Guoping Feng, Piotr Indyk, Daniel Kleitman, Daniela Rus, Senthil Todadri, and nine alumni are recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions to research.
Elaine Liu: Charging ahead
The MIT senior calculates how renewables and EVs impact the grid.
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.
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.
Dr. Yanjie Shao and Professor Jesús del Alamo were among the fifteen leading academic researchers to receive this award.
Student Spotlight: Christopher Wang
Christopher Wang is a senior graduating this May. The Computer Science and Engineering major has discovered a love for theater during his time at MIT, developing his playwriting, acting, directing and even lighting design skills through involvement in student groups. But he nearly didn’t come to MIT at all; a chance conversation brought him to Cambridge.
Associate Professor Jonathan Ragan-Kelley optimizes how computer graphics and images are processed for the hardware of today and tomorrow.
The Institute also ranks second in five subject areas.
Three from MIT named 2024-25 Goldwater Scholars
Undergraduates Ben Lou, Srinath Mahankali, and Kenta Suzuki, whose research explores math and physics, are honored for their academic excellence.
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.