Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs)

Jazzing up at MITStudent puts music and artificial intelligence in harmony

First ‘SuperUROPs’ cap off inaugural yearEECS program immerses undergraduates in advanced research projects.

MIT conference showcases undergraduate researchEECScon 2013 marks MIT’s first research conference geared toward engineering undergraduates

Saurabh Amin to be chief scientist on multi-institutional NSF grantProject aims to improve security and operations of civil and environmental engineering structures and systems

Valuing versatilityIn an age of specialization, a little versatility could improve operations management, cloud computing, and possibly even the provision of health care.

Learning software development — by developing softwareIn a new course, students participate in large, ongoing, open-source-software development projects, mentored by industry professionals.

Demaines selected for Guggenheim FellowshipHonored for work with origami from wood, plastic, metal and glass.

Indyk and Katabi win top ACM honorsProfessors recognized for their contributions to computer science

Sorting out the structure of a Parkinson’s proteinComputer modeling may resolve conflicting results and offer hints for new drug-design strategies.

Knowing the unknownResearchers work to build robots’ awareness of their own limitations.

Peter Szolovits honored with Morris F. Collen Award of ExcellenceProfessor cited for 'commitment and dedication to biomedical informatics'

Making cloud computing more efficientFor database-driven applications, new software could reduce hardware requirements by 95 percent while actually improving performance.

FCC head addresses spectrum policy at MITJulius Genachowski credits Wireless@MIT research with helping to move field forward

Demaine named Presburger Award recipientProfessor Erik Demaine was cited for his contributions to computational geometry and data structures.

Teaching robots lateral thinkingNew algorithms could help household robots work around their physical shortcomings.

How human language could have evolved from birdsongLinguistics and biology researchers propose a new theory on the deep roots of human speech.

Chandrakasan honored at ISSCC’s 60th Plenary SessionAnantha P. Chandrakasan earns prestigious award for outstanding contributions to his field.

Picture-perfectQuick, efficient chip cleans up common flaws in amateur photographs.

OCW brings educational opportunities to Sierra LeoneStudent builds robot from old toy parts using course materials from 6.270.

Research update: Imaging fish in 3-D
Automated system for high-speed analysis of vertebrate larvae could aid drug development.


Cell circuits remember their historyMIT engineers design new synthetic biology circuits that combine memory and logic.

Networks of probabilityDevavrat Shah spans disciplines by looking at networks probabilistically and probabilities as networks.

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.

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

Five with ties to MIT earn top IEEE awardsBeranek, Dennis, Chou, Jacobs and Langer are among 20 recipients recognized for decades of engineering achievements.