Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)
Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)

Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)

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With a feel for physics, AI models simulate a wider range of real-world scenarios

“GeoPT” helps AI models understand the basics of physics so they can simulate how objects respond to things like wind and water more efficiently and accurately.

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The benefits of medical AI assistance vary based on user expertise

Study finds non-experts deferred to LLM-based diagnostic assistance, even when it was wrong, while clinicians caught AI errors.

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Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center

An expert in machine learning, statistics, and computation, Rakhlin succeeds Professor Ankur Moitra.

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Daniela Rus receives Bavarian Minister-President’s High-Tech Prize

Director of CSAIL and MIT professor honored for her contributions to robotics, artificial intelligence, and autonomous systems.

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How a medical database developed at MIT evolved into a global standard of data-sharing

The visionary PhysioNet platform launched 25 years ago, based on a system developed at MIT in the 1970s. It has become one of the most comprehensive biomedical and clinical data repositories in existence.

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Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83

Known for his clear and elegant writing style, Bertsekas shaped fields from control and optimization to large-scale computation and artificial intelligence.

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Following the questions where they lead

Assistant Professor Bailey Flanigan has arrived at complex computational methods for helping democracy thrive.

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Helping AI models to meet the real world

Through research and entrepreneurship, Professor Devavrat Shah is helping to design methods that can handle constant decision-making using limited computational resources.

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AI agents create virtual playgrounds to help robots get crucial training data

“SceneSmith” system uses collaborative AI agents to create realistic 3D environments of places like kitchens, hotels, and living rooms, where robots can simulate everyday chores.

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Tiny robot boats build floating structures

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.