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MIT affiliates awarded prestigious 2026 Hertz Fellowships

The Hertz Foundation awarded fellowships to MIT students Annika Marschner, Alvin Q. Meng, Zachary S. Siegel, and Matthew Wanta, providing 5 years of financial support for groundbreaking research. Recipients gain autonomy and access to a network of over 1,300 fellows, leading to collaborative breakthroughs in science and technology fields.

Building Safety for Robotaxis

Robotaxis are becoming a reality with driverless rides in cities worldwide, thanks to collaborations like Uber and Autobrains in Munich, Foxconn in Taiwan, and VinFast in Southeast Asia. NVIDIA's Halos Operating System is revolutionizing robotaxi safety with a certified OS foundation and standardized interfaces for AI-driven vehicles.

Nuclear Cooling: A Sustainable Solution for Data Centers

Ferveret, founded by Reza Azizian and Matteo Bucci of MIT, is revolutionizing data center cooling with its waterless, energy-efficient system. Their Adaptive Phase Cooling solution improves computational power efficiency by 15% and allows data centers to get 35% more tokens from AI models.

Empower Incident Triage with Amazon Quick and New Relic

Amazon Quick and New Relic streamline incident triage by creating a custom assistant agent for faster resolution and reduced risk. The agent orchestrates investigation, root cause analysis, and task creation in a single prompt, improving mean time to resolution.

Effortless Coding: Unleashing Amazon Bedrock AgentCore

Developers are ditching laptops for Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Runtime, offering isolated environments for coding agents to run efficiently. Say goodbye to security risks and collisions with a dedicated workspace, real shell, and seamless integration with tools like GitHub and Jira.

Optimizing Decisions for Success

Leading organizations are turning to mathematical optimization to make optimal decisions in complex scenarios. AWS Generative AI Innovation Center offers scientific expertise to solve high-impact problems using AI and optimization, delivering measurable business outcomes.