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MIT AI LAB PROJECTS AND RESEARCH GROUPS



This is an incomplete list of lab projects, which will grow as the members of the lab make things available.



General Background on Research at the Lab

On-line access to recent publications, searchable indices of all publications, and pointers into the ftp directory. Lab publications
Extended abstracts describing current projects of lab members. Research Abstracts
A collaborative Web site about the history of the AI Lab and the Lab for Computer Science NE43 Memory Project


Robotics and Machine Vision

Medical Vision Group The goal of this group is to develop new algorithms for medical image analysis and visualization of medical imagery, as well as to build vision based systems for surgical navigation and surgical planning.
Visual Surveillance and Monitoring Video Surveillance and Monitoring (VSAM) is a project to automatically understand activity in the world from long and potentially numerous video streams.
Learning and Vision The Learning and Vision Group (also know as the lv-line) at the MIT AI Lab, whose primary focus is to apply machine learning methods to problems in vision.
Center for Biological and Computational Learning CBCL, the Center for Biological and Computational Learning at MIT, studies the problem of learning within a multi disciplinary approach, in the areas of theory, engineering applications and neuroscience.
Humanoid Robotics The Humanoid Robotics Project (aka Coco, Cog, Kismet, Macaco, Retired Robots (Mobots)) at the MIT AI Lab.
Sociable Machines Expressive social exchange between humans and robots.
Leg Laboratory Legged robots that run, walk, and balance.
Biomechatronics The Biomechatronics Group at the MIT AI Lab.
Haptic Interfaces The Haptic Interfaces Group at the MIT AI Lab.
Vision and Touch Guided Manipulation The Vision and Touch Guided Manipulation Group at the MIT AI Lab.
Robot Hands The Robot Hands Group (under construction) at the MIT AI Lab.
Trainable Modular Vision System The MIT MURI Project.
Cognitive Robotics The Cognitive Robotics Projects of the AP group at the MIT AI Lab.
Cheap Vision Machine The cheap vision machine is a project to develop affordable low resolution vision machines.
Vision Interface Project Making computers aware of their users and environment-- the Vision Interface Project is building perceptual human-computer interfaces using machine vision techniques integrated with acoustic processing and other perceptual modalities.


Learning Systems

The Learning and Vision Group (also know as the lv-line) at the MIT AI Lab, whose primary focus is to apply machine learning methods to problems in vision. Learning and Vision
CBCL, the Center for Biological and Computational Learning at MIT, studies the problem of learning within a multi disciplinary approach, in the areas of theory, engineering applications and neuroscience. Center for Biological and Computational Learning


Information Access

Haystack The Haystack Project investigates the integration of information retrieval systems into an individual's computational environment, focusing on issues of per-user customization.
Information Architecture The Information Architecture project seeks to design information spaces, in which people can navigate and form conceptual maps of knowledge in the same way they navigate and form mental maps of the physical environment.
InfoLab InfoLab Group develops intelligent interactive software systems that help people access information and solve problems on human terms. We conduct research in natural language processing and multimedia information access.
Knowledge-Based Collaboration Webs Knowledge-Based Collaboration Webs are a representation for linking together all of the information necessary to support a collaborative Problem Solving Effort.


Human Computer Interaction: Intelligent Environments

The Intelligent Room Project at the MIT AI Lab. Intelligent Room
Hal - The Next Generation Intelligent Room: The high-tech descendant of our Intelligent Room environment. Hal
Making computers aware of their users and environment-- the Vision Interface Project is building perceptual human-computer interfaces using machine vision techniques integrated with acoustic processing and other perceptual modalities. Vision Interface Project


Virtual and Enhanced Reality

Virtual Worlds Project The Virtual Worlds Project is an effort to create advanced distributed simulation systems. The aim of the project is to develop the fundamental science and technology underlying these simulation systems. The core areas of research include physical simulation, intelligence entity simulation, advanced human-machine interfaces, graphics, distributed interactive simulation (DIS) protocol, and application development.
One current project on human machine interfaces is the telemedical robot.


Computing Systems and Environments

Oxygen rests on an infrastructure of mobile and stationary devices connected by a self-configuring network. This infrastructure supplies an abundance of computation and communication, which is harnessed through several levels (system, perceptual, and user) of software technology to meet user needs. Oxygen technologies represent a bigger shift than those that led from the mainframe to the desktop. Project Oxygen
Today's parallel machines suffer in varying degrees from poor programmability, inadequate network performance, and limited scalability. The Aries research group is exploring novel processor, network and software constructs to overcome these limitations. We are leveraging processor/memory integration to design a highly programmable system scalable to up to one million nodes. Project Aries
The MIT Concurrent VLSI Architecture (CVA) Group investigates methods for applying VLSI technology to information processing problems. Ongoing projects address issues in parallel computer architecture, parallel computer software, interconnection networks, special purpose processor design, and VLSI design. Concurrent VLSI Architecture Group
The Abacus project is building a high performance SIMD computer targeted at early vision applications. Abacus Project
The MIT Project on Mathematics and Computation (a.k.a. Switzerland). Project MAC
A project to develop a new, highly portable programming environment for Unix, the World Wide Web, and wearable computers. The Scheme Underground
We are exploring the design and implementation of next generation programming languages to support intelligent, adaptive, complex software systems. Dynamic Languages for Adaptive Systems


Software Agents

SodaBot The SodaBot software agent environment and construction system.


Education

Innovations in introductory computer programming. Rethinking CS101


Retired Projects

Reinventing Computing Reinventing Computing seeks to rethink the way computing systems are engineered -- radically changing the computing landscape for the 21st century. The key theme is providing software and hardware technologies engineered to adapt to inevitable changes in base technology and application usage pattern.
Transit Project The MIT Transit Project aims to design, build, program, and utilize novel massively parallel MIMD computer architectures. We utilize cutting edge technology to achieve practical systems with a high degree of both scalar and parallel performance. To make very large computer systems practical, we are concerned with fault-tolerance and scalability.





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