Justin Solomon
@justinmsolomon.bsky.social
Associate prof, MIT EECS/CSAIL 💻🔬🦥🧀🏋️♀️🎼🐈🎻🏳️🌈 he/him/his
When prompted to translate text, ChatGPT (in this case version 4o) also fixes a math mistake without telling the user it did so. This might feel like a feature but to me it illustrates a serious flaw: People using AI tools as "intermediaries" might not have their text faithfully translated.
October 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When prompted to translate text, ChatGPT (in this case version 4o) also fixes a math mistake without telling the user it did so. This might feel like a feature but to me it illustrates a serious flaw: People using AI tools as "intermediaries" might not have their text faithfully translated.
We just wrapped up the 5th Summer Geometry Initiative (SGI), bringing 30 Fellows to our cohort of 150+ alumni, who go on to PhD/MS programs, industry jobs, and more. Despite overwhelming success, SGI26 is uncertain thanks to the changing funding landscape. Please help by helping identify sponsors!
September 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We just wrapped up the 5th Summer Geometry Initiative (SGI), bringing 30 Fellows to our cohort of 150+ alumni, who go on to PhD/MS programs, industry jobs, and more. Despite overwhelming success, SGI26 is uncertain thanks to the changing funding landscape. Please help by helping identify sponsors!
What I get when I ask for a cello arrangement
August 31, 2025 at 12:09 PM
What I get when I ask for a cello arrangement
Sigh. Not even @microsoft.com MS Paint is free of AI-ensh*ttification. I'm not looking for a bad clone of Illustrator/Photoshop, just a tool to quickly edit a pixel or two or crop a screen grab. Who asked for this??
July 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sigh. Not even @microsoft.com MS Paint is free of AI-ensh*ttification. I'm not looking for a bad clone of Illustrator/Photoshop, just a tool to quickly edit a pixel or two or crop a screen grab. Who asked for this??
SGI 2025 starts in 1.5 hours! Excited to kick of year 5 of this program --- now with many volunteers who are SGI alumni who have gone off to graduate programs in the field.
July 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
SGI 2025 starts in 1.5 hours! Excited to kick of year 5 of this program --- now with many volunteers who are SGI alumni who have gone off to graduate programs in the field.
Something about these giant 👍 gmail-generated email responses feels highly aggressive.
July 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Something about these giant 👍 gmail-generated email responses feels highly aggressive.
New MIT GDP Group (left) and Summer Geometry Initiative (right) mugs just dropped! Collect them all: visitors to our lab get GDP mugs, and SGI mentors/volunteers/participants get SGI mugs. ☕️🫖🍵
June 18, 2025 at 8:21 PM
New MIT GDP Group (left) and Summer Geometry Initiative (right) mugs just dropped! Collect them all: visitors to our lab get GDP mugs, and SGI mentors/volunteers/participants get SGI mugs. ☕️🫖🍵
The aftermath — I’m impressed with our colleagues’ ability to consume pizza and Costco products.
April 26, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The aftermath — I’m impressed with our colleagues’ ability to consume pizza and Costco products.
And here’s Ben!
April 26, 2025 at 8:41 PM
And here’s Ben!
Our final talk: Ed Chien and Ben Jones on computational knitting!
April 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Our final talk: Ed Chien and Ben Jones on computational knitting!
A record number of NESG posters this year!
April 26, 2025 at 7:54 PM
A record number of NESG posters this year!
Now @mandyxmq.bsky.social, sharing her work on optical simulation and inverse rendering!
April 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Now @mandyxmq.bsky.social, sharing her work on optical simulation and inverse rendering!
Now Wojciech Jarosz, our keynote, to tell us about Monte Carlo geometry/PDE!
April 26, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Now Wojciech Jarosz, our keynote, to tell us about Monte Carlo geometry/PDE!
Next up: Ticha Sethapakdi, helping us bridge between HCI, fabrication, and graphics!
April 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Next up: Ticha Sethapakdi, helping us bridge between HCI, fabrication, and graphics!
After a brief (5 year 🤔) hiatus, the New England Symposium on Graphics is back! Kudos to our many audience members who got up early on a Saturday to catch @jamestompkin.bsky.social, our first speaker of the day. Not too late to join us! Find a schedule here: nesg.graphics
April 26, 2025 at 2:34 PM
After a brief (5 year 🤔) hiatus, the New England Symposium on Graphics is back! Kudos to our many audience members who got up early on a Saturday to catch @jamestompkin.bsky.social, our first speaker of the day. Not too late to join us! Find a schedule here: nesg.graphics
The @mbta.com signage at Davis Square says the next train is “stopped 3 stops away.” Which is impressive, because we are the second-to-last stop.
March 3, 2025 at 1:20 PM
The @mbta.com signage at Davis Square says the next train is “stopped 3 stops away.” Which is impressive, because we are the second-to-last stop.
Google's AI has the confident incorrectness of a student panicking while taking a calculus exam. The irrelevant "attribution" link is a nice touch.
February 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Google's AI has the confident incorrectness of a student panicking while taking a calculus exam. The irrelevant "attribution" link is a nice touch.
Important discovery 💡
January 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Important discovery 💡
Announcing SGI 2025! Undergrads and MS students: Apply for 6 weeks of paid summer geometry processing research. No experience needed: 1 week tutorials + 5 weeks of projects. Mentors are top researchers in this emerging branch of graphics/computing/math. sgi.mit.edu
January 6, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Announcing SGI 2025! Undergrads and MS students: Apply for 6 weeks of paid summer geometry processing research. No experience needed: 1 week tutorials + 5 weeks of projects. Mentors are top researchers in this emerging branch of graphics/computing/math. sgi.mit.edu
Another excuse, distinct from the last three!
December 11, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Another excuse, distinct from the last three!
Air Canada can’t decide which excuse it wants to go with for my trip today.
December 11, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Air Canada can’t decide which excuse it wants to go with for my trip today.
🚀🚀🚀 Excited to announce that after an entire morning of effort, the number of emails in my inbox is…marginally smaller.
December 10, 2024 at 4:18 PM
🚀🚀🚀 Excited to announce that after an entire morning of effort, the number of emails in my inbox is…marginally smaller.
I’m sorry @nytimes.com, but what are Robert Pattinson’s pants made of???
December 5, 2024 at 3:43 AM
I’m sorry @nytimes.com, but what are Robert Pattinson’s pants made of???
Found a remnant of my initial foray into graphics research in my parents’ basement
November 26, 2024 at 9:48 PM
Found a remnant of my initial foray into graphics research in my parents’ basement