Every year 40,000 women die from breast cancer in the U.S. alone. When cancers are found early, they can often be cured. Mammograms are the best test available, but they’re still imperfect and often result in false positive results that can lead to unnecessary biopsies and surgeries.
After thousands of hours of work, MIT researchers have released the first major database of fully annotated English sentences written by non-native speakers.The researchers who led the project had already shown that the grammatical quirks of non-native speakers writing in English could be a source of linguistic insight. But they hope that their dataset could also lead to applications that would improve computers’ handling of spoken or written language of non-native English speakers.
Yesterday CSAIL announced a new five-year research partnership with iFlyTek, a leading Chinese company in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing.
With extensive international outreach experience as a faculty member and program leader, Boning brings a spirit of curiosity and collaboration to his new role.
Eric Grimson - a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT, the Bernard Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering, head of the Institute's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science and a principal investigator at CSAIL - has been named the next chancellor of MIT. Grimson will assume his new role on March 1, 2011.
David D. Clark '68, a senior research scientist with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), is the recipient of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his intellectual and institutional contributions to the advancement of the Internet. The award was presented to Clark on Sept. 22, in Oxford, England.
By enabling models to see the world more like humans do, the work could help improve driver safety and shed light on human behavior.
A new method can train a neural network to sort corrupted data while anticipating next steps. It can make flexible plans for robots, generate high-quality video, and help AI agents navigate digital environments.
A new machine-learning system helps robots understand and perform certain social interactions.
Donned in a gauzy dental gown, the PR2 robot lifts its left hand and grasps the mixing bowl placed in front of it. The robot’s right hand, equipped with a rubber spatula, shortly follows suit, veering inside the bowl and toward the mound of softened butter waiting inside. Then, in a concentrated and meticulous manner, the PR2 turns its head down toward the bowl, and slowly begins mixing the butter.