ED Games Expo 2023: Featuring a Livestreamed Science Is Cool (ScIC) Event on September 21
The ED Games Expo is the annual public showcase of game-changing forms of education technology created through more than 50 programs at the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, and across government. The 9th annual Expo will occur from...
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Actions to Build on Work to Accelerate Learning and Improve Student Achievement
When President Biden took office, fewer than half of K-12 schools were fully open for in-person learning. Today, thanks to the President's swift actions and historic investments, every school in America is open safely for in-person instruction. Since Day One,...
Biden-Harris Administration Celebrates Completion of Nationwide Unlocking Pathways Summit Series
The Biden-Harris Administration completed its nationwide Unlocking Pathways Summit series today in Biloxi, Mississippi. The four-part series was part of the U.S.
100 Groups Join “SAVE on Student Debt” Outreach Campaign, Reaching More Than 18 Million Americans
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today kicked off its “SAVE on Student Debt” Week of Action with events across the country from the Department and 100 participating organizations who have a combined reach of more than 18 million Americans.
AI model speeds up high-resolution computer vision
An autonomous vehicle must rapidly and accurately recognize objects that it encounters, from an idling delivery truck parked at the corner to a cyclist whizzing toward an approaching intersection. To do this, the vehicle might use a powerful computer vision model to...
Differentially private median and more
Posted by Edith Cohen and Uri Stemmer, Research Scientists, Google Research Differential privacy (DP) is a rigorous mathematical definition of privacy. DP algorithms are randomized to protect user data by ensuring that the probability of any particular output is...
System combines light and electrons to unlock faster, greener computing
Computing is at an inflection point. Moore’s Law, which predicts that the number of transistors on an electronic chip will double each year, is slowing down due to the physical limits of fitting more transistors on affordable microchips. These increases in computer...
Making life friendlier with personal robots
“As a child, I wished for a robot that would explain others’ emotions to me” says Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist in the Media Lab’s Personal Robots Group (PRG). Growing up in Saudi Arabia, Alghowinem says she dreamed of coming to MIT one day to develop...
AI pilot programs look to reduce energy use and emissions on MIT campus
Smart thermostats have changed the way many people heat and cool their homes by using machine learning to respond to occupancy patterns and preferences, resulting in a lower energy draw. This technology — which can collect and synthesize data — generally focuses on...
A novel computational fluid dynamics framework for turbulent flow research
Posted by Shantanu Shahane, Software Engineer, and Matthias Ihme, Research Scientist, Athena Team Turbulence is ubiquitous in environmental and engineering fluid flows, and is encountered routinely in everyday life. A better understanding of these turbulent processes...