LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionRapid prototyping has been in the limelight for the past decade. 3D printers have an evocative na…
Former Research Affiliate
LocationMIT, Singleton Auditorium DescriptionA major hurdle to understanding how neural activity leads to behavior is determining which spi…
LocationMIT Media Lab, Bartos E15-070 DescriptionThe experience of wonder imbues the ordinary world around us with a magical sense of possi…
LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionData is a powerful lens for learning about the world. Driven by advances in computational technol…
LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionThe ability to create, design, and express oneself with technology is an important fluency for fu…
LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionThis thesis introduces and examines methods for the capture and reproduction of music on the pian…
LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionToday’s personal technologies are generally seen as reducing mindfulness. They introduce distract…
LocationMIT Media Lab, E15-341 DescriptionMuch of what we design today is mediated by digital processes, from digital tools and software us…
LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionIn order to map the dynamics of neural circuits in mammalian brains, we need tools that can recor…
Pranam Chatterjee defends his PhD thesis, entitled "Robust Genome Editing with Broad-Targeting CRISPR Enzymes", on April 28th, 2020.
Lisa Nip defends her dissertation on Tuesday, April 16.
Dissertation Title: Connecting Silos for Distributed and Private Computation
Impact.AI: Democratizing AI through K-12 Artificial Intelligence Education
Designing for Deep Engagement
Un-inventing Carceral Technology: Four Experiments in Imagining the World More Rigorously
CRISPR Biosensors for Resource-limited Nucleic Acid Detection
Sam Rodriques defends his dissertation on April 29, 2019.
Centering Communities in Research and Technology Design
Endless Ecosystems - Designing a world Without Waste
Ultrastructural membrane expansion microscopy
Dissertation Defense for Misha Sra on November 17
The Dynamics of Attention in Digital Ecosystems
Robots as Social Catalysts: A Multidisciplinary Framework for Designing Embodied Social Agents that Foster Human Collaboration andConnection
The Science and Art of Human-AI Collaboration
Engaging design justice, design fictions, and co-design in human-robot interaction design and policymaking processes
Using Earth Observation-Informed Modeling to Inform Sustainable Development Decision-Making
This dissertation explores lighting and environment control for future workspaces with advanced sensing and output capabilities.
Dissertation Title: Experiencing data together: combining art, technology, and community to move towards collective action on environm…
Scalable Methods for In Situ Genomics
Translational Design Computation
Discrete Mechanical Metamaterials
Dissertation Title: Resynthesizing Volumetric Soundscapes: Low-rank Subspace Methods for Soundfield Estimation and ReconstructionParticipat…
Dissertation Title: Collective behavior over social networks with data-driven and machine learning modelsAbstract: Individuals fo…
Making Musical Magic Live: Methodologies for Interweaving High-Value Production Technologies with Interactive Musical PerformanceFifty-two …
Towards Social and Affective Artificial IntelligenceSocial learning is a crucial component of human intelligence, allowing us to rapidly ad…
Direct-Write Fabrication of Laminate Micro-electromechanical SystemsMicro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) have many applications in fields…
Folded Functional FoamsMaterials with effective properties dominated by geometric structure rather than composition, or architected materia…
Dynamic Wearable Technology: Designing and Deploying Small Climbing Robots for Sensing and Actuation on the Human BodyThis thesis introduce…
Automating Data Visualization through RecommendationDemand for data visualization has exploded in recent years with the increasing availabi…
Precise and Expansive Genome Positioning for CRISPR EditsNew insights on microbial adaptive immune systems, known as CRISPR, have brought a…
A 3D Neuromuscular Model of the Human Ankle-Foot Complex Based on Multi-Joint Biplanar Fluoroscopy Gait AnalysisCommitteeHugh Herr, Ph.D. …
Holographic Augmented Reality: Towards Near-to-Eye Electroholography via Guided-Wave Acousto-Optics CommitteeV. Michael Bove, Jr. Princi…
The Constant Atlas: Mapping Public Data for Individuals and Their CitiesCommitteeEthan ZuckermanThesis SupervisorAssociate Professor of the…
Unlocking the potential of neural networks in resource and data constrained environmentsCommittee:Ramesh Raskar, PhDAssociate Professor of …
The Reality Editor: An Open and Universal Tool for Understanding and Controlling the Physical WorldCommittee:Prof. Pattie MaesProfessor of …
LocationMIT Media Lab, E15-341 DescriptionIn this thesis, DePalma presents an interactive robotic agent that follows pointing gestures and …
Computational Discovery of Hidden Cues in Photographs
Membranas
Learning Human Beliefs with Language Models
Implosion Fabrication – Rethinking 3D Nanofabrication from First Principles
Towards Human-Centered Optimality Criteria
Designing for a new "ZIP code destiny"
Affordable Autonomous Lightweight Personal Mobility
Technology-Assisted Coaching: A System for Children’s Literacy Learning
Embodied Mathematics by Interactive Sketching
Robust Genome Editing with Broad-Targeting CRISPR Enzymes
Social Inductive Biases for Decentralized Reinforcement Learning
The Complexity of the Future of Work
Mesomatters: Design, Manufacturing, and Interaction with Mesoscopic Materials
Reengineering Education: Systems Engineering and the LearningGraph as a Means to Developing a Coherent Learning Data ArchitectureCOMMI…
Natasha Jaques, an alum of the Affective Computing group, has won this year's award for her thesis: "Social and Affective Machine Learning"
The Well-Dressed Spacecraft: Textiles for Cosmic Dust Metrology
An Environmental and Economic Systems Analysis of Land Use Decisions in the Massachusetts Cranberry Industry