Counterfactuals for Design: A Model-Agnostic Method For Design Recommendations introduce Multi-Objective Counterfactuals for Design (MCD), a novel method for counterfactual optimization in design problems paper page: huggingface.co/papers/2305.11…

But most AI people work in the quiet middle: We see huge benefits from people using AI in healthcare, education, …, and we see serious AI risks & harms but believe we can minimize them with careful engineering & regulation, just as happened with electricity, cars, planes, ….

Had an insightful conversation with Geoffrey Hinton about AI and catastrophic risks. Two thoughts we want to share: (i) It's important that AI scientists reach consensus on risks-similar to climate scientists, who have rough consensus on climate change-to shape good policy.

It was a great honor to speak at the MIT CSAIL 20th anniversary Imagination in Action event in June -- my talk Learning-Augmented Robot Navigation for Complex Environments is now online: youtube.com/watch?v=UIDptk…

Are you about to start a PhD? Take note of these insightful lessons shared by PhD student Muhammad Khalifa@COLM Above all, keep in mind that the Ph.D. years can become the best time in your life—it’s all about your attitude towards the process & your daily habits. ai.engin.umich.edu/2023/08/17/eig…

Exciting news from the DeCoDE Lab MIT MechE! As we bid farewell to our very first lab "graduate", Dr. Binyang Song, we can't help but feel proud yet miss her presence. She's now embarking on a new journey as a TT faculty member at Virginia Tech. Wishing her immense success! 🚀🎉

Amazed by the overwhelming enthusiasm as I begin my MIT MechE class on "2.155: AI and Machine Learning for Engineering Design." Truly impressed by this diverse group of students! Looking forward to an unforgettable Fall semester ahead. Thanks, Sangbae, for sharing this photo!

"Nothing can replace working with really smart & amazing students."

On Friday, six student teams participated in the annual 2.009, Product Engineering Processes, Build Challenge! The energy was electric as students raced across Killian Court to return the Mojo to the Tree of Life! Congratulations to all! #WeAreMechE #ThisIsMIT 📸 009 Team

Excited to share this documentary on IIT Kanpur's partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). A tale of vision & teamwork shaping India's engineering future. Kudos to Prof. Sana Aiyar & team. Being an alumnus of IIT Kanpur, contributing to this story feels incredibly special. youtu.be/HqkP4nrMMgU?si…

Beyond Just Mimicking 🤖 Ever wondered how to truly measure Generative AI in Engineering? Dive into our comprehensive guide on evaluating deep generative models that go beyond statistical similarity metrics🔍🚴‍♂️ MIT MechE MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab Link: decode.mit.edu/projects/metri…

Generative AI is a pretty incredible technology -- it's a tool to navigate the in-between space of all human cultural artifacts. That's new and powerful. But most people are excited about it (or fearful of it) for the wrong reasons -- they project on it their own delusional

I created an example CV for PhD students, annotated with advice and with the LaTeX code available for download. It's a retrospective CV: written for me as a PhD student but written by me now, with the skills of a professor. shomir.net/wilhom_rosins

Check out our work titled "From Automation to Augmentation: Redefining Engineering Design and Manufacturing in the Age of NextGen-AI", where we highlight the requirements for NextGenAI suitable for design, engineering, and manufacturing. mit-genai.pubpub.org/pub/9s6690gd/r…

Check out this fun pizza-filled video on Designing Solutions with AI. Excited to share this project with MIT Museum's Nord Anglia Team, inspiring K-12 students globally. youtu.be/i-oxlDK0VFc?si…

HCI systems papers need to tell visual stories. As we near the CHI deadline, here's a set of exemplary figures curated by my lab. Hope it helps inspire! Feel free to contribute some examples. docs.google.com/presentation/d…

Excited to present DrivAerNet++, coming to #NeurIPS24 Datasets & Benchmarks! DrivAerNet++ introduces the first large-scale multimodal dataset for aerodynamic car design with full CFD simulations. github.com/Mohamedelrefai… Great work by Mohamed Elrefaie, Florin Morar, Faez Ahmed

MIT and IBM researchers including IDSS faculty Faez Ahmed are creating linkage mechanisms to innovate human-AI kinematic engineering. bit.ly/4esRjHJ

I miss the days of being a PhD student, or postdoc. I would give almost anything to have multiple full days at a time, just to concentrate deeply and single-mindedly on open-ended research.

jaisel I would say to any PhD student not to take the time for granted. It is really special. Also don't get influenced by herd mentality, fomo, or thinking on short time-scales. Pursue fundamental questions that people aren't asking, but should be asking. Then go all in.