Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs)

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.

Guaranteed delivery — in ad hoc networksA new algorithm for message dissemination in decentralized networks is faster than its predecessors but, unlike them, guarantees delivery.

Students develop assistive technologiesUndergraduate teams create helpful phone apps and devices for people with disabilities.

Researchers demonstrate record-setting p-type transistorNew design for a basic component of all computer chips boasts the highest ‘carrier mobility’ yet measured.

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

Writing graphics software gets much easierA new programming language for image-processing algorithms yields code that’s much shorter and clearer — but also faster.

Zue honored with IEEE speech and audio processing award

Donghyun Jin awarded the ISPSD ’12 Charitat Award-Runner-up