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

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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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#26 Storied Navigation

June 2, 2008
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Travis Rich

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A Clearer Picture: Towards Radical Transparency in Measurement, Reporting and Verification of Climate Action with AI @ COP26

Dava Newman is among the MIT community members who participated in COP26, the United Nations climate change conference.

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November 10, 2021
11:00am — 12:00pm ET
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Kevin Zeng Hu

Former Research Assistant

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Weixuan 'Vincent' Chen

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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Toy Symphony to Have U.S. Premiere April 26 at MIT

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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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Media Lab Summer Camp 2021: Speaker Review

Session 1 (6/18): Kioxia, NHK, SynthNeuro

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June 18, 2021 —
June 27, 2021
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How Seymour Papert influenced our thinking

On January 26, 2017, the Media Lab held a symposium to celebrate the life and ideas of Seymour Papert. Here are some photos and comments

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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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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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Cesar A. Hidalgo

Former Research Scientist

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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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On-orbit livestream events for two Media Lab research projects | Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2)

Q+A sessions on two research projects with contributors from MIT and the Media Lab will be livestreamed from the ISS on May 26 and May 28.

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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.

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TIME's 200 Best Inventions of 2023: SeedLabs MicroPET

The SeedLabs MicroPET, which began as a Media Lab collaboration, was selected to TIME's 200 Best Inventions of 2023.

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MAS Faculty Receive Aging Brain Initiative Seed Grants for Alzheimer’s Research

Pattie Maes and Ed Boyden receive Aging Brain Initiative seed grants to advance innovative Alzheimer’s research.

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Variable‑stiffness prosthesis improves biomechanics of walking across speeds compared to a passive device

Rogers-Bradley, E., Yeon, S.H., Landis, C. et al. Variable-stiffness prosthesis improves biomechanics of walking across speeds compared to a passive device. Sci Rep 14, 16521 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67230-3

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Proposal Initiation Form

PI Proposal Initiation (PIPI ) Form

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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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Cultivating Creativity

Cultivating creativity on a broad scale requires expertise that cuts across traditional disciplinary boundaries.

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Connected Mind + Body

The Media Lab is working to revolutionize and improve mental + physical wellbeing using digital technologies and human-computer interaction.

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Alumni Appeal to Support the Lab

Dear Alum,In his video below, Tobin South sounds like he’s just returned from an amazing travel experience and couldn’t help telling everyo…

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Michael Hawley, whose talents soared as an MIT professor and a pianist, dies at 58

He was a brilliant polymath, gifted musician, and former Media Lab professor who headed the Personal Information Architecture research group

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Designing for Monitorial Citizenship

On April 26, 2017, Erhardt Graeff spoke about "Designing for Monitorial Citizenship" at The Impact of Civic Technology Conference (TICTeC) …

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Want to be more creative? Try dream-hacking while you sleep

The Washington Post reports on research from the Media Lab’s Fluid Interfaces group & Harvard Medical School that naps could aid creativity.

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SKG Micrologistics

Disclaimer for playback viewers As part of the MIT Media Lab’s ongoing research on distance learning (MOOC, e-learning) and remote collabor…

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January 1, 2021 —
December 31, 2021
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Dallas Symphony Orchestra launches new Jeanne R. Johnson Education Center

The new Center will provide music education to students across North Texas, in cooperation with the Media Lab's Opera of the Future group.

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ISS Mission 2022

This mission marks the Media Lab's fourth rocket launch.

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Media Lab Summer Camp 2021

​Media Lab Summer Camp in Japan「将来、MITで学びたい・教えたい? 世界を舞台にコラボしたい?」メディアラボでは、この夏、業界を超えたコラボレーションを通して社会課題に取り組んだ活動や経験を中高生達に共有するセッションを開催します。セッションは、…

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June 18, 2021 —
June 27, 2021