MilleMiglia: A realistic instance generator for middle-mile logistics
Algorithms & Theory
Read at sourceA new chapter for MIT Reads
A new focus on fiction and memoir aims to help the MIT community celebrate the power of storytelling and strengthen social connection.
Read at sourceThe future of practice: Enabling teachers to create learning interactives with generative UI
Education Innovation
Read at sourceNew AI technique could make minimally invasive surgeries safer and more precise
This patient-specific method, called xvr, helps doctors use X-rays for surgical navigation in fields such as orthopedics and neurosurgery.
Read at sourceMeasure by measure, studying society accurately
Naoki Egami has become a standout in political methodology, helping refine tools that give scholars durable results.
Read at sourceBypassing inference bottlenecks: Accelerating complex AI search with Retrieve-for-Train
Algorithms & Theory
Read at sourceNew method enables AI for safety-critical situations
The “HardFlow” algorithm could help generative AI models produce high-quality outputs that obey strict requirements when “pretty close” doesn’t cut it.
Read at sourceMIT spinout turns plastic waste into resilient building materials
Atlas Building Composites is commercializing MIT research to turn plastic waste into parts for buildings and other infrastructure.
Read at sourceLifesaving Lincoln Laboratory device wins 2026 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award
The handheld catheterization device AI-GUIDE, created by Lincoln Laboratory and Massachusetts General Hospital, promises improved health outcomes for injured service members and civilians.
Read at sourceToolGrad: Efficient tool-use dataset generation with textual "gradients"
Machine Intelligence
Read at sourceMIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches pilot to help educators teach AI across disciplines
A weeklong summer workshop brought higher education faculty to campus to explore how AI and machine learning materials can be adapted for their classrooms.
Read at sourceTransfer learning for genomic prediction in underrepresented populations
General Science
Read at sourceA connectomics milestone: Mapping the complete male fruit fly brain
General Science
Read at sourceFrom MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment
MIT affiliates engage with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab to bring rigorous theory to production systems.
Read at sourceSystem helps humans predict when self-driving cars will make mistakes
A new method, called CW-Net, translates the reasoning process of an autonomous vehicle’s AI system into understandable concepts that explain its behavior.
Read at sourceWalter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate
The senior lecturer, already director of the degree program, will now oversee all aspects of the center’s activities and operations.
Read at sourceMapping global methane emissions from space with deep learning
Climate & Sustainability
Read at sourceIla Kumar: Innovating with communities
The PhD student works to give young people an active role in shaping digital technologies that can support their own well-being.
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