Human-computer interaction

Driving drones can be a dragStudy shows distractions may alleviate boredom and improve drone operators’ performance.

Zue honored with IEEE speech and audio processing award

Robotic assistants may adapt to humans in the factoryNew algorithm allows robots and humans to work side by side.

Is that smile real or fake?A computerized system developed at MIT can tell the difference between smiles of joy and smiles of frustration.

Gauging seizures’ severitySimple wrist sensors let neurologists collect better data about patients with epilepsy — and could alert patients that they need to seek medical care.

The advantage of ambiguityCognitive scientists develop a new take on an old problem: why human language has so many words with multiple meanings.

Google’s Schmidt: ‘Global mind’ offers new opportunitiesWith knowledge and data, a smarter world will divide work between computers and humans, search engine executive chairman says.

Shah returns to CSAILComputer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory welcomes one of its latest additions (and alumnus): Assistant Professor Julie Shah.

Picture-driven computingNew research could enable computer programming based on screen shots, not just code