Researchers create new simulation tool for robots to manipulate complex fluids in a step toward helping robots more effortlessly assist with daily tasks.
MIT CSAIL researchers developed SustainaPrint, a system that reinforces only the weakest zones of eco-friendly 3D prints, achieving strong results with less plastic.
Using deductive reasoning, the bot identifies friend or foe to ensure victory over humans in certain online games.
Fernando J. Corbato, a professor emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT and a principal investigator at CSAIL, has been honored by the Computer History Museum as a 2012 Fellow. Corbato was recognized for his role as a pioneer of timesharing and the Multics operating system.
"VaxSeer" uses machine learning to predict virus evolution and antigenicity, aiming to make vaccine selection more accurate and less reliant on guesswork.
On Thursday, September 15 at 3 p.m., the Seminar on Computational Methods for Sustainability commences with Professor Sanjay Sarma speaking on Infrared Street Scanning. This new series, organized by Professor Brian Williams, Postdoctoral Fellow J. Zico Kolter and graduate student Youssef Marzouk, explores the role of computation in solving problems of sustainability, such as energy consumption, developing new chemical processes, and solving large-scale resource allocation problems.
In an article in the April 17 edition of The Boston Globe, Professor Hari Balakrishnan, CSAIL principal investigator and co-director of the MIT Center for Wireless Networks and Mobile Computing (Wireless@MIT), explains that many cellphone users experienced service issues following the Boston Marathon bombings because wireless networks were overwhelmed.
"Hari Balakrishnan, a computer science professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said the shortcomings Monday demonstrate that wireless networks have to be upgraded to function better during disasters, when authorities and people most need to use mobile phones," wrote Michael Farrell, author of the article.
Professor Richard Newton from the University of California, Berkeley gave a talk titled "Great Works for the 21st Century: A Critical Role for The Modern Research University" on February 3rd, 2005.
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The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to bear on research in scientific discovery or music.
On February 24, 2021 Dr. Stacey Gabriel of the Broad Institute gave a talk entitled 'Viral diagnostics for SARS-Cov-2: Setting up testing at massive scale'