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Anantha Chandrakasan, Alan Edelman, and Samuel Madden are recognized for work that underpins contemporary computing.

Sensor developed by SMART researchers would allow rapid diagnosis of nutrition deficiency in plants, enabling farmers to maximize crop yield in a sustainable way.

Animators spend hours adding textures to objects. A new machine-learning system simplifies the process.

Quantum computers could usher in a golden age of computing power, solving problems intractable on today’s machines.

Neuroscientists find that interpreting code activates a general-purpose brain network, but not language-processing centers.

The design, which uses entangled atoms, could help scientists detect dark matter and study gravity’s effect on time.

AAAI Fellows are selected in recognition of their significant and extended contributions to the field (contributions which typically span a decade or more), including technical results, publications, patent awards, and contributions to group efforts.

SMART researchers use Raman spectroscopy for early detection of SAS, which can help farmers better monitor plant health and improve crop yields.

Founded by an MIT alumnus, Newfront Insurance offers brokers and businesses digital tools for responding to a rapidly changing risk landscape.

Thomas Shi-Tao Huang SM ’60, ScD ’63, a former professor of Electrical Engineering at MIT, passed away on April 25, 2020, three months after the death of his beloved wife Margaret. A pioneer in image processing and compression, computer vision, pattern recognition, multimedia retrieval, and human-computer interaction, Huang’s breadth and depth of scholarship was informed by a wide-ranging appetite for music and art.

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

MIT Social Impact Interns partner with the Naval War College to develop an educational disaster response game.