The ninth annual MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (SSAC) was the biggest meeting yet of sports-data experts: More than 3,100 people attended the event last...MIT News Office From ACM Careers | March 3, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers say their new tablet-operated system serves as a visual embodiment of their latest work in distributed computing...MIT News From ACM TechNews | February 20, 2015
Researchers have presented a way to generate a sequence of simplified functions that ensure the best approximation optimization algorithms can offer. MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 23, 2015
Mechanical engineer Kristen Railey, founder of Girls Who Build, recently hosted a pilot workshop for high school girls at a federally funded research and development...MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 22, 2015
Researchers have developed a computer model that could help public health officials take steps to limit the dangers of a disease outbreak. MIT News From ACM TechNews | January 16, 2015
For household robots ever to be practical, they'll need to be able to recognize the objects they're supposed to manipulate.MIT News Office From ACM News | January 12, 2015
Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have found the most recent version of deep neural networks match the primate brain. MIT News From ACM TechNews | December 22, 2014
Using a gene-editing system originally developed to delete specific genes, MIT researchers have now shown that they can reliably turn on any gene of their choosing...MIT News From ACM News | December 17, 2014
MIT chemists have devised a new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, using a simple sensor that can be read by a smartphone.MIT News Office From ACM News | December 11, 2014
Researchers have developed a new kind of load driver that could enable biological circuits to behave almost as predictably as electronic circuits. MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 26, 2014
Researchers say an algorithm they developed can accurately determine whether a patient is suffering from emphysema or heart failure based on their breath.MIT News From ACM TechNews | November 10, 2014
Measurable virtual reality combines ceiling-mounted projectors with motion-capture technology and animation software to project a robot's intentions in real time...MIT News From ACM TechNews | October 31, 2014
Mezzanine is a collaborative-conferencing system that enables multiple users to share and control digital content from any device using gesture controls. MIT News From ACM TechNews | September 9, 2014
DBWipes is a new data visualization tool that enables users to highlight abnormalities and possible patterns in a graphical display. MIT News From ACM TechNews | August 18, 2014
A new phase-change material built from wax and foam, that is capable of switching between hard and soft states, could be used to construct inexpensive robots. MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 16, 2014
A team of researchers is developing algorithms to let photographers use camera-mounted controls to guide drone-mounted lights into just the right position. MIT News From ACM TechNews | July 14, 2014
Printable robots—those that can be assembled from parts produced by 3-D printers—have long been a topic of research in the lab of Daniela Rus, the Andrew and Erna...MIT News Office From ACM News | June 4, 2014
Terahertz imaging, which is already familiar from airport security checkpoints, has a number of other promising applications—from explosives detection to collision...MIT News Office From ACM News | May 7, 2014
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab Human Dynamics Laboratory director Alex Pentland is working on a new theory of human social interaction. MIT News From ACM TechNews | March 7, 2014