Demystifying machine-learning systems
A new method automatically describes, in natural language, what the individual components of a neural network do.
Five MIT faculty elected 2021 AAAS Fellows
Dincă, Feng, Hunter, Shoemaker, and Wang are recognized for their efforts to advance science.
Building technological tools for nuclear disarmament
Associate Professor Areg Danagoulian credits mentorship with helping him establish a path through nuclear physics.
3 Questions: Anuradha Annaswamy on building smart infrastructures
Senior research scientist and her team are designing intelligent systems that could someday transform the way we travel and consume energy.
A new language for quantum computing
Twist is an MIT-developed programming language that can describe and verify which pieces of data are entangled to prevent bugs in a quantum program.
Computing for ocean environments
MIT ocean and mechanical engineers are using advances in scientific computing to address the ocean’s many challenges, and seize its opportunities.
Seeing into the future: Personalized cancer screening with artificial intelligence
Scientists demonstrate that AI-risk models, paired with AI-designed screening policies, can offer significant and equitable improvements to cancer screening.
MIT School of Engineering unveils the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Distinguished Speaker Series
Gilda Barabino, president of Olin College of Engineering and professor of biomedical and chemical engineering, inaugurates the new series.
Merging design, tech, and cognitive science
Senior Ibuki Iwasaki seeks creative ways to design technology that considers the human user.
An all-in-one approach to diabetes treatment
MIT engineers are working on a new kind of device that could streamline the process of blood glucose measurement and insulin injection.