Ronald Rivest

Institute Professor (Post-Tenure); Professor Post-Tenure of Computer Science and Engineering, [CS]

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December 14, 2023

Frederick Hennie III, dedicated architect of MIT EECS, dies at 90.

Frederick “Fred” C. Hennie III, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), died on Monday, October 23rd, 2023. He was 90 years old.  

April 12, 2023

Yael Tauman Kalai awarded the 2022 ACM Prize in Computing

The prize recognizes early-to-mid-career computer scientists who have made key research contributions to the field, such as Kalai’s influence on modern cryptographic practices.

February 22, 2023

Hari Balakrishnan Awarded Marconi Prize

The prize is the top honor within the field of communications technology.

May 31, 2022

Joel Moses, Institute Professor Emeritus and computer science trailblazer, dies at 80

Known as a visionary who brought together faculty from across MIT, Moses pioneered an influential symbolic mathematics program and held many top leadership posts.

February 4, 2022

The Millionth Algorithm: the runaway success of a foundational textbook

Charles E. Leiserson, the Edwin Sibley Webster Professor within the Department of EECS, recently received some tremendous news: Introduction to Algorithms, the textbook Leiserson coauthored with Tom Cormen,...