The benefits of peripheral vision for machines

Researchers find similarities between how some computer-vision systems process images and how humans see out of the corners of our eyes.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
March 2, 2022 ~8 min

How to help humans understand robots

Theories from cognitive science and psychology could help humans learn to collaborate with robots faster and more effectively, scientists find.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
March 2, 2022 ~7 min


Injecting fairness into machine-learning models

A new technique boosts models’ ability to reduce bias, even if the dataset used to train the model is unbalanced.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
March 1, 2022 ~7 min

A security technique to fool would-be cyber attackers

Researchers demonstrate a method that safeguards a computer program’s secret information while enabling faster computation.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 23, 2022 ~7 min

Can machine-learning models overcome biased datasets?

A model’s ability to generalize is influenced by both the diversity of the data and the way the model is trained, researchers report.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 21, 2022 ~8 min

A new “atlas” of cells that carry blood to the brain

Single-cell gene expression analyses of human cerebrovascular cells can help reveal new drug targets for Huntington’s disease.

Anne Trafton | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 14, 2022 ~9 min

Artificial intelligence system rapidly predicts how two proteins will attach

The machine-learning model could help scientists speed the development of new medicines.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 1, 2022 ~7 min

Invisible machine-readable labels that identify and track objects

An MIT team develops 3D-printed tags to classify and store data on physical objects.

Steve Nadis | MIT CSAIL • mit
Jan. 28, 2022 ~7 min


Demystifying machine-learning systems

A new method automatically describes, in natural language, what the individual components of a neural network do.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 27, 2022 ~8 min

When should someone trust an AI assistant’s predictions?

Researchers have created a method to help workers collaborate with artificial intelligence systems.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 19, 2022 ~8 min

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