Simulations – Complexity Research Team (CRT)

Strange Attractors

A new design tool uses UV and RGB lights to change the color and textures of everyday objects. The system could enable surfaces to display dynamic patterns, such as health data and fashion designs.

Alex Shipps | MIT CSAIL

Despite its impressive output, generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world 05/11/2024

Researchers show that even the best-performing large language models don’t form a true model of the world and its rules, and can thus fail unexpectedly on similar tasks.

Adam Zewe | MIT News

Empowering systemic racism research at MIT and beyond 04/11/2024

Researchers in the MIT Initiative on Combatting Systemic Racism are building an open data repository to advance research on racial inequity in domains like policing, housing, and health care.

Scott Murray | Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

Killing the messenger 01/11/2024

A newly characterized anti-viral defense system in bacteria aborts infection through a novel mechanism by chemically altering mRNA.

Lillian Eden | Department of Biology

MIT Schwarzman College of Computing launches postdoctoral program to advance AI across disciplines 29/10/2024

The new Tayebati Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support leading postdocs to bring cutting-edge AI to bear on research in scientific discovery or music.

Terri Park | MIT Schwarzman College of Computing

Seven with MIT ties elected to National Academy of Medicine for 2024 22/10/2024

Professors Matthew Vander Heiden and Fan Wang, along with five MIT alumni, are honored for their outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.

Nina Tamburello | Koch Institute