The Best of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

A new algorithm makes headway in solving the problem of exploration vs. exploitation in reinforcement learning. Developed by MIT CSAIL researchers, it attempts to make decision-making more efficient.

Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check.

A new technique enables artificial intelligence agents to think much farther into the future when considering how their behaviors can influence the behaviors of other AI agents, toward the completion…

«Because of the complexity of this problem, current approaches tend to be myopic; the agents can only guess the next few moves of their teammates or competitors, which leads to poor performance in the long run.»

MIT researchers have improved their machine learning system, Mirai, developed to predict cancer risk from mammogram images, and validated their effectiveness with studies across several hospitals.

A new computer vision system watches the 3D printing process and adjusts velocity and printing path to avoid errors. Training the system in simulation, researchers from MIT and elsewhere avoid the…

As people age, they often lose their motivation to learn new things or engage in everyday activities. In a study of mice, MIT neuroscientists have now identified a brain circuit that is critical for…

Neuroscientists often use neural networks to model the kind of tasks the brain performs, in hopes that the models could suggest new hypotheses regarding how the brain itself performs those tasks. But…

A new device can detect Parkinson's disease just from breathing patterns. The device, developed by a team led by Dina Katabi of MIT, employs a neural network to discern the presence and severity of…

Twist is an MIT-created programming language for quantum computing that can describe and verify which pieces of data are entangled in a quantum program, through a language a classical programmer can…

Researchers have discovered ancient Roman concrete-manufacturing strategies that incorporated self-healing. Applying this knowledge toward modern cement production, they hope to improve the material’s…

MIT researchers may have found the key to a truly efficient and inexpensive mechanism for removing carbon dioxide from seawater. The method could be far more efficient than existing systems for…

MIT research finds that when families interact with a voice-user interface, like a smart speaker or social robot, they are more likely to trust the device, engage with it, and find it to be competent…

MIT engineers designed an adhesive patch that produces ultrasound images of the body. The stamp-sized device sticks to skin and can provide continuous ultrasound imaging of internal organs for 48…

MIT neuroscientists have found reading computer code does not rely on the regions of the brain involved in language processing. Instead, it activates the “multiple demand network,” which is also…

By adapting a powerful algorithm, MIT researchers created a user-friendly tool that enables a nonexpert to make predictions with high accuracy using time-series data with just a few keystrokes and in…

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MIT Lincoln Laboratory research suggests training an artificial intelligence model with mathematically "diverse" teammates improves its ability to collaborate with other AI it has never worked with…

MIT researchers solved a differential equation behind the interaction of two neurons through synapses to unlock a new type of speedy and efficient artificial intelligence algorithms.