New maps show airplane contrails over the U.S. dropped steeply in 2020

The computer-vision technique behind these maps could help avoid contrail production, reducing aviation’s climate impact.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
March 7, 2022 ~7 min

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


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

Nonsense can make sense to machine-learning models

Deep-learning methods confidently recognize images that are nonsense, a potential problem for medical and autonomous-driving decisions.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
Dec. 15, 2021 ~5 min

Machines that see the world more like humans do

A new “common-sense” approach to computer vision enables artificial intelligence that interprets scenes more accurately than other systems do.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 8, 2021 ~10 min

Technique enables real-time rendering of scenes in 3D

The new machine-learning system can generate a 3D scene from an image about 15,000 times faster than other methods.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Dec. 7, 2021 ~8 min

Generating a realistic 3D world

A new AI-powered, virtual platform uses real-world physics to simulate a rich and interactive audio-visual environment, enabling human and robotic learning, training, and experimental studies.

Lauren Hinkel | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing • mit
Dec. 6, 2021 ~10 min

A robot that finds lost items

This robotic arm fuses data from a camera and antenna to locate and retrieve items, even if they are buried under a pile.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Oct. 5, 2021 ~8 min


A robot that can help you untangle your hair

Robotic arm equipped with a hairbrush helps with brushing tasks and could be an asset in assistive-care settings.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
May 5, 2021 ~6 min

Toward deep-learning models that can reason about code more like humans

Researchers propose a method for finding and fixing weaknesses in automated programming tools.

Kim Martineau | MIT Quest for Intelligence • mit
April 15, 2021 ~6 min

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