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New Bionics Center Established at MIT with $24 Million Gift

The center is funded by a $24 million gift to MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research from philanthropist Lisa Yang.

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GIFGIF+: Collecting emotional animated GIFs with clustered multi-task learning

Chen, Weixuan & Rudovic, Ognjen & Picard, Rosalind. (2017). GIFGIF+: Collecting emotional animated GIFs with clustered multi-task learning. 410-417. 10.1109/ACII.2017.8273647.

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Predicting Perceived Emotions in Animated GIFs with 3D Convolutional Neural Networks

Chen, Weixuan and Picard, Rosalind W. 2016. "Predicting Perceived Emotions in Animated GIFs with 3D Convolutional Neural Networks."

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Predicting perceived emotions in animated GIFs with 3D convolutional neural networks

Animated GIFs are widely used on the Internet to express emotions, but automatic analysis of their content is largely …

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Make a gift to the MIT Media Lab

Your gift makes it possible for our diverse and unique community to do our work—every day.By giving to one of the funds below, you become a…

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These MIT Researchers Want to Turn GIFs Into a Language

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GIFGIF

An animated GIF is a magical thing. It has the power to compactly convey emotion, empathy, and context in a subtle way that text or emotico…

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Gifts for intertwining with modern nature

Jay Silver, Eric Rosenbaum

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Alana gift to MIT launches Down syndrome research center, technology program for disabilities

Foundation’s $28.6 million gift will fund science, innovation, and education to advance understanding, ability, and inclusion.

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NanoBio Seminar Series Fall'24

Please join us for an exciting journey in recent advances in nanotechnology and bioengineering.

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NanoBio Seminar Series Spring '24

NanoBio Seminar Series Spring'24Timings : 1 pm ETPlease use this zoom link for joining the webinar.For a list of all talks at the…

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How Internet Connects Us, Gift of Failure, Meet the Producers

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Workshops: Wednesday, October 24

Fall 2018 member meetingWorkshops: Wednesday, October 24Attendance at this event is by invitation only.AI-Assisted Data Science with BayesD…

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October 24, 2018
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Agenda: Wednesday, October 24

Fall 2018 member meetingAgenda: Wednesday, October 24Attendance at this event is by invitation only.Unable to join us in person? …

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October 24, 2018
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The best books of 2021 - New Scientist's Christmas gift guide

Explore New Scientist's best books of 2021, including Labber Kate Darling’s The New Breed.

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Professor Pattie Maes at EDULEARN24

As a keynote speaker at the 16th annual International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN24), Professor Pa…

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Travis Rich

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Deblina Sarkar named MIT-Royalty Pharma Faculty Founder Innovation Fellow 2023-24

The MIT-Royalty Pharma Prize Competition aims to support female faculty entrepreneurs in biotechnology.

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Agenda: Thursday, October 24

Fall 2019 Member MeetingAgenda: Thursday, October 24Attendance at this event is by invitation only.Unable to join us in person? J…

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Kevin Zeng Hu

Former Research Assistant

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Workshops: Thursday, October 24

ThursdayOctober 24, 20191:30pm - 3:00pmFall 2019 Member MeetingWorkshops: Thursday, October 24The MIT Media Lab fall 2019 member meeting is…

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Agenda: Wednesday, April 24

Spring 2019 Member MeetingAgenda: Wednesday, April 24Attendance at this event is by invitation only.Unable to join us in person? …

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Tod Machover’s new FLOW Symphony premiered in Seoul on August 24, 2024

"FLOW Symphony" is a 15-min piece inspired by the “flowing” nature of rivers , and by the blend of musical, natural, and AI-enhanced sounds.

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Weixuan 'Vincent' Chen

Former Research Assistant

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#24 Design and the Elastic Mind

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Chuck Czeisler on sleep, performance and health in a 24/7 culture

DescriptionSleep deficiency and circadian disruption are endemic in our 24/7 society. Both are particularly prevalent on college campuses, …

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Workshops: Wednesday, April 24

Workshop descriptions and locations

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Kumbhathon: Tech Innovations for a Pop-Up City, Jan 24-30, 2015

Kumbhathon is a year-round initiative to identify and address the challenges of cities in developing countries. It is not just a hackathon …

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Meet the 2023–24 PLIX Creative Learning Ambassadors!

We’re delighted to announce our 2023–24 cohort of PLIX Creative Learning AmbassadorsThese library professionals share our passion for hands…

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Jimin Lee

Graduate Student (EECS)

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Julien Freeman

Former Lab Manager and Research Animal Specialist

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Lauren Hitchings

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John Mose

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Connor Henley

Former Research Assistant

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Alumni + friends

Support innovation at the Media Lab—alumni gifts fuel fellowships, creativity, AI, and the future. Give now.

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Abhishek Singh

Graduate Student

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David Hill

Former Research Affiliate

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$27M Gift Establishes New Center for Future Children

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Andrew Lippman

Senior Research Scientist

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Pat Pataranutaporn

Postdoctoral Associate

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Climate Intelligence

Climate Intelligence focuses on the integration of cutting-edge technologies and systems thinking to address critical climate challenges.&n…

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Cesar A. Hidalgo

Former Research Scientist

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In memory: Carson Reynolds

Carson Reynolds | In Memory | (1976-2013)On July 4, 2013 the Media Lab lost a long-time member of our community with the passing of Car…

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Exploring the connections between Claude Shannon, Jean Piaget, and children's hundred languages through an experimental paradigm.

Dhariwal Manuj, "An experimental and theoretical tool for studying the language of geometric concepts" master's thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018, https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/120899

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MIT Morningside Academy for Design created as a new hub for cross-disciplinary education, research, and innovation

Supported by a $100 million founding gift, the academy will deepen the integration of design across the Institute and beyond.

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Connectibles: Tangible Social Networking

Kalanithi, J. "Connectibles: Tangible Social Networking"

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Connectibles: Tangible Social Networks

J. J. Kalanithi, V. Michael Bove, Jr.

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Thinking Cap study

Looking for children between 8-12 years old for a study on improving self-esteem.

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T-VOKS: The singing and speaking theremin

Xiao Xiao performs La Vie En Rose and a Tang Dynasty poem on the theremin at New Interfaces for Musical Expression (NIME).

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Reviving Design by Numbers (1999): A Technical Writeup

 Recreating John Maeda's "Design By Numbers" programming environment in JavaScript Try Online    |    GitHub

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Pattie Maes named to the Germeshausen Professorship

Pattie Maes has been recently named to the Germeshausen Professorship—an MIT faculty chair supported by the Germeshausen Foundation.

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Collective Learning

The MIT Media Lab’s Collective Learning group is no longer active. This site provides background on some of the people and projects that we…

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Soft Robotics Podcast | Hugh Herr: "Bionics"

Biomechatronics group head Hugh Herr speaks with Marwa ElDiwiny on a recent episode of the IEEE RAS Soft Robotics podcast.