Generating opportunities with generative AI
Rama Ramakrishnan helps companies explore the promises and perils of large language models and other transformative AI technologies.
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A. Michael West: Advancing human-robot interactions in health care
When he isn’t investigating human motor control, the graduate student gives back by volunteering with programs that helped him grow as a researcher.
Making life friendlier with personal robots
Sharifa Alghowinem, a research scientist at the Media Lab, explores personal robot technology that explains emotions in English and Arabic.
Jackson Jewett wants to design buildings that use less concrete
The PhD student is honing algorithms for designing large structures with less material — helping to shrink the construction industry’s huge carbon footprint.
Autonomous innovations in an uncertain world
Jonathan How and his team at the Aerospace Controls Laboratory develop planning algorithms that allow autonomous vehicles to navigate dynamic environments without colliding.
Making sense of all things data
Data, and more specifically using data, is not a new concept, but it remains an elusive one. It comes with terms like “the internet of things” (IoT) and “the cloud,”…