A Sampling of Interesting Images from Rotch Visual Collections
Jolene de Verges, Andrea Schuler, Yahya Melhem, Chris Donnelly
Wed Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, 7-238 (Rotch Conf)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Join the staff of Rotch Visual Collections for an hour devoted to exploring recent acquisitions - all of which are located in Dome, MIT’s digital repository. Images to be shown and discussed include recent additions to the Aga Khan Visual Archive; images of modernist architecture in India by Le Corbusier and Louis Kahn (donated to the Society of Architectural Historians SAHARA project); photographs from retired architecture professor Maurice Smith’s teaching collection; images of Boston, Chicago, and the Southwest seen from the air, taken by noted photographer Alex MacLean of Landslides Aerial Photography; Augustus Pugin’s etchings from his influential 1836 book of architectural criticism, "Contrasts, or a parallel between the noble edifices of the 14th and 15th edifices and similar buildings of the present day," and historical maps.
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/findingimages
Contact: Jolene de Verges, 7-238, x8-5593, jdeverge@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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An Introduction to Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
Shaoyan Chu
Thu Jan 28, 12:30-01:30pm, 13-2137
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Topics of this training course include the concept of ICP-AES and process of basic sample preparation, calibration and background correction.
Contact: Shaoyan Chu, 13-3134, x3-0054, sc79@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Balancing the Scales: Getting the Most Out of Your Undergraduate Career
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Want to learn what it takes to be a well-balanced student - personally, academically, and socially? Then this series is for you! Using a combination of discussion, short readings, and structured exercises, we will look at various issues undergraduates often face in the transition of life at MIT. These issues include time management, defining leadership, ethical challenges and communication. This series is designed to be participatory and lively.
Contact: Elizabeth Young, 7-103, 253-6786, ecy@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Define a Leader
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman
Mon Jan 11, 12-01:00pm, 1-277
Communication: Refining Your People Skills
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman
Thu Jan 14, 12-01:00pm, 1-277
Skills for Academic Success
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman
Tue Jan 19, 12-01:00pm, 1-277
Degrees, Classes, Majors, Careers
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman
Thu Jan 21, 12-01:00pm, 1-277
Public Speaking
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 4-145
Ethics
Elizabeth Young, Dan Chapman
Thu Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 1-277
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Bioinformatics Software Tool: BIOBASE
Courtney Crummett
Mon Jan 11, 02-05:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Learn how to use the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (BKL) and Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD) bioinformatics tools licensed by MIT Libraries. Interested in systems biology, biomarkers, drug target discovery, and high-throughput data analysis? Learn to use HGMD, a comprehensive database on human germ-line mutations associated with disease, to determine whether a newly identified gene lesion is novel, search for an overview of known mutations within a given gene, or search for a particular type of gene mutation within a specific chromosomal location.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Bioinformatics for Beginners
Erja Kajosalo
Wed Jan 6, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Tue Jan 12, 03-04:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) Entrez family of databases is the foundation of knowledge for molecular level bioscience research. Class attendees will learn about the organization of key NCBI databases, understand the database record structure, and work with the BLAST search tool. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to, or curious about bioinformatics research tools.
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, x3-9795, kajosalo@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Classical Geometry
Abhinav Kumar
Tue Jan 26, 01-02:30pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about some famous problems and theorems in classical geometry and some of their connections to modern mathematics.
Contact: Abhinav Kumar, 2-169, x3-4057, abhinav@math.mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
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Conducting a Level II EHS Inspection of a Machine Shop
Pam Greenley, Gerry Fallon, Bret Dyer
Fri Jan 8, 10am-12:00pm, 3-050
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Intended audience: EHS Coordinators, EHS Officers who do inspections, machinists who supervise a shop
Attendees will get a brief review of what to look for in an EHS inspection of a machine shop and then will have an opportunity to conduct an inspection of the Edgerton Center MIT Student Machine Shop. Informal small group walk around followed by a wrap-up to discuss findings and questions.
Contact: Pam Greenley, N52-496, x3-9390, greenley@mit.edu
Sponsor: Environment, Health and Safety Office
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Cool Tools for Science & Engineering Research
Remlee Green
Wed Jan 27, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
With so many tools on the web, how do you find the really good ones to help with your work? In this session, we’ll show a variety of online and mobile tools to help you keep current on the latest research in your field, manage your references, and share information easily with colleagues at MIT and around the world. Tools highlighted will include RSS feeds, Mendeley, WebNotes, Scivee, PubGet, and QUOSA.
Contact: Remlee Green, 14S-134, 253-4088, remlee@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Cool Tools for Science and Engineering Research: Meet the Developers!
Howard Silver
Thu Jan 21, 04-05:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn about new tools to support your research, collaboration, and personal knowledge management. Three developers will demonstrate their applications.
QUOSA Information Manager: QUOSA can help streamline your literature management. Search for articles and retrieve one or many PDFs in a single step from PubMed, Web-of-Knowledge, and other databases. Organize and manage your existing article PDF collections, and share them with your group in real time.
WebNotes Academic is the world's first research tool that allows you to annotate PDF documents and web pages, all seamlessly while online.
ResearchGATE is a scientific network that connects researchers. Find research partners, collaborate with scientists and explore journal articles.
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Dissertation Boot Camp
Graduate Student Council - Academics, Research, and Careers
Wed Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 09am-05:30pm, TBA
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Dec-2009
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 25.00 for subsidizing cost of series.
For students who would like to strengthen healthy writing habits while writing their dissertation, the Dissertation Boot Camp aims to enable focused writing time, with individual support from MIT Writing and Communication Center staff and exercise breaks led by MIT Center for Health Promotion and Wellness staff. Students must supply their own laptop computers and commit to the daily writing schedule.
Enrollment priority given to students in the middle-to-final stages of writing their dissertations.
Contact: Uric Ferner, gsc-arc@mit.edu
Sponsor: Graduate Student Council
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EHS -MS: Building a toolbox for the EHS Coordinator
Gerry Fallon, Pam Greenley, Mitch Galanek
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:30pm, N52-496
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
The DLC-EHS Coordinator plays a key role in the EHS MS and receives authority from the DLC Head to manage the EHS-MS functions within the DLC. This course will examine the specific requirements of the Coordinator position, review the web based Pi/Space registration, training, and level 2 inspection programs including reports, and a discussion with current EHS Coordinators of the skills and techniques (rep meetings, web page, auto emails) that have proven valuable in meeting the expectation of this role. Participants will be encouraged to share experiences, discuss strengths and examine opportunities to improve delivery of EHS-MS requirements to the DLC.
Lunch will be provided.
Contact: Melissa Kavlakli, N52-496, x2-3233, mjpotter@mit.edu
Sponsor: Environment, Health and Safety Office
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EHS Representative Orientation
Pam Greenley
Thu Jan 21, 09:30am-12:30pm, N52-496
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: Register at http://mit.edu/environment/training/.
This is a training course for new and existing EHS reps on their role in the EHS Management System, their responsibilites under the EHS-MS, and a brief overview of EHS issues they may be asked about by their lab mates.
Topics include:
--- Interacting with your PI and labmates
--- Updating your lab's PI/Space registration database
--- Helping new people complete the Training Needs Assessment
--- Generating training reports for your lab group
--- How to conduct a Level I inspection
--- How is your lab evaluated during a Level II inspection
--- EHS issues and resources like finding MSDS's, how to set-up chemical storage, and what to look for in hazardous waste satellite accumulation areas.
Web: http://mit.edu/environment/training/
Contact: Melissa Kavlakli, N52-496, x2-3233, mjpotter@mit.edu
Sponsor: Environment, Health and Safety Office
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Eloranta Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Information Session
Sara Nelson
Thu Jan 14, 04-05:00pm, 4-145
Tue Jan 19, 03:30-04:30pm, 1-132
Mon Jan 25, 04-05:00pm, 4-145
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The Eloranta Fellowship offers $6,000 stipends for MIT undergraduates (including graduating seniors) to spend the summer of 2010 on their own independent investigation/research project or branch out in a new direction inspired by some previous work.
Recipients of the 2009 Eloranta Fellowship may be present to discuss their student-originated and directed work.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/eloranta/
Contact: Sara Nelson, 7-104, x3-0751, snelson@mit.edu
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
Cosponsor: Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
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EndNote Basics
Peter Cohn, Howard Silver
Wed Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132
Tue Jan 19, Mon Jan 25, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
EndNote is a "personal bibliographic software" package which allows you to create and manage a database of bibliographic references.
Attendees will create a personal database of cited literature by importing references from resources such as Barton, Web of Science, PubMed, & other sources of published literature. Your database can be used to automatically generate in-text citations and bibliographies in your manuscripts. It can also help you organize and manage your PDF files.
Contact: Peter Cohn, 7-238, x8-5596, pcohn@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Finding & Using Historical Newspapers
Michelle Baildon
Tue Jan 26, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Whether for research or for fun, reading historical newspapers gives us a fascinating view of the past. This hands-on workshop will show you how to find and use newspapers (online and otherwise) going back as far as the 17th century. Focus will be on U.S. papers, though international papers will also be covered.
If you need to gather facts and primary sources for papers and reports, want background information for a creative writing project, or are just curious how much the critics liked your favorite classic book or movie, this session is for you! Bring your Boston Public Library card number, if you have one.
Contact: Michelle Baildon, 14S-222, x3-9352, baildon@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Finding Research Datasets: ICPSR and the Harvard-MIT Data Center
Katherine McNeill
Thu Jan 14, 01-02:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2010
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Need data to answer a research question? Interested in analyzing raw datasets with micro-level records about individual respondents? This hands-on workshop will familiarize you with the resources of the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) and the Harvard-MIT Data Center, which provide access to datasets in the social sciences and related fields. Topics will include the structure of data files, finding and downloading datasets, and understanding data documentation.
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/data/training/workshops.html
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Get the most from your "omics" analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
Courtney Crummett
Tue Jan 5, 09:30am-12:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Attend this IAP session and learn how to use GeneGo, a bioinforamtics software tool licensed by MIT Libraries. GeneGo provides a solution for using "omics" gene lists to generate and prioritize hypotheses with MetaCore. Learn how to work with different types of data (genomics, proteomics, metabolomics and interaction data) beginning with how to upload gene lists and expression data. Use GeneGo software to:
upload, batch upload, store, share and check data properties and signal distribution;
extract functional relevance by determining the most enriched processes across several ontologies;
emphasize the role of expression data in your analysis;
visually predict experimental results, associated disease and possible drug targets; and
compare data sets and work with experiment intersections.
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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How to Find a UROP
UROP Staff
Tue Jan 5, 04-05:00pm, 1-150
Thu Jan 21, 03-04:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: N/A
Learn everything you need to know to find a UROP position! We will talk about approaching faculty supervisors, when and where to look for projects, UROP paperwork and registration procedures. Please bring your questions! Discussions will be led by UROP staff.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/urop/
Contact: UROP Staff, 7-104, x3-7306, urop@mit.edu
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
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Introduction to Company and Industry Research for Engineers and Scientists
Stephanie Hartman, Angie Locknar, Alex Caracuzzo
Fri Jan 22, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
You may be a skilled investigator on the topic of science or engineering, but what do you know about business research? This session will introduce you to library-supported databases that cover company and industry information. We will use hands-on exercises to demonstrate strategies for researching two key components of a business plan: competitors and industry trends.
Contact: Stephanie Hartman, 10-500, x3-9361, hartman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Introduction to the Scanning Electron and Focused Ion Beam Microscopy, Part 1: SEM
Patrick Boisvert, Shiahn Chen
Thu Jan 28, 02-03:00pm, 13-2137
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
The lecture will provide an introduction to the basic principles of Scanning Electron Microscopy with an approach to EDX, EBSD, and BSE.
Contact: Patrick Boisvert, 13-1018, x3-3317, pboisver@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Materials Science and Engineering
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Keeping Current: Using RSS Feeds to Stay Ahead in Your Research
Darcy Duke
Fri Jan 15, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Single session event
What's an RSS feed? How can I use it to keep up with new information in my field? We'll show you how RSS and other current awareness tools can help you stay up to date in your field of research. This will be a hands-on session on Windows PCs, but you are also welcome to bring your own laptop. No pre-registration, but space is limited so come early!
Contact: Darcy Duke, 10-500, x3-9370, darcy@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Lablife Tutorial
Amy Stout
Tue Jan 26, 12:30-01:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
LabLife (www.lablife.org) provides free lab management software to biologists. Learn how LabLife can help you organize your lab materials, coordinate lab ordering, analyze DNA sequences, and more! Also, meet the MIT alums behind the software.
Web: http://www.lablife.org
Contact: Amy Stout, 10-500, x3-4442, astout@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Linked Data
Robert Wolfe
Wed Jan 27, 02-03:00pm, 14N-132
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
A current internet buzzword is "linked data". The idea of linked data is closely aligned with the goal of exposing rich data sources on the web, and it represents a next step in efforts to build a semantic web. How is linked data different from the links in hypertext? How can it be applied to the publication of MIT's scholarly research data and the integration of MIT's content management systems (for example,Stellar, OCW, and DSpace)? What is its relation to Semantic Web technologies like RDF, OWL, and URIs? This session will answer these questions and discuss current linked data applications. We will consider how linked data principles may be applied to the publication of MIT's scholarly research data and how MIT organizations can collaborate to create, publish, and share linked data.
Contact: Robert Wolfe, 14E-210B, x3-0604, rwolfe@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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MATLAB for Neuroscientists
Daniel Bendor
Wed Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 05-07:00pm, 46-3015, bring laptop w/ matlab loaded
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: bring laptop with matlab to class
This class will teach MATLAB basics for use in neuroscience research. No experience with MATLAB is required. The class will meet once a week for 2 hours.
Class 1: Intro to MATLAB
-matrix operations
-data formats
-basic operations
-building an m-file
Class 2: Analyzing Your Data
-statistical tests
-plotting data
-making figures
Class 3: Designing a Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Class 4: Advanced Topics
-using MATLAB for behavioral experiments
Contact: Susan Lanza, 46-2005R, x3-0482, sdl@mit.edu
Sponsor: Brain and Cognitive Sciences
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Managing Research Data 101
Amy Stout, Anne Graham, Kate McNeil
Tue Jan 12, 11am-12:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Tue Jan 26, 10-11:00am, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None
For researchers struggling to manage their data, basic strategies will be provided for
-- best practices for retention and archiving
-- effective directory structures and naming conventions
-- good file formats for long-term access
-- data security and backup options
-- metadata, tagging, and citation
-- other relevant issues
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/data-management
Contact: Amy Stout, 10-500, x3-4442, astout@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Managing your references: Overview of EndNote, RefWorks and Zotero
Mathew Willmott, Remlee Green
Mon Jan 11, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Thu Jan 28, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. These software packages allow users to search databases, retrieve relevant citations, and build a bibliography to be added to a paper or thesis or stored for future reference. But which software package should you use, and how do you get started? This session will focus on EndNote, RefWorks, and Zotero, the three major options for bibliographic software at MIT. We will include a discussion comparing and contrasting the three softwares, and we will introduce some of the basic concepts and functionality of each program.
20 computers are available; first-come first-served. Attendees are welcome to bring their laptops.
Contact: Mathew Willmott, 14S-134, 617.324.5855, willmott@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Mechanics ReView
Prof. Dave Pritchard
Mon-Fri, Jan 11-15, 19-22, 02-05:00pm, 26-152
Mon Jan 25, 02-05:00pm, 34-144
Tue Jan 26 thru Fri Jan 29, 02-05:00pm, 32-144
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 07-Jan-2010
Limited to 50 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Contact Nancy Boyce at nboyce@mit.edu by 12:00 noon 1/7/09
Mechanics ReView– Prof. Dave Pritchard
Start: Jan 11, Monday
End: Jan 29, Friday
Building on Newtonian Mechanics at the 8.01 level, we will offer a unified view of how to solve real world mechanics problems that involve several concepts at once. We will emphasize several themes: modeling reality, making sense of the answer, approximations/estimation, how to approach problems and decompose them into simpler pieces, and a teacher-authored and student-modified WIKI on problem solving using models.
Limited enrollment – sign up by 12:00 noon Thursday Jan. 7
Contact: Nancy Boyce, 4-315, x3-4461, nboyce@mit.edu
Sponsor: Physics
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Middle East Blogsphere: Who Are They? Where Archived?
Omar Khalidi, Yahya Melhem
Tue Jan 26, 12-01:00pm, 7-238 (Rotch Conf)
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2010
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
Who are the main bloggers in the Middle East. How are they changing the culture of communication in the region? Where are the blogs archived. Come and hear this exciting presentation that shows the dynamics of change in the Middle East in blogsphere.
Contact: Omar Khalidi, 7-238, x8-5597, okhalidi@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Offline Image Viewer for Presentations with Images
Jolene de Verges, Peter Wilkins
Wed Jan 6, 12:30-01:30pm, DIRC (14N-132)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Looking for an alternative to Powerpoint for presenting images? The Offline Image Viewer (OIV), developed by ARTstor, is an alternative tool for giving offline classroom presentations. OIV allows users to download much larger images from ARTstor or import local images, at up to 3200 pixels on the long side. There is public access to this software. Users may combine ARTstor images with their own content to create digital slide show presentations that feature side-by-side comparisons, zooming and panning, and the ability to customize text on the slides. ARTstor's Offline Image Viewer (OIV) enables instructors to give reliable classroom presentations using both high-resolution ARTstor images and local content without being connected to the Internet.
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/findingimages
Contact: Jolene de Verges, 7-238, x8-5593, jdeverge@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
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On your way to 2013....Making the Transition to Sophomore Year
UAAP Staff
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Signup by: 31-Jan-2010
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Sophomore year is approaching faster than you think. Come join us for a discussion on what you can expect and how you can make a smooth transition into your sophomore year.
Come to one program or enjoy them all!
Contact: UAAP Staff, 7-103, x3-9764, dwc@mit.edu
Sponsor: Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Choosing the Right Major
UAAP Staff/MIT Students
Everyone needs a little guidance when it comes to picking a major. Stop by for advice and to hear how other undergraduates made the tough decision of which major to choose.
(Panel/Question and Answer Session)
Wed Jan 13, 12-01:00pm, W20-407
How to Talk to Faculty: The Do's and Don'ts
UAAP Staff/MIT Faculty
Do you have trouble talking with faculty? Are you comfortable asking a faculty member to write a letter of recommendation? How do you establish a working relationship with your UROP supervisor?
Hear from MIT faculty on how to best approach their fellow faculty members.
Space is limited. Please RSVP by emailing dwc@mit.edu by January 15, 2010.
Wed Jan 20, 02-03:00pm, W20 - PDR 1 & 2
Get a Jump Start on Your Sophomore Year
UAAP Staff/MIT Students/UG Admins
This interactive session will include a student and staff panel that will tell you the real deal about what you need to know (grades, academic changes, issues, and things to look out for) in your sophomore year.
Wed Jan 27, 01-02:00pm, W20-CoffeeHouse
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Patent Searching Fundamentals
Darcy Duke, Howard Silver
Wed Jan 20, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Thu Jan 21, 12-01:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 25 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
While you won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, you will be able to successfully find patent references from all over the world and know how to obtain patent text and diagrams. The session will be a hands-on practicum that will help de-mystify the patent literature and expose attendees to key resources for finding patents through free resources available on the web. No pre-registration, but space is limited so come early!
Web: http://libraries.mit.edu/patents
Contact: Darcy Duke, 10-500, x3-9370, darcy@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Practical Topics in Statistics
John Maloney MNG'06
Mon Jan 25, 05:30-06:30pm, 6-120, Moved from Bush Room!
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Materials science graduate student John Maloney MNG'06
(1) appeals to the audience to always label one's error bars;
(2) reviews basic statistics topics to develop an intuitive understanding of why hypothesis testing is useful but flawed; and
(3) describes modern techniques such as bootstrapping and information criteria that can help one answer the pivotal research question: whether a measured effect is likely or not to be due to chance.
Please register via the link below.
Web: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/public/Register.dyn?eventID=39241&groupID=194
Contact: Katie Maloney, W98, x2-3372, kcasey@mit.edu
Sponsor: Alumni Association
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Protocols and Methods: Recipes for successful research
Howard Silver
Tue Jan 12, 05-06:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Prereq: none
A couple hours in the Library can save you a couple of weeks in the lab. Don't waste your time reinventing the gelatin sponge-choriallantoic membrane assay. Improve your efficiency by learning strategies for finding published research protocols and methods. This session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent introduction to resources that support bioscience bench research.
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, x3-9319, hsilver@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Publishing Smart: A Hands-on Workshop on Journal Quality Measures and Publisher Copyright Policies
Ellen Finnie Duranceau
Tue Jan 12, 01-02:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Intended for graduated students or other interested MIT authors, addresses what copyright means to you as an author, how you can assess a publisher's copyright policies, and how you can use web-based tools that assess journal quality. Open access publishing models, the new MIT Faculty Open Access Policy, and the use of the MIT amendment to alter standard publisher agreements will also be discussed.
Contact: Ellen Finnie Duranceau, 14E-210A, x3-8483, efinnie@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Quantitative Reasoning Refresher
Ezra Glenn
Thu Jan 21, 10am-12:00pm, 9-450A
Thu Jan 28, 02-04:00pm, 9-450A
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
The DUSP QR Test Out exam will take place on Monday, February 1, 2010. Over IAP I will offer two refresher sessions: 1/21 (10-noon) and 1/28 (2-4pm). Please review the material at http://web.mit.edu/eglenn/www/QR/ and come with questions or problems.
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 3-337, x2-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
Sponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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RefWorks Basics
Anita Perkins, Georgiana McReynolds
Thu Jan 21, 04:30-05:30pm, 14N-132
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: None
RefWorks is a web-based resource designed to help you organize references and create a bibliography. RefWorks allows you to search, retrieve relevant citations, easily cite references as you write your paper, and build your bibliography. It allows users to create individual or group accounts.
Contact: Anita Perkins, E53-100, x2-1510, perkins@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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The Prime Number Theorem
Sigurdur Helgason
Tue Jan 5, 12:30-02:00pm, 2-105
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
The location of prime numbers is a central question in number theory. Around 1808, Legendre offered experimental evidence that the number P(x) of primes < x behaves like x/log x for large x. Tchebychev proved (1848) the partial result that the ratio of P(x) to x/log x for large x lies between 7/8 and 9/8. In 1896 Hadamard and de la Vallée Poussin independently proved the Prime Number Theorem that the limit of this ratio is exactly 1. Many distinguished mathematicians (particularly Norbert Wiener) have contributed to a simplification of the proof and now (by an important device by D.J. Newman and an exposition by D. Zagier) a very short and easy proof is available. This will be given in the lecture in full detail. The proof involves only standard Calculus except at the very end where Cauchy’s theorem in the complex
Contact: Sigurdur Helgason, 2-182, x3-3668, helgason@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mathematics
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Tips & Techniques for Searching for Images Online
Jolene de Verges, Chris Donnelly, Andrea Schuler, Yahya Melhem
Thu Jan 14, 02:30-03:30pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Searching for visual content in online environments is often confusing even for those who are quite experienced with text-based searching. An effective search and discovery method for images requires that one become more visually literate. In fact, because of the current proliferation of images visual literacy has increased in importance during the 21st century. This session will focus on strategies for finding images in image repositories. Tips will be offered to help you construct an effective search. Unidentified images will be projected and participants will analyze and “interpret” the images in order to understand how to retrieve them in the digital environment. Participants will have an opportunity to practice searching through challenging hands-on exercises.
Web: http://libguides.mit.edu/findingimages
Contact: Jolene de Verges, 7-238, x8-5593, jdeverge@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Traditional Medicines & Systems Biology Course a 3-Day Seminar
V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
This 3-day seminar is an introduction to Indian and Chinese systems of traditional medicines as well as Modern Systems Biology. Traditional systems of medicine were perhaps one of the first approaches the systems biology.
Contact: V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai, vashiva@mit.edu
Sponsor: Biological Engineering
Basics Indian Systems of Medicine: Siddha & Ayurveda
V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai
In this session, we will cover the basics of the Indian Systems of Medicine: Siddha and Ayurveda. We will review The Gunas, Indian Five Elements, Tri-Doshas and Diagnosis Methods.
Mon Jan 18, 02-03:30pm, 3-237
Basics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai
In this session, we will cover the basics of Yin & Yang, Chinese Five Elements Theory and Diagnosis Methods.
Tue Jan 19, 02-03:30pm, 3-237
Modern Systems Biology
V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai
In this session, we will cover the basics of modern systems biology. We will review Biological Pathways, Cell Modeling and Whole Physiome Modeling, and Personalized Medicine.
Wed Jan 20, 02-03:30pm, 3-237
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Using Wikipedia to Create Meaningful Learning Experiences
Barbara Williams
Wed Jan 13, 10-11:15am, 14N-132
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 21 participants.
The purpose of this session is to provide an understanding of how Wikipedia can be used to create meaningful learning experiences. As a result of participating in this activity, participants will understand why it is important for academia to contribute to this body of literature, and how to add a reference to a Wikipedia article.
Contact: Barbara Williams, 10-500, 253-5666, barbaraw@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Writing and formatting your thesis: don't let WORD get you down
Lourdes Aleman
Wed Jan 13, 04-05:00pm, 14N-132 (DIRC)
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Single session event
Are you writing your thesis this year? This one-hour interactive tutorial led by a recent PhD graduate will illustrate some simple shortcuts you can take in Microsoft Word to make thesis formatting a breeze (automatically generating/updating table of contents, applying consistent formatting throughout the document, etc.), saving you many precious hours. Room where the workshop will be held has 20 PC's available on a first-come first-serve basis or you can bring your own laptop.
Contact: Lourdes Aleman, NE48-308, 715-5348, laleman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
Cosponsor: Biology
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