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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 14, 2018
By Mo Lotman
"After a long so-called winter, artificial intelligence has recently made amazing gains. Tomaso Poggio, Director of MIT’s Center for Minds, Brains, and Machines, explains why this success is still a long way from the...
"After a long so-called winter, artificial intelligence has recently made amazing gains. Tomaso Poggio, Director of MIT’s Center for Minds, Brains, and Machines, explains why this success is still a long way from the...
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
"MIT today announced the launch of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, an initiative to discover the foundations of...
Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office
"MIT today announced the launch of the MIT Quest for Intelligence, an initiative to discover the foundations of...
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...
January 11, 2018
In September 2014, Siemens Healthcare generously established the CBMM Siemens Graduate Fellowship. This fellowship provides support, for one academic year, to an MIT graduate student whose research bridges two of the main CBMM...