ABAP - The SAP programming language
David Rosenberg
Mon Jan 7, 02-04:00pm, N42-Demo Center
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Knowledge of computer programming and programming experience
Starting in 1995, MIT replaced many of our standalone central systems with the integrated, commercial SAP R/3 system. We have since added many other functions to our SAP system - replacing other standalone systems or introducing new functionality at MIT.
SAP has more that 40,000 customers with more than 120,000 installations and more than 12,000,000 users worldwide. With so many customers, there has to be a way to "customize" the system to adapt it to particular customers' requirements. This session will deal with the customization process - particularly the ABAP programming language in which most SAP application code is written. It will describe the ABAP programming environment and will attempt to contrast ABAP with other programming languages. This session will not discuss any of the business processes using MIT's SAP system.
Contact: David Rosenberg, W92-210, x3-8054, rosenberg@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Advanced Matlab
Scott Gorlin
Mon-Wed, Fri, Jan 22-23, 25, 28, 30, 1, 12-01:00pm, 46-3015
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Beneath the extensive data and matrix tools in Matlab lies a comprehensive programming environment largely untapped by the casual user. For those who want to do more than analyze simple data sets, this class will explore how universal programming concepts apply to Matlab and how to exploit them to build powerful tools - whether you simply want a deeper understanding of how Matlab works or you want to build a sophisticated application for experimental control. Special topics to include object-oriented programming, application development, multi-threading, parallel and distributed applications, optimization, and Java integration. This course presupposes basic working knowledge of Matlab or sufficient experience in another programming language to ease the transition.
Contact: Scott Gorlin, 46-6227, x3-8785, gorlins@mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Advanced Programming Techniques in MATLAB®
Loren Shure, Ph.D. The MathWorks
Thu Jan 17, 12:45-02:30pm, 4-237
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 78 participants.
Single session event
This master class will illustrate the usage and explain the benefits of many of the different function types available in MATLAB 7. You will learn how using the right function type can lead to more robust and maintainable code. Demonstrations will show how to apply these techniques to solve optimization problems and make it easier to program GUIs in MATLAB. This session will also provide you with an understanding of how different MATLAB data types are stored in memory. Experienced MATLAB programmers will receive the most benefit from this session.
Loren Shure is a Principal MATLAB Developer and has worked at The MathWorks for more than 20 years. She has co-authored several MathWorks products in addition to adding core functionality to MATLAB. Loren writes about MATLAB on her blog: http://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/.
Contact: James Cain, 253-3909, jrcain@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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An Introduction to Mobile Device Software Development
Brad Lassey Course VI 03 and 04
Tue Jan 15, Thu Jan 17, Tue Jan 22, Thu Jan 24, 12-02:00pm, 34-301
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2008
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Mobile devices are the most personal form of electronic equipment to
date; but we've only cracked the surface of what is possible with
innovative software. This course will take you through the basics of
setting up a development environment, pulling the Mozilla's source code
and building a working mobile browser.
Contact: Brad Lassey, lassey@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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An Introductory Course to MATLAB
Yossi Farjoun
Tue, Thu, Jan 8, 10, 15, 17, 22, 24, 29, 31, 10-11:30am, 14-0637
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 17 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This class is intended for students with no programming experience. It will provide the foundations of programming in Matlab. Variables,arrays, conditional statements, loops, functions, and plots will be explained. At the end of the course students will be able to use Matlab in their own work, and be prepared to deepen their Matlab programming skills and tackle other languages for computing, such as
Java, C++, or python.
This class is recommended for students who plan to take 18.330 and have no prior programming skills.
If you can bring a laptop with matlab installed, please do so as there are only 17 computers in the classroom. Please contact Yossi Farjoun, yfarjoun@math.mit.edu, if you are interested in taking this class.
Contact: Yossi Farjoun, 2-334, x3-7775, yfarjoun@math.mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
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An Overview of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and the Brahman presence of ERP systems in today’s businesses?
Ian Bennett
Thu Jan 17, 02-04:00pm, W92 - 210 Demo Room, Meet in Lobby
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 16 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Dynamic, flexible, and omnipresent Information Systems (IS) seam to be retaining their place in today’s businesses despite their enormous cost and inflexible support contracts. This two hour discussion will provide a 1 hr overview of the ERP system including the management of materials through purchasing, production, and inventory management. All discussion material is supported with examples from major companies such as Campbell’s Soups, IBM and the MIT Broad Institute. Learning will be delivered using a form of learning labeled as story telling. The second hour will be a one hour working discussion about the benefits and disadvantages of such large and complex information systems. The hardware component of these systems will not be covered in this session.
Contact: Ian Bennett, TBD, 324-5908, IBennett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Building and Hosting Web Applications (with AppJet)
Aaron Iba
Wed Jan 23, 06:30-08:00pm, 1-115
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Some programming, ideally basic familiarity with javascript.
Learn how to build a web application the easy way! We'll be using AppJet, a new tool for building web apps online with an easy-to-learn framework. Topics to be covered include: Forms, storing data, and easy AJAX and Comet.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/webapp/
Contact: Aaron Iba, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-webapp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Caffeinated Crash Course in C
Christian Ternus
Mon Jan 21, 08-11:00pm, 1-115
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Prior experience in a C-like language (C++, Java, Perl, etc)
C's influence is deeply pervasive in today's software systems, and in the many currently-popular programming languages derived from C. In fact, C plays a role somewhat similar to the one once played by assembly language: even if you don't do any actual day-to-day C programming, knowing C can be a huge help in better understanding the other systems and languages with which you are working.
This class will attempt to cover the entire C programming language in 3 hours, in the grand tradition of SIPB's IAP caffeinated crash courses. Prior programming experience, preferably in a C-like language (C++, Java, Perl, etc.) is very definitely assumed.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/cccc
Contact: Christian Ternus, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-cccc@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Caffeinated Crash Course in C++
Katherine Lai
Mon Jan 14, 03-06:00pm, 66-160
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Prior experience in a C-like language (C++, Java, Perl, etc)
A three-hour introduction to the C++ programming language. Syntax, data types, and control flow. Object basics. Polymorphism and templates. Dynamic memory management. Standard library. Useful tools.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/ccccpp
Contact: Katherine Lai, 4-231, W20557, sipb-iap-ccccpp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Caffeinated Crash Course in Perl
Kevin Riggle
Mon Jan 14, 06-09:00pm, 1-115
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Some programming experience; high confusion threshold.
Perl is the duct tape of the computing world -- it has a light side, a dark side, and (if you're running Debian) it holds your operating system together. This class will teach you to choose the light side — that is, how to write simple, useful Perl scripts without having it turn into a gooey, sticky mess.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/caffeinatedperl
Contact: Kevin Riggle, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-caffeinatedperl@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Coupling Biochemical Networks with Pharmacokinetic Models
Asawari Samant The MathWorks
Fri Jan 18, 09:15am-11:15pm, 4-237, [check in begins at 9:00 am]
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 78 participants.
Single session event
SimBiology® is a tool for modeling, simulating and analyzing biochemical pathways. In this session, we will use an apoptosis model to highlight the various features of SimBiology software and to demonstrate the breadth of its analytical capabilities. This will include creating a model, simulation, parameter estimation, sensitivity analysis, and report generation. We will then show how a biochemical network can be coupled with a Pharmacokinetic model to analyze drug dosing.
About the presenter: Asawari Samant
Asawari Samant is an Applications Engineer in the Life Sciences group at The MathWorks. She has an MS from University of Delaware. Her thesis work was in the area of Computational Systems Biology, with a focus on stochastic modeling of multiscale biological pathways.
Contact: James Cain, 253-3909, jrcain@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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Creating a Firefox Extension
Jeff Walden
Mon Jan 28, Wed Jan 30, 05-06:30pm, 1-115
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: JavaScript or C-like language, XML syntax, basic CSS
This class will walk through the creation of a simple Firefox extension. Topics will include extension packaging, creation of new UI, modification of existing UI, and implementation in JavaScript of the functionality the UI exposes.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/firefox
Contact: Jeff Walden, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-firefox@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Distributed and Parallel Computing with MATLAB®
Sarah Wait Zaranek, Ph.D. The MathWorks
Thu Jan 17, 11am-12:45pm, 4-237
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 78 participants.
Single session event
This session will show you how to perform parallel computing in MATLAB® using either your desktop machine or a compute cluster. You will learn how to utilize the full capabilities of your multicore machine through the new parallelism capabilities of MATLAB 7.5.0 (R2007b) and Distributed Computing Toolbox™ 3.2. We will also introduce the use of our distributed computing products on a compute cluster to speed up your algorithms and handle larger data sets.
Sarah Wait Zaranek is an Application Engineer (MATLAB geek) at The MathWorks. She comes from UC Berkeley where she completed a post-doc focused mainly on understanding the interior dynamics of terrestrial planets. Her research involved both computational fluid dynamics as well as laboratory work. Her current focus is on distributed computing and core MATLAB.
Contact: James Cain, jrcain@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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Effective Use of Wikis
Carter Snowden (IST), Jim Cain (OEIT), Molly Ruggles (OEIT)
Tue Jan 22, 01-02:30pm, 3-270
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Information Services & Technology recently launched an enterprise wiki service for MIT. The service is available to administrative and research groups and for use in MIT classes.
Your wiki site will benefit greatly from some basic planning around issues of scope, goals, organization, and audience and from a from a basic understanding of both what a wiki is good at and its limitations.
If you're thinking about starting a wiki space for your group or class, or if you have a space but would like some ideas about how to make better use of it, you should benefit from this activity.
Contact: Carter Snowden (IST), w92-114, x2-4320, csnowden@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Emacs Is My Operating System
David Glasser
Wed Jan 16, 06-07:30pm, 1-115
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Vague familiarity with Unix.
emacs is a platform for creating character-based applications. Examples include IRC clients, terminal emulators, directory and version-control browsers, shells, and web browsers. I've heard there is a text editor as well. I'll show you how I use it.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/emacs
Contact: David Glasser, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-emacs@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Excel for Scientists I
Kate Kibbee
Thu Jan 10, 09-04:00am, W92-203
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Fee: 240.00 for costs
This course is designed specifically for scientists and engineers who use Excel in analysis and presentation of experimental results.
Graphs for Science:
Standard Deviation Error bars
Secondary axes
Frequencies and histograms
Interpolation/Extrapolation
Complicated Graph manipulation
Marking specific data points
Regression Analysis:
Single Regress: Slope + intercept
Linear and Non-linear regression Lines
Curve fitting
Sigmoid Curves (logistic)
Controls for Simulations
Creating your own functions
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/training/registration.html
Contact: Anna Pope, N42, 617.253.5101, apope@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Excel for Scientists II
Kate Kibbee
Thu Jan 24, 09-04:00am, W92-203
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Fee: 240.00 for costs
This course is designed specifically for scientists and engineers who use Excel in analysis and presentation of experimental results. This course will be using Excel 2003.
Statistical Analysis:
Sample and Sampling distributions
Random Number Generation
Normal Distributions
Student's t-Distributions
Chi-Squared Distributions
Analysis of Variance (Anova)
Data Analysis
Details and summaries
Sorting/Filtering records
Nesting functions inside functions
Locating interpolated values
Validating data entry
Multi-Cell Array Formulas
Single-Cell Array Formulas
...And much more!
Contact: Anna Pope, N42, 617.253.5101, apope@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Exploiting Software: Stack Smashing in the Modern World
Nelson Elhage
Wed Jan 9, 05:30-07:30pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: At least a 6.004 knowledge of assembly. Basic knowledge of C
Modern operating system have advanced software countermeasures to prevent exploitation of buffer overflows in buggy programs. Starting with the classic stack smashing attack, I'll explore what these countermeasures are, and the clever tricks hackers have for dodging them.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/exploit
Contact: Nelson Elhage, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-exploit@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Facebook Apps: Building and Hosting with AppJet
Aaron Iba
Mon Jan 28, 06:30-08:00pm, 4-321
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: some basic programming
We will start from scratch and show you how to create and host facebook apps using AppJet, a new platform for easily building web apps. We will teach by example: printing "Hello World" on a canvas, sending notifications, and displaying things on a user's profile. We will also cover FBML and Facebook's REST API.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/facebookapps/
Contact: Aaron Iba, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-facebookapps@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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FileMaker Database Concepts & Design
Bronwen Heuer
Tue Jan 29, Thu Jan 31, 09-12:00am, W92-206
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
You will practice creating a database, including how to:
define fields
create calculating fields
set validation rules/auto-enter features
define relationships
view related data using portals
determine the appropriate uses of lookups versus unstored data.
Other topics:
security
conversion of databases from flat to relational
conversion from earlier versions of FileMaker
importing/exporting data
using scripts to automate common tasks.
Prerequisites: FileMaker Pro: Designing Reports and Layouts.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/registration.html
Contact: Anna Pope, N42, 617.253.5101, apope@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Free and Open Source Software: A Comprehensive History, with Gossip
Chris DiBona
Tue Jan 15, Wed Jan 16, Thu Jan 17, 07-08:00pm, E51-325
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
After a brief review of the most popular Free and Open Source Software(FOSS) licenses , Mr. DiBona will talk about their genesis and rise which complemented and mirrored that of the internet and computer science in general. In this 3 part IAP session you will come to know the people, the companies and the stories that have made FOSS so interesting. This talk will be presented by Chris DiBona, a MIT Sloan Visiting Scholar, Google's Open Source Programs Manager, Author of 2 books on the topic and a former Slashdot editor.
Contact: Chris DiBona, cdibona@mit.edu
Sponsor: Sloan School of Management
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Geographic Information Systems Workshops
GIS staff
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Jan-2008
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
MIT GIS Services will be offering a series of workshops to introduce the MIT community to Geographic Information Systems and the world of Digital Mapping. There will be sessions on both web mapping and desktop mapping tools.
MIT GIS Services are cooperatively supported by the MIT Libraries, OEIT, and IS&T.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/gis/teach/iap2008.html
Contact: GIS staff, 7-238, x8-5598, gisworkshops@mit.edu
Sponsor: Geographic Information Systems Lab
Introduction to GIS
GIS staff
Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic information and creating your own maps using ArcGIS, a powerful desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) available at MIT. Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata Repository, analyze the data and create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.
Tue Jan 22, 02-04:00pm, GIS Lab (7-238)
Open Source and Free Mapping Tools
GIS staff
There has been an explosion of open source and free mapping tools. In this talk we will offer a brief look into the neogeographer's world of online mapping.
Wed Jan 23, 02-03:00pm, 4-231
Introduction to GIS
GIS staff
Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic information and creating your own maps using ArcGIS, a powerful desktop Geographic Information System (GIS) available at MIT. Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata Repository, analyze the data and create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.
Thu Jan 24, 02-04:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Site Selection - Making Spatial Decisions Using a GIS
GIS staff
Learn to select a new project location based on a variety of data types and perform analysis using tools provided in ArcGIS. PreReq: Participants should take the Introduction to GIS or have previous experience using ArcGIS.
Fri Jan 25, 02-04:00pm, MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
Using Elevation Data and Hydrographic Tools in a GIS
GIS staff
Learn to read a topographic map and how to use a digital elevation model to create contour lines and do hydrographic analysis. PreReq: Participants should take the Introduction to GIS or have previous experience using ArcGIS.
Mon Jan 28, 02-04:00pm, MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
Mapping and Using US Census Data
GIS staff
The US Census holds an enormous amount of demographic information dating back to 1790. New and interesting relationships can be observed when looking at census data on a map. Come learn about what’s in the US Census and the tools available for mapping it.
Tue Jan 29, 02-04:00am, MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
Model Builder
GIS staff
Learn to use model builder for automating complex processes in GIS. This tool is useful for increasing efficiency and documenting your work. We will create models to automate processes learned in the 'Elevation and Hydrographic Tools' and 'Site Selection' workshops. PreReq: Participants should take the Introduction to GIS or have previous experience using ArcGIS.
Wed Jan 30, 02-04:00am, MIT GIS Lab (7-238)
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Hacking Facebook: JavaScript Sandboxes and How to Use/Escape/Write Them
Jeff Walden
Mon Jan 21, Wed Jan 23, 05-06:30pm, 1-115
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: JavaScript; some understanding of cross-site scripting attac
Facebook applications can execute arbitary, theoretically-declawed (!) JavaScript in the context of facebook.com. This class explores how Facebook's sandboxing works, ways it hasn't worked in the past, and the design of secure JavaScript sandboxes.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/facebook
Contact: Jeff Walden, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-facebook@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Hacking in Haskell
Gregory Price
Tue Jan 29, Thu Jan 31, 07:30-09:30pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Programming experience; affinity for mathy programs
Haskell is the world's most \\\*reasonable\\\* programming language -- a language ideally suited for reasoning about code by machines, by humans, and by machines aiding humans. We'll see how to make useful, beautiful, reasonable Haskell programs.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/hackhaskell
Contact: Gregory Price, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-hackhaskell@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Hardcore Intro to Mathematica -- Do Math More Quickly and Easily
Mats Ahlgren
Tue Jan 29, 02-06:00pm, 14-0637
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Knowledge of functions, variables, arrays suggested
Mathematica can aid homework and mathematical thinking. Examples from homework given. Interactive workshop at the end.
Audience:
undergrads, grads, faculty(?)
Mathematica:
- easy-to-learn math environment
- "notebook" paradigm gives Matlab run for its money
- language is high-level (less coding!)
- runs on all OSes
- free on Athena; can be bought cheap by students.
Some uses for Mathematica:
- Calculator (with units)
- Draw graphs
- Organize / facilitate homework
2-4PM: Brings beginners up to speed
4-5PM: Advanced topics
5-6PM: Interactive session; bring short questions (e.g. "How would I do X on Mathematica?", where X is a simple)
IMPORTANT:
Bring a well-charged laptop, install the Mathematica demo ahead of time, and download materials from class website.
Web: http://www.mit.edu/~mats_a/mathematica/iap2008
Contact: Mats Ahlgren, ahlgren@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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How To Make Your Mac Athena-ish
Evan Broder, Quentin Smith, Geoffrey Thomas
Wed Jan 30, 07-10:00pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Learn how to make your Mac computer work with the Athena environment - from automatic logins to Athena to running Athena software like blanche and moira, from using MIT's address book in your mail client to accessing files in AFS. Bring your laptop!
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/mac
Contact: Evan Broder, Quentin Smith, Geoffrey Thomas, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-mac@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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InDesign: Basics
John Madama
Wed Jan 30, Fri Feb 1, 09-04:00am, W92-206
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Fee: 340.00 for costs
Adobe's page layout program for Print, PDF's/Web. Day One covers basics/typography, working threaded text blocks, cropping/scaling graphics. Participants will learn to use Master Pages, spellcheck ,copyfit text, create/apply color, set automatic page numbering while creating a simple 3 page document - H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds.
Day Two concentrates on building a Newsletter/Brochure. Day Two includes: scaling type, inset graphics, text wrapping, gradients, auto drop capital letters, shadows, templates, clipping paths, transparency, layers, table of contents, index generation and placing type on a curved path/book commands.
Basic knowledge of word processing, working with a mouse required.
Pay for fee-based courses via SAP requisition, or with cash/check.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/training/registration.html
Contact: Anna Pope, N42, 617.253.5101, apope@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Introduction to LaTeX
Jessica McKellar
Thu Jan 10, 07-09:00pm, 1-115
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Leave Word behind forever! LaTeX is the gold standard for document typesetting in academia, and in this single-session event we'll see how easy it is to make professional-looking papers and resumes, get you typesetting math like a pro, delve into macros, and finish with Beamer, the popular open-source LaTeX analog to Powerpoint.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/latex
Contact: Jessica McKellar, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-latex@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Introduction to Mac OS X Leopard Server
Patrick McNeal, Stephen Ragalevsky
Tue Jan 29, 01-02:30pm, Broad Auditorium, 7 Cambridge Center
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 280 participants.
Single session event
Most people have seen Apple's Mac OS X client software, but have you ever seen their server solution? Built on open source technologies and open standards, Apple has created a product that can easily fit into just about any environment. During this session, Stephen Ragalevsky, a senior systems engineer with Apple, will give an introduction to Mac OS X 10.5 Server and cover topics such as deployment, collaboration tools, podcast producer and how to integrate it with existing MIT infrastructure.
This session is being held at the Broad Institute Auditorium, 7 Cambridge Center.
Contact: Patrick McNeal, N42-250e, x3-0196, mcneal@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Introduction to R (Statistical Software)
Ernest Sergenti, Data Fellow, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Fri Jan 25, 10am-12:00pm, E53-220
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 23-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: No previous experience with R is required.
Get an introduction to R, the open-source system for statistical computation and graphics available on Athena. With hands-on exercises, learn how to import and manage datasets, create R objects, and generate figures.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, 253-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Introduction to Regression Using Stata
Nealia Khan, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Wed Jan 30, 01-03:00pm, E53-220
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 28-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Familiarity with both Stata and the linear regression model.
This hands-on class will provide a comprehensive introduction to estimating the linear regression model using ordinary least squares in Stata. Topics covered include: multiple regression, dummy variables, interaction effects, hypothesis tests, and model diagnostics. In addition, instructors will explain the substantive interpretation of regression outputs.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, 253-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Introduction to Stata (Statistical Software)
Nealia Khan, Statistical Consultant, Harvard-MIT Data Center
Wed Jan 23, 10am-12:00pm, E53-220
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: No previous experience with Stata is required.
Interested in learning a statistical analysis software package? Get an introduction to Stata, the software available on Athena and commonly used in many departments across MIT. With hands-on exercises, explore Stata's many features and learn how to import and manage datasets and do statistical analysis.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill-Harman, E53-100, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Introduction to the "Google Phone" (Android Platform and Open Handset Alliance)
Andrew Yu, Rich Miner, Dave Mitchell, Joe Onorato
Mon Jan 28, 01-02:30pm, 32-144
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: n/a
In November 2007, Google announced a new major initiative — the Android software stack — and launched the Open Handset Alliance, a group of mobile technology companies aimed at developing applications for what is being welcomed as the first complete open mobile development platform.
This class will provide an introduction to the Android platform incuding the following:
1. What is Android and Open Handset Alliance? Why is this important?
2. Potential mobile applications?
3. Potential devices?
4. Software Development Kit (SDK) and other tools
Web: http://code.google.com/android
Contact: Andrew Yu, N42-250i, (617) 324-8985, andrewyu@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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LabVIEW Basics
Andrew Watchorn National Instruments
Wed Jan 23, Thu Jan 24, Fri Jan 25, 09am-04:00pm, 3-401
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 18 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
LabVIEW is a graphical programming language designed for scientists and engineers to simplify the programming process and increase productivity in the areas of design, prototype, and measurement. This workshop will introduce the LabVIEW environment, its features, dataflow programming, and common LabVIEW architectures. This will combine theory and practice on developing test and measurement, data acquisition, controls, data-logging, and measurement analysis applications.
Pre-registration is requested for participants (see registration link below). Students are encouraged to bring their own laptops (show up early and we'll install LabVIEW on your Windows laptop), for those without, demonstration laptops will be available with preference given to those who have pre-registered.
Contact: James Cain, 253-3909, jrcain@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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MIT TechTV & U
Kris Brewer
Fri Jan 11, 11am-12:00pm, 9-151, Kaufman Room
Thu Jan 17, 12-01:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
Wed Jan 23, 01-02:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
Tue Jan 29, 02-03:00pm, 9-152, Ford Room
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
1001 uses of MIT TechTV in support of education, research, activities, and outreach!
MIT TechTV is MIT’s free video posting and hosting service, specializing in science, engineering, and MIT-related videos. Any member of the MIT Community can use MIT TechTV to post video content for the world to see. In this seminar, you’ll learn how you can use MIT TechTV to accomplish your goals and support your group whether it's a class, lab, student organization, sport team, or department.
Questions and suggestions are welcomed and encouraged.
Web: http://techtv.mit.edu/
Contact: Kris Brewer, NE48-308, (617) 452-3157, brew@mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
Cosponsor: Libraries
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MS Project: Introduction
Kate Kibbee
Mon Jan 14, 09-04:00am, W92-203
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Fee: 175.00 for costs
This course is for individuals who use Microsoft Project 2002. Topics in this course cover the critical skills necessary to create and modify a project plan file that contains tasks, resources and resource assignments.
You may pay for fee-based courses via SAP requisition, or with cash or check. For more information see: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/training/registration.html
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/training/registration.html
Contact: Anna Pope, N42, 617.253.5312, apope@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Mac OS X Leopard Development Tools
Patrick McNeal, Steve Hayman
Thu Jan 31, 01-03:00pm, 32-123
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 318 participants.
Single session event
Leopard, Apple's sixth major release of Mac OS X, contains many new features geared towards developers. Join Steve Hayman, a National Consulting Engineer with Apple's US Education Team, as he discuss these tools, including:
+ XCode and Interface Builder 3.0
+ Instruments, a performance visualization tool built on top of the open source DTrace utility
+ Reusable frameworks included in Mac OS X
During his talk, Steve will create an application using some of these tools, and if we are lucky, it might involve an unplanned demonstration of the debugger as well.
Contact: Patrick McNeal, N42-250e, x3-0196, mcneal@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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MapReduce in 3 Days
Daniel Jackson
Mon Jan 14, Tue Jan 15, Wed Jan 16, 10am-04:00pm, E53-220
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2008
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Programming, preferably in Java; no distributing computation
Indexing the web, training spam filters over millions of documents, running weather simulations, solving protein folding problems, sorting a billion strings. Learn how to solve these problems using a large distributed network with a small amount of problem-specific code using MapReduce, a paradigm for distributed computation in widespread use at Google. Theory and practice of MapReduce: how to recognize a MapReduce, what it is and isn't good for, advanced tips and techniques, and how it fits into distributed computing. Includes programming exercises using Hadoop, an open-source implementation of MapReduce, on Google's academic datacenter cluster. Taught by Google engineers.
Lunch provided. Continued cluster access and mentorship after the class for those wanting to complete larger projects. To preregister email rif@google.com
Web: http://mr.iap.2008.googlepages.com
Contact: Daniel Jackson, dnj@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Master Class: Image Processing in MATLAB®
Steve Eddins, Ph.D. The MathWorks
Fri Jan 18, 11:45am-01:45pm, 4-237, [check in begins at 11:30 am]
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 78 participants.
Single session event
Come learn how to get the most from MATLAB and the Image Processing Toolbox™. This seminar will teach you:
- Image visualization and graphics techniques using transparency, overlays, and animation
- Advanced indexing methods
- Computational tips and tricks for nonlinear filtering
- Creative binary image processing
- Image preprocessing options you may not know about
And more!
Steve Eddins manages the image processing and geospatial computing development team at The MathWorks. Before joining The MathWorks, Eddins was on the faculty of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
Steve Eddins coauthored the book Digital Image Processing Using MATLAB and writes regularly about image processing and MATLAB at http://blogs.mathworks.com/steve.
Contact: James Cain, 253-3909, jrcain@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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MatLab -- A One Hour Introduction
Elena Glassman, Jeremy Hurwitz
Thu Jan 31, 02-03:00pm, 1-115, half hour QA afterrwards
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: No Prerequisites
Matlab combines a programming language with assorted toolboxes, it can be used for data processing, symbolic math, modeling dynamic systems, and more. Some classes are simply easier to take if you can use Matlab to help you
tackle problems and projects, while others incorporate Matlab exercises into assignments.
Come to HKN's interactive 1 hour class (plus a optional half hour of questions, answers, and additional topics) on Matlab basics. We'll start from the absolute beginning, and end with a working knowledge of Matlab, sufficient to hack together a solution. Topics will include matrix operations, graphics, data files, scripts, functions, and topics you request in the bonus half-hour.
Class held in "electronic classroom" but bring your laptop if you like.
Contact: Elena Glassman, elg@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Methods for Large-scale Statistical Computing in the Social, Behavioral and Health Sciences
Micah Altman, Senior Research Scientist Institute for Quantitative Social Science, Harvard U.
Mon Jan 28, 10am-01:00pm, E53-220, Individual consulting: 1-4pm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 24-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Familiar with fundamentals of statistical model estimation.
This course will help researchers performing large or complex statistical analyses to identify and analyze computational problems and thus improve performance, accuracy and reliability. Topics will include: fundamentals of computer arithmetic; computing architecture and performance; statistical benchmarking; principles of performance tuning; timing and profiling statistical codes; large database management; high-performance libraries; and distributed computing approaches.
The course is offered in a one-day mixed format. The morning portion of the class will be devoted to lecture and discussion. During the afternoon, the instructor will be available to offer one-on-one consulting on projects in either the planning or active stages. Please contact the instructor in advance to reserve a specific afternoon consulting time slot.
Contact: Micah Altman, Senior Research Scientist, (617) 496-3847, micah_altman@harvard.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Packaging Software with RPM
Jonathan Reed
Wed Jan 16, 03-05:00pm, 66-160
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: some shell scripting, building software
Learn how to package software into RPM packages, create source RPMs, and possibly explore some of the more advanced features of RPM.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/rpm
Contact: Jonathan Reed, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-rpm@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Photoshop: Basics
John Madama
Fri Jan 18, 25, 09-04:00am, W92-203
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 340.00 for costs
Course focuses on the capture, enhancement, and print/Internet publication of black-and-white and color photographs.
mastering file resolution, modes,formats
color/grayscale theory
tone/color correction
attaining high-quality, memory-efficient scans for different applications
image retouching, masking, hand-coloring,duotones
repairing damaged photographs
building composite images using layers
preparing images for high-resolution printing and the Internet/web
creating special effects using painting, stylizing, distortion filters
adding type to Photoshop files
optimizing the Photoshop environment.
You may pay for fee-based courses via SAP requisition,or with cash or check.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/training/registration.html
Contact: Anna Pope, N42, 617.253.5101, apope@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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PowerPoint Institute for Advanced Study
Craig Thomas
Tue Jan 29, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: PowerPoint Reform School or experience building presentation
So you've got the basic PowerPoint presentation down pat. Are you ready to go beyond static bullet points? Interested in adding animations and transitions? Want to go behind the scenes and customize the default slide designs -- or build your own? Do you crave sound and video? We'll cover these topics (and more) in a hands-on workshop session. (When you sign up via email, please indicate any other topics you'd like to see covered.)
Contact: Craig Thomas, clthomas@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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PowerPoint Reform School
Craig Thomas
Tue Jan 22, 02-03:30pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Experience creating PPT shows (preferably in PP 2003)
Sure, most of us can hammer out a few slides in PowerPoint and call it a presentation. But some PowerPoint shows look crisp and professional, while others look like amateur hour. What are the telltale signs of a not-ready-for-prime-time presentation -- and how can you fix them? In this hands-on session, we'll haul a delinquent presentation before the bar of PowerPoint justice, enumerate its crimes, and rehabilitate it. We'll use PowerPoint 2003. (Note: This session is not for PowerPoint beginners.)
Contact: Craig Thomas, clthomas@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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PowerPoint: Basics (WIN)
Lee Ridgway
Wed Jan 9, 01-04:00am, N42-186
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Fee: 75.00 for to cover materials
No graphics experience is necessary to create stunning presentations with PowerPoint.
In this class, you will learn how to:
work with text, graphics, charts, tables
learn principles of good slide design
work in the various PowerPoint views
create presentations
create speaker notes and audience handouts based on your slides.
You may pay for fee-based courses via SAP requisition or with cash or check. For more information see our website.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/training/registration.html
Contact: Anna Pope, N42, 617.253.5101, apope@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Practical Applications of Virtualization
Michael Phillips
Thu Jan 17, 07-09:00pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Knowledge of Linux suggested but not required
Virtualization is a heavily overloaded word, and this class will explore the different systems to which this term refers in practice. We'll look at various kinds of virtualization, with discussion of practical applications of each, including emulation (Bochs), native virtualization (VMWARE), paravirtualization (Xen), and operating system-level virtualization (OpenVZ). The session will end with an example implementation of an all-in-one media, mail, phone, and web server split across distinct virtual environments with OpenVZ for enhanced security and maintenance.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/virtual
Contact: Michael Phillips, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-virtual@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Programming in C
Geoffrey Thomas
Wed Jan 23, 09-11:00pm, 1-115
Fri Jan 25, Sat Jan 26, 05-07:00pm, 14-6037
Wed Jan 30, 09-11:00pm, 1-115
Fri-Sat, Feb 1-2, 05-07:00pm, 14-6037
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Some programming experience encouraged
The C programming language is still the most popular for large software projects in both the open-source and commercial worlds. This course will quickly cover the fundamentals of programming in C, including basic control structures, functions, pointers, and arrays, and an introduction to the standard C library.
NOTE: the Friday and Saturday sessions meet in 14-0637 from 5:00-7:00pm; see stuff.mit.edu/iap for additional details.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/c
Contact: Geoffrey Thomas, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-c@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Programming in Haskell
Ken Takusagawa
Wed Jan 9, 16, 23, 11am-12:00pm, 14-0637
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Some programming experience encouraged
This class will teach how to program in the functional programming language Haskell. It will cover the syntax, type system, non-strict execution model, and monads. Students are encouraged to bring their own laptop computers to be able to do hands-on exploration during the class.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/haskell
Contact: Ken Takusagawa, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-haskell@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Programming in Java
Tony Valderrama
Wed Jan 16, Thu Jan 17, 03-05:00pm, 14-0637
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Some programming experience
Wake up and smell the coffee! Find out why this platform-independent object-oriented lanuage from Sun Microsystems (now an open-source project) is one of the fastest growing languages in the modern computing industry.
Session 1: Basics (syntax, variables, methods); Object Orientation (inheritance, abstraction, etc.)
Session 2: Useful ways to do common tasks (Data structures, I/O, etc.); Graphics (Applets, SWT)
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/java
Contact: Tony Valderrama, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-java@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Programming in Perl
Quentin Smith
Tue Jan 22, Thu Jan 24, Tue Jan 29, Thu Jan 31, 05:30-07:30pm, 4-237
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: some programming experience.
Introduction to programming in Perl: syntax, flow control, I/O, regular expressions, data structures, objects, and some CGI programming.
NOTE: It is highly recommended that participants attend all four sessions, as different material will be covered in each session. The last session will probably be a question and answer session and will cover participant-requested material.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/perl
Contact: Quentin Smith, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-perl@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Programming in PostScript
Bayard Wenzel
Tue Jan 8, Thu Jan 10, Tue Jan 15, Thu Jan 17, 06-07:00pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Familiarity with programming.
PostScript is the standard document formatting language for printers, and the forerunner to PDF, the Portable Document Format. This class will concentrate both on PostScript as a programming language, and PostScript's approach to rendering graphics. Additional topics will include the structure of PDF documents, font encoding, and font rendering. This class should provide a working understanding of stack machine programming, vector graphics, typography, and portable document encoding.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/postscript
Contact: Bayard Wenzel, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-postscript@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Programming in Python
Evan Broder
Mon Jan 7, Wed Jan 9, Mon Jan 14, Wed Jan 16, 09pm-12:00am, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Some programming experience; not much needed.
A general introduction to the Python programming language. This class will cover basic control flow structures, object-oriented development, and may also cover such topics as developing extensions or Python web development. Basic experience with programming in any language will make the class much more helpful; it is highly recommended.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/python
Contact: Evan Broder, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-python@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Protecting Sensitive Information
John Dvorak, Tim McGovern, Allison Dolan, Christina Williams
Wed Jan 30, 02-03:30pm, 56-114
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The disclosure of sensitive information can result in complex and expensive notification activities, identity theft, legal action, and a significant amount of bad press.
John Dvorak will moderate the session and describe what sensitive information is and why it needs to be protected. Tim McGovern of IS&T will be talking about the legal, policy and data security incident response process at MIT. He will briefly review the new Massachusetts law that governs data security breaches. Allison Dolan of IS&T will address the recently initiated program to look at how MIT is handling Personally Identifying Information, with an initial focus on Social Security Numbers. Christina Williams of the Office of Major Agreements will talk about a new Institute-wide model that will allow DLCs to accept credit card payments in a secure manner.
Contact: John Dvorak, NE49-4031, x2-3577, dvorak@mit.edu
Sponsor: Audit Division
Cosponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Rhino CAD Workshop
Sloan Kulper Alumni
Thu Jan 17, 24, 08-09:30pm, N52-115
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Want to capture that special curve as digital goodness? Come to the Rhino 3D CAD
design workshop at MIT!
This is a class for the design and architecture-interested individual who would
like to learn how to use the (relatively) simple CAD program Rhino 3D. Bring
along your laptop and please download and install ahead of time from the
manufacturer's website:
http://download.mcneel.com/eval/?p=25
Jan 17 :
8:00-8:15 Install and set up Rhino
8:15-8:45 Rhino intro tutorial
8:45-9:30 Model an Ipod Earbud
Jan 24 :
8:00-8:30 Quick architectural model
8:30-9:30 Detailed architectural model
Contact: Sloan Kulper, N52-115, x3-2060, sloan2@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electronic Research Society
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Ruby on Rails
Brian Pepper
Fri Jan 11, 05-07:00pm, 1-115
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: familiarity with the UNIX terminal
Ruby on Rails is an open-source web framework that is optimized for programmer happiness and sustainable productivity. It lets you write beautiful code by favoring convention over configuration. We will dive right in and learn the framework as we go. During class, we will create a new social networking site called MyFace and, with any manner of luck, cash out before the evening is through.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/rails
Contact: Brian Pepper, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-rails@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Shell Scripting
Yoyo Zhou
Fri Jan 25, 03-05:00pm, 14-0637
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: Some experience with Unix and basic tools (ls, echo, cat)
Shell scripts are the common method of automating command-prompt tasks on Unix systems. This class will introduce the shell (the command-prompt), explain how the shell reacts to your typing, and present the fundamentals of shell programming.
Web: http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/shell
Contact: Yoyo Zhou, W20-557, x3-7788, sipb-iap-shell@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Space Software Engineering w/ Draper Lab
Erika Wagner
Tue Jan 8, 15, 15, 22, 22, 12-02:00pm, 33-218
Tue Jan 29, 12-02:00pm, 36-155, Note room change!
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 04-Jan-2008
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: some experience programming in a language of your choice
This ain't your high school code-a-thon!
Aerospace software development is uniquely challenging, with tough requirements for robustness and reliability. Layer on embedded systems and real time operating systems, and you've got yourself some fun design work.
Join us this IAP for an interactive 4-part workshop, offered jointly by Draper Lab and the Mars Gravity Biosatellite program. (LUNCH PROVIDED!)
Experienced Draper staff will take you through:
Specification (i.e. interpreting what engineers really want)
Real Time data handling and processing (i.e. keeping your spacecraft in orbit NOW)
Real Time code (i.e. things that don’t matter in Microsoft Word), and
Testing (i.e. breaking your system for fun & profit)
Undergrads, Grad Students and Community Members welcomed.
Web: http://www.marsgravity.org
Contact: Erika Wagner, 37-219, x3-0017, erika@mit.edu
Sponsor: MARS Gravity Biosatellite
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TSM: Who Needs Backups Anyway!
Dave Kalenderian, Bob Lang, Patrick Whitney
Thu Jan 24, 02-04:00pm, 1-135
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
IS&T is announcing new TSM (Tivoli Storage Manager)service levels for backing up and restoring data.
Learn about the new service levels, how much data can be backed up in each level, and what the costs are.
Contact: Dave Kalenderian, W91-213D, 253-7548, davek@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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The Science Behind Virtualization
Arturo Fagundo MIT Alum, Julia Austin
Mon Jan 28, Tue Jan 29, 01-03:00pm, 32-141
Wed Jan 30, 01-03:00pm, 56-154
Thu Jan 31, Fri Feb 1, 01-03:00pm, 32-141
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 18-Jan-2008
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: general programming experience
Virtualization has gained widespread attention and transformed the way companies think about their IT infrastructure. This course presents basic concepts which enable server virtualization, then delves into the science behind several application areas including resource management, storage, security, performance management, benchmarking and disaster recovery. We will also discuss the future of virtualization and the interesting opportunities presented as technology in both the enterprise and consumer markets evolves. Daily 1-1.5 hour lecture followed by 30 minutes for demonstrations and Q&A. Lectures will be delivered by VMware founder and senior engineers including several MIT alumni.
Web: http://scripts.mit.edu/~ant/vmware
Contact: iap-vms@mit.ed
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Using VUE to Map and Visualize Content from MIT's Image Repositories
Melanie St.James (Ed.M.) member of the VUE's development team at Tufts University
Fri Jan 25, 10am-12:00pm, 37-312
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
During this hands-on session, you will learn how to use VUE to create "concept/content maps" that can help you visualize content and relationships by tapping into MIT's image repositories such as the Rotch Visual Collection, OCW and Visualizing Culture's Black Ships and Samurai Collections.
The VUE tool was created with teaching, learning and research in mind. Come explore how this free, open-source software can help you find new ways to access and visualize digital content.
Melanie St.James (Ed.M.) is a member of the VUE's development team at Tufts University and consults with faculty, students and staff on integrating educational technologies in their work.
Web: http://vue.tufts.edu
Contact: Peter Wilkins, NE48-308, x3-1694, pwilkins@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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VoIP Series - Build, Test, and Deploy VoIP Applications with Asterisk and other Open-Source Applications
Elliot Eichen
Tue Jan 29, 01-02:30pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
This session will provide an overview of the open-source toolbox for Voice over IP (IP-PBXs, SIP Proxies and User Agents, Protocol and Media debugging, Codecs, Signaling and Media Testing, etc.). Particular emphasis will be placed on using Asterisk (distributions, architecture, features, configuration, and applications). The session will include discussion and demonstration.
Contact: Elliot Eichen, N42-169, x3-8647, eeichen@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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VoIP Series - Personal SIP Account Workshop
Dennis Baron
Tue Jan 22, 01-02:30pm, 4-231
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
IS&T provides Personal SIP accounts to users in the MIT community. This service is intended for those interested in exploring new technologies and are comfortable in a "do-it-yourself" environment. This session will provide a brief overview of SIP, allow you to activate your account, and download software and begin making voice calls over the Internet. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop with audio input and output device (eg. headset with microphone).
Contact: Dennis Baron, W92-155, x2-1232, dbaron@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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VoIP Series - SIP Fundimentals
Dennis Baron
Tue Jan 15, 01-02:30pm, 4-149
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
IS&T is rolling out Voice over IP (VoIP) services based on the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). This session will provide a basic overview of SIP technology and how it is used to deliver voice and video services over the Internet. It is intended for those interested in experimenting with new technologies, developing and debugging applications based on SIP, or those just interesting in "how things work".
Contact: Dennis Baron, W92-155, x2-1232, dbaron@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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WIN.MIT.EDU Container Administrator Training
Richard Edelson
Tue Jan 8, Wed Jan 9, Thu Jan 10, 01-04:00pm, W92-206
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2008
Limited to 54 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Some IT responsibility within your department/area
This is the annual IAP training session for WIN.MIT.EDU container administration. This is a one afternoon session which covers the basics of administering your departments container within MIT's central Active Directory domain. Both current and perspective administrators are welcome to attend. The session covers Windows XP, Server 2003, and for the first time Windows Vista.
There are three identical sessions given on the 8th, 9th and 10th of January in building W92, room 208. Each session has 18 seats. To reserve a spot, please email redelson@mit.edu
Contact: Richard Edelson, W92-168, (617) 253-3347, redelson@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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Word: Basics
Bronwen Heuer
Tue Jan 8, 09-12:00am, W92-203
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Dec-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
This course is a follow-on to Word:Basics Level 1. Topics include:
character formatting: fonts, font sizes
paragraph formatting: line spacing, paragraph spacing, indents, alignments, bullets, numbering, tabs
page formatting: margins, breaks, columns, headers, footers
find and replace.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ist/topics/training/registration.html
Contact: Anna Pope, N42, 617.253.5101, apope@mit.edu
Sponsor: Information Services and Technology
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