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Putting clear bounds on uncertainty

Researchers from MIT CSAIL predict semantically meaningful and calibrated uncertainty intervals in the latent space of a generative adversarial network to know the exact limits in our ability to clean up, and reconstruct, partly blurred images.

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A new language for quantum computing

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 understand.

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Industry, labor, and education leaders discuss the work of the future | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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“From the research of the MIT Task Force on the Work of the Future, so far, one thing is absolutely clear: Technological change is transforming our work, our lives, and our society — and fortunately, the harsh societal consequences that concern us all are not inevitable,” said MIT President L. Rafael Reif at the start of “From Research to Action: Work of the Future,” on Feb. 19.
The event was the second in the MIT Forefront series, which seeks to find bold, new answers to urgent global problems. It reached more than 33,000 people from all over the world and featured discussion among industry, labor, and education leaders about how to create greater shared prosperity.

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2021 MacVicar Faculty Fellows named

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The Office of the Vice Chancellor and the Registrar’s Office have announced this year’s Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellows: professor of mathematics Larry Guth, associate professor of materials science and engineering Elsa Olivetti, associate professor of nuclear science and engineering professor Michael Short, and professor of biology and biological engineering Michael Yaffe.
For nearly three decades, the MacVicar Faculty Fellows Program has recognized exemplary and sustained contributions to undergraduate education at MIT. The program was named after Margaret MacVicar, the first dean for undergraduate education and founder of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). Departments must submit nominations along with recommendation letters from the nominees’ colleagues, students, or alumni. The selection process is highly competitive. Award recipients are appointed to a 10-year term and receive $10,000 per year of discretionary funds. Junior faculty are eligible for an initial three-year term with the possibility of conversion to a 10-year term if tenure is granted.

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Exploring generations of influence between South Asia and the Institute

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For an MIT oral history project, students conducted interviews with Institute alumni. Pictured here is Almitra Patel '58, MS '59, the first woman in engineering from India to graduate from MIT, and a Tech article in which she is featured.
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When thinking about how to celebrate the approaching 60th anniversary of Sangam, the Association of Indian Students at MIT, Ranu Boppana ’87, president of the MIT South Asian Alumni Association (MITSAAA) began to reflect upon ways in which to explore the rich history of South Asians at MIT.
“As president of MITSAAA, I met several South Asian alumni who had been at MIT in the ’60s and ’70s. As an alum who was on campus in the ’80s, I could see that they were trailblazers whose presence led to the conditions and opportunities that current students take for granted, like better gender equity on campus, internships through the MIT International Science and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) MIT-India program, and cultural programs that help students feel at home away from home,” Boppana explains.

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How to read a 300-year-old letter without opening it

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The team used a technique called X-ray microtomography
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Computer-generated unfolding sequence of sealed letter DB-1538. Courtesy of the Unlocking History Research Group archive. The letters are from the Brienne Collection, Sound and Vision The Hague, The Netherlands.

The team used a technique called X-ray microtomography
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In 1926, a seventeenth-century trunk containing over 2000 unclaimed letters was bequeathed to the Dutch postal museum. The letters were closed using an ancient technique called letterlocking, in which the writing paper is intricately folded and secured to become its own envelopes. Now an international team of researchers has virtually unfolded and unlocked the contents of one of the letters and the findings were published on Tuesday in

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Lidia Vasconcelos, Division of Comparative Medicine staffer, dies at age 53

Lidia Vasconcelos, Division of Comparative Medicine staffer, dies at age 53
Worked to consistently maintain immaculate, state-of-the-art animal facilities, and provided guidance and support to DCM’s 90 animal care technicians and many active researchers.
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In her close to 25 years at MIT, Lidia Vasconcelos worked to maintain the highest standards for training, procedures, and husbandry in the Division of Comparative Medicine.
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Lidia Vasconcelos, an area supervisor in the MIT Division of Comparative Medicine (DCM), died of cancer on Jan. 29. She was 53 years old.
“Lidia’s captivating smile displayed her warmth and love for her family, friends, and DCM co-workers,” says James Fox, director of DCM and professor in the Department of Biological Engineering.

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Researchers virtually open and read sealed historic letters

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Researchers were able to read the contents of a letter from Jacques Sennacques to his cousin Pierre Le Pers, a French merchant in The Hague.
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The virtual unfolding technology generates 2D and 3D reconstructions of the letter.
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An international team of scholars has read an unopened letter from early modern Europe — without breaking its seal or damaging it in any way — using an automated computational flattening algorithm. The team, including MIT Libraries and Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) researchers and an MIT student and alumna, published their findings today in a

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Healing with hydrogels

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The SanaHeal bioadhesive is a double-sided tape that could potentially replace sutures, preventing the leakage of blood and reducing the risk of infection, pain, and scarring.
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Throughout his graduate studies, Yuk worked with Professor Zhao on a number of applications for interfacing soft materials with the human body. Here, electrically conductive ink based on silver microparticles is being 3D printed on an elastomer sheet with cuts — or kirigami — to prepare an electronic circuit for the smart stretchable bandage that Yuk and Zhao developed.
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Meet the research scientists behind MITEI's Electric Power Systems Center | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Karen Tapia-Ahumada, a research scientist and digital learning fellow at MITEI, presents at MITEI’s 2019 Annual Research Conference.
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Pablo Duenas-Martinez, a research scientist at MITEI, is focused on the long-term outlook for energy systems and how to provide reliable and affordable electricity to all.
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Pablo Duenas-Martinez and Dharik Mallapragrada first met on opposite sides of a sponsored research project through the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI). They worked together to define a project to study the long-term evolution of the electricity sector in India and the impacts of technological and policy drivers. Duenas-Martinez guided the research direction on MITEI’s end, and Mallapragada provided input from an industry perspective.

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