Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Andrew Lo joins CSAIL
August 30, 2011
Economist hopes to merge the fields of computer science and artificial intelligence with research on financial markets and risk.
Increasing fuel efficiency with a smartphone
August 25, 2011
A network of dashboard-mounted phones can collect data on traffic lights and tell drivers how to avoid inefficient stopping and starting.
Portable, super-high-resolution 3-D imaging
August 9, 2011
A simple new imaging system could help manufacturers inspect their products, forensics experts identify weapons and doctors identify cancers.
Defibrillator for stalled software
August 2, 2011
A new tool interrupts the ‘infinite loops’ that cause computer hang-ups, letting users save data and finish tasks before restarting a stalled program.
Computer learns language by playing games
July 12, 2011
By basing its strategies on the text of a manual, a computer infers the meanings of words without human supervision.
The math of the Rubik’s cube
June 29, 2011
New research establishes the relationship between the number of squares in a Rubik’s-cube-type puzzle and the maximum number of moves required to solve it.
Agarwal named CSAIL director
June 20, 2011
Succeeds Zue to lead the Institute’s largest interdisciplinary lab
You can take it with you
June 16, 2011
A new system lets you transfer open applications between a computer and a cellphone simply by pointing the phone’s camera at the computer’s screen.
Faster computer graphics
June 10, 2011
Digitally mimicking the photographic blur caused by moving objects is surprisingly hard, but new research offers ways to make it easier.
Cookies, anyone?
June 6, 2011
Graduate student Mario Bollini of Professor Daniela Rus' Distributed Robotics Lab is currently programming the PR2 robot to bake chocolate chip cookies.
Also labeled: Food, Artificial intelligence
Honing household helpers
May 26, 2011
MIT computer scientists work toward improving robots’ ability to plan and perform complex actions, domestically and elsewhere.
Of minds and machines
May 9, 2011
Final installment of MIT’s 150th anniversary symposia explores intelligence — both human and artificial.
Speeding swarms of sensor robots
May 3, 2011
A new algorithm ensures that robotic environmental sensors will be able to focus on areas of interest without giving other areas short shrift.
Demaine’s artwork selected for Smithsonian exhibit
April 26, 2011
Part of the 40 Under 40: Craft Futures exhibition, which will run starting in 2012.
Information Age
April 14, 2011
As part of MIT’s 150th-birthday celebration, computer science luminaries — many from MIT's faculty — gathered on campus for a two-day symposium.
Flying like the birds
April 9, 2011
Multidisciplinary university research initiative, led by a CSAIL researcher, is developing a bird-sized UAV.
Targeted results
March 31, 2011
By envisioning data as 'graphs,' MIT researchers show how to find local solutions to otherwise overwhelmingly complex problems.
Kaashoek wins ACM’s prize for young researchers
March 29, 2011
The professor of computer science, 45, is only the fourth recipient of the prize from the Association for Computing Machinery.
iRobot to the rescue
March 28, 2011
CSAIL spinoff sends robotic aid to Japan
Dueling algorithms
March 18, 2011
If software companies design their algorithms with the sole intention of outperforming each other, the customer can be the loser.
Rivest unlocks cryptography's past, looks toward future
February 15, 2011
Public-key system has worked and made Internet commerce feasible, but new systems are ready in case flaws are found.
Data visualization tool developed at MIT gets Library of Congress support
February 9, 2011
MIT Libraries receives grant for work on 'Exhibit 3.0' software
Turning reviews into ratings
February 3, 2011
A new system automatically combs through online reviews to provide recommendations according to unusual criteria.
A clearer picture of vision
January 28, 2011
New mathematical model of information processing in the brain accurately predicts some of the peculiarities of human vision.
Breaking bottlenecks
January 11, 2011
A new algorithm enables much faster dissemination of information through self-organizing networks with a few scattered choke points.
Robert Morris wins 2010 Mark Weiser Award
October 21, 2010
ACM SIGOPS award recognizes ‘creativity and innovation’ in operating-systems research.
Faster websites, more reliable data
October 14, 2010
Web servers that store data locally save time on database searches but sometimes serve up obsolete results. A new system solves that problem.
Why telecom regulation needs to change
October 6, 2010
Research suggests that the approach that worked with a few large companies with aligned interests needs revisiting in the Internet age.
Also labeled: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Google, Graduate, postdoctoral, Internet, Policy, Wireless, Net Neutrality
First improvement of fundamental algorithm in 10 years
September 27, 2010
The max-flow problem, which is ubiquitous in network analysis, scheduling, and logistics, can now be solved more efficiently than ever.




























