News
April 4, 2018
We're very excited to announce the publication of the Brains, Minds, and Machines Summer Course on MIT OpenCourseWare!
Preparing this course to be released on OCW was a large task which required the help of many individuals....
Preparing this course to be released on OCW was a large task which required the help of many individuals....
March 27, 2018
"MIT scientist among three recognized for the discovery of optogenetics
by Julie Pryor
Ed Boyden, the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT, has been named a recipient of the 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award —...
by Julie Pryor
Ed Boyden, the Y. Eva Tan Professor in Neurotechnology at MIT, has been named a recipient of the 2018 Canada Gairdner International Award —...
March 19, 2018
We are glad to announce that registrations are open for the:
Regularization Methods for Machine Learning Course (RegML)
to be held 18 June - 22 June 2018, Genova Italy, in the heart of the Italian Riviera.
RegML is a 22 hours...
Regularization Methods for Machine Learning Course (RegML)
to be held 18 June - 22 June 2018, Genova Italy, in the heart of the Italian Riviera.
RegML is a 22 hours...
March 12, 2018
"Children as young as 3 have brain network devoted to interpreting thoughts of other people.
by Anne Trafton
Humans use an ability known as theory of mind every time they make inferences about someone else’s mental state — what...
by Anne Trafton
Humans use an ability known as theory of mind every time they make inferences about someone else’s mental state — what...
March 6, 2018
Neuroengineering leader appointed to new professorship at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.
Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
March 5, 2018, MIT News
Edward S. Boyden, a member of MIT’s McGovern...
Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
March 5, 2018, MIT News
Edward S. Boyden, a member of MIT’s McGovern...
March 6, 2018
Vision Sciences Society has announced that Prof. Nancy Kanwisher will receive the 2018 Davida Teller Award at an awards ceremony on May 21, 2018.
VSS established the Davida Teller Award in 2013. Davida was an exceptional...
VSS established the Davida Teller Award in 2013. Davida was an exceptional...
February 20, 2018
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) awards two Troland Research Awards, in the amount of $75,000, annually to recognize "unusual achievement by young investigators (defined as no older than 40) and to further empirical...
February 12, 2018
New ideas and old friends
Written by Kris Brewer, photos by Tomotake Sasaki
The annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), traditionally held in December, continues to grow since its inception in...
Written by Kris Brewer, photos by Tomotake Sasaki
The annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), traditionally held in December, continues to grow since its inception in...
February 1, 2018
New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research.
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office
February 1, 2018
"MIT today announced the launch of the MIT Intelligence Quest, an initiative to discover the...
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office
February 1, 2018
"MIT today announced the launch of the MIT Intelligence Quest, an initiative to discover the...
January 31, 2018
by Sara Cody
When it comes to brain teasers, understanding how the human mind produces intelligent behavior is one of the most puzzling. Especially when it comes to programming machines with human-level intelligence. Figuring out...
When it comes to brain teasers, understanding how the human mind produces intelligent behavior is one of the most puzzling. Especially when it comes to programming machines with human-level intelligence. Figuring out...