New technique enables use of more modern transistor technologies. Image: Amir Atabaki
Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society to launch new MicroMasters and PhD programs
Photo: John Parrillo, courtesy MIT System Design & Management
Institute for Data, Systems, and Society | MIT Open Learning
Professor Dina Katabi wins ACM Prize in Computing
Professor Dina Katabi. Photo: Simon Simard
Rachel Gordon | CSAIL
Dina Katabi, an EECS professor who created a wireless device that “sees through walls,” has won the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Prize in Computing for her significant contributions to wireless systems. The prestigious award comes with a $250,000 cash prize.
Pablo Parrilo becomes a Fellow of the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics
Professor Pablo Parrilo
EECS Staff
EECS Professor Pablo Parrilo has been named to the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) Fellows Class of 2018.
Parrilo is among 28 new SIAM Fellows nominated for exemplary research and outstanding service to the professional community. He is specifically being “foundational contributions to algebraic methods in optimization and engineering,” according to SIAM.
Four EECS faculty members receive promotions
L to R: Professors Constantinos Daskalakis, Ruonan Han, Caroline Uhler, Nickolai Zeldovich
EECS Staff
Four EECS faculty members have received significant promotions, department head Asu Ozdaglar has announced.
Rob Miller named Distinguished Professor in Computer Science
Professor Rob Miller
EECS Staff
Rob Miller has been appointed as the inaugural Distinguished Professor in Computer Science, EECS department head Asu Ozdaglar has announced.
Soft robotic fish swims alongside real ones in coral reefs
SoFi was developed with the goal of being as nondisruptive to ocean life as possible, swimming alongside real fish for several minutes at a time. Photo: CSAIL
Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL
MIT graduate engineering program tops U.S. News & World Report rankings
Photo: Christopher Harting
MIT News
MIT’s graduate program in engineering has again earned a No. 1 spot in U.S. News and Word Report’s annual rankings, a place it has held since 1990, when the magazine first ranked such programs.
Solving a Rubik's Cube in record time
See the video on the MIT News website.
Second annual Women in Data Science conference showcases research, explores challenges
EECS PhD student Tsui-Wei "Lily" Weng (center) networks with her peers at the 2018 Women in Data Science conference. Photo: Dana J. Quigley
Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Two hundred students, industry professionals, and academic leaders convened in Cambridge recently for the second annual Women in Data Science (WiDS) conference.
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