When the senior isn’t using mathematical and computational methods to boost driverless vehicles and fairer voting, she performs with MIT’s many dance groups to keep her on track.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/algorithms-dance-rhythms-drive-to-succeed-janabel-xia-0517
The Trustnet browser extension lets individuals assess the accuracy of any content on any website.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-tool-trustnet-empowers-users-to-fight-online-misinformation-0516
A new technique that can automatically classify phases of physical systems could help scientists investigate novel materials.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/scientists-use-generative-ai-complex-questions-physics-0516
Guoping Feng, Piotr Indyk, Daniel Kleitman, Daniela Rus, Senthil Todadri, and nine alumni are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-faculty-elected-national-academy-sciences-0514
A new “consensus game,” developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, elevates AI’s text comprehension and generation skills.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/consensus-game-elevates-ai-text-comprehension-generation-skills-0514
A new algorithm learns to squish, bend, or stretch a robot’s entire body to accomplish diverse tasks like avoiding obstacles or retrieving items.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/better-way-control-shape-shifting-soft-robots-0510
MIT CSAIL and Project CETI researchers reveal complex communication patterns in sperm whales, deepening our understanding of animal language systems.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/csail-ceti-explores-sperm-whale-alphabet-0507
Associate Professor Jonathan Ragan-Kelley optimizes how computer graphics and images are processed for the hardware of today and tomorrow.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/creating-bespoke-programming-languages-efficient-visual-ai-systems-0503
Together, the Hasso Plattner Institute and MIT are working toward novel solutions to the world’s problems as part of the Designing for Sustainability research program.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/hpi-mit-design-research-collaboration-creates-powerful-teams-0503
Undergraduates Ben Lou, Srinath Mahankali, and Kenta Suzuki, whose research explores math and physics, are honored for their academic excellence.
Three neurosymbolic methods help language models find better abstractions within natural language, then use those representations to execute complex tasks.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/natural-language-boosts-llm-performance-coding-planning-robotics-0501
An expert in robotics and AI, Shah succeeds Steven Barrett at AeroAstro.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/julie-shah-named-head-department-aeronautics-astronautics-0429
Programming course for incarcerated people boosts digital literacy and self-efficacy, highlighting potential for reduced recidivism.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-demonstrates-efficacy-mit-led-brave-behind-bars-program-0424
For the first time, researchers use a combination of MEG and fMRI to map the spatio-temporal human brain dynamics of a visual image being recognized.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/mapping-brain-pathways-visual-memorability-0423
A new technique can be used to predict the actions of human or AI agents who behave suboptimally while working toward unknown goals.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/building-better-ai-helper-starts-with-modeling-irrational-behavior-0419
A communication system whose users reveal only a few verified aspects of their identity can empower less confident participants to speak up, researchers report.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/litweeture-uses-meronymity-social-media-open-discussions-0418
A CSAIL study highlights why it is so challenging to program a quantum computer to run a quantum algorithm, and offers a conceptual model for a more user-friendly quantum computer.
The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing building will form a new cluster of connectivity across a spectrum of disciplines in computing and artificial intelligence.
By providing plausible label maps for one medical image, the Tyche machine-learning model could help clinicians and researchers capture crucial information.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-ai-method-captures-uncertainty-medical-images-0411
Researchers create a curious machine-learning model that finds a wider variety of prompts for training a chatbot to avoid hateful or harmful output.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/faster-better-way-preventing-ai-chatbot-toxic-responses-0410
MIT researchers plan to search for proteins that could be used to measure electrical activity in the brain.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/new-computational-technique-could-help-engineer-useful-proteins-0403
Screen-reader users can upload a dataset and create customized data representations that combine visualization, textual description, and sonification.
Researchers demonstrate a technique that can be used to probe a model to see what it knows about new subjects.
With help from a large language model, MIT engineers enabled robots to self-correct after missteps and carry on with their chores.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/engineering-household-robots-have-little-common-sense-0325
Single-cell gene expression patterns in the brain, and evidence from follow-up experiments, reveal many shared cellular and molecular similarities that could be targeted for potential treatment.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/als-ftld-show-strong-molecular-overlaps-0322
Novel method makes tools like Stable Diffusion and DALL-E-3 faster by simplifying the image-generating process to a single step while maintaining or enhancing image quality.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/ai-generates-high-quality-images-30-times-faster-single-step-0321
FeatUp, developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, boosts the resolution of any deep network or visual foundation for computer vision systems.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/featup-algorithm-unlocks-high-resolution-insights-computer-vision-0318
MIT CSAIL postdoc Nauman Dawalatabad explores ethical considerations, challenges in spear-phishing defense, and the optimistic future of AI-created voices across various sectors.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/what-you-need-to-know-audio-deepfakes-0315
A new algorithm reduces travel time by identifying shortcuts a robot could take on the way to its destination.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-help-robots-navigate-efficiently-uncertain-environments-0314
By enabling models to see the world more like humans do, the work could help improve driver safety and shed light on human behavior.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/researchers-enhance-peripheral-vision-ai-models-0308
Faster and more accurate than some alternatives, this approach could be useful for robots that interact with humans or work in tight spaces.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/method-rapidly-verifies-robot-will-avoid-collisions-0307
Fellows honored for creativity, innovation, and research accomplishments.
Adaptive smart glove from MIT CSAIL researchers can send tactile feedback to teach users new skills, guide robots with more precise manipulation, and help train surgeons and pilots.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/smart-glove-teaches-new-physical-skills-0220
Innovative AI system from MIT CSAIL melds simulations and physical testing to forge materials with newfound durability and flexibility for diverse engineering uses.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/using-ai-discover-stiff-tough-microstructures-0214
Two professors and three additional alumni recognized for “dreaming up solutions to global challenges — advancing health, sustainability, and human connection.”
https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-community-members-honored-franklin-institute-awards-0209
Exploiting the symmetry within datasets, MIT researchers show, can decrease the amount of data needed for training neural networks.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/how-symmetry-can-aid-machine-learning-0205
The ambient light sensors responsible for smart devices’ brightness adjustments can capture images of touch interactions like swiping and tapping for hackers.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/study-smart-devices-ambient-light-sensors-pose-imaging-privacy-risk-0129
Although artificial intelligence in health has shown great promise, pressure is mounting for regulators around the world to act, as AI tools demonstrate potentially harmful outcomes.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/what-to-do-about-ai-in-health-0123
MIT CSAIL researchers develop advanced machine-learning models that outperform current methods in detecting pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.
PhD students interning with the MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab look to improve natural language usage.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/reasoning-and-reliability-in-ai-0118
An interdisciplinary team of researchers thinks health AI could benefit from some of the aviation industry’s long history of hard-won lessons that have created one of the safest activities toda...
MIT researchers introduce a method that uses artificial intelligence to automate the explanation of complex neural networks.
https://news.mit.edu/2024/ai-agents-help-explain-other-ai-systems-0103
This new method draws on 200-year-old geometric foundations to give artists control over the appearance of animated characters.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/flexible-solution-help-artists-improve-animation-1220
“Minimum viewing time” benchmark gauges image recognition complexity for AI systems by measuring the time needed for accurate human identification.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/image-recognition-accuracy-minimum-viewing-time-metric-1215
Justin Solomon applies modern geometric techniques to solve problems in computer vision, machine learning, statistics, and beyond.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/justin-solomon-pushing-geometric-boundaries-1212
Speranza system brings hope to users that the package they download is functional software, not malware.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/speranza-boosting-faith-authenticity-open-source-software-1211
During the last week of November, MIT hosted symposia and events aimed at examining the implications and possibilities of generative AI.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/mit-generative-ai-week-fosters-dialogue-across-disciplines-1211
MIT researchers develop a customized onboarding process that helps a human learn when a model’s advice is trustworthy.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/automated-system-teaches-collaborate-ai-assistant-1208
Rodney Brooks, co-founder of iRobot, kicks off an MIT symposium on the promise and potential pitfalls of increasingly powerful AI tools like ChatGPT.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/what-does-future-hold-generative-ai-1129
Human Guided Exploration (HuGE) enables AI agents to learn quickly with some help from humans, even if the humans make mistakes.
https://news.mit.edu/2023/method-uses-crowdsourced-feedback-help-train-robots-1127