MIT Media Lab

On April 10, 2025, tune into the livestream of the inaugural AHA Symposium (AHA at MIT Media Lab), where leading researchers and thinkers from industry, academia, and the nonprofit sector will ask the question: "Can we design AI to support human flourishing?"

This Thursday, MIT Museum After Dark will feature the “First Signs of Vision.” This interactive exhibit, a collaboration with the Media Lab’s Camera Culture group, invites participants to experience the history of vision, from the first light-sensitive cells to modern vision. https://lnkd.in/g6qY2_T2

Join us at the MIT Museum on April 18 from 6-8 pm for a companion event to our Future Type exhibition and explore the live dimensions of typographic research. Organized by the Future Sketches group at the MIT Media Lab the exhibition and program are part of an ongoing investigation into how technology can extend creative expression, particularly in how we visualize and interact with language in digital environments. Featuring: Zach Lieberman Sadnoise Vera van de Seyp Switch Angel Cougars are Cats Too this.xor.that Char Stiles Music by sadnoise Tickets are $15 General Admission or $5 MIT ID holders available here: https://lnkd.in/gfSXrZtz

“Chronicle” on WCVB highlights a range of MIT research, including Media Lab Professor Canan Dagdeviren’s work developing wearable ultrasound devices to detect the earliest stages of breast cancer.

Next week, the Media Lab's Camera Culture research group will present "First Signs of Vision" at MIT Museum After Dark. Read more about this project from Media Lab PhD student Kushagra Tiwary!

Watch: Last week, Professor Canan Dagdeviren, head of the Conformable Decoders research group and WHx Faculty Lead, welcomed Megan Ann Greenfield for the first seminar series event hosted by the Women's Health Program (WHx) at the MIT Media Lab. Dr. Greenfield is an affiliated leader of the McKinsey Health Institute (MHI), a global co-leader of the MHI and McKinsey’s women’s health work, and has published several papers on women’s health. The archived video is available now!

Who are the Massachusetts Institute of Technology trailblazers recently elected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)? Anyone can access their expertise through MIT Open Learning's online courses and resources. MIT Media Lab Prof. Cynthia Breazeal, dean for digital learning at Open Learning, is recognized for her innovating in artificial intelligence education and social robots. MIT Department of Mathematics Prof. Alan Edelman, leader of the Applied Computing Group at MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), is recognized for his outstanding breakthroughs in high-performance computing, linear algebra, random matrix theory, computational science, and in particular for the development of the Julia programming language. MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) Prof. Noelle Eckley Selin, dir. of the MIT Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy, is recognized for leadership in modeling the impacts of air pollution on human health, in assessing the costs and benefits of related policies, and in integrating technology dynamics into sustainability science. Learn artificial intelligence, computational science, quantitative modeling, and more with MIT Open Learning! Start now: https://bit.ly/3FZxsUS #Science #Education #AcademicNews #OnlineEducation #OnlineLearning #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEducation #SocialRobots #computing #LinearAlgebra #RandomMatrixTheory #ComputationalScience #programming #modeling #QuantitativeModeling #Teaching #STEMEducation #Sustainability #Policy

On April 10, 2025, tune in to the livestream of the inaugural AHA Symposium (AHA at MIT Media Lab), where leading researchers and thinkers from industry, academia, and the nonprofit sector will ask the question: "Can we design AI to support human flourishing?"

From 1–4pm ET today, experience the “First Signs of Vision” at the Museum of Science in Boston. This interactive exhibit, a collaboration with the Media Lab’s Camera Culture group, lets you experience the history of vision from the first light-sensitive cells to modern vision. https://lnkd.in/gGiiMwCb

Media Lab Professor Pattie Maes, who leads the Fluid Interfaces research group, has received the ACM SIGCHI Lifetime Research Award, which recognizes her advocacy for placing human agency at the center of human-computer interaction (HCI) and artificial intelligence research. “I am honored to be recognized by the ACM community,” Professor Maes says, “especially given that it can be difficult sometimes for researchers doing highly interdisciplinary research to be appreciated, even though some of the most impactful innovations often emerge from that style of research.” Media Lab Director Dava Newman says, “As a senior faculty member, Pattie is an integral member of the Media Lab, MIT, and larger HCI communities. Her contributions to several different fields, alongside her unwavering commitment to enhancing the human experience in her work, is exemplary of not only the Media Lab’s interdisciplinary spirit, but also our core mission: to create transformative technologies and systems that enable people to reimagine and redesign their lives. We all celebrate this well-deserved recognition for Pattie!”