2024 MAD Design Fellows announced
The 10 Design Fellows are MIT graduate students working at the intersection of design and multiple disciplines across the Institute.
Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs)
Scientists use generative AI to answer complex questions in physics
A new technique that can automatically classify phases of physical systems could help scientists investigate novel materials.
Using ideas from game theory to improve the reliability of language models
A new “consensus game,” developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, elevates AI’s text comprehension and generation skills.
The power of App Inventor: Democratizing possibilities for mobile applications
More than a decade since its launch, App Inventor recently hosted its 100 millionth project and registered its 20 millionth user. Now hosted by MIT, the app also supports experimenting with AI.
A better way to control shape-shifting soft robots
A new algorithm learns to squish, bend, or stretch a robot’s entire body to accomplish diverse tasks like avoiding obstacles or retrieving items.
Creating bespoke programming languages for efficient visual AI systems
Associate Professor Jonathan Ragan-Kelley optimizes how computer graphics and images are processed for the hardware of today and tomorrow.
HPI-MIT design research collaboration creates powerful teams
Together, the Hasso Plattner Institute and MIT are working toward novel solutions to the world’s problems as part of the Designing for Sustainability research program.
Natural language boosts LLM performance in coding, planning, and robotics
Three neurosymbolic methods help language models find better abstractions within natural language, then use those representations to execute complex tasks.
MIT faculty, instructors, students experiment with generative AI in teaching and learning
At MIT’s Festival of Learning 2024, panelists stressed the importance of developing critical thinking skills while leveraging technologies like generative AI.
Julie Shah named head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
An expert in robotics and AI, Shah succeeds Steven Barrett at AeroAstro.