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## Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate

DevFeed: [Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/walter-torous-named-executive-director-of-mit-center-for-real-estate-37985.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/walter-torous-named-executive-director-mit-center-real-estate-0901>)

Author: Denise Brehm | MIT Center for Real Estate | Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Published: 2026-09-01T21:25:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

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

Topics: [Finance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/finance.md>)

Tags: [academic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/academic.md>), [ai-and-real-estate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-real-estate.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [center-for-real-estate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/center-for-real-estate.md>), [civil-and-environmental-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/civil-and-environmental-engineering.md>), [education-teaching-academics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/education-teaching-academics.md>), [executive](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/executive.md>), [faculty](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faculty.md>), [hashim-sarkis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hashim-sarkis.md>), [leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/leadership.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [master-of-science-in-real-estate-development-program-msred](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/master-of-science-in-real-estate-development-program-msred.md>), [media-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/media-lab.md>), [mit-center-for-real-estate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-center-for-real-estate.md>), [mit-cre](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-cre.md>), [mit-dusp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-dusp.md>), [mit-leadership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-leadership.md>), [mit-sloan-school-of-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-sloan-school-of-management.md>), [operations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/operations.md>), [pandemic-effect-on-real-estate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/pandemic-effect-on-real-estate.md>), [program](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/program.md>), [real-estate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/real-estate.md>), [residential-real-estate](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/residential-real-estate.md>), [school-of-architecture-and-planning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-architecture-and-planning.md>), [school-of-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-engineering.md>), [siqi-zheng](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/siqi-zheng.md>), [urban-studies-and-planning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/urban-studies-and-planning.md>), [walter-torous](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/walter-torous.md>)

### AI overview

Walter Torous, a senior lecturer at MIT and director of the Master of Science in Real Estate Development Program, became executive director of the MIT Center for Real Estate effective July 1, 2026. He will oversee the center's teaching, consortium activities, fundraising, events, staff, budget, and strategic direction.

### Source excerpt

The senior lecturer, already director of the degree program, will now oversee all aspects of the center's activities and operations.

## How MIT students are helping to prevent cyberattacks

DevFeed: [How MIT students are helping to prevent cyberattacks](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/how-mit-students-are-helping-to-prevent-cyberattacks-37965.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/mit-cybersecurity-clinic-preventing-cyberattacks-0713>)

Author: Nicole Estvanik Taylor | Department of Urban Studies and Planning

Published: 2026-07-13T19:10:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

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

Topics: [Cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cybersecurity.md>), [Security & Privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security-privacy.md>), [ransomware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ransomware.md>), [Business Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/business-security.md>)

Tags: [ai-and-security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-and-security.md>), [ai-in-cyber-crime](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai-in-cyber-crime.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/attacks.md>), [business-and-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business-and-management.md>), [classes-and-programs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/classes-and-programs.md>), [collaboration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/collaboration.md>), [computer-science-and-technology](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science-and-technology.md>), [cyber-attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cyber-attacks.md>), [cybersecurity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cybersecurity.md>), [government](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/government.md>), [health-care](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/health-care.md>), [jungwoo-chun](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/jungwoo-chun.md>), [lawrence-susskind](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lawrence-susskind.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [massive-open-online-courses-moocs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/massive-open-online-courses-moocs.md>), [mit-class-11-074-11-274-cybersecurity-clinic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-class-11-074-11-274-cybersecurity-clinic.md>), [mit-cybersecurity-clinic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-cybersecurity-clinic.md>), [mit-dusp](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-dusp.md>), [mitx](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mitx.md>), [organizations](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/organizations.md>), [prevent](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prevent.md>), [public-sector](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/public-sector.md>), [ransomware-attacks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ransomware-attacks.md>), [school-of-architecture-and-planning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-architecture-and-planning.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [technology-and-society](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technology-and-society.md>), [training](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/training.md>), [urban-studies-and-planning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/urban-studies-and-planning.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

### AI overview

MIT's Cybersecurity Clinic trains students to assess cyberattack vulnerabilities and provide free, confidential security assessments to municipalities, health-care organizations, and other at-risk communities.

### Source excerpt

Students from the MIT Cybersecurity Clinic help local governments and other vulnerable organizations defend against digital threats.

## Tiny robot boats build floating structures

DevFeed: [Tiny robot boats build floating structures](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-37983.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://news.mit.edu/2026/tiny-robot-boats-build-floating-structures-0709>)

Author: Rachel Gordon | MIT CSAIL

Published: 2026-07-09T15:50:00Z

Content type: news

Language: en

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

Topics: [Robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/robotics.md>), [Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science-and-artificial-intelligence-laboratory-csail.md>), [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>)

Tags: [alejandro-gonzalez-garcia](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/alejandro-gonzalez-garcia.md>), [aquatic-robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aquatic-robots.md>), [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [autonomous-vehicles](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/autonomous-vehicles.md>), [bioinspiration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bioinspiration.md>), [cities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cities.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>), [daniela-rus](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/daniela-rus.md>), [electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science-eecs.md>), [fire-ants](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/fire-ants.md>), [floatform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/floatform.md>), [floating-infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/floating-infrastructure.md>), [hybrid-coordination](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hybrid-coordination.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [machine-learning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/machine-learning.md>), [mit-csail](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-csail.md>), [mit-eecs](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-eecs.md>), [mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-schwarzman-college-of-computing.md>), [mit-sea-grant](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-sea-grant.md>), [mit-sea-grant-program](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-sea-grant-program.md>), [mit-senseable-city-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mit-senseable-city-lab.md>), [modular-robotic-boats](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modular-robotic-boats.md>), [modular-self-reconfigurable-robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/modular-self-reconfigurable-robots.md>), [niklas-hagemann](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/niklas-hagemann.md>), [nonlinear-hydrodynamics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/nonlinear-hydrodynamics.md>), [raft](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/raft.md>), [research](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/research.md>), [robot-boats](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robot-boats.md>), [robot-self-assembly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robot-self-assembly.md>), [robotics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robotics.md>), [robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/robots.md>), [school-of-architecture-and-planning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-architecture-and-planning.md>), [school-of-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/school-of-engineering.md>), [science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/science.md>), [self-reconfiguration](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/self-reconfiguration.md>), [senseable-city-lab](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/senseable-city-lab.md>), [snap](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snap.md>), [swarm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/swarm.md>), [swarm-robots](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/swarm-robots.md>), [tiny](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tiny.md>), [transportation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/transportation.md>), [ultrasonic-beacon-system](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ultrasonic-beacon-system.md>), [urban-studies-and-planning](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/urban-studies-and-planning.md>), [water](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/water.md>), [wei-wang](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/wei-wang.md>)

### AI overview

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small robotic boats that can assemble into reconfigurable structures on the water and later break apart and reassemble into new configurations with minimal human direction.

### Source excerpt

MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.