Home People Vinod Vaikuntanathan People FacultyFaculty AI+DFaculty CSFaculty EEFaculty EmeritusLecturers Leadership Staff Instructors Ford Foundation Professor of Engineering, [CS and AI+D] vinodv@csail.mit.edu (617) 324-8444 Office: 32-G696 Website Research Areas Artificial Intelligence + Machine LearningSecurity and CryptographyTheory of Computation Latest News More News September 3, 2024 Toward a code-breaking quantum computer Building on a landmark algorithm, researchers propose a way to make a smaller and more noise-tolerant quantum factoring circuit for cryptography. July 25, 2024 Department of EECS names new chair recipients The new chairs became effective July 1. March 18, 2024 2024 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named Professors Berggren, Campbell, Pollock, and Vaikuntanathan are honored for exceptional undergraduate teaching. October 10, 2023 2023-24 EECS Faculty Award Roundup This ongoing listing of awards and recognitions won by our faculty is added to all year, beginning in September. September 14, 2023 Five MIT faculty members named 2023 Simons Investigators The Simons Investigator program supports “outstanding theoretical scientists who receive a stable base of research support from the foundation, enabling them to undertake the long-term study of fundamental questions.”