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MIT EECS CONNECTOR Annual News from the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science SPRING 2014 SPRING 2014 MIT EECS CONNECTOR Annual News from the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 1 2 3 4 5 Annual News from the MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science SPRING Perspectives from the the MIT EECS Connector 2014 Department Head Perspectives from the Department Head : 1 Anantha P. Chandrakasan Features : 4 Department Head Start6 inspires student engineers to become entrepreneurs : 5 William T. Freeman A Conversation with XSeries: a new phase in online education for MIT : 8 Associate Department Head The VLSI revolution at MIT : 11 Anantha P. Chandrakasan Team MIT takes on the DARPA Robotics Challenge : 14 David J. Perreault Engineering Design Studio brings”mind and hand” to EECS : 17 Associate Department Head about the latest initiatives Lab Features : 19 CSAIL: Practical Foundations for Software Correctness and Security, Adam Chlipala : 20 CONTACT and what lies ahead CSAIL: Processing Queries over Encrypted Databases, Nickolai Zeldovich : 22 the MIT EECS Connector LIDS: Selfish and Competitive Routing in a Network under Uncertainty, Patrick Jaillet : 24 Room 38-401 MTL: Quantum Photonic Technologies for Information Processing and Sensing, Dirk Englund : 27 77 Massachusetts Avenue RLE: Exploration in Flatland, Jing Kong : 30 Cambridge, MA 02139 Each year since you became Department Head in July 2011, the department faculty, staff, and students have come together Faculty Features : 32 [email protected] Q: to create initiatives as outlined in the 2012 Strategic Plan. What are some of the initiatives that directly impact undergradu- Awards, Fellowships, Chairs : 33, 36, 38 ate students? Editor: Patricia A. Sampson New Faculty : 43 Department and Institute Leadership : 44 Printer: Artco, Inc. One of my best early decisions as department head was to form the Undergraduate Student Advisory Group in EECS (USAGE), whose members provide critical student input guiding curriculum development and enhancements. USAGE provided input Honoring Three Luminaries : 46 www.eecs.mit.edu A: Celebrating Milestones in Academic Families : 49 crucial to the formation of the SuperUROP, which provides greater exposure to the rewards and complexities of scientific in- vestigation and engineering development. (Read more on page 59.) In its inaugural year, 77 students completed the Super- Education Updates : 51 UROP program, and around 80 students are enrolled for AY2014. USAGE members continue to provide thoughtful insight on Developing classes that respond to technology’s cutting edge :52 how to enhance student life for future students. Their input this year is leading to the creation of a new space where EECS 6.008: Introduction to Inference : 52 students can network with each other – to be located on the first floor of building 36. Our undergraduate and graduate students 6.036: Introduction to Machine Learning : 54 also participate in important committees such as the faculty search committee. 6.S079: Computational Fabrication : 56 Student News : 58 We have also launched a new Engineering Design Studio (EDS) — made possible through technical and financial support from Embracing Student Leadership in EECS : 59 Agilent Technologies Electronic Measurement Group and the Cypress University Alliance. EDS, housed on the fifth floor of SuperUROP raises the bar for undergraduate research and innovation : 62 Building 38 and opened on April 1, 2014, provides state-of-the-art fabrication tools for our students offering an entirely new EECScon 2013: a new undergraduate research conference is launched : 64 learning and innovation dimension to our students and faculty. (Read more on page 17.) Rising Stars in EECS : 65 The Postdoctoral Group in EECS : 67 In April this year, the Department will host its second undergraduate research conference, EECScon. This off-campus one-day event is student-organized with faculty oversight. The meeting features poster and oral presentations by undergraduate stu- Staff Features : 68 dents doing UROP, SuperUROP, or other research in EECS areas. (Read more on page 64.) Francis Doughty, Alicia Duarte, Jessica Kraus Alumni Features/Awards : 75 Limor Fried '03, MEng '05 : 76 The EECS Department developed and launched a new entrepreneurship experience for its students. How did that work? Shyam Gollakota PhD '12 : 78 Q: William Irving '87, SM '91, MEng '92, PhD '95 : 80 One of my key goals for AY14 was to create an opportunity to support students interested in entrepreneurship. Based on the Conor Madigan PhD ’00 : 82 Visiting Committee feedback, we launched an addition to our curriculum over 2014 IAP, called, “Start6: A Bootcamp for EECS Bill Thies '01, MEng ’02, PhD '09 : 84 A: Andrea Wong : 86 Entrepreneurs and Innovators” (http://start6.mit.edu/). This initiative offered opportunities for our students and postdocs to Alumni in the News : 88 learn more about the nuts and bolts of building a successful company. The inaugural workshop brought together roughly 60 undergraduate and graduate students and postdoctoral associates, and covered topics such as equity division, models of fund- Donor Recognition : 89 ing, marketing, scalability, and team building. Start6 enabled students to meet successful entrepreneurs and leaders in the Research Snapshots : inside back cover VC field, provided them with resources, and inspired them to pursue their passions. Over spring break (March 2014), around 30 top Start6 students traveled to Northern California to continue exploring opportunities to move their ideas and prototypes forward. (Read more on page 5 and watch for more news on www.EECS.mit.edu). Front cover images: 1: SuperUROP students in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science talk with MIT president emerita Susan Hockfield at a reception for SuperUROP to celebrate its second year. Read more on page 62. 2: Start6, a bootcamp for EECS innovators and entrepreneurs, was launched in Jan- uary to immerse students in the nuts and bolts of startups. Read more on page 5. 3: Participants including top young female PhD graduates and postdocs gathered for the Rising Stars in EECS two-day workshop to present their research and network. Read more on page 65. 4: EECS and MIT faculty, staff and students team to participate in the DARPA Robotics Challenge, placing in the top tier to compete for the final trial in mid 2015. Read more on page 14. 5: EECS alumnus and Dropbox Co-founder Drew Houston '05, talks with students in Start6 about entrepreneurship. Read more on page 7. MIT EECS Connector — Spring 2014 1 Perspectives from the Department Head Q : What are some of the faculty highlights from this past year that you want to share? “We’d like to give our students Over the years, members of our faculty and alumni have made notable advances in the fields of artificial intelligence and as much opportunity as possible robotics. Under the leadership of two of our faculty (Seth Teller and Russ Tedrake) a multi-department team from MIT took A: part in the first of two major rounds for the DARPA Robotics Challenge — an opportunity sponsored by the Department of to participate in shaping their Defense to raise the potential for robotics assistance in major disasters. Competing with sixteen of the top robotics teams futures and the future of the worldwide, MIT made DARPA's "cut" to the top eight teams and will move on to the final round, anticipated for summer 2015. We are inspired by the strong commitment of this group of faculty, research staff and students, and look forward to department.” the final trial in 2015. (Read more on page 14.) The scope of research and innovation coming out of the department is also reflected in the notable awards that are pre- sented to our faculty each year. Marvin Minsky, who started out in 1958 in the Electrical Engineering Department and formed the Artificial Intelligence Lab, has been recognized as one of the early founders of the field of artificial intelligence by the BBVA Foundation’s Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Information and Communication Technologies, and by the Dan David Foundation Prize. The Department developed the Rising Stars program to strengthen the academic pipeline for top recent women gradu- We are pleased to cite the many recognitions and awards that our faculty have received this year — and note with deep Q: ates in electrical engineering and computer science. Could you comment on the impact of the program? appreciation for their legacies and a profound sense of loss, the passing of three luminaries: former faculty member Amar Bose, Prof. Emeritus Kenneth Stevens and Prof. James Roberge. (Read more about our faculty starting on page 33.) This fall marked the second offering of the Rising Stars in EECS workshop – an opportunity that enables women from As department head, you are in touch with many of the department’s twenty thousand alumni. What message do you across the country who have demonstrated the highest levels of scholarship and research in the fields encompassed by Q: want to share with them? A: EECS to network and build their chances for academic positions. Participants in Rising Stars were also made aware of the possibilities for ongoing collaboration and professional support following the experience. We received several comments It is a tradition in our department to invite several of our alumni to share their “stories” through our newsletter. This from participants such as “demystified the steps needed to be a successful applicant” and “lessened my fears about being year our featured alumni include Limor Fried, who carried her delight in making electronic gadgets at MIT into her an academic.” We are pleased that other EE and CS departments across the country are increasingly interested in promot- A: startup, Adafruit Industries, regarded as a pioneer in the maker movement; Conor Madigan, whose graduate work and ing and collaborating on this event. (Read more on page 65.) This past fall we welcomed a new faculty member, Vivienne postdoc at MIT provided the inspiration, knowledge and team with which to launch his startup Kateeva, aimed at low-cost Sze, who was one of the Rising Stars participants in fall 2012.
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