Report: CHIPS Act just the first step in addressing threats to US leadership in advanced computing

The Advanced Computing Users Survey, sampling sentiments from 120 top-tier universities, national labs, federal agencies, and private firms, finds the decline in America’s advanced computing lead spans many areas.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Feb. 28, 2023 ~10 min

Ushering in a new era of computing

Dan Huttenlocher is a professor of electrical engineering and computer science and the inaugural dean at MIT Schwarzman College of Computing.

Daniel de Wolff | MIT Industrial Liaison Program • mit
Nov. 30, 2022 ~7 min


The “last mile” from credentials to employment

Digital Credentials Consortium’s new report explores barriers to adoption.

MIT Open Learning • mit
Nov. 3, 2022 ~8 min

How 'living architecture' could help the world avoid a soul-deadening digital future

The late Christopher Alexander’s groundbreaking work on patterns has informed the development of technology for decades, but it’s the architect’s later work that holds the key to a healthier digital life.

Tim Gorichanaz, Assistant Teaching Professor of Information Studies, Drexel University • conversation
Aug. 9, 2022 ~14 min

A programming language for hardware accelerators

Researchers created Exo for writing high-performance code on hardware accelerators.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
July 11, 2022 ~8 min

Researchers release open-source photorealistic simulator for autonomous driving

MIT scientists unveil the first open-source simulation engine capable of constructing realistic environments for deployable training and testing of autonomous vehicles.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 21, 2022 ~8 min

Making data visualization more accessible for blind and low-vision individuals

Researchers have created prototypes that enable screen-reader users to quickly and easily navigate through multiple levels of information in an online chart.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
June 2, 2022 ~10 min

A helping hand for robotic manipulator design

With modular components and an easy-to-use 3D interface, this interactive design pipeline enables anyone to create their own customized robotic hand.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
May 25, 2022 ~8 min


Nonprogrammers are building more of the world's software – a computer scientist explains 'no-code'

Developing software used to require programming skills. Today, a growing number of people are building websites, games and even AI programs without writing a line of code.

Tam Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Dayton • conversation
May 18, 2022 ~6 min

Estimating the informativeness of data

MIT researchers can now estimate how much information data are likely to contain, in a more accurate and scalable way than previous methods.

Rachel Paiste | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
April 25, 2022 ~7 min

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