The MIT 'Robocar' vehicle, shown parked in front of the Stata Center, will compete as one of three dozen semifinalists later this month in this year's DARPA Urban Challenge, a competition for cars and trucks that run without human help.
CSAIL Director Victor Zue makes remarks at a send-off barbeque lunch in early October for MIT's self-driving 'Robocar' as CSAIL professors Seth Teller, center, and John Leonard, left, look on. Photo / Jason Dorfman
Biodiversity researchers tested vision systems on how well they could retrieve relevant nature images. More advanced models performed well on simple queries but struggled with more research-specific prompts.
Inviting recent postdocs and sabbatical-eligible faculty to pursue their research at MIT, new programs envision eventually supporting 16 Israeli scholars on campus annually.