Programming
Kids coding in the cloud
May 14, 2013
MIT Media Lab launches new generation of Scratch online community.
Liskov named Charter Fellow of National Academy of Inventors
February 14, 2013
Students take control of satellites on the International Space Station
January 15, 2013
200 high-school students participate in MIT’s annual Zero Robotics competition.
Life in BASIC
January 2, 2013
Nick Montfort and colleagues examine cultural significance of computer code in new book.
New online learning tool brings 'the crowd' into homework assignments
December 14, 2012
Also labeled: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Computer science and technology, Faculty, Graduate, postdoctoral, Graphical user interfaces, Online learning, User interfaces, Education, teaching, academics, Graphical programming interfaces, Crowdsourcing, Social networks, EdX, Students, Undergraduate, Software, Big data
Making Web applications more efficient
August 31, 2012
A new system that automatically streamlines database access patterns can make large Web applications up to three times as fast.
Also labeled: Data, Database, Programming languages, Software optimization, SQL, Web, Web development, Stored procedures
Excel programming for nonprogrammers
May 8, 2012
A new system allows Excel users to create customized functions for their spreadsheets simply by offering a few examples of how data should be manipulated.
Cuthbert receives $500,000 Digging into Data grant
February 10, 2012
Will support innovative musicology research
The mathematics of taste
January 24, 2012
By using ‘genetic programming’ to crossbreed algorithms, researchers help flavor companies figure out what their customers like.
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