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3 Questions: How AI is helping us monitor and support vulnerable ecosystems

November 12, 2025

MIT PhD student and CSAIL researcher Justin Kay describes his work combining AI and computer vision systems to monitor the ecosystems that support our planet.

Using generative AI to help robots jump higher and land safely

June 30, 2025

MIT CSAIL researchers combined GenAI and a physics simulation engine to refine robot designs. The result: a machine that out-jumped a robot designed by humans.

New software enables blind and low-vision users to create interactive, accessible charts

March 29, 2024

Screen-reader users can upload a dataset and create customized data representations that combine visualization, textual description, and sonification.

AI accelerates problem-solving in complex scenarios

December 5, 2023

A new, data-driven approach could lead to better solutions for tricky optimization problems like global package routing or power grid operation.

Jelena Notaros receives 2023 NSF CAREER Award

May 4, 2023

The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.

A faster way to preserve privacy online

December 7, 2022

New research enables users to search for information without revealing their queries, based on a method that is 30 times faster than comparable prior techniques.

Team creates 3D objects that change their appearance from different viewpoints

February 9, 2022

Editing tool makes fabrication process available to all.

When should someone trust an AI assistant’s predictions?

January 19, 2022

Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.