A blueprint for making quantum computers easier to program

A CSAIL study highlights why it is so challenging to program a quantum computer to run a quantum algorithm, and offers a conceptual model for a more user-friendly quantum computer.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL • mit
April 16, 2024 ~8 min

Probabilistic AI that knows how well it’s working

It’s more important than ever for artificial intelligence to estimate how accurately it is explaining data.

Rachel Paiste | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
May 25, 2023 ~6 min


Automating the math for decision-making under uncertainty

A new tool brings the benefits of AI programming to a much broader class of problems.

Rachel Paiste | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences | MIT CSAIL • mit
Feb. 6, 2023 ~5 min

This is your brain. This is your brain on code

MIT researchers are discovering which parts of the brain are engaged when a person evaluates a computer program.

Steve Nadis | MIT CSAIL • mit
Dec. 21, 2022 ~9 min

Faster computing results without fear of errors

Researchers developed a new system that can make computer programs run faster, while guaranteeing accuracy.

Adam Zewe | MIT News Office • mit
June 7, 2022 ~9 min

Computing our climate future

To put global climate modeling at the fingertips of local decision-makers, some scientists think it’s time to rethink the system from scratch.

Paige Colley | School of Science • mit
April 13, 2022 ~10 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

Exact symbolic artificial intelligence for faster, better assessment of AI fairness

Probabilistic programming language allows for fast, error-free answers to hard AI problems, including fairness.

Rachel Paiste | Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences • mit
Aug. 9, 2021 ~6 min


Celebrating 10 years of Scratch | MIT News

Scratch Day @ MIT was one of more than 1,100 global events during May to celebrate the kids’ programming language and online community on its 10th anniversary.

MIT Media Lab • mit
May 11, 2017 ~8 min

JuliaCon draws global users of a dynamic, easy-to-learn programming language | MIT News

Now three years old, the Julia programming language is helping to solve problems in areas such as economic modeling, spaceflight, and bioinformatics.

Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation • mit
July 18, 2016 ~4 min

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