Empowering future innovators through a social impact lens
The IDEAS Social Innovation Challenge helps students hone their entrepreneurship skills to create viable ventures for public good.
“They can see themselves shaping the world they live in”
Developed by MIT RAISE, the Day of AI curriculum empowers K-12 students to collaborate on local and global challenges using AI.
MIT researchers introduce generative AI for databases
This new tool offers an easier way for people to analyze complex tabular data.
Signal processing: How did we get to where we’re going?
In a retrospective talk spanning multiple decades, Professor Al Oppenheim looked back over the birth of digital signal processing and shared his thoughts on the future of the field.
Implantable microphone could lead to fully internal cochlear implants
This tiny, biocompatible sensor may overcome one of the biggest hurdles that prevent the devices from being completely implanted.
The tenured engineers of 2024
Twelve faculty members have been granted tenure in six units across MIT’s School of Engineering.
Study reveals why AI models that analyze medical images can be biased
These models, which can predict a patient’s race, gender, and age, seem to use those traits as shortcuts when making medical diagnoses.
Fotini Christia named director of the Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
Known for building connections between the social sciences, data science, and computation, the political science professor will lead IDSS into its next chapter.
Wireless receiver blocks interference for better mobile device performance
This novel circuit architecture cancels out unwanted signals at the earliest opportunity.
Helping nonexperts build advanced generative AI models
MosaicML, co-founded by an MIT alumnus and a professor, made deep-learning models faster and more efficient. Its acquisition by Databricks broadened that mission.
Arvind, longtime MIT professor and prolific computer scientist, dies at 77
The dedicated teacher and academic leader transformed research in computer architectures, parallel computing, and digital design, enabling faster and more efficient computation.
MIT-Takeda Program wraps up with 16 publications, a patent, and nearly two dozen projects completed
The program focused on AI in health care, drawing on Takeda’s R&D experience in drug development and MIT’s deep expertise in AI.
Understanding the visual knowledge of language models
LLMs trained primarily on text can generate complex visual concepts through code with self-correction. Researchers used these illustrations to train an image-free computer vision system to recognize real photos.
A smarter way to streamline drug discovery
The SPARROW algorithm automatically identifies the best molecules to test as potential new medicines, given the vast number of factors affecting each choice.