How “information gerrymandering” influences voters

Study analyzes how networks can distort voters’ perceptions and change election results.

Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office • mit
Sept. 4, 2019 ~8 min

Artificial intelligence could help data centers run far more efficiently

MIT system “learns” how to optimally allocate workloads across thousands of servers to cut costs, save energy.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 21, 2019 ~9 min


Using Wall Street secrets to reduce the cost of cloud infrastructure

“Risk-aware” traffic engineering could help service providers such as Microsoft, Amazon, and Google better utilize network infrastructure.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Aug. 18, 2019 ~8 min

Making wireless communication more energy efficient

Along with studying theory, "it's also important to me that the work we are doing will help to solve real-world problems,” says LIDS student Omer Tanovic.

Greta Friar | Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems • mit
July 3, 2019 ~10 min

Teaching artificial intelligence to connect senses like vision and touch

MIT CSAIL system can learn to see by touching and feel by seeing, suggesting future where robots can more easily grasp and recognize objects.

Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL • mit
June 17, 2019 ~6 min

Achieving greater efficiency for fast data center operations

System better allocates time-sensitive data processing across cores to maintain quick user-response times.

Rob Matheson | MIT News Office • mit
Feb. 21, 2019 ~8 min

MIT engineers build smart power outlet | MIT News

Design can “learn” to identify plugged-in appliances, distinguish dangerous electrical spikes from benign ones.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
June 15, 2018 ~9 min

Location detection when GPS doesn’t work | MIT News

Theoretical study shows how to make wireless localization much more accurate.

Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office • mit
Jan. 22, 2018 ~6 min


No more blackouts? | MIT News

New framework guarantees stability of microgrids that supply local power in developing countries.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office • mit
Nov. 8, 2017 ~8 min

An algorithm for your blind spot | MIT News

Using smartphone cameras, system for seeing around corners could help with self-driving cars and search-and-rescue.

Adam Conner-Simons | CSAIL • mit
Oct. 9, 2017 ~6 min

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