MIT placed first among all North American teams - and second globally - at the World Finals of the Association for Computing Machinery's 43rd annual International College Programming Contest (ICPC) in Porto, Portugal.

The world's most prestigious programming contest, ICPC involves 300,000 students from two thousand universities and nearly 100 countries, with only the top 128 teams earning a spot in the finals.

Algorand, an open-source software and blockchain technology company, announced today the opening of its TestNet to the public at large. After a successful private TestNet period with several hundred participants, the company is now inviting all businesses, developers and users to engage with TestNet and provide feedback on the quality, function, and overall experience of the TestNet protocol.

It was announced that MIT professor Stefanie Mueller has received a National Science Foundation Career Award, a prestigious award for junior faculty.

Four CSAIL faculty were named among the top 100 global leaders in artificial intelligence for health, according to a new report developed by a top technology think-tank.

Robert Morris has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering. He is one of 86 new members announced this week and was honored “for contributions to network congestion control and to wireless communications.”

Health Analytics Collective uses real-world evidence to modernize health and drug development decisions.

Researchers pinpoint the “neurons” in machine-learning systems that capture specific linguistic features during translation tasks.

MIT researchers have devised a technique that “reverse engineers” complex 3-D computer-aided design (CAD) models, making them far easier for users to customize for manufacturing and 3-D printing applications.