Strengthening trust in machine-learning models

Associate Professor Tamara Broderick and colleagues build a “taxonomy of trust” to identify where in data analysis processes confidence in its results might break down.

Madeleine Turner | MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems • mit
March 28, 2023 ~9 min

Learning to grow machine-learning models

New LiGO technique accelerates training of large machine-learning models, reducing the monetary and environmental cost of developing AI applications.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
March 22, 2023 ~7 min


Minimizing electric vehicles’ impact on the grid

Careful planning of charging station placement could lessen or eliminate the need for new power plants, a new study shows.

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office • mit
March 15, 2023 ~8 min

A new method to boost the speed of online databases

Researchers use machine learning to build faster and more efficient hash functions, which are a key component of databases.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
March 13, 2023 ~7 min

Large language models are biased. Can logic help save them?

MIT researchers trained logic-aware language models to reduce harmful stereotypes like gender and racial biases.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
March 3, 2023 ~7 min

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

A new chip for decoding data transmissions demonstrates record-breaking energy efficiency

The chip, which can decipher any encoded signal, could enable lower-cost devices that perform better while requiring less hardware.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 22, 2023 ~7 min

Study: Carbon-neutral pavements are possible by 2050, but rapid policy and industry action are needed

Analyses show stakeholders of all levels must get involved in decarbonizing pavements to reach climate goals.

Andrew Paul Laurent | MIT Concrete Sustainability Hub • mit
Feb. 21, 2023 ~7 min


A new way for quantum computing systems to keep their cool

A wireless technique enables a super-cold quantum computer to send and receive data without generating too much error-causing heat.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 21, 2023 ~7 min

New chip for mobile devices knocks out unwanted signals

The receiver chip efficiently blocks signal interference that slows device performance and drains batteries.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 21, 2023 ~6 min

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