Computer science and technology

Toward practical compressed sensingResearchers show how the vagaries of real-world circuitry affect the performance of a promising new technique in signal processing and imaging.

Big medical dataAt the intersection of medicine and computer science, researchers look for clinically useful correlations amid mountains of information.

Storing data in individual moleculesAn international team of researchers demonstrates the possibility of molecular memory near room temperature.

SuperUROP propels undergraduate research to next levelPoster session showcases student advances in key technologies and attracts faculty, venture capitalists and industry sponsors.

Clark and Sollins receive Test of Time AwardMIT researchers honored for their paper 'Tussle in Cyberspace: Defining Tomorrow’s Internet.'

Dennis awarded IEEE John von Neumann MedalPresented annually for outstanding achievements in computer-related science and technology

Explained: GraphsA simple tool for representing relationships between data, devices or almost anything else has ubiquitous applications in computer science.

New technology may enable earlier cancer diagnosisNanoparticles amplify tumor signals, making them much easier to detect in the urine.

New online learning tool brings 'the crowd' into homework assignments

Tiny compound semiconductor transistor could challenge silicon’s dominanceMIT researchers develop the smallest indium gallium arsenide transistor ever built.

Ozdaglar selected as the inaugural Steven and Renee Finn Innovation FellowThe fellowship provides tenured, mid-career faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineer and Computer Science with resources for up to three years to pursue new research and development paths.

Martin Schmidt to oversee MIT’s industry-facing officesAssociate provost will oversee Technology Licensing Office and Office of Corporate Relations; retains duties around space planning.

Proving quantum computers feasibleWith a new contribution to probability theory, researchers show that relatively simple physical systems could yield powerful quantum computers.

Sibling powerSiblings Andrew and Jennifer Barry have not only managed to maintain a close friendship into their adult years, but are also both studying robotics at CSAIL

Department snapshot: Electrical Engineering and Computer ScienceEECS places renewed emphasis on interdisciplinary research, partnerships with alumni and industry, and experiential learning.

‘Rising Stars in EECS’ convene at MIT

Speeding algorithms by shrinking dataA new approach to processing ‘big data’ creates succinct representations of huge data sets, so that existing algorithms can handle them efficiently.

Dropbox CEO Drew Houston will be MIT’s 2013 Commencement speakerMIT alumnus and co-founder of popular file-transfer service will address the Class of 2013 on June 7.

It pays to cooperateYeast cells that share food have a survival edge over their freeloading neighbors — particularly when there is bacterial competition.

Zue awarded Okawa PrizeHonored for work in speech science and spoken-language systems

EECS celebrates the launch of SuperUROP

Predicting what topics will trend on TwitterA new algorithm predicts which Twitter topics will trend hours in advance and offers a new technique for analyzing data that fluctuate over time.

Mining physicians’ notes for medical insightsA new approach to algorithmically distinguishing words with multiple possible meanings could help find useful data in electronic medical records.

MIT's CSAIL launches new center to tackle the future of wireless and mobile technologiesWill address major technical challenges facing wireless field, bring together academia and industry

A novel ultracapacitorEnergy when and where you need it.

Probing the mysteries of cracks and stressesAnalysis of molecular-level fracture and stress mechanisms could have broad implications for understanding materials’ behavior.

Deciphering the language of transcription factorsA new method identifies the precise binding sites of transcription factors — proteins that regulate the production of other proteins — with 10 times the accuracy of its predecessors.

Researchers identify biochemical functions for most of the human genomeNew map provides a reference for interpreting function of disease-associated regions.

Mapping neurological diseaseNew algorithm can analyze information from medical images to identify diseased areas of the brain and connections with other regions.