A recent press release states, “Alteryx, Inc., revolutionizing business through data science and analytics, today announced that it has acquired Feature Labs, a data science software company launched out of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) that automates feature engineering for machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The acquisition of Feature Labs will further enable […]
New AI Programming Language Goes Beyond Deep Learning
According to a recent press release, “A team of MIT researchers is making it easier for novices to get their feet wet with artificial intelligence, while also helping experts advance the field. In a paper presented at the Programming Language Design and Implementation conference this week, the researchers describe a novel probabilistic-programming system named “Gen.” […]
Endor Launches Predictions Protocol to Democratize Access to AI and Data Science
According to a new press release, “After years of developing its predictive analytics platform powered by MIT’s Social Physics technology, Endor is proud to launch the Endor Protocol which enables businesses and individuals to analyze large data sets and generate automated, accurate business predictions using AI. Founded by MIT researchers Prof. Alex ‘Sandy’ Pentland, and […]
IBM and MIT to Pursue Joint Research in AI, Establish New MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
by Angela Guess A new press release states, “IBM and MIT today announced that IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment to create the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab in partnership with MIT. The lab will carry out fundamental artificial intelligence (AI) research and seek to propel scientific breakthroughs that unlock the potential of […]
Data Science Education: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT’s Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS) is focused on addressing a broad range of challenges by promoting research and education in Data Science education, statistics, decision making, and the social sciences. It was launched simultaneously, in the Fall of 2016, with MIT’s new Minor in Statistics and Data Science, and is available to […]
IBM Research and MIT Collaborate to Advance AI with BM3C
by Angela Guess A new press release reports, “IBM Research today announced a multi-year collaboration with the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences at MIT to advance the scientific field of machine vision, a core aspect of artificial intelligence. The new IBM-MIT Laboratory for Brain-inspired Multimedia Machine Comprehension’s (BM3C) goal will be to develop cognitive […]
CSAIL Researchers Make AI Binge-Watch TV to Learn Human Behavior
by Angela Guess Matt Burgess reports in Wired, “One difficulty faced by artificial intelligence is predicting what humans are going to do next. To help solve that problem, researched have trained an algorithm by making it binge-watch TV. Computer vision experts from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) made an algorithm watch 600 […]
MIT is Teaching AI to Fight Cyberattacks
by Angela Guess Brian Barrett recently wrote in Wired, “Finding evidence that someone compromised your cyber defenses is a grind. Sifting through all of the data to find abnormalities takes a lot of time and effort, and analysts can only work so many hours a day. But an AI never gets tired, and can work […]
A New, Energy-Efficient Chip Design for Neural Networks
by Angela Guess Larry Hardesty reports in MIT News, “In recent years, some of the most exciting advances in artificial intelligence have come courtesy of convolutional neural networks, large virtual networks of simple information-processing units, which are loosely modeled on the anatomy of the human brain. Neural networks are typically implemented using graphics processing units […]
The Human Element in Big Data Analytics May Become a Thing of the Past
by Angela Guess Rick Delgado recently wrote in Dataconomy, “Most experts agree that while big data uses some of the most advanced technology available to businesses, doing so without someone to guide it — the human element, so to speak — would be a mistake. Human thought processes have become a vital ingredient to achieving […]