Automating material-matching for movies and video games

Animators spend hours adding textures to objects. A new machine-learning system simplifies the process.

---

imaging industry arts simulation research video-games school-of-engineering electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology technology-and-society computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail national-science-foundation-nsf computer-modeling film-and-television mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

Sensing the body at all scales

Applications and challenges of sensing technology have been accelerated by Covid-19.

---

health medicine public-health covid-19 startups industry pandemic health-care disease research sensors mechanical-engineering school-of-architecture-and-planning school-of-engineering school-of-science electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs special-events-and-guest-speakers school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences sloan-school-of-management nanoscience-and-nanotechnology mitnano health-sciences-and-technology institute-for-medical-engineering-and-science-imes mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

MIT.nano Immersion Lab Gaming Program awards 2020 seed grants

NCSOFT-sponsored grants to advance hardware and software for immersive experiences.

---

funding industry research video-games mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering school-of-science electrical-engineering-computer-science-eecs computer-science-and-technology school-of-humanities-arts-and-social-sciences technology-and-society collaboration nanoscience-and-nanotechnology mitnano grants music-and-theater-arts augmented-and-virtual-reality

Report outlines route toward better jobs, wider prosperity

MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future identifies ways to align new technologies with durable careers.

---

machine-learning artificial-intelligence poverty manufacturing industry economics policy employment jobs research innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie global president-l-rafael-reif faculty technology-and-society business-and-management administration industrial-performance-center

A global collaboration to move artificial intelligence principles to practice

Convened by the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, the AI Policy Forum will develop frameworks and tools for governments and companies to implement concrete policies.

---

machine-learning artificial-intelligence ethics industry policy law research government global computer-science-and-technology technology-and-society algorithms collaboration mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

Superconductor technology for smaller, sooner fusion

MIT-Commonwealth Fusion Systems demonstration of new superconducting cable is a key step on the high-field path to compact fusion.

---

energy industry superconductors research renewable-energy school-of-engineering global faculty collaboration nuclear-science-and-engineering magnets alternative-energy plasma-science-and-fusion-center fusion cern

Validating the physics behind the new MIT-designed fusion experiment

Seven studies describe progress thus far and challenges ahead for a revolutionary zero-emissions power source.

---

physics energy industry research renewable-energy school-of-engineering nuclear-science-and-engineering alternative-energy plasma-science-and-fusion-center fusion nuclear-power-and-reactors

Helping companies prioritize their cybersecurity investments

By securely aggregating sensitive data from cyber-attacks, the SCRAM platform from MIT CSAIL can quantify an organization’s level of security and suggest what to prioritize.

---

industry policy research cyber-security privacy school-of-engineering computer-science-and-technology sloan-school-of-management technology-and-society computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail security-studies-and-military electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing

MIT team collaborates with 3M to develop rapid Covid-19 test

Company working with Sikes Lab to test feasibility of low-cost diagnostic that could be manufactured by the millions each day.

---

medicine covid-19 industry pandemic research invention school-of-engineering innovation-and-entrepreneurship-ie global collaboration national-institutes-of-health-nih chemical-engineering singapore-mit-alliance-for-research-and-technology-smart deshpande-center diagnostics

MIT-Takeda program launches

Research projects will harness the power of artificial intelligence to positively impact human health.

---

medicine artificial-intelligence funding industry research mechanical-engineering school-of-engineering brain-and-cognitive-sciences computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail collaboration biological-engineering institute-for-medical-engineering-and-science-imes electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing systems and-society institute-for-data j-clinic