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Alumni/ae Artificial Intelligence Awards, honors and fellowships Brain and cognitive sciences Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Computer science and technology Education, teaching, academics Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) Global Mathematics McGovern Institute Mechanical engineering MIT Schwarzman College of Computing MIT Sloan School of Management School of Engineering School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences School of Science Students

Four from MIT named 2025 Rhodes Scholars

Yiming Chen ’24, Wilhem Hector, Anushka Nair, and David Oluigbo will start postgraduate studies at Oxford next fall.

Abdul Latif Jameel World Education Lab (J-WEL) Administration Alumni/ae Analytics Artificial Intelligence Digital technology Education, teaching, academics EdX Faculty K-12 education Massive open online courses (MOOCs) MIT Sloan School of Management MITx Office of Open Learning Online learning Open access OpenCourseWare Provost Technology and society

Dimitris Bertsimas named vice provost for open learning

Leveraging more than 35 years of experience at MIT, Bertsimas will work with partners across the Institute to transform teaching and learning on and off campus.

Alumni/ae Artificial Intelligence Assistive technology Computer science and technology Human-computer interaction Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) machine learning Media Lab Research School of Architecture and Planning Startups

Mouth-based touchpad enables people living with paralysis to interact with computers

The startup Augmental allows users to operate phones and other devices using their tongue, mouth, and head gestures.

Administration Aeronautical and astronautical engineering Alumni/ae Artificial Intelligence Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs) Faculty Leadership MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Robotics School of Engineering

Julie Shah named head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics

An expert in robotics and AI, Shah succeeds Steven Barrett at AeroAstro.

Alumni/ae Artificial Intelligence Data Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs) Faculty Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS) machine learning MIT Schwarzman College of Computing Research School of Engineering Startups

Using generative AI to improve software testing

MIT spinout DataCebo helps companies bolster their datasets by creating synthetic data that mimic the real thing.

Alumni/ae Artificial Intelligence Computer science and technology Data Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs) Electronics Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) machine learning MIT $100K competition Photonics School of Engineering Startups Sustainability Sustainable computing

Startup accelerates progress toward light-speed computing

Lightmatter, founded by three MIT alumni, is using photonic technologies to reinvent how chips communicate and calculate.

Algorithms Alumni/ae Artificial Intelligence Data Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) machine learning Media Lab School of Architecture and Planning Startups

Putting AI into the hands of people with problems to solve

Alumni-founded Pienso has developed a user-friendly AI builder so domain experts can build solutions without writing any code.

Aeronautical and astronautical engineering Aircraft Alumni/ae Artificial Intelligence Autonomous vehicles Graduate, postdoctoral Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) School of Engineering Startups Transportation Venture Mentoring Service

Safer skies with self-flying helicopters

Autonomous helicopters made by Rotor Technologies, a startup led by MIT PhDs, take the human out of risky commercial missions.

3-D printing Algorithms Alumni/ae Artificial Intelligence Chemical engineering Cleaner industry Climate change Design Emissions Innovation and Entrepreneurship (I&E) Interview machine learning MIT Morningside Academy for Design Pollution Product design School of Architecture and Planning School of Engineering Startups Sustainability The Engine

Q&A: A blueprint for sustainable innovation

Atacama Biomaterials, co-founded by Paloma Gonzalez-Rojas SM ’15, PhD ’21, combines architecture, machine learning, and chemical engineering to create eco-friendly materials.