Helping computer vision and language models understand what they see

Researchers use synthetic data to improve a model’s ability to grasp conceptual information, which could enhance automatic captioning and question-answering systems.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Sept. 13, 2023 ~7 min

System combines light and electrons to unlock faster, greener computing

“Lightning” system connects photons to the electronic components of computers using a novel abstraction, creating the first photonic computing prototype to serve real-time machine-learning inference requests.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Sept. 11, 2023 ~8 min


MIT researchers win grants to develop and test 14 innovative ideas to improve education

The Jameel World Education Lab awards more than $900K in Education Innovation Grants to researchers across MIT.

Shauna Billings Delano | Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) • mit
Sept. 6, 2023 ~14 min

A system to keep cloud-based gamers in sync

By synchronizing media streams transmitted from the cloud to two devices, researchers could improve cloud gaming and AR/VR applications.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Aug. 31, 2023 ~8 min

AI helps robots manipulate objects with their whole bodies

With a new technique, a robot can reason efficiently about moving objects using more than just its fingertips.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Aug. 24, 2023 ~7 min

MIT engineers use kirigami to make ultrastrong, lightweight structures

Produced with techniques borrowed from Japanese paper-cutting, the strong metal lattices are lighter than cork and have customizable mechanical properties.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Aug. 22, 2023 ~10 min

Artificial intelligence for augmentation and productivity

The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing awards seed grants to seven interdisciplinary projects exploring AI-augmented management.

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing • mit
Aug. 18, 2023 ~6 min

How machine learning models can amplify inequities in medical diagnosis and treatment

MIT researchers investigate the causes of health-care disparities among underrepresented groups.

Steve Nadis | MIT CSAIL • mit
Aug. 17, 2023 ~8 min


MIT researchers combine deep learning and physics to fix motion-corrupted MRI scans

The challenge involves than just a blurry JPEG. Fixing motion artifacts in medical imaging requires a more sophisticated approach.

Alex Ouyang | Abdul Latif Jameel Clinic for Machine Learning in Health • mit
Aug. 17, 2023 ~5 min

Invisible tagging system enhances 3D object tracking

Developed by MIT researchers, BrightMarkers are invisible fluorescent tags embedded in physical objects to enhance motion tracking, virtual reality, and object detection.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
Aug. 15, 2023 ~9 min

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