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August 6, 2018
Collaboration between MIT and Weizmann Institute of Science supports new avenues of scientific research.
Sagol family grant will enable MIT and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science to work together on multidisciplinary projects...
Sagol family grant will enable MIT and Israel's Weizmann Institute of Science to work together on multidisciplinary projects...
July 24, 2018
On Mon., July 23, 2018, the MIT School of Science announced eight faculty members to named professorship. These positions afford the faculty members additional support to pursue their research and develop their careers.
In this...
In this...
July 23, 2018
"Most animals, including our primate cousins, communicate: they gesture, grimace, grunt, and sing. As a rule, however, they do not speak. So how, exactly, did humans acquire their unique talent for verbal discourse? And how do...
July 16, 2018
Following an enthusiastic endorsement by the Committee on Scientific Affairs, three Rockefeller scientists have been promoted to professor, effective July 1. Receiving promotions are Sean Brady, head of the Laboratory of...
July 13, 2018
BY DR. LOUIS ALPERT
Ombudsman
"…..BREAKING NEWS FROM MIT…..
Your humble author of the Ombudsman Alert, who taught Mathematics at MIT during 1957-60, was honored to also be a junior member of a research team in the emerging...
Ombudsman
"…..BREAKING NEWS FROM MIT…..
Your humble author of the Ombudsman Alert, who taught Mathematics at MIT during 1957-60, was honored to also be a junior member of a research team in the emerging...
July 12, 2018
"MIT recently announced the “Intelligence Quest.” President Rafael Reif said the campuswide initiative will pursue two key questions: “How does human intelligence work, in engineering terms? And how can we use that deep grasp of...
June 25, 2018
(Carlos R. Ponce is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neuroscience at Washington University School of Medicine. The opinions expressed are his own.)
By Carlos R. Ponce
"While preparing for a recent move to St. Louis,...
By Carlos R. Ponce
"While preparing for a recent move to St. Louis,...
June 18, 2018
How does human intelligence work, in engineering terms? And how can we use that deep grasp of human intelligence to build wiser and more useful machines?
This year MIT launched the MIT Intelligence Quest, an initiative to...
This year MIT launched the MIT Intelligence Quest, an initiative to...
June 17, 2018
By Akshaiyaa V S
And God said, “Let there be light”.
Figuratively, this bible verse points towards light as the foundation of life; the driving force behind our psyche. Bright light is always associated with joy and victory. But...
And God said, “Let there be light”.
Figuratively, this bible verse points towards light as the foundation of life; the driving force behind our psyche. Bright light is always associated with joy and victory. But...
June 14, 2018
DeepMind’s advance could lead to machines that can make better sense of a scene.
by Will Knight
Machines will need to get a lot better at making sense of the world on their own if they are ever going to become truly intelligent....
by Will Knight
Machines will need to get a lot better at making sense of the world on their own if they are ever going to become truly intelligent....