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MIT professor and CSAIL Director Daniela Rus.
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Daniela Rus, a distinguished computer scientist and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), has been honored with induction into the prestigious Académie Nationale de Médecine (ANM) as a foreign member on January 7, 2025. As the Director of MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Daniela leads over 1,700 researchers in pioneering innovations to advance computing and improve global well-being.

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alt="Daniela Rus, Director of CSAIL and MIT EECS Professor, was recently named a co-recipient of the 2024 John Scott Award by the Board of Directors of City Trusts (Credit: Rachel Gordon/MIT CSAIL)."
CSAIL article

Daniela Rus, Director of CSAIL and MIT EECS Professor, was recently named a co-recipient of the 2024 John Scott Award by the Board of Directors of City Trusts. This prestigious honor, steeped in historical significance, celebrates scientific innovation at the very location where American independence was signed in Philadelphia, a testament to the enduring connection between scientific progress and human potential.

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alt="A team led by an MIT CSAIL PhD student has developed XPlain, a tool to augment existing heuristic analyzers and provide operators with a comprehensive understanding of heuristic underperformance (Credit: The researchers)."
CSAIL article

As far as user data is concerned, much is made of the big social media conglomerates like Google and Meta. However, cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are the backbone of countless applications, holding the keys to vast amounts of data stored on their servers.

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Frontier AI Safety & Policy Panel: Where We're at & Where We're Headed – Perspectives from the UK

It's been around a year since chatbots became widespread and governments worldwide turned their attention to advanced AI safety and governance. In this event co-hosted by MIT CSAIL Alliances, the MIT-UK program and the UK government’s AI Safety Institute, we will discuss the current state of research and where we're headed. Questions to be answered include: How will we control and govern AI agents?

 

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Researchers from MIT and elsewhere designed a communication framework that enables academics to ask for research help on social media using meronymous communication, in which the asker only reveals certain verified aspects of their identity. They found that meronymous communication encouraged people to ask questions they otherwise might not have for fear of judgment from more senior scientists (Credits: MIT News; iStock).
CSAIL article

Have you ever felt reluctant to share ideas during a meeting because you feared judgment from senior colleagues? You’re not alone. Research has shown this pervasive issue can lead to a lack of diversity in public discourse, especially when junior members of a community don’t speak up because they feel intimidated.