Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
Getting to the root of genetics
April 17, 2012
Manolis Kellis uses computational techniques to decipher human disease.
Chips as mini Internets
April 10, 2012
The data-routing techniques that undergird the Internet could increase the efficiency of multicore chips while lowering their power requirements.
All in a day’s work: Design and print your own robot
April 3, 2012
MIT project, funded with $10 million NSF grant, could transform robotic design and production
Self-sculpting sand
April 2, 2012
New algorithms could enable heaps of ‘smart sand’ that can assume any shape, allowing spontaneous formation of new tools or duplication of broken mechanical parts.
Anant Agarwal named director of new unit to advance MITx
March 16, 2012
Instructor of inaugural 6.002x course will step down as CSAIL director.
New CSAIL research could help secure the cloud
March 14, 2012
DARPA funding awarded to a project that aims to develop a smart, self-healing cloud computing infrastructure.
Guiding robot planes with hand gestures
March 14, 2012
MIT researchers are developing a system that would allow aircraft-carrier crews to direct autonomous planes using ordinary hand gestures.
Also labeled: Aircraft, Aircraft carrier, Autonomous vehicles, Gestural interfaces, Navy, Research, Robots
Testing unbuilt chips
March 9, 2012
A new software-simulation system promises much more accurate evaluation of promising — but potentially fault-ridden — multicore-chip designs.
Scott Aaronson wins NSF’s Alan T. Waterman Award
March 8, 2012
National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award will help fuel CSAIL researcher’s work.
Game on
March 2, 2012
As MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference kicks off, scholars and fans have produced a growing avalanche of quantitative research.
Also labeled: Alumni/ae, Analytics, Athletics, Basketball, Business and management, Economics, Faculty, Research, Special events and guest speakers, Sports, Students
New system allows robots to continuously map their environment
February 16, 2012
Algorithm to build 3-D maps requires a low-cost camera, no human input.
Also labeled: Blindness, Control systems, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Kinect, Mapping, Research, Robots, Staff, Students
MITx prototype course opens for enrollment
February 13, 2012
Online-learning initiative’s first offering, ‘6.002x: Circuits and Electronics,’ accepting registrants now.
Cuthbert receives $500,000 Digging into Data grant
February 10, 2012
Will support innovative musicology research
Dennis Selected for ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame
February 10, 2012
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty
The mathematics of taste
January 24, 2012
By using ‘genetic programming’ to crossbreed algorithms, researchers help flavor companies figure out what their customers like.
The faster-than-fast Fourier transform
January 18, 2012
For a large range of practically useful cases, MIT researchers find a way to increase the speed of one of the most important algorithms in the information sciences.
The quantifier
January 12, 2012
By helping biologists turn their hunches into rigorous mathematical models, Polina Golland builds software that interprets medical images.
Also labeled: Biomedicine, Computer vision, Faculty, Image segmentation, Neuroscience, Research, Russia
Self-aware computing project named a 'world changing' idea by Scientific American
December 20, 2011
Project Angstrom selected by magazine's editors; featured in December issue
Putting the ‘art’ in artificial intelligence
December 12, 2011
CSAIL associate professor develops AI systems that can interpret images.
Also labeled: Arts, Computational photography, Computer science and technology, Computer vision, Faculty, Research
CSAIL researcher Gifford named ACM fellow
December 9, 2011
Kellis wins Niki Award
December 9, 2011
CSAIL principal investigator honored for contributions to science and technology.
Also labeled: Awards, honors and fellowships, Faculty
Streamlining chip design
December 8, 2011
Designers of mobile devices need to think hard about which functions to implement in hardware and which in software. A new programming language makes that much easier.
Peh named ACM Distinguished Scientist
November 28, 2011
CSAIL principal investigator receives Association for Computing Machinery honor.
Also labeled: ACM
Robots in reality
November 28, 2011
Nicholas Roy designs robots for real-world challenges.
CSAIL robots take center stage
November 14, 2011
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Principal Investigator Daniela Rus collaborated with modern dance company Pilobolus this past year to bring flying robots to the stage.
MegaMIMO wins Elevator Pitch Contest
November 10, 2011
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