CSAIL Alliances Startup Connect member Composable Analytics teams up with CheckAlt to incorporate cognitive automation to payment data capture.

With various physical distancing guidelines in place throughout the world as a means to curb the spread of Covid-19, the internet has experienced a dramatic spike in overall traffic.

A team led by MIT researchers and including experts from many institutions is developing a system that augments “manual” contact tracing by public health officials, while preserving the privacy of all individuals.

A company, founded by Marilyn Matz SM ’80 and CSAIL's Michael Stonebraker, helps pharmaceutical companies, research institutes, and biotech companies turn data into insights.

View the annual list from MIT Technology Review that includes technologies that "will make a real difference in solving important problems."

Given that our smartphones have largely become appendages over the last decade, it’s hard to imagine that ten years ago there was no Instagram, Uber, TikTok or Tinder. The ways we move, shop, eat and communicate continue to evolve thanks to the technologies we use. It can be easy to forget how quickly things have changed - so let’s turn back the clocks and reminisce about some of the computing breakthroughs that have transformed our lives in the ’10s.

“Saman and Peter are fantastic colleagues and extraordinary computer scientists, which makes it no surprise to me that they would be recognized with the most prestigious member grade of the ACM,” said CSAIL director Daniela Rus. “All of us at the lab are so very proud of Saman and Peter for receiving these esteemed honors.”