Mathematics

MIT affiliates win AI for Math grants to accelerate mathematical discovery
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MIT affiliates win AI for Math grants to accelerate mathematical discovery MIT Department of Mathematics researchers David Roe ’06 and Andrew Sutherland ’90, PhD ’07 are among the inaugural recipients of the Renaissance Philanthropy and XTX Markets’ AI for Math grants. Four additional MIT alumni — Anshula Gandhi ’19, Viktor Kunčak SM ...
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DOE selects MIT to establish a Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid–Solid...
MIT News - Mathematics
DOE selects MIT to establish a Center for the Exascale Simulation of Coupled High-Enthalpy Fluid–Solid... The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) recently announced that it has selected MIT to establish a new research center dedicated to advancing the predictive simulation of extreme environments, such as those encountered in hypersonic flight and atmospheric ...
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Researchers glimpse the inner workings of protein language models
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Researchers glimpse the inner workings of protein language models Within the past few years, models that can predict the structure or function of proteins have been widely used for a variety of biological applications, such as identifying drug targets and designing new therapeutic antibodies.These models, which are based on ...
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MIT tool visualizes and edits “physically impossible” objects
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MIT tool visualizes and edits “physically impossible” objects M.C. Escher’s artwork is a gateway into a world of depth-defying optical illusions, featuring “impossible objects” that break the laws of physics with convoluted geometries. What you perceive his illustrations to be depends on your point of view — for ...
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This “smart coach” helps LLMs switch between text and code
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This “smart coach” helps LLMs switch between text and code Large language models (LLMs) excel at using textual reasoning to understand the context of a document and provide a logical answer about its contents. But these same LLMs often struggle to correctly answer even the simplest math problems.Textual reasoning is ...
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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26
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QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2025-26 MIT has again been named the world’s top university by the QS World University Rankings, which were announced today. This is the 14th year in a row MIT has received this distinction.The full 2026 edition of the rankings — published ...
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A sounding board for strengthening the student experience
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A sounding board for strengthening the student experience During his first year at MIT in 2021, Matthew Caren ’25 received an intriguing email inviting students to apply to become members of the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing’s (SCC) Undergraduate Advisory Group (UAG). He immediately shot off an application.Caren is ...
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Animation technique simulates the motion of squishy objects
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Animation technique simulates the motion of squishy objects Animators could create more realistic bouncy, stretchy, and squishy characters for movies and video games thanks to a new simulation method developed by researchers at MIT.Their approach allows animators to simulate rubbery and elastic materials in a way that preserves ...
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Eight with MIT ties win 2025 Hertz Foundation Fellowships
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Eight with MIT ties win 2025 Hertz Foundation Fellowships The Hertz Foundation announced that it has awarded fellowships to eight MIT affiliates. The prestigious award provides each recipient with five years of doctoral-level research funding (up to a total of $250,000), which gives them an unusual measure of independence in their ...
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Four from MIT awarded 2025 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans
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Four from MIT awarded 2025 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans MIT graduate students Sreekar Mantena and Arjun Ramani, and recent MIT alumni Rupert Li ’24 and Jupneet Singh ’23, have been named 2025 P.D. Soros Fellows. In addition, Soros Fellow Andre Ye will begin a PhD in computer science at ...
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MIT affiliates named 2024 AAAS Fellows
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MIT affiliates named 2024 AAAS Fellows Six current MIT affiliates and 27 additional MIT alumni have been elected as fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The 2024 class of AAAS Fellows includes 471 scientists, engineers, and innovators, spanning all 24 of AAAS ...
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Mathematicians uncover the logic behind how people walk in crowds
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Mathematicians uncover the logic behind how people walk in crowds Next time you cross a crowded plaza, crosswalk, or airport concourse, take note of the pedestrian flow. Are people walking in orderly lanes, single-file, to their respective destinations? Or is it a haphazard tangle of personal trajectories, as people dodge ...
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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025
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QS World University Rankings rates MIT No. 1 in 11 subjects for 2025 QS World University Rankings has placed MIT in the No. 1 spot in 11 subject areas for 2025, the organization announced today.The Institute received a No. 1 ranking in the following QS subject areas: Chemical Engineering; Civil and Structural Engineering; ...
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Five years, five triumphs in Putnam Math Competition
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Five years, five triumphs in Putnam Math Competition For the fifth time in the history of the annual William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition, and for the fifth year in a row, MIT swept all five of the contest’s top spots.The top five scorers each year are named Putnam Fellows. Senior ...
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MIT faculty, alumni named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows
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MIT faculty, alumni named 2025 Sloan Research Fellows Seven MIT faculty and 21 additional MIT alumni are among 126 early-career researchers honored with 2025 Sloan Research Fellowships by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.The recipients represent the MIT departments of Biology; Chemical Engineering; Chemistry; Civil and Environmental Engineering; Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary ...
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Validation technique could help scientists make more accurate forecasts
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Validation technique could help scientists make more accurate forecasts Should you grab your umbrella before you walk out the door? Checking the weather forecast beforehand will only be helpful if that forecast is accurate.Spatial prediction problems, like weather forecasting or air pollution estimation, involve predicting the value of a ...
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Toward video generative models of the molecular world
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Toward video generative models of the molecular world As the capabilities of generative AI models have grown, you've probably seen how they can transform simple text prompts into hyperrealistic images and even extended video clips.More recently, generative AI has shown potential in helping chemists and biologists explore static ...
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A new computational model can predict antibody structures more accurately
MIT News - Mathematics
A new computational model can predict antibody structures more accurately By adapting artificial intelligence models known as large language models, researchers have made great progress in their ability to predict a protein’s structure from its sequence. However, this approach hasn’t been as successful for antibodies, in part because of the ...
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MIT affiliates receive 2025 IEEE honors
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MIT affiliates receive 2025 IEEE honors The IEEE recently announced the winners of their 2025 prestigious medals, technical awards, and fellowships. Four MIT faculty members, one staff member, and five alumni were recognized.Regina Barzilay, the School of Engineering Distinguished Professor for AI and Health within the ...
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Making classical music and math more accessible
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Making classical music and math more accessible Senior Holden Mui appreciates the details in mathematics and music. A well-written orchestral piece and a well-designed competitive math problem both require a certain flair and a well-tuned sense of how to keep an audience’s interest.“People want fresh, new, non-recycled ...
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