Sensor(y) Landscapes: Technologies for an Extended Perceptual Presence

This dissertation explores lighting and environment control for future workspaces with advanced sensing and output capabilities.

State of the art technology has made it possible to monitor various physiological signals for prolonged periods. Using wearable sensors, ...

David Mellis Thesis DefenseDo-It-Yourself Devices: Personal Fabrication of Custom Electronic ProductsThursday, July 09, 2015 | 12:30pm - 3:3

Roy ShilkrotDigital Digits: Designing Assistive Finger Augmentation DevicesWearable computers are becoming a widespread reality. Driven by a

Communication impairments are a core characteristic of autism, affecting social-emotional interactions and broader language skills. Liter...

More than 30 million adults in the United States suffer from depression. Many more meet the diagnostic criteria for an anxiety disorder. Psy

This dissertation’s main contribution is a new methodology, Reality Hedging, to use big-data driven approaches and tools from computational

Lens"By the means of Telescopes, there is nothing so far distant but may be represented to our view; and by the help of Microscopes, ther...

It is not so far-fetched that in the near future, a student will work through a difficult vector calculus problem by using his hands to m...

As robots move out of factory floors and into human environments, out from safe barricaded workstations to operating in close proximity w...

James Barabas Thesis DefenseHolographic Television: Measuring Visual Performance with Holographic and Other 3D Television TechnologiesWednes

Conventional video mediated communication technologies provide a live window between remote spaces but do not support users who want to crea

Referring expressions with vague and ambiguous modifiers, such as “a quick visit” and “the big meeting,” are difficult for computers to inte

Chronic disease is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the prevalence is growing at an alarming rate. Half...

Human nonverbal behaviors are subtle, fleeting, and often contradictory. Is it possible for computers to not only sense, translate and inter

Humanity's desire to capture and understand motion started in 1878 and has continually evolved to this day. Today, the best-of-breed tec

AbstractWe live in a computational culture—a culture in which we are surrounded by computational systems and interfaces, from social network

We have long assumed that being face-to-face is the best environment for social interaction. But is "being there" the best we can aspire ...

A key challenge of data-driven social science is the gathering of high quality multi-dimensional datasets. A second challenge relates to ...

This thesis presents TinkRBooks, interactive storybooks that support parent-child storytelling. TinkRBooks allow emergent readers to acti...

Millner's research efforts focus primarily on two areas: (1) developing engaging technological tools that promote learning and creative e...

Jeana Frost:"Decision Making in the Information Age: A Study of and Design for Online Dating"http://www.media.mit.edu/events/thesis-frost.html43% of American adults are single and many are l

Kimiko RyokaiThe World as a Palette: Painting with Attributes of the Environmenthttp://www.media.mit.edu/events/thesis-ryokai.htmlTo create everyday art monuments through which we express ourselves, w

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Ben Fry:Computational Information Designhttp://www.media.mit.edu/events/spotlight-thesis-fry.htmlThe ability to collect, store, and manage data is increasing quickly, but our ability to understand it

Brian Patrick ClarksonLife Patterns: structure from wearable sensorsIn this thesis I develop and evaluate computational methods for extracting life’s patterns from wearable sensor data. Life patterns

Humans and many other animals form long term social relationships with each other. These relationships confer a variety of benefits upon us, both as individuals and as groups.Computational systems tha