MIT and Amazon establish the Science Hub

With the goal of increasing connections and fostering the growth of the research community in computing, the Science Hub launches today as a new collaboration established by MIT and Amazon. The Science Hub will support research, education, and outreach efforts in areas of mutual interest, beginning with artificial intelligence and robotics in the first year.

Administered at MIT by the Schwarzman College of Computing, the Science Hub aims to ensure that the benefits of artificial intelligence and robotics innovations are shared broadly — both through education and by advancing research — and that participation in the research is broadened to encompass diverse, interdisciplinary scholars, and other innovators.