# Books and authors

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## Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens

DevFeed: [Q&A: Rethinking how innovation happens](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/q-a-rethinking-how-innovation-happens-37979.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/qa-eugene-fitzgerald-rethinking-how-innovation-happens-0817>)

Author: Jason Sparapani | Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Published: 2026-08-17T19:50:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Materials science and engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/materials-science-and-engineering.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>)

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### AI overview

MIT professor Eugene Fitzgerald discusses his book The Invisible Engine: Why Innovation Evades Control, drawing on research programs and his experience co-inventing strained silicon. He describes innovation as an intersection of science, economics, market applications, technology, implementation, and society.

### Source excerpt

In his latest book, Professor Eugene Fitzgerald examines the forces that turn breakthroughs into value -- and why innovation resists simple formulas.

## 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>)

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### 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.