Affective Computing & Autism Workshop
Prof. Rosalind Picard, Jackie Lee
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
The goal for this workshop is to (1) learn some ways new technologies can be used to help people on the autism spectrum; (2) quick-prototype some currently available affective computing technologies for autism applications.
Participants bring 3-5 slides describing why they are interested in this, what insight or technical skills they could contribute to building a prototype.
Please contact Jackie Lee( jackylee@media.mit.edu) for further information and to sign up by Jan. 7, 2008.
Web: http://wiki.media.mit.edu/view/Affect/ACWorkshops
Contact: Jackie Lee, E15-443D, (617) 452-5627, jackylee@media.mit.edu
Sponsor: Media Arts & Sciences
Pre-Workshop dinner with Movie Screening
Jackie Lee
Jan. 9 wed.
06:30pm-10:00pm Pre-workshop dinner with movie screening
Wed Jan 9, 06:30-10:00pm, E15, O&G room
Affective Computing & Autism Workshop
Prof. Rosalind Picard, Jackie Lee
Jan. 10 thu.
09:45am-10:00am Refreshments and Introductions
10:00am-11:30am Affective Technologies and Autism
11:45am-01:30pm Lunch and research updates by participants.
01:30pm-03:00pm Formulating design challenges for autism technology
03:15pm-06:00pm Group working time
06:30pm-07:30pm Dinner with movie screening
07:30pm-10:00pm Group working time
Thu Jan 10, 09:45am-10:00pm, E15, O&G room
Affective Computing & Autism Workshop
Prof. Rosalind Picard, Jackie Lee
Jan. 11 fri.
09:00am-11:00am Group Presentation
11:00am-12:30pm Discussion for Future Autism Technology
Fri Jan 11, 09am-12:30pm, E15, O&G room
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Are You Thinking About the Cambridge-MIT Exchange Program?
Jennifer Cook, Malgorzata Hedderick
Fri Feb 1, 01-02:00pm, 5-134
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Are you planning to apply to the Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate Student Exchange program? Bring your questions and concerns to this meeting and talk with MIT staff members as well as MIT seniors who spent last year at the University of Cambridge. They'll also provide you with many reasons to go to Cambridge in addition to the academics.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/cmi/ue/cme-mit/mit-about.html
Contact: Jennifer Cook, 12-189, x3-0676, jacook@mit.edu
Sponsor: Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate Exchange
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Beyond WEBSIS: The Future of Student Systems at MIT
Jag Patel
Thu Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, 4-253
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Jan-2008
Limited to 15 participants.
Prereq: open to all undergraduate and graduate students
Have you ever wished that you could register online, that you had a tool to identify what GIR and departmental requirements you have fulfilled and what is still missing, or had a simple way to plan future semesters that links to the course catalogue? Now is your chance to be heard! MIT has just begun a study known as the Student System Vision Study to develop a vision for the future of student systems at MIT and we need your help. Join us for a student focus group and help answer questions such as “What type of self-service functionality do you want?”, "What tools do you need to plan your 4 years at MIT?", and "How can we better meet your advising needs?". Your opinion and perspective is very important and will help shape the experience of future students at MIT.
Lunch and a small token of appreciation will be provided.
Contact: Seth Winerman, W92-210, (617) 452-2187, winerman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Campus Energy Roundtable
Leon R. Glicksman
Thu Jan 17, 11am-12:30pm, 3-270
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
An open discussion on visions for an energy-efficient campus of the future. Professor Leon R. Glicksman will moderate a panel of MIT faculty and staff, including discussion of the green design of the new Sloan Building
Refreshments provided.
Part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Steve Lanou, slanou@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
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Campus Energy Showcase
Leader: TBD
Tue Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, E15 First Fl. Atrium
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A poster session of student campus energy projects to reduce MIT's energy and environmental footprint
Refreshments provided
A part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Steve Lanou, slanou@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
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Charm School
Patrick Raymond, Paul Spangle
Fri Feb 1, 12-05:00pm, W20 (Student Center)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
How do I ask for a date? Which bread plate is mine? At what point in a job interview can I ask about salary? Should I use a cell phone while on the T or the elevator? How can a student network to find the perfect position?
Join us for MIT's 15th Annual Charm School to find out these answers and more. Participate in mini-classes on a wide variety of "charming" subjects, take in the wisdom of the Commencement speaker, and even earn your "Ch.D." (Doctoral degree in Charm).
Web: http://web.mit.edu/charm/
Contact: Patrick Raymond or Paul Spangle, W20-549, 253-6777, sao-staff@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Activities Office
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Charm School: Dating Etiquette
Divya Kumar, M.S.
Thu Jan 24, 12-01:00pm, W20, Coffeehouse
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
True or False: MIT students don't date.
What do you think? How do MIT students start relationships? Come share your thoughts and get fun dating tips from MIT's own dating diva, Divya Kumar.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/charm/
Contact: Patrick Raymond, W20-549, x3-6777, praymond@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Activities Office
Cosponsor: MIT Medical
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Charm School: Semi-Formal Etiquette Dinner
David Rogers
Tue Jan 22, 07-09:00pm, Twenty Chimneys, W20
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 21-Jan-2008
Limited to 50 participants.
Single session event
Charm School proudly presents its first Etiquette Dinner. Join special guest David Rogers to learn the ins and outs of dining etiquette and table manners while enjoying a complimentary meal. Dress is semi-formal please. Vegetarian options available upon advance request.
R.S.V.P. to charm@mit.edu. (Space is limited -- advance sign-up required. Open to MIT students and affiliates only.)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/charm/
Contact: Patrick Raymond, W20-549, x3-6777, charm@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Activities Office
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Developmental Dyslexia: Perceptual Aspects, Diagnosis, Brain-correlates, Remediation and Prevention.
Gadi Geiger, Nadine Gaab
Tue Jan 22, 10:30am-03:30pm, 46-3189, there is a break from 12-2:00
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 100 participants.
The first part will describe how dyslexics and typical readers differ in their visual and auditory perception. Based on these findings a diagnostic process and a regimen of practice for learning a new perceptual strategy for reading will be discussed. A study on the prevention of dyslexia will also be presented.
The second part will focus on the neural (brain) correlates of developmental dyslexia and will summarize findings from Electroencephalography (EEG), Magneto-encephalography (MEG) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Furthermore, the much-debated connection between musical training and literacy skills will be discussed
Contact: Gadi Geiger, 46-5155, x3-9646, gadi@AI.MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Developmental dyslexia: perceptual aspects, diagnosis, brain-correlates, remiadiation and prevention
John Gabrieli, Gadi Geiger, Nadine Gaab
Tue Jan 22, 10:30am-03:30pm, 46-3189, lunch break 12-2:00 pm
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 90 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Describe of dyslexia & its brain correlates & will summarize findings from Electroencephalography , Magneto-encephalography & functional magnetic resonance imaging.The connection between auditory processing as well as musical training & literacy skills will be discussed.
The 2nd part will describe how dyslexics and typical readers differ in their visual and auditory perception. Based on these findings a diagnostic process and a regimen of practice for learning a new perceptual strategy for reading will be discussed. A study on the prevention of dyslexia will also be presented.
Contact: Nadine Gaab, 46-4037C, x3-3415, gaab@mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Eloranta Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships: Creating a Winning Proposal
Melissa Martin-Greene, Sara Nelson
Wed Jan 9, 03-04:00pm, 1-135
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Not applicable
Several $6,000 research fellowships are available for summer 2008. These fellowships will support work in science, engineering, humanities, social science, and the arts. This is the time to begin making your plans! We will review elements of past winning proposals and discuss how to put together a successful submission.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/eloranta/
Contact: UROP Staff, 7-104, x3-7306, urop@mit.edu
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Cosponsor: Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
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Energy Education Blitz
Faculty leaders of energy-related academics
Tue Jan 15, 10am-12:00pm, E15-070
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A preview of spring energy-related classes and invitation for student input on future energy academics
Refreshments provided.
A part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Amanda Graham, agraham@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
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Energy in a Carbon Constrained World
presented by MITEI
Wed Jan 16, 02-03:00pm, E15-070
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
A panel discussion by national and world leaders in the energy field, including Phil Sharp, president of "Resources for the Future" and Bob Metcalf, co-inventor of the Ethernet.
Followed by reception.
Part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Melanie Kenderdine, makender@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
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Escaping from Our Energy Trap
Leonardo Maugeri, Group Senior Vice President for Corporate
Mon Jan 14, 02-03:00pm, 4-349
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Part of the Series "Energy Futures Week"
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
A lecture on the financial, political, and social implications of the dependency on fossil fuels
Followed by reception
Pappalardo Room (4-349)
Contact: Marie Tangney, mtangney@mit.edu
Sponsor: Melanie L Miller, 66-371, 617 253-6500, melmils@mit.edu
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From Understanding Cortex to Building Intelligent Machines
Tomaso Poggio, Thomas Serre, Tony Ezzat
Mon Jan 14, Tue Jan 15, 10:30am-03:30pm, 46-5193, there is a break from 12-2:00
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 100 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
A brief introduction to statistical learning theory will be followed by a description of highlights research in computational neuroscience at CBCL. The main thesis of the class is that progress in AI is increasingly dependent on advances in computational neuroscience. In the class we will review recent work on visual and auditory recognition
Contact: Tomaso Poggio, 46-3310, x3-5230, tp@ai.mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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From understanding cortex to building intelligent machines
Tommy Poggio, Thomas Serre, Lorenzo Rosasco
Mon Jan 14, Tue Jan 15, 10:30am-03:30pm, 46-3310, break 12:-2:00 each day
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Understanding the processing of information in our cortex is a significant part of understanding how the brain works and of understanding intelligence itself, arguably one of the greatest problems in science today.
Beginning by reviewing research at CBCL on the problem of intelligence. Continuing with a brief review of modern learning theory; a more specialized session on current approaches & open questions in learning theory.Focusing on current topics of research on the computational architecture of visual cortex and discuss their implications for advancing computer vision technology.
Web: http://cbcl.mit.edu/publications/index-pubs.html
Contact: Tommy Poggio, 46-5177B, x3-5230, tp@ai.mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Grads on Ice!
Jordyn Rozensky
Sat Jan 19, 09:15-11:15pm, Johnson Skating Rink
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join Jewish grad students from MIT and other Boston area colleges for a night of skating! Get ready for the semester by meeting new people, taking a break from research and showing off your skills (or lack thereof). Skate rental is free with a college ID.
Contact: Jordyn Rozensky, (617) 253-2982, jordynr@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Hillel
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Hillel phonathon
Danny Watt
Wed Jan 23, Thu Jan 24, Mon Jan 28, Wed Jan 30, 06-10:00pm, Bush room
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2008
Limited to 8 participants.
Free kosher food, kibbitz with friendly alumni, raise lots of money for Hillel
Contact: Danny Watt, dwatt@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Hillel
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MITEI: A Peek Under the Hood
Ernest J. Moniz, Director MITEI
Mon Jan 14, 10-11:00am, 10-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Part of the Series "Energy Futures Week"
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
An overview of MITEI’s role and its work around and beyond the Institute
Ernest J. Moniz, Director, and Robert C. Armstrong, Deputy Director, MITEI
Angela M. Belcher and Jefferson W. Tester, Energy Education Task Force
Theresa M. Stone and Leon R. Glicksman, Campus Energy Task Force
Followed by reception.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Robin Elices, relices@mit.edu
Sponsor: Melanie L Miller, 66-371, 617 253-6500, melmils@mit.edu
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Mazon: A Jewish Response to Hunger
Jordyn Rozensky
Thu Jan 31, 05-07:00pm, 4-149
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Leonard Fein, founder of Mazon, will be speaking on issues of world hunger and the need for a Jewish response. Learn about more about the non-profit organization Mazon and what you can do to help.
Contact: Jordyn Rozensky, (617) 253-2982, jordynr@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Hillel
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Project Expo! Presentations for Prizes!
Ceryen Tan
Tue Jan 29, 02-05:00pm, 10-105 (Bush Room)
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Dec-2007
Single session event
Prereq: research or lab project
Be a Presenter!
Students can show off any project they've been working on to the entire MIT community. Course VI undergrads especially encouraged to present UROPs, UAPs, and final lab projects, but graduate students and other majors welcome. Poster presentations and in-progress projects are fine. Posterboard provided. Let lots of people see what you've accomplished. $500 in prizes, voted by company, faculty and student judges.
Be a Judge!
This is a great way to see what's going on at MIT, and get inspired to do a UROP or take a lab class. Vote on your favorite project.
Web: http://hkn.mit.edu/expo/
Contact: Ceryen Tan, hkn-iap@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: Eta Kappa Nu
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Sustainable Development Forum: Being a Part of the Climate Change Solution: Individual Action for Collective Impact
Madeline Fraser Cook New Ecology, Inc.
Fri Jan 25, 08am-05:30pm, E-51
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 31-Dec-2007
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
The Regional Sustainable Development Forum ( www.newecologyforum.org), will focus on the importance of motivating a broad constituency to work together to address the consequences of global climate change. With climate change being one of the hot topics in mainstream media, how do we make sure that we seize the momentum on this issue and change social behaviors to reverse the warming trend and establish a more environmentally friendly future for all? Of equal importance, how do we make sure that at this stage of the environmental movement, we don't repeat mistakes of the past by narrowing the constituency to the "eco-elite"? How do we broaden it to include everyone from big business to community activists?
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, 253-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
Cosponsor: Sloan School of Management
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The Distaff Arts: Medieval Clothing Technology
Anne McCants, Margo Collett, Miranda Knutson
Tue Jan 22 thru Fri Jan 25, 10am-04:00pm, E51-095
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2008
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This course explores a wide range of medieval textile and clothing production technologies, offering students hands on experience in their use. We will work with a raw fleece; card and spin the wool; use simple looms to weave a belt; dye a variety of fabrics; and design/construct a single garment - either a cloak or tunic. All materials provided - students must commit to all 4 days of class.
This course will question typical characterization of medieval textile work as unskilled, as well as consider distinctions usually made between activities labeled as crafts versus those labeled as art.
Contact: Anne E. C. McCants, E51-293, 258-6669, amccants@mit.edu
Sponsor: History
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The Document Dilemma: From Desktop to Mailbox
Marty O' Brien, June Milligan
Thu Jan 17, 11am-12:00pm, Bush Room, 10-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join Marty O'Brien of Mail Services and June Milligan of CopyTech as they review various options to help you find the best way to get your document from desktop to mailbox.
Contact: Marty O' Brien, WW15, x3-6728, mobrien@mit.edu
Sponsor: Department of Facilities
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The Life and Works of Doc Edgerton
Dr. J. Kim Vandiver
Mon Jan 28, 04-05:00pm, 34-101
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Institute Professor, Harold "Doc" Edgerton revolutionized photography with his high speed strobe lighting techniques. He came to MIT as a student in 1926. By the time of his passing in 1990 he had profoundly affected MIT and the world with his contributions to photography and underwater exploration. This talk will show many of his photographs and tell stories of his contributions to high speed photography, night reconnaisance photography in WWII, and marine archeology. His legacy and contributions to MIT are celebrated in the Edgerton Center of today. Come enjoy the photography and learn about the new Edgerton Archive project.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/edgerton/www/IAP.html
Contact: Amy Fitzgerald, 4-406, x3-7931, amyfitz@mit.edu
Sponsor: Edgerton Center
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The New Energy Reality
Clay Sell, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy
Thu Jan 17, 02-03:00pm, E15-070
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The US is faced with a new and different energy reality: high prices worldwide, changing world conditions as evidenced by more vulnerable infrastructure and a trend toward resource nationalism, and the challenges posed by global climate change. Ongoing and future programs and initiatives are discussed in terms of how they will help enable the U.S. to meet these new energy challenges.
Part of Energy Futures Week
Innovation, Research, and Education for a Sustainable Future
Sponsored by the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI)
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitei/energyfuturesweek
Contact: Melanie Kenderdine, makender@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Energy Initiative
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Tour of Wallace Astrophysical Observatory
Michael J Person
Wed Jan 16, 07-10:00pm, Wallace Observatory
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2008
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Come tour the heavens at MIT's George R. Wallace Jr. Astrophysical Observatory located 45 minutes northwest of Boston in Westford, MA. Use various telescopes from 14" to 24" for both visual observing and electronic imaging of Mars, Saturn, and other celestial bodies. Signup via listed website.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/wallace/iaptour/iaptour08.html
Contact: Michael J. Person, iaptour@occult.mit.edu
Sponsor: Wallace Astrophysical Observatory
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UROP Online Proposal System Information Session & Demo
Melissa Martin-Greene
Tue Jan 8, 02-03:00pm, 4-231
Tue Jan 22, 03-04:30pm, 4-231
Thu Jan 24, 02-03:00pm, 4-231
Wed Jan 30, 03-04:00pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming is pleased to announce a new system that will allow submissions and processing of UROP proposals online.
The goal of the online system is to replace the current paper process, thus making it easier for UROP students, faculty mentors, and departmental UROP coordinator to submit and approve UROP applications.
Attend this session to learn more and see a demonstration of the system, which we hope to make available to all departments later this spring.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/urop
Contact: Melissa Martin-Greene, 7-104, x3-3002, melmart@mit.edu
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Cosponsor: Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
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