# Alumni/ae

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## MIT spinout turns plastic waste into resilient building materials

DevFeed: [MIT spinout turns plastic waste into resilient building materials](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mit-spinout-turns-plastic-waste-into-resilient-building-materials-37972.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-spinout-turns-plastic-waste-into-resilient-building-materials-0914>)

Author: Zach Winn | MIT News

Published: 2026-09-14T04:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [systems](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/systems.md>)

Tags: [3-d-printing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3-d-printing.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [aj-perez](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aj-perez.md>), [alumni-ae](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alumni-ae.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [atlas-composites](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/atlas-composites.md>), [cleaner-industry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cleaner-industry.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [homes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/homes.md>), [housing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/housing.md>), [manufacturing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manufacturing.md>), [materials-science-and-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/materials-science-and-engineering.md>), [matt-pouliot](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/matt-pouliot.md>), [mechanical-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mechanical-engineering.md>), [platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platform.md>), [pollution](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pollution.md>), [production](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/production.md>), [recycled-plastic-building-materials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/recycled-plastic-building-materials.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>), [school-of-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-engineering.md>), [startups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startups.md>), [sustainability](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sustainability.md>), [u-s-army](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/u-s-army.md>), [water](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/water.md>)

### AI overview

MIT spinout Atlas Building Composites is commercializing an AI-powered robotic manufacturing platform that recycles single-use and low-grade plastic into durable building components. Its waterless process has been used for structures including a bridge supplied to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

### Source excerpt

Atlas Building Composites is commercializing MIT research to turn plastic waste into parts for buildings and other infrastructure.

## From MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment

DevFeed: [From MIT to IBM, expediting AI and quantum deployment](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/from-mit-to-ibm-expediting-ai-and-quantum-deployment-37952.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/from-mit-to-ibm-expediting-ai-and-quantum-deployment-0902>)

Author: Lauren Hinkel | MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab

Published: 2026-09-02T20:25:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ibm.md>), [Reinforcement learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reinforcement-learning.md>), [Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computing.md>), [LLMs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/llms.md>)

Tags: [academic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/academic.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-agents](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-agents.md>), [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [alumni-ae](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alumni-ae.md>), [aram-harrow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aram-harrow.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [atari-games](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/atari-games.md>), [careers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/careers.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail.md>), [computer-science-and-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science-and-technology.md>), [computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computing.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs.md>), [fair-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fair-ai.md>), [graduate-postdoctoral](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graduate-postdoctoral.md>), [graduate-students](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/graduate-students.md>), [ibm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ibm.md>), [industry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/industry.md>), [irene-ko](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/irene-ko.md>), [isaac-chuang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/isaac-chuang.md>), [language-models](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/language-models.md>), [learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/learning.md>), [luca-daniel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/luca-daniel.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [mit-ibm-computing-research-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-ibm-computing-research-lab.md>), [mit-ibm-watson-ai-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-ibm-watson-ai-lab.md>), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing.md>), [pulkit-agrawal](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pulkit-agrawal.md>), [quantum-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-computing.md>), [quantum-machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-machine-learning.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [school-of-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-engineering.md>), [srinivasan-arunachalam](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/srinivasan-arunachalam.md>), [trustworthy-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/trustworthy-ai.md>), [vllm-hook](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vllm-hook.md>), [zhang-wei-hong](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/zhang-wei-hong.md>)

### AI overview

MIT graduate students and a former postdoc who moved to IBM describe how work with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab helped translate rigorous research into industry applications. Their areas include quantum machine learning, reinforcement learning, AI agents, and trustworthy and fair AI.

### Source excerpt

MIT affiliates engage with the MIT-IBM Computing Research Lab to bring rigorous theory to production systems.

## Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center

DevFeed: [Alexander Rakhlin named director of the MIT Statistics and Data Science Center](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/alexander-rakhlin-named-director-of-the-mit-statistics-and-data-science-center-37943.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/alexander-rakhlin-named-director-mit-statistics-data-science-center-0803>)

Author: Institute for Data, Systems, and Society

Published: 2026-08-03T19:50:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/statistics.md>), [Data Science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-science.md>), [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>)

Tags: [ai-in-statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-in-statistics.md>), [alexander-sasha-rakhlin](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alexander-sasha-rakhlin.md>), [alumni-ae](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alumni-ae.md>), [ankur-moitra](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ankur-moitra.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [brain-and-cognitive-sciences](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/brain-and-cognitive-sciences.md>), [computer-science-and-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science-and-technology.md>), [data-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-science.md>), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs.md>), [faculty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faculty.md>), [fotini-christia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fotini-christia.md>), [idss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/idss.md>), [laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [lids](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lids.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [mit-bcs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-bcs.md>), [mit-faculty-appointments](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-faculty-appointments.md>), [mit-idss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-idss.md>), [mit-leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-leadership.md>), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing.md>), [mit-statistics-and-data-science-center-sdsc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-statistics-and-data-science-center-sdsc.md>), [philippe-rigollet](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/philippe-rigollet.md>), [richard-dick-larson](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/richard-dick-larson.md>), [school-of-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-engineering.md>), [school-of-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-science.md>), [statistics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/statistics.md>)

### AI overview

Alexander Rakhlin has been named the next director of MIT's Statistics and Data Science Center, succeeding Ankur Moitra. Rakhlin has been affiliated with the center since 2016 and has led its interdisciplinary doctoral program, overseeing more than 75 successful PhD defenses.

### Source excerpt

An expert in machine learning, statistics, and computation, Rakhlin succeeds Professor Ankur Moitra.

## Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83

DevFeed: [Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/professor-emeritus-dimitri-bertsekas-influential-computer-scientist-and-prolific-author-dies-at-83-37950.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/dimitri-bertsekas-influential-computer-scientist-prolific-author-dies-0722>)

Author: Jane Halpern | Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Published: 2026-07-22T17:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/optimization.md>), [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>), [Electrical engineering and computer science (EECS)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs.md>), [AI Research](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-research.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Reinforcement learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reinforcement-learning.md>)

Tags: [alumni-ae](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alumni-ae.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [asu-ozdaglar](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/asu-ozdaglar.md>), [athena-scientific](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/athena-scientific.md>), [bayforest-technologies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bayforest-technologies.md>), [books-and-authors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/books-and-authors.md>), [computer-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science.md>), [computer-science-and-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science-and-technology.md>), [convex-analysis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/convex-analysis.md>), [dimitri-bertsekas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dimitri-bertsekas.md>), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs.md>), [faculty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faculty.md>), [laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/laboratory-for-information-and-decision-systems-lids.md>), [large-scale-computation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/large-scale-computation.md>), [mit-books-and-authors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-books-and-authors.md>), [mit-eecs-faculty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-eecs-faculty.md>), [mit-faculty-obituary](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-faculty-obituary.md>), [mit-lids](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-lids.md>), [mit-photographers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-photographers.md>), [mit-sandbox-innovation-fund-program](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-sandbox-innovation-fund-program.md>), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing.md>), [munther-dahleh](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/munther-dahleh.md>), [network-optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/network-optimization.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [neurodynamic-programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/neurodynamic-programming.md>), [obituaries](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/obituaries.md>), [optimization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/optimization.md>), [photography](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/photography.md>), [programming](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming.md>), [reinforcement-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/reinforcement-learning.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [robert-gallager](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robert-gallager.md>), [school-of-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-engineering.md>)

### AI overview

An obituary remembers Dimitri Bertsekas, an MIT professor emeritus and influential computer scientist who died at 83. His work shaped optimization, control, large-scale computation, reinforcement learning, and artificial intelligence, while his books and mentorship influenced generations of students and researchers.

### Source excerpt

Known for his clear and elegant writing style, Bertsekas shaped fields from control and optimization to large-scale computation and artificial intelligence.

## 3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics

DevFeed: [3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/3-questions-beyond-data-driven-aesthetics-37937.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/3-questions-beyond-data-driven-aesthetics-alexandros-haridis-0629>)

Author: School of Architecture and Planning

Published: 2026-06-29T18:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [Data visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-visualization.md>), [Algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms.md>), [Mathematics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mathematics.md>), [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>), [Machine learning](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/machine-learning.md>)

Tags: [3-questions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/3-questions.md>), [aesthetic-judgment](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aesthetic-judgment.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [ai-and-aesthetics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-aesthetics.md>), [alexandros-haridis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alexandros-haridis.md>), [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [alumni-ae](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alumni-ae.md>), [applied-arts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applied-arts.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [beyond-data-driven-aesthetics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/beyond-data-driven-aesthetics.md>), [computational-aesthetics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computational-aesthetics.md>), [computer-science-and-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science-and-technology.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-visualization](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-visualization.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [design-computation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design-computation.md>), [exhibits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/exhibits.md>), [interactive-installations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interactive-installations.md>), [interview](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/interview.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [mit-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-architecture.md>), [mit-exhibits](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-exhibits.md>), [mit-keller-gallery](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-keller-gallery.md>), [mit-sa-plus-p](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-sa-plus-p.md>), [philosophy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/philosophy.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [school-of-architecture-and-planning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-architecture-and-planning.md>), [shape-grammars](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/shape-grammars.md>), [special-events-and-guest-speakers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/special-events-and-guest-speakers.md>)

### AI overview

An MIT Keller Gallery exhibition by Alexandros Haridis examines the history of aesthetic judgment and creative production in computing, connecting architecture, design computation, algorithms, and machine-learning systems.

### Source excerpt

In a new Keller Gallery exhibition, Alexandros Haridis SM '17, PhD '22 traces centuries of ideas about aesthetic judgment and explores how design can make complex computational systems visible.

## MIT in the media: For the future of tech, "Massachusetts can absolutely lead"

DevFeed: [MIT in the media: For the future of tech, "Massachusetts can absolutely lead"](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/mit-in-the-media-for-the-future-of-tech-massachusetts-can-absolutely-lead-37967.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-media-future-tech-massachusetts-can-absolutely-lead>)

Published: 2026-06-18T04:00:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [MIT AI News](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/mit-ai-news.md>)

Topics: [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [AI Strategy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai-strategy.md>), [Robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robotics.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [alumni-ae](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alumni-ae.md>), [applied-ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applied-ai.md>), [articles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/articles.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [biotechnology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/biotechnology.md>), [cambridge-boston-and-region](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cambridge-boston-and-region.md>), [computer-science-and-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science-and-technology.md>), [courses](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/courses.md>), [energy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/energy.md>), [faculty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faculty.md>), [funding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/funding.md>), [health](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/health.md>), [manufacturing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/manufacturing.md>), [president-sally-kornbluth](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/president-sally-kornbluth.md>), [quantum-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-computing.md>), [quantum-technologies](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/quantum-technologies.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>), [startup](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startup.md>), [startups](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/startups.md>), [students](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/students.md>), [tech](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tech.md>), [technology-and-society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology-and-society.md>)

### AI overview

MIT's research, AI initiatives, online courses, and entrepreneurship programs are highlighted in coverage of Massachusetts' technology ecosystem and its potential for continued leadership.

### Source excerpt

Leaders, faculty across MIT discuss fostering innovation and talent in Greater Boston in special series of articles published alongside the outlet's annual list of 'Tech Power Players'