Scientists from CSAIL came up with a way to better navigate the complexity of supporting computer program instructions. Their tool “VeGen” (pronounced “vegan”) automatically generates compiler plugins to effectively use more complicated instructions.

CSAIL's Shafi Goldwasser named 2021 Laureate for North America in the 2021 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards.

Gary Gensler, FinTech@CSAIL Faculty Co-Director, has been selected by President-elect Joe Biden to serve as the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

In the middle of a pandemic, it’s not surprising that there have been increasing calls to explore the possibility of conducting elections online. A growing number of tech start-ups have even advocated for using blockchain technology, which they say would boost voter turn-out and improve public trust.

When you see headlines about artificial intelligence (AI) being used to detect health issues, that’s usually thanks to a hospital providing data to researchers. But such systems aren’t as robust as they could be, because such data is usually only taken from one organization. 

One reason that cyberattacks have continued to grow in recent years is that we never actually learn all that much about how they happen. Companies fear that reporting attacks will tarnish their public image, and even those who do report them don’t share many details because they worry that their competitors will gain insight into their security practices.

CSAIL will be launching a new initiative focused on machine learning applications. MachineLearningApplications@CSAIL, or “MLA@CSAIL”, will focus on current challenges in machine learning to prepare industry members for digital transformation in their workplaces.