Principal Research Scientist

Architectures, cybersecurity, web policy

E hes@csail.mit.edu

T 253-7877

RM

Lead

Risk-aware Network Resource Allocation

Automated Attack Tree Generation for Critical Infrastructure

Cognitive AI Community of Research

Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST)

Uhura: Personal Assistant that Manages Risk

Member

Computation Structures Group

Computing & Society Community of Research

Architectures, cybersecurity, web policy

PI
Core/Dual

Daniel Weitzner

Principal Research Scientist

Web policy, cybersecurity, web architecture

E djweitzner@csail.mit.edu

T 253-8036

RM

Lead

Internet Policy Research Initiative

Keys Under Doormats

Computing & Society Community of Research

Member

Data Systems Group

Web policy, cybersecurity, web architecture

PI
Core/Dual

Nickolai Zeldovich

Associate Professor

Operating systems, hardware, programming languages

E nickolai@csail.mit.edu

T 253-6005

RM

Lead

Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems

Scaling Filesystems To Many Cores

Vuvuzela: Metadata private messaging

Member

Computation Structures Group

FSCQ: File-system verification

Systems Community of Research

Operating systems, hardware, programming languages

6 News Results matching all criteria

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

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

Thomas Bourgeat, Andrew Wright, Arvind and Sizhou Zhang

Computer Architecture Security & Cryptography Cybersecurity Energy

October 22 '18

Opening up open-source to design better chips

MIT CSAIL system lets users change one part of a processor’s design without impacting the others

Opening up open-source to design better chips

Tim Berners-Lee was honored with the Turing Award for his work inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and "the fundamental protocols and algorithms [that allowed] the web to scale."

Computer Architecture Big Data Cybersecurity Education Energy Entertainment Health Care Internet of Things Wireless

May 02 '18

From Utopia to Dystopia in 29 Short Years

May 2, 2018 - Sir Tim Berners-Lee of MIT gave a Dertouzos Distinguished Lecture titled "From Utopia to Dystopia in 29 Short Years."

From Utopia to Dystopia in 29 Short Years

spectre/meltdown

Computer Architecture Security & Cryptography Cybersecurity

February 01 '18

MIT security experts discuss “Spectre” and “Meltdown” processor flaws

Last week CSAIL hosted the second “Hot Topics in Computing” speaker series, a monthly forum where computing experts hold discussions with community members on various topics in the computer science field.

MIT security experts discuss “Spectre” and “Meltdown” processor flaws

Fast Cache

Computer Architecture Security & Cryptography Cybersecurity

October 22 '17

Selective memory

In a traditional computer, a microprocessor is mounted on a “package,” a small circuit board with a grid of electrical leads on its bottom. The package snaps into the computer’s motherboard, and data travels between the processor and the computer’s main memory bank through the leads.

Selective memory

2 Group Results

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

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.

+21

Sam Madden

Leads

Sam Madden

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Security & Cryptography

Systems & Networking

Impact Areas

Internet of Things

Lead

Sam Madden

Sam Madden

2 Project Results

Project

Kami: A Modular Deductive Hardware Verification Platform

Programming Languages & Verification

A framework to support implementing, specifying, verifying, and compiling hardware designs, modularly

Adam Chlipala

Leads

Adam Chlipala

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Programming Languages & Software Engineering

Impact Areas

Adam Chlipala

Project

Using Bitcoin to prevent identify theft

Computation Structures Group

System piggybacks on the digital currency’s security protocols to thwart hijacked servers.

Srini Devadas

Leads

Srini Devadas

Research Areas

Computer Architecture

Impact Areas

Srini Devadas

8 People Results

PI
Core/Dual

Saman Amarasinghe

Professor

Compilers, architectures, software engineering

E saman@csail.mit.edu

T 253-8879

RM

Lead

Tiramisu Compiler

Member

Simit: A Language for Computing on Sparse Systems

Taco: The Tensor Algebra Compiler

OpenTuner: An Extensible Framework for Program Autotuning

Program Performance Prediction with Deep Learning

Vertical AI Community of Research

Compilers, architectures, software engineering

PI
Core/Dual

Tim Berners-Lee

Professor

Systems, privacy, inventor of the World Wide Web

E timbl@w3.org

T 253-5702

RM

Lead

Decentralized Information Group

World Wide Web Consortium

Solid: Social Linked Data

Member

Computing & Society Community of Research

Systems, privacy, inventor of the World Wide Web

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

Peter Deutsch

Graduate Student

E pwd@mit.edu

PI
Core/Dual

Srini Devadas

Professor

Architectures, security, computer-aided design

E devadas@csail.mit.edu

T 253-0454

RM

Lead

Computation Structures Group

Using Bitcoin to prevent identify theft

Secure Demand Paging for Trusted Execution Environments

Scaling strong anonymity

Return of the Byzantine Generals

Member

Sanctum Secure Processor

A new way of handling all-to-all broadcast

Architectures, security, computer-aided design

PI
Core/Dual

Howard Shrobe

Principal Research Scientist

Architectures, cybersecurity, web policy

E hes@csail.mit.edu

T 253-7877

RM

Lead

Risk-aware Network Resource Allocation

Automated Attack Tree Generation for Critical Infrastructure

Cognitive AI Community of Research

Artificial Social Intelligence for Successful Teams (ASIST)

Uhura: Personal Assistant that Manages Risk

Member

Computation Structures Group

Computing & Society Community of Research

Architectures, cybersecurity, web policy

PI
Core/Dual

Daniel Weitzner

Principal Research Scientist

Web policy, cybersecurity, web architecture

E djweitzner@csail.mit.edu

T 253-8036

RM

Lead

Internet Policy Research Initiative

Keys Under Doormats

Computing & Society Community of Research

Member

Data Systems Group

Web policy, cybersecurity, web architecture

PI
Core/Dual

Nickolai Zeldovich

Associate Professor

Operating systems, hardware, programming languages

E nickolai@csail.mit.edu

T 253-6005

RM

Lead

Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems

Scaling Filesystems To Many Cores

Vuvuzela: Metadata private messaging

Member

Computation Structures Group

FSCQ: File-system verification

Systems Community of Research

Operating systems, hardware, programming languages

6 News Results

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

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

Thomas Bourgeat, Andrew Wright, Arvind and Sizhou Zhang

Computer Architecture Security & Cryptography Cybersecurity Energy

October 22 '18

Opening up open-source to design better chips

MIT CSAIL system lets users change one part of a processor’s design without impacting the others

Opening up open-source to design better chips

Tim Berners-Lee was honored with the Turing Award for his work inventing the World Wide Web, the first web browser, and "the fundamental protocols and algorithms [that allowed] the web to scale."

Computer Architecture Big Data Cybersecurity Education Energy Entertainment Health Care Internet of Things Wireless

May 02 '18

From Utopia to Dystopia in 29 Short Years

May 2, 2018 - Sir Tim Berners-Lee of MIT gave a Dertouzos Distinguished Lecture titled "From Utopia to Dystopia in 29 Short Years."

From Utopia to Dystopia in 29 Short Years

spectre/meltdown

Computer Architecture Security & Cryptography Cybersecurity

February 01 '18

MIT security experts discuss “Spectre” and “Meltdown” processor flaws

Last week CSAIL hosted the second “Hot Topics in Computing” speaker series, a monthly forum where computing experts hold discussions with community members on various topics in the computer science field.

MIT security experts discuss “Spectre” and “Meltdown” processor flaws

Fast Cache

Computer Architecture Security & Cryptography Cybersecurity

October 22 '17

Selective memory

In a traditional computer, a microprocessor is mounted on a “package,” a small circuit board with a grid of electrical leads on its bottom. The package snaps into the computer’s motherboard, and data travels between the processor and the computer’s main memory bank through the leads.

Selective memory