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Team creates map for production of eco-friendly metals
Team creates map for production of eco-friendly metals

New understanding of metal electrolysis could help optimize production of metals like lithium and iron.

Approaching human cognition from many angles
Approaching human cognition from many angles

Senior Keith Murray combines his interests in neuroscience, computation, and philosophy to better understand human behavior.

MIT to launch new Office of Research Computing and Data
MIT to launch new Office of Research Computing and Data

Professor Peter Fisher will lead effort to grow and enhance computing infrastructure and services for MIT’s research community.

Unpacking black-box models
Unpacking black-box models

Researchers create a mathematical framework to evaluate explanations of machine-learning models and quantify how well people understand them.

Artificial intelligence system learns concepts shared across video, audio, and text
Artificial intelligence system learns concepts shared across video, audio, and text

A machine-learning model can identify the action in a video clip and label it, without the help of humans.

What words can convey
What words can convey

Natural language processing models capture rich knowledge of words’ meanings through statistics.

No one-size-fits-all approach for mentorship
No one-size-fits-all approach for mentorship

Committed to Caring honoree Jeff Grossman strives to provide each of his students with personalized advising.

Sanjay Sarma to step down as vice president for open learning
Sanjay Sarma to step down as vice president for open learning

Following nine years leading MIT’s work on digital learning, the longtime faculty member will focus on teaching, research, writing, and entrepreneurship.

Soft assistive robotic wearables get a boost from rapid design tool
Soft assistive robotic wearables get a boost from rapid design tool

Scientists have created a design and fabrication tool for soft pneumatic actuators for integrated sensing, which can power personalized health care, smart homes, and gaming.

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