A Sneak Peak at BrioQuery Version 6
Mary Weisse, Maija Alquist
Tue Jan 7, Thu Jan 16, 10:30am-12:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
BrioQuery version 6 is coming. Take a sneak peak at the new release, and learn about new features that may be of value to you and your DLC.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/warehouse/brio.html
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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ATIC Lab Open House
Mary Ziegler
Wed Jan 22, 11am-02:00pm, 7-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come to the Adaptive Computing Lab in 7-143 on January 22 from 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM and learn about cool alternative technologies for people with disabilities! See alternative keyboards and pointing devices, scanning and reading software, Braille translation, screen reading software, magnification, speech recognition, and more.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/atic/www
Contact: Mary Ziegler, 7-143, x8-9328, maryz@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse Series
Gary Dryfoos
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Minicourses are free, do not require pre-registration, and are designed to show you how to get the most value out of Athena and MITnet services and facilities. At the minicourses you will receive free handouts that give more information about Athena and MITnet, especially getting help on how to use them. One-hour courses start at noon, 7 & 8PM, Mon-Thurs during IAP.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev
Contact: Gary Dryfoos, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Advanced Word Processing: LaTeX
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 8, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 8, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 28, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course, Working.
An introduction to LaTeX, a widely-used text formatter, used for converting a text file into an attractive professional-looking document. It is a powerful and flexible program, with the capability to typeset many foreign characters and very complex mathematical text. See the URL for a complete list of all IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Customization on Athena (Dotfiles)
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 23, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course, Athena/X-Win experience.
Intended for the intermediate-level Athena user, this course will discuss the Athena login sequence and the user-configuration files (dotfiles) that affect it, as well as changes the user can make to those and other files to customize their working environment. See URL for complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: First Course
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 6, Tue Jan 7, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed-Thu, Jan 29-30, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: none
Our new introduction to the Athena academic environment: what you can do on Athena, your Athena account, finding help, and other basics. Also includes E-mail, Zephyr, WebSIS, and Residential Computing.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: FrameMaker for Your Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 9, Mon Jan 27, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourse: Frame and some Frame experience.
FrameMaker, with a special template, can be used to produce an MIT thesis that meets all Institute formatting requirements. See URL for a complete list of all IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: HTML - Making a WWW Home Page
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 21, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 21, Wed Jan 22, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses- First Course, Working on Athena.
Covers the basic features of HTML (hyper-text mark-up language), the language of the World Wide Web, as well as the steps needed to post your own Web page on Athena. See URL for the complete schedule of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Information Resources on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Tue Jan 21, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 22, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
A survey of the communications, help, and other resources available on the Athena system. See URL for complete IAP Athena minicourse schedule.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Introduction to FrameMaker
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 9, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 9, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 27, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
FrameMaker is a powerful word-processing and document preparation package available on Athena.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: LaTeX Thesis
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 8, Tue Jan 28, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourse: LaTeX and some LaTeX experience.
Using the LaTeX text formatter to produce a fully-featured thesis that meets all MIT formal requirements. See the URL for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Maple
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Wed Jan 15, Thu Jan 16, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
A mathematics program that can perform numerical and symbolic calculations, including formal and numerical integration, solving algebraic or transcendental systems and differential equations, and series expansion and matrix manipulation. It also has extensive graphics capabilities.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Math Software Overview
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 13, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 14, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 14, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
A survey of major mathematical and graphing packages available on Athena. See the URL for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mindev/
Contact: Athena training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Matlab
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Mon Jan 13, Tue Jan 14, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena.
An interactive program for scientific and engineering calculation. Applications include: matrix manipulation, digital signal processing, and 3-dimensional graphics. See the URL for the complete list of IAP Athena minicourses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Serious Emacs
Gary Dryfoos
Thu Jan 23, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 23, 07-08:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: First, Working, Emacs tutorial (on-line), some Emacs exper.
Emacs is a text editor has many useful features, and this class is a must for anyone who uses it more than an hour or two each week. See URL for more details about schedule.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: Working on Athena
Gary Dryfoos
Mon Jan 6, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 7, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Tue Jan 7, Wed Jan 29, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 30, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 30, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourse: First Course
Files, directories, setting permissions, job control, and more! What every new user should know about Unix, Athena's operating system.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Athena Minicourse: XESS
Gary Dryfoos
Wed Jan 15, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 16, 12-01:00pm, 3-343
Thu Jan 16, 08-09:00pm, 3-343
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Athena minicourses: First Course; Working on Athena
A powerful and easy-to-use spreadsheet, with a full range of mathematical, statistical, matrix, and string functions. It will be useful for scientific and engineering computations, as well as for general and financial uses.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/minidev/
Contact: Athena Training Group, training@mit.edu
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Between Desire and Depletion: An Adult Storytelling Performance
Ed Dolan
Fri Jan 10, 02-03:00pm, E51-361
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Edward Dolan, an adult storyteller, will present a program of stories about choice and loss, integrity and decision, poignancy and hope, letting go and "coming to oneself." Spend an hour listening, thinking and reflecting on life as the stories carry you along.
Contact: Ed Dolan, edolan@mit.edu
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Calendar Quick Start
Lee Ridgway
Wed Jan 29, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Demonstration of the web client for MIT's newly supported calendar program, Oracle Calendar (formerly known as CorporateTime). The session will include opening your account and signing in, working with your calendar entries, working with other users, and setting preferences.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Dreamweaver MX: New Features
Peggy Conant
Fri Jan 17, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Dreamweaver MX offers a significantly new interface to users as well as enhanced features that make it easier to work with templates and CSS style sheets. This session will be geared toward those who are already somewhat familiar with Dreamweaver from previous versions.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Dreamweaver Quick Start
Peggy Conant
Wed Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Dreamweaver is a powerful tool for creating and managing complex web sites. This session introduces users to the Dreamweaver interface and gives a brief overview of web publishing practices at MIT.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Element K Demo
Bronwen Heuer
Fri Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Is web-based training for me? Spend an hour in an instructor-led demonstration. Learn how to get started with web-based training, explore course offerings and ask questions. For more information about web-based training at MIT, visit http://web.mit.edu/is/training/wbt.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training/wbt
Contact: Bronwen Heuer, bronwenh@mit.edu
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Excel Quick Start
IS Training Staff
Mon Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This course presents an overview of Excel's basic functions, as well as some of its more powerful features and capabilities.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Excel User Group
John Fothergill, Jr.
Tue Jan 7, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join other Windows and Mac Excel users to ask and answer questions, to learn about advanced Excel features, and to discover more efficient ways to do your work.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/xlug/
Contact: John Fothergill, Jr., N42-290, x3-5312, jjfothjr@mit.edu
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FileMaker User Group
Peggy Conant, Kevin Cunningham
Fri Jan 10, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
The MIT FileMaker User Group (fmug) was formed for people at MIT, from beginners to experts, who are using or interested in learning to use FileMaker® Pro database software and related products. IAP is a great time to join this group. Come hear an interesting presentation and have an opportunity to ask questions.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/filemaker/fmug/
Contact: Peggy Conant, N42-240h, x8-6481, pconant@mit.edu
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Getting Connected to MITnet
Mark Van Dyke
Thu Jan 30, Fri Jan 31, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
This lecture will help guide you through the process of configuring your laptop or home computer to connect to MITnet so that you will have access to online services available to MIT community members only. Attendees will learn about the different options they have for connecting to MIT from both on and off campus. In addition, all attendees will receive a CD containing the necessary software for accessing MITnet and MIT's online services such as email and WebSIS. This session is highly recommended for all incoming graduate students, visiting scholars, and new faculty and staff.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/services/list.html#network
Contact: Mark Van Dyke, mvan@mit.edu
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Getting Started with MacOS X
Jay McSweeney Apple Computer
Tue Jan 14, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn the basics of MacOS X and how to customize your MacOS X desktop,share your Mac with other users, and use built-in Mac OS X iApps. See how to print in MacOS X, share files, use Sherlock to search for info, keep your sw up to date, and how to use MacOS X Mail, iChat and iCal for calendaring.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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How To Display Math on the Web
Daniel Jamous
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Three events to help you learn about tools that can be used for displaying mathematics and related graphics on the web.
Contact: Daniel Jamous, jamous@mit.edu
How to Display Mathematics on the Web
Daniel Jamous
This presentation/demonstration will review the various methods to display mathematical equations on the Web. Learn how several web browsers can display MathML (Mathematical Markup Language), an XML application to enable mathematics to be served, received, and processed on the Web, just as HTML has enabled this
functionality for text. See http://web.mit.edu/acs/IAP-2003/math-on-the-web/
Thu Jan 9, 10:30am-12:00pm, 1-150
Using MathML to Display Math on the Web
Prof. Michael Kohlhase WWW Consortium, Math Working Group; C
Principles and practice of MathML, with some hands-on advice and examples (follow-up to the "How to Display Mathematics on the Web" presentation of Jan. 9)
Thu Jan 23, 09am-11:00pm, 4-237
How to Deploy MATLAB-Based Applications Over the Web
Cancelled
Daniel Jamous
This presentation/demonstration will describe the MATLAB Web Server, a tool available and supported on Athena, which allows you to use MATLAB math and graphics in HTML applications.
Tue Jan 28, 10:30am-12:00pm, 1-150
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Information Security: Mastering the Ten Domains
Andy Ellis Akamai Technologies, Inc.
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This 5-evening seminar will cover the domains of Information Security as laid out in the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge. This course is designed as a high-level introduction to the many facets of information security, and should be appealing to both beginners and multi-year practitioners.
Contact: Roger Dingledine, arma@mit.edu>
Introduction, Telecommunications and Networking
Andy Ellis Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Tue Jan 21, 07-10:00pm, 34-101
Architecture and Models, Application and Systems Development
Andy Ellis Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Wed Jan 22, 07-10:00pm, 34-101
Physical Security, Operations Security, Security Management, Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Andy Ellis Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Thu Jan 23, 07-10:00pm, 34-101
Cryptography, Access Control Systems, Law, Investigation, and Ethics
Andy Ellis Akamai Technologies, Inc.
Fri Jan 24, 07-10:00pm, 34-101
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Internet Telephony
Dennis Baron, Nathaniel J Johnson Sr
Wed Jan 29, 01-03:00pm, 3-370
Interested in how phone calls can be made over the Internet? An overview of SIP will be presented and plans for future VoIP services at the Institute will be discussed. Internet telephones will be available - come call someone over the Internet!
Contact: Dennis Baron, dbaron@mit.edu
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Introduction to ArcGIS
Daniel Sheehan, Sarah Williams
Tue Jan 21, Wed Jan 22, 02:30-04:30pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: An Athena/Kerberos user id is required.
Learn to use the newest version of ArcGIS, a complete desktop GIS ( 2 two hour sessions). For more information see URL below. This workshop is part of the GIS Lab's IAP 2003 Workshop series.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Introduction to ArcGIS and DEMs
Daniel Sheehan, Sarah Williams
Wed Jan 29, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Jan-2003
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Intro to ArcGIS or previous Arcview or ArcGIS experience req
If you will be using Digital Elevation Models (DEM) or other raster data, come learn about how you can use them in ArcGIS. An Athena/Kerberos user id is required. For more information see the URL below. This workshop is part of the GIS Lab's IAP 2003 Workshop series.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Introduction to Stellar - MIT's Online Class Management System
Jean Foster, ACST Faculty Liaisons
Fri Jan 17, 10:30-11:30am, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Now available for any MIT class, we'll explore Stellar's tools and features.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/stellar
Contact: Jean Foster, jfoster@mit.edu
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Introduction to WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Jeffrey Miller, IBM Corp
Tue Jan 7, 01-04:00pm, 2-105
Single session event
Prereq: some familiarity with Java and J2EE
The IBM WebSphere Studio development tools, built on an open source Java framework called Eclipse, are easily extended with plug-ins for new technologies. See a demo of WebSphere Studio Application Developer, its features and the types of components you can develop, the GUI and wizards that help with the grunt work.
Contact: Kathleen Moriarty, kathleen@mit.edu
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Is Your Web Site Easy to Use?
MIT Usability Group
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Can your users do what they want on your site or do they struggle? Four sessions cover how usability testing can help you create better web sites. Find out how to set up your own tests to observe your users and gather inspiration for improvements.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/usability
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
Introduction to Web Usability
MIT Usability Group
Usability testing is an effective way to evaluate web and application interfaces. This session looks at the history of interface design and presents usability concepts, guidelines, and testing techniques. You'll also learn about MIT's Usability Team.
Wed Jan 8, 02-04:00pm, 1-150
Is Your MIT Web Site Usable by People with Disabilities?
MIT Usability Group
See examples of accessible design and learn techniques and tools to make your site more accessible. Blind Web developer Rich Callogero will demonstrate JAWS screen reading software. Bring in sample websites (URLs) if you want to see how blind users navigate your website.
Wed Jan 15, 02-04:00pm, 1-150
Usability Methods and Tools Workshop, Session 1
MIT Usability Group
Interactive sessions to explore usability test methods: talking protocol, paper prototyping, card-sorting and various inspection methods. Learn when each is appropriate, write user scenarios and test tasks, and facilitate actual tests.
Wed Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, 1-150
Usability Methods and Tools Workshop, Session 2
MIT Usability Group
Continues where Session 1 left off with recap of card sorting exercise and an introduction to paper prototyping and user-centered design.
Wed Jan 29, 02-04:00pm, 1-150
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Longjobs
Carter Snowden
Wed Jan 15, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Longjobs is an Athena service that enables users to process long-running, unattended computing jobs. We will provide an overview of the service and an introduction to some basic commands, procedures and policies.
Contact: Carter Snowden, csnowden@MIT.EDU
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MIT Cable Television Facilities Openhouse
Randy Winchester, Jon Ward
Wed Jan 8, 02-03:00pm, 9-050
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 03-Jan-2003
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
The staff at MIT Cable Television is offering an inside look at the Technical Operations
Center (TOC) of the campus television system. Register at the website listed.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitcable
Contact: Randy Winchester, randy@mit.edu
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MIT Events Calendar: Learn to Post Your Events Online
Joseph Coen
Mon Jan 6, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Tue Jan 14, 01-02:00pm, 2-105
Wed Jan 22, 11am-12:00pm, N42 Demo Center
Thu Jan 30, 02-03:00pm, 2-147
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
See how easy it is to post your MIT event online in the web-based MIT Events Calendar system.
Web: http://events.mit.edu
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Mac Tech Partners
Al Willis
Fri Jan 17, 01-02:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join with Macintosh users who, officially or otherwise, help others within their departments make more productive use of computers. NOTE: This group meets monthly, normally on the 3rd Monday of the month.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mugs
Contact: Al Willis, N42-140I, x3-0196, awillis@mit.edu
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Map Projections
Daniel Sheehan, Sarah Williams
Thu Jan 23, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 09-Jan-2003
Limited to 15 participants.
Prereq: Intro to ArcGIS or previous Arcview or ArcGIS experience req
If you use spatial data in a GIS, you need to know about projections. An Athena/Kerberos user ID is required. For more information see URL below. This workshop is part of the GIS Lab's IAP 2003 Workshop series.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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OKI Developer Briefing
Jeff Merriman, Scott Thorne, Charles Shubert
Mon Jan 13, 02-04:00pm, N42-Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This session is provides technical overview for Java developers interested in learning more about how to use the API service definitions being defined through the Open Knowledge Initiative, an MIT led collaboration to create educational software interoperability specifications.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/oki
Contact: Jeff Merriman, N42-005, x2-4039, merriman@mit.edu
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Office XP Demo
Tara Pusey Microsoft Corp
Wed Jan 22, 12:30-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
See Office XP in action as a college research project comes to life in a demo utilizing all the tools in the Office Suite....plus a chance to win cool prizes!
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Online Class Collaboration - What Works, What Doesn't
Jean Foster, Carter Snowden
Tue Jan 7, 02-03:30pm, 1-390
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A panel composed of faculty, students, and educational technology support staff discuss online discussion and collaboration tools and their effective use. Time will be allowed for audience questions and discussion.
Contact: Jean Foster, jfoster@mit.edu
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Orientation to Computing at MIT
IS Training Staff
Fri Jan 31, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This class provides very basic information about the MIT computing environment. Topics include: telephones and voice mail, operating systems, supported software and recommended hardware, the campus network, security, help resources, and computer-related health issues.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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PowerPoint Quick Start
Lee Ridgway
Thu Jan 16, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
PowerPoint makes it easy to jazz up your presentations. Get an introduction to what PowerPoint can do. Find out how to create shows. Learn how to use drawing tools, graphics, and create handouts.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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QuickTime for the Web
Jay Mcsweeney Apple Computer
Thu Jan 16, 02-04:00pm, 42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about best practices in Digital Media Compression and Authoring . Apple will explain common uses of media types (web, streaming, DVD, CD-ROM), best transcoding procedures and delivery issues relative to data-rate . See demos of media export from PowerPoint, Final Cut Pro and iMovie. Using QuickTime Pro and other tools, Apple will show how to add important meta-data tracks to QuickTime media.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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SAPweb: Purchasing on the Web
Lisa Lucenti
Tue Jan 21, Thu Jan 30, 12-01:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Familiarity with either the Macintosh or Windows platform
This course covers all aspects of using SAPweb for purchasing, including requisitioning from external vendors and internal providers, as well as ordering from vendor partners' online catalogs. Topics include:business rules governing requisitions; creating and displaying requisitions in SAPweb; accessing vendor partners' online catalogs.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/sapweb
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Secure File Transfer Options
Steve Goldman
Mon Jan 27, 02-03:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This informal session will provide a brief overview of MIT's recommended options for secure file transfer, which include FileZilla and SecureFX on Windows, Fetch on the Macintosh, and secure command-line FTP on Unix/Athena.
Contact: Steve Goldman, sgoldman@mit.edu
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Star Office: The Nuts and Bolts
Helen Healy, Rich Garcia
Wed Jan 8, Thu Jan 16, 11am-01:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 15 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
This class will take you through the various components of the Star Office suite of applications. We will cover mathematical formulae, graphical presentations and spreadsheets as well as a general overview of Star Office.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/soffice/www/
Contact: Helen Healy, hhealy@mit.edu
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Status of the Laptop Project
Phil Long
Thu Jan 30, 10-11:00am, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
MIT has engaged in teaching experiments with laptops for the past two years. Four courses took distinct pedagogical approaches including: active learning, problem-based team projects, authentic learning, and constructivist learning in more traditional lecture/lab course formats. Results will be shared.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/lcp
Contact: Phil Long, longpd@mit.edu
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System Administration
Bob Mahoney, Linda LeBlanc
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
System security is this year's hottest topic. Participate in one or all sessions of this lunchtime seminar series dealing with relevant topics in secure systems administration. Series presented by MIT's Network Security Team. One seminar each: Windows, Mac, Unix.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/net-security/www/
Contact: Linda LeBlanc, leblancl@MIT.EDU
System Administration for UNIX
Bob Mahoney, Linda LeBlanc
Wed Jan 15, 12-01:30pm, 35-225
System Administration for Windows
Bob Mahoney, Linda LeBlanc, Jonathan Hunt
Wed Jan 22, 12-01:30pm, 35-225
System Administration for Macintosh
Bob Mahoney, Linda LeBlanc
Wed Jan 29, 12-01:30pm, 35-225
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Tablet PCs
Tara Pusey Microsoft Corp
Tue Jan 28, 01-02:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
See the evolution in notebook computing with the Tablet PC. Learn to use your PC in new and different ways, redefining mobility and productivity, with no sacrifices. Raffle for prizes at the conclusion of the session.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Tour of MIT's Data Center - W91
Dave Lambert
Thu Jan 9, 02-03:00pm, W91 Lobby
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 02-Jan-2003
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
MIT's Data Center houses the Institute's enterprise-wide administrative servers and selected departmental servers. Currently 175 servers, 8 Terabytes of disk storage and 225 terabytes of nearline storage are managed in the W91 data center. Hardware ranges from high speed Storage Area Networks (SANs) to large unix servers and robotic tape libraries. Come see it all.
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Understanding IT Market Salary Information
Allison Dolan, IS Director of IT Staff Development, Kelley Connors, HR Compensation Analyst
Mon Jan 13, 11am-12:00pm, 1-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Your IT person has just announced 'I'm not getting paid enough!'. What do you do? If you are an Administrative Officer or supervise information technology staff, you may wonder whether your IT staff are paid appropriately; you may also be unclear on how to determine appropriate salaries or understand where "market salary" comes from. For answers to these and related questions, attend this one hour overview which will enable you to more effectively respond when staff express concern about pay.
Contact: Allison Dolan, IS Director of IT Staff Development, adolan@mit.edu
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Using MIT's Geodata Tool
Tom Grayson
Tue Jan 28, 03-05:30pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2003
Limited to 24 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Some experience with ArcView GIS 3.x
This session introduces MIT's Geodata Tool, which extends ESRI's ArcView GIS software to provide access to MIT's centralized repository of spatial data layers. The session includes a lecture followed by a hands-on lab. This workshop is part of the GIS Lab's IAP 2003 Workshop series.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Using a GIS for Decision Making - Site Selection Exercise
Daniel Sheehan, Sarah Williams
Thu Jan 30, 10am-12:30pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 16-Jan-2003
Limited to 15 participants.
Prereq: Intro to ArcGIS or previous Arcview or ArcGIS experience req
Learn to use GIS for spatial decision making. We will identify land where several constraints are met, based on available data. An Athena/Kerberos user ID is required. For more information see the URL below. This workshop is part of the GIS Lab's IAP 2003 Workshop series.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/services/iap2003.html
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Virus Protection Quick Start
Janet Littell, Gerry Issacson
Thu Jan 9, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn how to download, install, and configure virus protection for your computer, and how to keep the software up to date. Discuss your questions with Gerry Isaacson, MIT Information Security Officer.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/virus/
Contact: Janet Littell, jlittell@mit.edu
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WINPartners
Bryant Vernon
Mon Jan 27, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join with other Windows users who, officially or otherwise, help users within their departments make more productive use of Windows workstations.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/is/help/windows/
Contact: Bryant Vernon, bcvernon@MIT.EDU
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Walking Tour of the MIT Network
Tom Coppeto
Wed Jan 15, 22, 29, 02-05:00pm, Lobby 7
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 02-Jan-2003
Limited to 12 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
See the network from the jack to MIT's external connectivity. We'll discuss design issues, current projects, and future plans along the way. Stops will include the hub of campus in building 24, the new network and computer facility in W92, and some places time forgot. Wear comfortable shoes.
Contact network-tour@mit.edu to register.
Contact: Tom Coppeto, tom@mit.edu
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Web Publishers User Group
Chris Sherrill
Thu Jan 23, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join other web publishers on campus for a bi-monthly meeting to learn new tips and tricks related to web publishing at MIT, as well as participate in Q&A sessions.
Web: http://mit.edu/mugs/index-count.html
Contact: Chris Sherrill, sherrill@mit.edu
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Web Publishing Overview
Kevin Cunningham
Mon Jan 6, 01:30-04:30pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
This three-hour lecture/demo gives an overview of the electronic publishing process as it works at MIT, focusing on 1) how to code files using HTML tags, and 2) how to upload files to the Athena system for delivery through MIT's primary Web server (web.mit.edu). Special attention is paid to issues affecting web sites at MIT.
Web: http://http:/web.mit.edu/is/training
Contact: Sarah Hickok, x3-7685, hickok@mit.edu
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Web Publishing Services Offered Through MIT's Information Systems
Representatives from ACST, AMPS, & WCS
Fri Jan 31, 10-11:30am, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Information Systems offers 3 groups to assist with your web publishing needs: the Academic Computing Support Team (ACST), Academic Media Production Services (AMPS), and Web Communications Services (WCS). Come learn how they work together to offer MIT an impressive array of web planning and production services.
Contact: Chris Sherrill, sherrill@mit.edu
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Web Services Workshop
Jeffrey Miller, IBM Corp
Fri Jan 24, 01-04:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Knowledge of Java and J2EE
Web services is the technology that finally allows applications to communicate with each other, despite location, platform, and implementation. We'll introduce Web services and discuss general architecture and protocols: SOAP, WSDL, UDDI, plus the IBM products that implement some of them. We'll use WebSphere Studio and build some Web services. We'll look at Web services security and some of the new emerging standards.
Contact: Kathleen Moriarty, kathleen@mit.edu
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Why Is Anonymity So Hard?
Roger Dingledine The Free Haven Project
Wed Jan 15, 07-10:00pm, 54-100
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Come to a crash course on anonymity designs, focusing on Onion Routing,a low-latency stream-based anonymous communication system, and Mixminion, a new message-based anonymous remailer protocol. Throughout, I will share some intuition about how to break these systems and how to fix them.
Contact: Roger Dingledine, arma@MIT.EDU
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WinAthena Advanced
Tom Thornton
Thu Jan 16, 01-05:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 10-Jan-2003
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
An in-depth view of the MIT Win2000 Domain for container admins, covering AD, GP, installation, configuration, file systems, services, software and application deployment. This activity is hands-on, using high-speed machines in the latest IS cluster. See intro session on January 14.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/winathena/iap/2003/advanced
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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WinAthena Introduction
Tom Thornton
Tue Jan 14, 01-05:00pm, 37-312
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 08-Jan-2003
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
An overview of the MIT Win2000 Domain for end users, covering installation, configuration, file systems, services and software, from the user's perspective. A hands-on activity using high-speed machines in the latest IS cluster. See Advanced session on Jan 16.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/winathena/iap/2003/intro
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Windows XP
Tara Pusey, Microsoft Corp.
Wed Jan 8, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Windows XP Professional combines breakthrough support for digital media and networking capabilities to facilitate rich, project-based learning in and out of the classroom. Don't miss this session with great tips and a raffle for cool prizes!!
Contact: Sarah Hickok, hickok@mit.edu
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Word User Group
Ruth Levitsky
Tue Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, N42 Demo Center
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join other Word users - both Mac and PC - to share questions and answers and see demos of new features.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mugs/word/
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, levitsky@mit.edu
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