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Nancy Kanwisher receives 2018 Heineken Prize
April 24, 2018
Nancy Kanwisher receives 2018 Heineken Prize
by
Julie Pryor | McGovern Institute for Brain Research
Nancy Kanwisher, the Walter A.
Celebrating great mentorship for graduate students
April 24, 2018
Celebrating great mentorship for graduate students
by
Office of Graduate Education
“When we talk about our experiences as graduate students at MIT, my colleagues and I tend to use words like ‘challenging,’ ‘rewarding,’ ‘inspiring,’ or ‘stressful’,” says Courtney Lesoon, the 2017-
Machine-learning system processes sounds like humans do
April 19, 2018
Machine-learning system processes sounds like humans do
by
Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Using a machine-learning system known as a deep neural network, MIT researchers have created the first model that can replicate human performance on auditory tasks such as identifying a musical gen
Eight from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2018
April 18, 2018
Eight from MIT elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences for 2018
by
MIT News Office
Pioneering digital collaborations
April 10, 2018
Pioneering digital collaborations
by
Meg Murphy | School of Engineering
MIT professors and MacArthur Fellows Regina Barzilay and Dina Katabi recently gathered leaders in technology, biotech, and regulatory agencies for a summit to inspire widespread adoption of artific
events
Hans-Lukas Teuber Lecture and Awards Ceremony: Circuit Solutions for Programming Actions
Apr
Thu
26
April 26, 2018
Hans-Lukas Teuber Lecture and Awards Ceremony: Circuit Solutions for Programming Actions
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Speaker(s):
Silvia Arber
SCSB Lunch Series - Julian Jara-Ettinger: Computational principles underlying social cognition: similarities and differences in ASD
Apr
Fri
27
April 27, 2018
SCSB Lunch Series - Julian Jara-Ettinger: Computational principles underlying social cognition: similarities and differences in ASD
12:00pm to 1:00pm
Speaker(s):
Julian Jara-Ettinger, Ph.D.
Social Influences on children's learning
Apr
Fri
27
April 27, 2018
Social Influences on children's learning
2:00pm to 4:00pm
Speaker(s):
Julia Leonard, Schulz/Gabrieli Lab
Environmental influences on the neural basis of language and reading development
Apr
Mon
30
April 30, 2018
Environmental influences on the neural basis of language and reading development
10:00am to 12:00pm
Speaker(s):
Language & Computation Discussion Group
Apr
Mon
30