Category: Faculty
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John Joannopoulos receives 2024-2025 Killian Award
John Joannopoulos, an innovator and mentor in the fields of theoretical condensed matter physics and nanophotonics, has been named the recipient of the 2024-2025 James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award. Joannopoulos is the Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics and director of MIT’s Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. He has been a member of the…
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Creating bespoke programming languages for efficient visual AI systems
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in Artificial Intelligence, Computer graphics, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Computer vision, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Faculty, games, Information systems and technology, Machine Learning, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, Profile, Programming, programming languages, School of Engineering, videoA single photograph offers glimpses into the creator’s world — their interests and feelings about a subject or space. But what about creators behind the technologies that help to make those images possible? MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Professor Jonathan Ragan-Kelley is one such person, who has designed everything from tools…
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Julie Shah named head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
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in Administration, Aeronautical and astronautical engineering, Alumni/ae, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (eecs), Faculty, Leadership, MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, Robotics, School of EngineeringJulie Shah ’04, SM ’06, PhD ’11, the H.N. Slater Professor in Aeronautics and Astronautics, has been named the new head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro), effective May 1. “Julie brings an exceptional record of visionary and interdisciplinary leadership to this role. She has made substantial technical contributions in the field of…
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Tackling cancer at the nanoscale
When Paula Hammond first arrived on MIT’s campus as a first-year student in the early 1980s, she wasn’t sure if she belonged. In fact, as she told an MIT audience yesterday, she felt like “an imposter.” However, that feeling didn’t last long, as Hammond began to find support among her fellow students and MIT’s faculty.…