How AI is improving simulations with smarter sampling techniques

MIT CSAIL researchers created an AI-powered method for low-discrepancy sampling, which uniformly distributes data points to boost simulation accuracy.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Oct. 2, 2024 ~8 min

AI simulation gives people a glimpse of their potential future self

By enabling users to chat with an older version of themselves, Future You is aimed at reducing anxiety and guiding young people to make better choices.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Oct. 1, 2024 ~9 min


State of Supply Chain Sustainability report reveals growing investor pressure, challenges with emissions tracking

The 2024 report highlights five years of global progress but uncovers gaps between companies’ sustainability goals and the investments required to achieve them.

Benjy Kantor | MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics • mit
Sept. 30, 2024 ~5 min

AI pareidolia: Can machines spot faces in inanimate objects?

New dataset of “illusory” faces reveals differences between human and algorithmic face detection, links to animal face recognition, and a formula predicting where people most often perceive faces.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Sept. 30, 2024 ~8 min

Helping robots zero in on the objects that matter

A new method called Clio enables robots to quickly map a scene and identify the items they need to complete a given set of tasks.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 30, 2024 ~9 min

New security protocol shields data from attackers during cloud-based computation

The technique leverages quantum properties of light to guarantee security while preserving the accuracy of a deep-learning model.

Adam Zewe | MIT News • mit
Sept. 26, 2024 ~8 min

Mars’ missing atmosphere could be hiding in plain sight

A new study shows Mars’ early thick atmosphere could be locked up in the planet’s clay surface.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 25, 2024 ~8 min

Study evaluates impacts of summer heat in U.S. prison environments

MIT researchers identify facility-level factors that could worsen heat impacts for incarcerated people.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
Sept. 24, 2024 ~10 min


Research quantifying “nociception” could help improve management of surgical pain

New statistical models based on physiological data from more than 100 surgeries provide objective, accurate measures of the body’s subconscious perception of pain.

David Orenstein | The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory • mit
Sept. 24, 2024 ~10 min

Accelerating particle size distribution estimation

MIT researchers speed up a novel AI-based estimator for medication manufacturing by 60 times.

Anne Wilson | Department of Mechanical Engineering • mit
Sept. 23, 2024 ~4 min

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