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MIT's 'robocar' named finalist
11-01-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Team MIT has made it to the finals of the DARPA Urban Challenge, a competition for cars and trucks that run without human help. The goal of the contest is to develop vehicles that can operate on their own in battle and keep humans out of harm's way.
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01-31-2008 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Professor Robert A. Weinberg of MIT's Department of Biology this week became the first recipient of a new Swedish science prize, in recognition of his cancer research.
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- DARPA names MIT's 'robocar' a semifinalist
08-09-2007 · EurekAlert!
An MIT vehicle that effectively drives itself has been selected as a semifinalist in this year's DARPA Urban Challenge, a competition for cars and trucks that run without human help.
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- Hammond named Bayer Professor
12-14-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Paula Hammond has been named the MIT Bayer Professor in Chemical Engineering thanks to a three-year, $300,000 grant from the Bayer Foundation that will also support a fellowship for Bradley Niesner, a first-year graduate student in the department.
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- Drivers Unwanted: MIT 'Robocar' passes test drive
06-28-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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- Drivers Unwanted: MIT 'Robocar' takes a spin
06-28-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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- Research director named for MIT civic media center
12-06-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT's new Center for Future Civic Media has announced that Ellen Hume will join the center as research director, effective Jan. 28. Hume is currently founding director of the Center on Media and Society at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
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- MIT encryption pioneer wins Marconi Prize
07-17-2007 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
MIT Professor Ronald L. Rivest, who helped develop one of the world's most widely used Internet security systems,В has been named the 2007 Marconi Fellow and prize-winner for his pioneering work in the field of cryptography, computer and network security.
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- Scientific American names Belcher top researcher
11-06-2006 · Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Deborah K. Fitzgerald, professor of the history of technology in the Program in Science, Technology, and Society, has been appointed Kenan Sahin Dean of the School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences.
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