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Machine learning and the microscope
With recent advances in imaging, genomics and other technologies, the life sciences are awash in data. If a biologist is studying cells ...
Signal processing: How did we get to where we’re going?
On May 24, Ford Professor of Engineering Al Oppenheim addressed a standing-room-only audience at MIT to give the talk of a lifetime. Ent ...
- How to assess a general-purpose AI model’s reliability before it’s deployed
- Professor Emeritus John Vander Sande, microscopist, entrepreneur, and admired mentor, dies at 80
- Polina Anikeeva named head of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering
- Marking a milestone: Dedication ceremony celebrates the new MIT Schwarzman College of Computing building
- Machine learning and the microscope
Video Spotlight
MIT Faculty Founders Initiative Supports Biotech Entrepreneurs
Twelve researchers participated in the 2023-24 MIT-Royalty Pharma Prize Competition, designed to support female biotech pioneers. The competition is part of the MIT Faculty Founder Initiative, which was launched in 2020 by the MIT School of Engineering and the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship.
Engineering In Action
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Pioneering the future of materials extraction
The next time you cook pasta, imagine that you are cooking spaghetti, rigatoni, and seven other varieties all together, and they need to be separated onto 10 different plates before serving. A colander can remove the water — but you still have a mound of unsorted noodles. -
Helping nonexperts build advanced generative AI models
The impact of artificial intelligence will never be equitable if there’s only one company that builds and controls the models (not to mention the data that go into them). Unfortunately, today’s AI models are made up of billions of parameters that must be trained and tuned to maximize performance for each use case, putting the […] -
Dean Anantha Chandrakasan receives honorary degree from the National Technical University of Athens
The National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) has awarded an honorary doctorate to Anantha P. Chandrakasan – MIT’s Chief Innovation and Strategy Officer, Dean of Engineering, and Vannevar Bush Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science – during a ceremony on NTUA’s campus on June 10, 2024. The honor recognizes Chandrakasan’s pioneering work in low-power […] -
Making steel with electricity
Steel is one of the most useful materials on the planet. A backbone of modern life, it’s used in skyscrapers, cars, airplanes, bridges, and more. Unfortunately, steelmaking is an extremely dirty process. -
“Pathways to Invention” documentary debuts on PBS, streaming
The Lemelson-MIT Program has announced the national debut of an award-winning documentary that celebrates invention: American Public Television (APT) presents “Pathways to Invention,” a film that follows modern inventors of diverse backgrounds as they develop life-changing innovations.