Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)

MIT’s fleet of robotic boats has been updated with new capabilities to “shapeshift,” by autonomously disconnecting and reassembling into different configurations to form various floating platforms in the canals of Amsterdam. In experiments in a pool, the boats rearranged themselves from a connected straight line into an “L” (shown here) and other shapes.

MIT’s fleet of autonomous boats can now shapeshift

New capabilities allow “roboats” to change configurations to form pop-up bridges, stages, and other structures.

August 29, 2019

A close up of a modern microprocessor built from carbon nanotube field-effect transistors.

MIT engineers build advanced microprocessor out of carbon nanotubes

New approach harnesses the same fabrication processes used for silicon chips, offers key advance toward next-generation computers.

August 28, 2019

An $11.6 million artificial intelligence computing cluster donated by IBM to MIT will come online this fall at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

IBM gives artificial intelligence computing at MIT a lift

Nearly $12 million machine will let MIT researchers run more ambitious AI models.

August 26, 2019

A novel system by MIT researchers automatically “learns” how to allocate data-processing operations across thousands of servers.

Artificial intelligence could help data centers run far more efficiently

MIT system “learns” how to optimally allocate workloads across thousands of servers to cut costs, save energy.

August 21, 2019

MIT researchers have developed a “risk-aware” model that could improve the performance of cloud-computing networks across the U.S.

Using Wall Street secrets to reduce the cost of cloud infrastructure

“Risk-aware” traffic engineering could help service providers such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google better utilize network infrastructure.

August 18, 2019

Optimus Ride has already deployed its autonomous transportation systems in the Seaport area of Boston, in a mixed-use development in South Weymouth, Massachusetts, and in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, a 300-acre industrial park.

Optimus Ride’s autonomous system makes self-driving vehicles a reality

MIT startup’s unique approach to improving human mobility is helping it gain traction in a competitive landscape.

August 9, 2019

Researchers are examining how quickly drivers can detect and correctly respond to road hazards, to improve safety of “semiautonomous” cars.

Study measures how fast humans react to road hazards

In “semiautonomous” cars, older drivers may need more time to take the wheel when responding to the unexpected.

August 7, 2019

Researchers at MIT demonstrated gloves fabricated by a system for automating knitted garments.

Computer-aided knitting

New research from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory uses machine learning to customize clothing designs.

August 6, 2019

A new MIT-developed model automates a critical step in using AI for medical decision making, where experts usually identify important features in massive patient datasets by hand. The model was able to automatically identify voicing patterns of people with vocal cord nodules (shown here) and, in turn, use those features to predict which people do and don’t have the disorder.

Automating artificial intelligence for medical decision-making

Model replaces the laborious process of annotating massive patient datasets by hand.

August 5, 2019

MIT graduate students Logan Engstrom (left) and Andrew Ilyas have published five papers together exploring the vulnerabilities of computer vision systems, and they have half a dozen more in the pipeline.

Why did my classifier just mistake a turtle for a rifle?

Two longtime friends explore how computer vision systems go awry.

July 31, 2019

A course called Machine Learning for Healthcare introduces students to the technical and ethical challenges of using automated tools to diagnose and treat patients.

Want to know what software-driven health care looks like? This class offers some clues.

A course that combines machine learning and health care explores the promise of applying artificial intelligence to medicine.

July 24, 2019

Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, second from right, front, along with a large Dutch delegation, visits MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Ray and Maria Stata Center on July 19. MIT Professor Frans Kaashoek of CSAIL is second from the left.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands tours MIT

Dutch delegation visits the Institute for a tour focused on computing, robotics, and health care innovation.

July 21, 2019

“I hope to save a lot of people a lot of time doing boring, repetitive work by automating programming work as well as decreasing the cost of building secure, reliable systems,” says Associate Professor Adam Chlipala.

Making it easier to program and protect the web

Professor Adam Chlipala builds tools to help programmers more quickly generate optimized, secure code.

July 20, 2019

A devoted teacher and cherished colleague, Patrick Winston led CSAIL’s Genesis Group, which focused on developing AI systems that have human-like intelligence, including the ability to tell, perceive, and comprehend stories.

Professor Patrick Winston, former director of MIT’s Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, dies at 76

Beloved professor conducted pioneering research on imbuing machines with human-like intelligence, including the ability to understand stories.

July 19, 2019

Fernando "Corby" Corbató led the development of early “time-sharing” operating systems, including Multics and the Compatible Time-Sharing System (CTSS).

Professor Emeritus Fernando Corbató, MIT computing pioneer, dies at 93

Longtime MIT professor developed early “time-sharing” operating systems and is widely credited as the creator of the world’s first computer password.

July 15, 2019

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