Topic
Machine learning
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Pinpointing vehicles with high precision under adverse weather conditions
MIT Lincoln Laboratory radar system achieves centimeter-level localization; could help driverless cars stay in lane when road markings are obscured.
June 23, 2016 -
Building better trust between humans and machines
MIT-SUTD researchers are creating improved interfaces to help machines and humans work together to complete tasks.
June 21, 2016 -
Teaching machines to predict the future
Deep-learning vision system from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab anticipates human interactions using videos of TV shows.
June 21, 2016 -
Eye-tracking system uses ordinary cellphone camera
Crowd-sourced data yields system that determines where mobile-device users are looking.
June 15, 2016 -
Artificial intelligence produces realistic sounds that fool humans
Video-trained system from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab could help robots understand how objects interact with the world.
June 13, 2016 -
IDSS conversations: Guy Bresler
Assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science discusses his work focusing on learning graphical models from data.
March 11, 2016 -
Recognizing correct code
Automatic bug-repair system fixes 10 times as many errors as its predecessors.
January 29, 2016 -
Computer model matches humans at predicting how objects move
“3-D physics engine” from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory simulates the human brain to infer physical properties.
January 4, 2016 -
Machines that learn like people
Algorithms could learn to recognize objects from a few examples, not millions; may better model human cognition.
December 23, 2015 -
Deep-learning algorithm predicts photos’ memorability at “near-human” levels
Future versions of an algorithm from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab could help with teaching, marketing, and memory improvement.
December 16, 2015 -
Computer system passes “visual Turing test”
Character-drawing machines can fool human judges.
December 10, 2015 -
Predicting change in the Alzheimer’s brain
Combining MRI and other data helps machine-learning systems predict effects of neurodegenerative disease.
October 6, 2015 -
More-flexible machine learning
Giving machine-learning systems “partial credit” during training improves image classification.
October 1, 2015 -
Learning language by playing games
System learns to play text-based computer game using only linguistic information.
September 23, 2015 -
More personalized online shopping
Startup’s platform analyzes data from multiple sources to better predict buying preferences.
September 15, 2015 -
Object recognition for free
System designed to label visual scenes according to type turns out to detect particular objects, too.
May 8, 2015 -
Graphics in reverse
Probabilistic programming does in 50 lines of code what used to take thousands.
April 13, 2015 -
Better machine learning
Kalyan Veeramachaneni tackles some of the biggest bottlenecks holding back the data science industry.
February 24, 2015 -
Vision system for household robots
New algorithm could enable household robots to better identify objects in cluttered environments.
January 12, 2015 -
Computers that teach by example
New system enables pattern-recognition systems to convey what they learn to humans.
December 5, 2014