Hands on the Wheel
Excerpts from new faculty books pose questions we must answer as AI begins to reshape society
Topics: School of Science
Plumbing the Depths of Neural Nets
On a quest to demystify deep learning, Tomaso Poggio glimpses tantalizing implications for human intelligence
Laser Focus
A broad foundation in space systems helped grad student Raichelle Aniceto zero in on a social mission
The MIT Intelligence Quest
New Institute-wide initiative will advance human and machine intelligence research
How Do Plants Use Light?
What Gabriela Schlau-Cohen discovers about the proteins responsible for photosynthesis could be critical to agriculture and energy
How Can Computers Apply What They’ve Learned to New Situations?
Developing this capacity in machine learning could better equip it for human interaction and a host of medical applications
How Can We Defeat the Growing Threat of Antibiotic Resistance?
For MIT researchers working to hold the line against infection, step one is to know your enemy
What Planets Beyond Our Solar System May Harbor Life?
The TESS mission will scan our cosmic neighborhood to identify 50 top candidates
Seeing the Light
Aging Brain Initiative researchers discover a potential Alzheimer’s therapy
Growing Knowledge
Using cancer cells to study neural development