Making self-driving cars safer through keener robot perception
PhD student Heng Yang is developing algorithms to help driverless vehicles quickly and accurately assess their surroundings.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced today an investment of $220 million to establish 11 artificial intelligence (AI) institutes, each receiving $20 million over five years. One of these,…
From left to right: Enric Boix-Adserà (photo credit: Carles Boix) and Alireza Fallah (photo credit: Maryam Aliakbarpour). EECS students Enric Boix-Adserà and Alireza Fallah, both PhD candidates in…
Caroline Uhler’s research blends machine learning and statistics with biology to better understand gene regulation, health, and disease. Despite this lofty mission, Uhler remains dedicated to her original…
“I know what you bought at Chipotle”
MIT researchers from the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems have developed an algorithm that can break down anonymized bill totals into individual item costs, creating an overview…
Making smart thermostats more efficient
A diagram from a new paper detailing a smart thermostat shows the interaction of weather conditions, control systems, sensors, and learning algorithms to optimize microclimates in buildings. Image…
Method finds hidden warning signals in measurements collected over time
MIT researchers have developed a deep learning-based algorithm to detect anomalies in time series data. Image: MIT News When you’re responsible for a multimillion-dollar satellite hurtling through space…
The tenured engineers of 2020
Top row, left to right: Thomas Heldt and William Oliver. Bottom row, left to right: , Vivienne Sze, and Caroline Uhler. The School of Engineering has announced that…
Faculty receive funding to develop artificial intelligence techniques to combat Covid-19
Out of a total of 200 research proposals, 26 projects were selected and awarded $5.4 million to continue AI research to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 in the…
Yury Polyanskiy wins the 2020 James L. Massey Award
Professor Yury Polyanskiy It is our great pleasure to share that LIDS professor Yury Polyanskiy received the IEEE Information Theory Society’s 2020 James L. Massey Award. The award…