UROP & OME Staff
Jan/24 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | W16 Kresge Lobby |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Never participated in UROP? Want to get involved, but don't know where to start? Come to the 2013 IAP UROP Expo and meet faculty, staff, and students representing UROP departments, labs, and centers across campus. The Expo provides an excellent opportunity to find out about UROP in the areas that interest you most! Knowledgeable representatives from participating departments will be on hand to answer your UROP-related questions, such as: - When is the best time to start looking for a UROP? - What is the best way to approach faculty within the department? - What kind of experience might I need? - I'm interested in a specific type of research; who in the department should I contact? UROP students will display posters on their research and share their UROP experiences. UROP staff will be on hand to answer your questions about the UROP proposal process, research credit, funding, and other aspects of the program.
Sponsor(s): Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, Office of Minority Education
Contact: UROP Staff, 7-104, x3-7306, urop@mit.edu
John F. Carrier, Sloan School of Management
Jan/24 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 66-110 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: none
Overview
5S is a technique to improve the performance, morale, and safety of its "human systems". It is based on 5 “S” words:
It is the best way to stabilize and optimize systems where people share common resources and equipment. Despite its apparent simplicity, it is rooted in the principles of control system dynamics and the psychology of human interaction.
If you feel –
Then 5S is for you!
During the session, we will discuss –
To bring:
Nothing is required. Bring members of your workspace!
Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering
Contact: John Carrier, (617) 939-4396, JFCARRIE@MIT.EDU
Donald Galler, Research Engineer
Enrollment: Advance sign up. First come, first serve basis.
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Flexible. Training requirements will be half day
Prereq: High School Physics
This class is an introduction to the basic operation of a scanning electron microscope. The basic operating principles will be covered and the attendees will be trained on the use of the microscope.
The microscope is a new JEOL 6610 LV scanning electron microscope (SEM) with several advanced features:
This is a training class but anyone interested in these modern research tools is welcome to attend.
Attendees are encouraged to bring samples for exploration and will operate the microscope as part of the class.
Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Donald Galler, 4-133, 617-253-4554, dgaller@mit.edu
Jan/22 | Tue | 09:00AM-05:00PM | SEM lab room 4-141, 1 hour lunch break | |
Jan/23 | Wed | 09:00AM-05:00PM | SEM lab room 4-141, 1 hour lunch break |
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Donald Galler - Research Engineer
Katherine Julian, Staff Associate, UAAP
Jan/23 | Wed | 12:30PM-01:30PM | 4-149, Lunch is provided |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Want to find a UROP? Not sure where to start? Don't know if you'll have time? Come to a UROP panel sponsored by the Baker Foundation and the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming. Get the inside scoop from undergraduates who have done UROPs in several different departments. This is a great way to gear up for the IAP UROP expo which takes place the next day. Lunch will be provided!
Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: Katherine Julian, 7-103, 617 253-9764, KJULIAN@MIT.EDU
Dr. Shaoyan Chu
Jan/16 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Topics of this training course include the concept of ICP-AES and processes of basic sample preparation, calibration and background correction.
Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Shaoyan Chu, 13-3134, x3-0054, sc79@mit.edu
Kurt Fendt
Jan/31 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-180 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 20 participants
Have you ever wondered how to annotate online texts with your thoughts, comments, or associations? Does an image better express what you are imagining while reading a literary text? How about sharing your comments with friends, fellow students, or colleagues? How can you integrate digital text annotation in your teaching? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, please join us during IAP for HyperStudio's workshop on digital annotation tools designed for humanities students, scholars, and educators.
In this hands-on workshop you'll learn how to create, tag, link, and share annotations in web-based environments. The workshop will include:
Introduction to digital text annotation - evaluate various online text annotation tools
Hands-on sessions - work with your own text using Annotation Studio
Text annotation for teaching and scholarship - Discuss how to best apply these tools in your research and scholarship.
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies
Contact: Gabriella Horvath, ghorvath@mit.edu
Vibhu Sachdev, Associate Licensing Officer
Jan/24 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:30PM | Room 3-133, Please register at: http://tlo.mit.edu/iapevents |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
The transfer of materials into and out of MIT is steadily increasing each year. Moreover, the providers and recipients for these materials are diversifying. Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) are legal contracts that ensure all parties are permitted to send and receive biological materials, chemical compounds, and other materials. MTAs protect MIT’s intellectual property and freedom to publish, and MTAs record the terms and conditions for the use of the materials. Come and hear members of the Technology Licensing Office discuss MIT's material transfer process. Gain a better understanding of MTAs, MIT’s procedures and policies for MTAs, and how to get your materials expeditiously. Refreshments will be served. Please register at: http://tlo.mit.edu/iapevents
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Kikuyu Daniels, NE18-501, 3-6966, kdaniels@mit.edu
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
Jan/18 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:30PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Interested in finding out what's known in the scientific literature about a particular gene, disease or drug? Want to apply that information to high-throughput data analysis? Interested in finding out about transcription factors related to your research? Learn to search the BIOBASE Knowledge Library (Proteome/TRANSFAC) by topic or multi-gene data sets. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190104
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
Jan/18 | Fri | 02:30PM-04:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Interested in microarray, ChIP-chip or ChIP-seq analysis? Biobase's ExPlain™ is a unique upstream data analysis system that combines promoter and pathway analysis tools and enables you to identify transcription factors affecting gene expression in your microarray and RNA-Seq experiments, as well as predict how they, in combination, can induce observed gene expression patterns. Come learn how to take your analysis further and gain insight into the key upstream signaling regulators influencing the activity of these transcription factors. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190105
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
Jan/18 | Fri | 04:00PM-05:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Interested in human inherited diseases and their associated mutations? Learn to use the Human Gene Mutation Database (HGMD), a comprehensive database on human germ-line mutations associated with disease, to determine whether an identified gene lesion is novel, search for known mutations within a given gene, or search for a type of gene mutation within a chromosomal location. Please register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=190106
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
Jan/30 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
It's not brain surgery...it's market research. This session will introduce scientists and engineers to information resources that cover biotechnology industries and markets. We will use realistic examples and hands-on exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace. Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Courtney Crummett, BCS Librarian
Jan/17 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
BrainNavigator integrates accurate content and innovative tools to improve the productivity, efficiency and quality of research. It helps locate specific areas of the brain, making visualizing and experimental planning in the brain easier. Class attendees will learn how to access high resolution images, identify coordinates and calibrate those coordinates to their own animals, link their own images to BrainNavigator atlases, count cells using the cell marker tool, overlay schematic drawing onto atlas stained sections or their own images, and use the injection planner. Please Register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=191481
Sponsor(s): Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Howard Silver, MIT Libraries
Jan/17 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 30 participants
This session will introduce scientists and engineers to business information resources that will help you understand the commercial potential for your ideas, how to find partners, and sources for financial support. We will use realistic examples and hands-on exercises with key resources to demonstrate how to match your ideas and discoveries with the opportunities and realities of the marketplace.
Please Register
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Peter Gloor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
This course consists of three parts, part I is the foundation for parts II and III, parts can be taken separately.
Day 1: I. How to Be an Efficient (Online) Networker
Part I is for everybody who would like to learn how they can be more efficient in their online and face-to-face networking.
Day 2: II. Coolhunting
Part II is for the power user who would like to learn how to apply Social Network Analysis to discover and predict emergent trends on the Web by mining Twitter, Blogs, Facebook, Wikipedia and the Web at large. Coolhunting means finding new trends by finding the trendsetters before anybody else, by tapping into the collective intelligence on the Web, and interpreting it through dynamic semantic social network analysis.
Day 3: III. Coolfarming
Part III builds on the basics from part II, it shows you how you can develop new trends through self-organizing teams (Coolfarming) by nurturing COINs (Collaborative Innovation Networks), and how you can better advertise your products on the Web through viral marketing using Twitter, Facebook, and Wikipedia.
This is a revised and condensed version of a distributed course, which has been taught for the last 8 years at MIT, Helsinki, Cologne, and Savannah. (http://sites.google.com/site/coincourse2012/)
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Peter Gloor, NE25-749, x3-7018, pgloor@mit.edu
Jan/09 | Wed | 03:00PM-06:00PM | NE25-746, Bring your laptop |
How to Be an Efficient (Online) Networker
twenty rules for networking :
You will create a "virtual mirror" of your own communication behavior, telling you how much of a "star" or a "galaxy" you are, analyzing your own Facebook and e-mail networks.
Peter Gloor
Jan/10 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | NE25-746, bring your laptop |
Coolhunting
As part of the course you will get Condor-2.6.6, which allows you to analyze Web sites, Blogs, Twitter, Wikipedia, Facebook and E-Mail.
Peter Gloor
Jan/11 | Fri | 03:00PM-06:00PM | NE25-746, bring your laptop |
Coolfarming
In this part we will use Condor-2.6.6 to analyze organizational e-mail networks, and study interpersonal networks on the Web, Twitter, and Facebook.
Peter Gloor
Ezra Glenn
Feb/01 | Fri | 12:00PM-03:00PM | 9-450A, bring a laptop! |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
To celebrate Groundhog Day (OK, OK -- it's one day early) and prepare for the inaugural Spring Semester of MIT Data Diggers, we'll meet over IAP to start to dig up (or perhaps hunt down) some data sets to use in the class. Come prepared to use all your hacking tools (and some good old-fashioned resourcefulness and traditional research skills as well) to seek out rich veins of MIT-related and publicly-available data for use in Spring semester. Races, prizes, food; data-oriented costumes optional.
Open for all MIT students, whether you plan to enroll in 11.S195 in the Spring or prefer not to take the funnest class at MIT.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, 617 253-2024, EGLENN@MIT.EDU
Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist, MIT Institute Archives & Special Coll.
Jan/18 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: none
Have you heard the term "digital forensics"? Are you interested in learning what the MIT Institute Archives is doing using digital forensics to prepare files for long-term access and preservation? Come to this IAP session to hear about digital forensics, see software and tools demonstrated, and ask your questions!
Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kari Smith, 14N-118, 617 258-5568, SMITHKR@MIT.EDU
Pam Greenley
Jan/17 | Thu | 09:30AM-12:30PM | N52-496 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: Registration required (see below)
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:
Web: http://ehs.mit.edu
Register at http://web.mit.edu/sapwebss/PS1/training_home.shtml
Sponsor(s): Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: Jessica Van, N52-496, x2-3233, jvan@mit.edu
Jennie Murack
Jan/28 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap
Learn to read a topographic map and learn how to use a digital elevation model to create contour lines and do hydrographic analysis.
Prerequisite: Parcipants should take the Introducation to GIS workshop or have previous experience using ArcGIS.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176649
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Anita Perkins
Jan/24 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 30 participants
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.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anita Perkins, perkins@mit.edu
Katherine McNeill
Jan/14 | Mon | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Interested in researching or working in the field of energy? Want to find out how your energy project fits into the landscape of various industries? This session will give you the skills to research the business and statistical information on energy to find industry overviews, market research, news and data.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168C, 617 253-0787, MCNEILLH@MIT.EDU
Chris Sherratt
Jan/14 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 30 participants
Information on energy is everywhere! How do you find what you need and keep on the cutting edge of what is published? Attend this hands-on session to find out.
Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Chris Sherratt, 14S-134, 617-253-5648, gcsherra@mit.edu
Nora Murphy, Archivist for Reference, Outreach and Instruction
Feb/01 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
The Institute Archives and Special Collections curates material about the Institute that tells the story of MIT's founding and its endeavors ever since. Questions about MIT's history and culture can be answered through endless stories about people, programs, and policies. Over 20 million items can be discovered and explored by any researcher. Learn how to find what you're looking for and how to use our intriguing collections.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Nora Murphy, 14N-118, 617 253-8066, NMURPHY@MIT.EDU
Katherine McNeill
Jan/23 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196874
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 20 participants
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.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Chris Sherratt
Jan/24 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Lots of energy information is available right on your desktop or mobile device. This session will highlight some of the hidden energy gems among the Libraries online books.
Please register for this event.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Chris Sherratt, 14S-134, 617-253-5648, gcsherra@mit.edu
Tim McClure
Jan/28 | Mon | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
The Center for Materials Science and Engineering's Analysis Shared Experimental Facility has an extended range FT-IR Microscope with a variety of sampling accessories that are available for the use of researchers. Come find out about the many sampling options now available for FT-IR. Pre-register via e-mail.
Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Tim McClure, 13-4149, x8-6470, mtim@mit.edu
Paul Grogan, PhD Candidate, Engineering Systems Division, Tom Coles, PhD Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/14
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
This course is intended to introduce students to modeling and simulation techniques in an intensive one-week session. Advance registration is required and attendance is mandatory for all five days.
Students will be introduced to the fundamentals of modeling and simulation through progressive tutorial-based exercises culminating with development of a distributed simulation application. Course topics include Java programming techniques, object-oriented modeling, time-based simulation techniques, graphical and user interfaces, and distributed simulation using the IEEE Std. 1516-2010 High Level Architecture (HLA). Open source software will be used with an exception for the HLA runtime infrastructure for which a temporary license will be provided for the duration of the course.
By the end of the course, students should be comfortable with a Java development environment, able to create object-oriented models of physical systems, familiar with basic time-simulation and 2-D visualizations, and aware of the core components of the HLA standard. After conclusion of the course, students are encouraged to continue developing simulation models for participation in the SISO Simulation Smackdown, an international federated simulation event held at the Spring Interoperability Workshop from April 8-12, 2012 in San Diego, California. The SISO Simulation Smackdown seeks simulation federates to participate in a simulated lunar exploration near the Aitken Basin.
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact: Paul Grogan, 33-409, 617-388-2427, ptgrogan@mit.edu
Paul Grogan - PhD Candidate, Engineering Systems Division, Tom Coles - PhD Candidate, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Jennie Murack
Jan/25 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap
Expand your experience with GIS software and learn how to create and edit GIS files, geocode addresses onto a map, re-project data, and use tools like Clip, Buffer, and Spatial Join.
Prerequisite: Participants should have taken the Introduction to GIS workshop or have previous experience using ArcGIS.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176648
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Michael M Noga
Jan/30 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Do you usually look for articles by searching keywords and authors? Try tracking ideas back and forth through time by searching citations to and from articles, reports and other scholarly literature. Citation searching started with the Science Citation Index (Web of Science) and now is part of several other information sources such as Scopus, e-journal collections, and Google Scholar. We will look at several places where you can find scholarly literature through citations. We will investigate the different results you get depending on where you search for citations.
Please register for this class.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Michael M Noga, 14S-222, x3-1290, mnoga@mit.edu
Thalia Rubio
Jan/15 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 4-261 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: none
For your paper to be successful, people have to actually read it. A compelling abstract is essential for capturing their attention and making them want to read more. But writing an effective abstract is challenging because you need to summarize what motivated you, what you did, and what you found, in a small number of words. In this workshop, we'll analyze sample abstracts from different fields, learn editing strategies, and practice revising abstracts. You'll leave with a better understanding of how to write a strong abstract that clearly presents your research.
Sponsor(s): Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Steven Strang, 12-120, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU
Louise Harrison Lepera and Dr. Jessie Stickgold-Sarah, Lecturers, Writing Across the Curriculum
Jan/28 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 12-134 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Instructors of CI subjects often ask how they can more effectively connect writing and speaking instruction with the course content, so that communication assignments are not just additional requirements, but instead help students more deeply engage with the concepts of the course. How can we design instructional and assignment sequences that are organic to each subject, and that help students approach writing and speaking as the space for developing conceptual thinking? Working with some examples from CI-M and CI-H classes, we'll explore how instructors can break down assignments to demystify research, writing, and presentation in their fields. Improved sequencing will help students experience a more productive writing experience.
Bring examples of assignments from your classes to share.
All WAC workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.
Sponsor(s): Teaching and Learning Lab, Comparative Media Studies
Contact: Ashley Caval, 12-117, 617 253-0650, ACAVAL@MIT.EDU
Alexandra Barker
Jan/14 | Mon | 02:00PM-05:00PM | 9-450A |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 25 participants
DUSP, the Boston Redevelopment Authority, the Mel King Institute for Community Building, and the U.S. Census Bureau are partnering to offer this hands-on workshop to learn how to use interactive web tools to access 2010 Census and American Community Survey data.
The workshops will focus on accessing 2010 Census and American Community Survey data using the following systems:
Attendees will learn what demographic and socioeconomic data are available for their communities and how to retrieve it online. The workshop is divided in 3 parts:
Representatives from the U.S. Census Bureau and the BRA will conduct the workshop. Participants must have access to a computer with internet access.
Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, 617 253-2024, EGLENN@MIT.EDU
Patrick Boisvert, Technical Associate
Jan/29 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
The lecture will provide an introduction to the basic principles of Scanning Electron Microscopy with an approach to EDX, EBSD, and BSE.
Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Patrick Boisvert, 13-1018, x3-3317, pboisver@mit.edu
Jennie Murack
Jan/15 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 | |
Jan/23 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Learn the basics of visualizing and analyzing geographic information and creating your own maps in a Geographic Information System (GIS). We will introduce open source and proprietary GIS software options and let attendees choose to work through exercises using ESRI ArcGIS (proprietary) and/or Quantum GIS (QGIS) (open source). Learn to work with data from the MIT Geodata Repository, analyze the data, and create maps that can be used in reports and presentations.
For January 15th, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176637
For January 23rd, Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176639
Note, this is the same workshop offered twice. Only register for one workshop.
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Shiahn Chen, Research Specialist
Jan/29 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
This lecture will cover the basic principles of ion source, optics and ion-material interaction in a focused ion beam machine with an emphasis on the differences from, and similarities to, the electron-beam instrument. In addition, the lecture will describe the configuration of the FEI Helios 600 Nanolab Dual Beam workstation in the CMSE Electron Microscopy Facility, and conclude with application examples as well as open discussion of the material characterization and nanofabrication uses of the dual beam workstation.
Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Shiahn Chen, 13-1027, 2534622, schen3j@mit.edu
Yong Zhang
Jan/25 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
The lecture provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of transmission electron microscopy. Topics covered include the illumination system, electron lenses and their aberrations, image formation and resolution. A variety of imaging and analysis techniques and their roles specific to inorganic materials, such as crystallography, diffraction patterns and high resolution imaging are to be present with practical demonstration. This presentation will also introduce TEM sample preparation techniques for a wide range of materials, including metals, semiconductors, powders and thin films.
Contact: Yong Zhang, 13-1034, 617 253-5092, YZHANG05@MIT.EDU
Courtney Crummett, IPA Trainer
Jan/31 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | DIRC 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attend this introductory and hands-on training session and learn how to use Ingenuity Pathways Analysis (IPA), newly licensed by MIT Libraries and friends, for the analysis of your ‘omics data. Build complete regulatory pictures and gain a better understanding of the biology underlying a gene expression. Discover signaling cascades from predicted upstream regulators in your dataset. Predict the effect of your gene expression changes on downstream biological processes and diseases. Interrogate networks and canonical pathways and generate hypotheses in the network or pathway. Please register for this event. Need an IPA account? Email ask-bioinfo@mit.edu.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Katherine McNeill
Enrollment: Signup required for some sessions; see: http://libcal.mit.edu/.
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Join us and let the MIT Libraries help you manage your research and personal information.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168C, 617 253-0787, MCNEILLH@MIT.EDU
Jan/07 | Mon | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-149 |
Join 5 researchers, information scientists and more in a lively discussion on the importance of sharing, managing and preserving research data.
Audience participation highly encouraged!
Amy Stout
Jan/15 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 |
Worried about how to store your digital documents? Unsure what kind of storage media to use or how to keep it secure over time? This session will cover guidelines and things to consider for storing all kinds of digital materials, including tips for selecting storage media and how to protect your content from theft, data loss, and other hazards of the digital world. Register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196944.
Kari Smith, Helen Bailey
Jan/16 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Personal content management tools help you get organized so you can work more efficiently and save time. Some tools help you organize all sorts of information (notes, pdfs, documents, images etc. etc.) and work more efficiently. Others let you annotate, cite, and/or share your content. In this session we'll show you tools for doing this while working solo or in a group. Register: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=191479
Peter Cohn, Remlee Green
Jan/22 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:00AM | LIB: 14N-132 |
Do you manage research data here at MIT? This workshop will provide you with basic strategies 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; and metadata, tagging, and citation options. Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=199536.
Katherine McNeill, Anne Graham
Jan/29 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Is your research group having trouble tracking versions of your datasets? Are you an individual having difficulty tracking the versions of your own work? This workshop will cover techniques and software to help you manage your versions. Will include hands-on time for experimentation. Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=199540.
Anne Graham
Ethan Meyers, Postdoctoral Associate, BCS, MIBR, Wasim Malik, Instructor in Anesthesia Harvard Medical School, MGH
Jan/28 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 46-5056 | |
Jan/30 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 46-5056 | |
Feb/01 | Fri | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 46-5056 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
You have just run an exciting neuroscience experience and sitting in front of you is a pile of data. The only thing stopping you from publishing your results in Nature concerns turning that pile of data into clear insights about how the brain works. Well rest assured, after taking this course you well on your way having that exciting new publication on your CV.
In this course we will cover several useful methods for analyzing neural data including conventional statistics, mutual information, point process models and decoding analyses. The emphasis will be on discussing how to apply methods that work best, and explaining the basic mathematical intuitions behind these methods. The examples used will focus on neural spiking activity but we will also discuss other types of signals including MEG signals, and local field potentials. Some familiarity with neuroscience and basic statistics will be useful, but we will try to keep the background knowledge to a minimum.
Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Ethan Meyers, 46-5155, 617 447-7814, EMEYERS@MIT.EDU
Ethan Feuer, Student Activities Coordinator
Jan/24 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | W16, Kresge Lobby |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
The MITEI Education Office will be participating in the IAP UROP Expo. The MITEI UROP is an opportunity to be part of a community of students engaged in energy research projects during a summer session. Swing by our table during the session to learn more.
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Ethan Feuer, E19-370, 617 452-3199, EFEUER@MIT.EDU
Atissa Banuazizi and Nora Jackson, Lecturers, Writing Across the Curriculum
Jan/31 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 12-134 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
This interactive workshop is geared to instructors across the disciplines who are interested in integrating oral presentation into their classes. We will discuss effective strategies to teach the oral component in CI classes as an act of critical thinking. Together, we will define goals for a variety of speaking genres in science and humanities classes. Participants will collaborate in sharing good practices from their own experience. Finally, we will explore some practical templates to teach oral presentation that encourage students to practice the following skills: (1) communicating complex ideas in accessible language; (2) creating presentations that clearly define goals and argument or hypothesis; (3) organizing presentations in the service of developing ideas in the broader context of the field.
All WAC workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies, Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Ashley Caval, 12-117, 617 253-0650, ACAVAL@MIT.EDU
Howard Silver
Jan/16 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 40 participants
You won’t come out of this session qualified to be a patent attorney, but 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.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Dr. Karen Boiko and Susan Carlisle, Lecturers, Writing Across the Curriculum
Jan/29 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 12-134 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
What kind of feedback will help students understand how to revise their essays, reports or articles, or to write their next assignment more effectively? This workshop will help faculty and TA's to articulate their criteria for student writing and to develop powerful feedback practices, from written comments to ribrucs to peer review to individual conferences. By considering feedback in relation to other forms of instruction, participants will learn to provide the kinds of comments and strategies that will help students understand how to improve their skills as writers.
All WAC workshops are open to faculty and teaching assistants who are interested in integrating writing and speaking into their subjects.
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies, Teaching and Learning Lab
Contact: Ashley Caval, 12-117, 617 253-0650, ACAVAL@MIT.EDU
Dr. Claudia Mickelson, EHS Deputy Dir. & Special Advisor to the VP for Rsrch, Dr. Catharine Conley, Planetary Protection Officer, NASA
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/02
Limited to 35 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
The UN Space Treaty of 1967 states "that all parties to the Treaty shall pursue studies of outer space, including the Moon and other celestial bodies, and conduct exploration of them, so as to avoid harmful contamination and also adverse changes in the environment of the Earth resulting from the introduction of extraterrestrial matter, and where necessary, shall adopt appropriate measures for this purpose". The need to ensure that scientific integrity of samples and data obtained during investigations of other planets is not compromised has led NASA to develop five categories of target body/mission categories with a range of contamination controls. Over the two days this course will give an introduction to these NASA categories and various methods used for detection and control of microbial contaminants with some short hands-on experiments following the morning presentations and discussion to illustrate the difficulties surrounding achieving the appropriate level of spacecraft sterilization.
Register at: http://ehs.mit.edu/site/content/iap-course-registration
Sponsor(s): Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: Claudia Mickelson, N52-496, 617-252-1810, claudiam@mit.edu
Jan/30 | Wed | 09:00AM-01:00PM | N52-496 |
The first day will include presentation and discussion of NASA planetary and solar system exploration missions, prioritization of missions, issues associated with design of on-board analytical technologies, and development of the NASA Planetary Protection Guidelines. The associated laboratory will cover an introduction to basic microbiology and sampling methods for different types of materials.
Dr. Claudia Mickelson - EHS Deputy Dir. & Special Advisor to the VP for Rsrch, Dr. Catharine Conley - Planetary Protection Officer, NASA
Jan/31 | Thu | 09:00AM-01:00PM | N52-496 |
The second day will focus on discussion of issues surrounding the international nature of space exploration, prevention of target planet or solar body contamination by exploratory mission equipment, maintaining sample integrity, return to earth and prevention of sample and earth contamination, and prioritizing sample testing. The laboratory will discuss results of the previous day's testing and sampling exercises.
Dr. Claudia Mickelson - EHS Deputy Dir. & Special Advisor to the VP for Rsrch, Dr. Catharine Conley - Planetary Protection Officer, NASA
Howard Silver
Jan/23 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 30 participants
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 that introduces attendees to resources that support bioscience bench research.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Katherine McNeill
Jan/30 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196878
Sign-up by 01/23
Limited to 20 participants
Interested in studying public opinion in the U.S. and other countries? Want to gauge how the electorate stands on issues in in the wake of the 2012 election? This workshop will teach you how to find data from public opinion polls, both summary statistics and individual response-level data files that you can analyze yourself. Covers the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research and other resources on topics such as government, the economy, and much more.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168c, x3-0787, mcneillh@mit.edu
Amy Christuk, Senior Instructor, Erja Kajosalo, Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Librarian
Jan/18 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: None
Improve you SciFinder searching skills tips and tricks of searching SciFinder as you enjoy your breakfast on us! You’ll learn about synthetic planning tool called SciPlanner; how set up alerts called Keep Me Posted; how to find quickly experimental reaction procedures and property data, and more:
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=185410
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Erja Kajosalo, 14S-134, 617 253-9795, KAJOSALO@MIT.EDU
Fernando L. Nunez, MIT ASME Co-President
Enrollment: ENROLLMENT CLOSED: CLASS FULL
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 32 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Want to be more prepared for Course 2 classes? What to learn CAD, and how to design awesome parts using Solidworks. Come to ASME IAP SolidWorks Workshop given by experienced members of the MIT Community.
Here is a link to the form to sign up:
There are 2 Sections:
Section 1: Jan. 14-Jan. 18
Section 2: Jan. 21-Jan. 25
Time:
Contact: Fernando Nunez, 787-245-2061, FLNUNEZ@MIT.EDU
If you could attend the Monday Jan.14 date of the first section, it would be ideal, but not necessary.
TIME AND LOCATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
Sign Up here
Fernando L. Nunez - MIT ASME Co-President
TIME AND LOCATION ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE!
Sign Up here
Fernando L. Nunez - MIT ASME Co-President
Jennie Murack, Geospatial Data Librarian
Jan/17 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: a basic knowledge of ArcMap
How do you begin to examine your data? This workshop will teach you how to use the ArcMap Geostatistical Analyst tools, ArcMap spatial statistics tools, and Geoda to examine data frequencies, normality, outliers, and trends. We will also conduct basic descriptive statistics, such as the mean, median, and standard deviation. At the end of this workshop, you’ll have a better idea about what tools you should use for further analysis.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface. Registration required.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176638
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Jennie Murack
Jan/29 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap
In this workshop you’ll learn how to apply the principles of regression analysis to spatial data. Find out how to discover the relationship of predictors to your variable of interest. We’ll use both ArcMap and Geoda.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176651
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Jennie Murack
Jan/24 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 22 participants
Prereq: A basic knowledge of ArcMap
Are there clusters in your data? Are similar values grouped together? What about outliers? This workshop will introduce you to spatial autocorrelation, a statistical technique that helps you identify patterns of similar and different values in your data. We will use both ArcMap and Geoda.
Prerequisites: A basic knowledge of ArcMap, including how to load data and a familiarity with the interface.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=176642
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist, Institute Archivist & Spec. Collections
Jan/28 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: none
Did you know that you can add information into your digital files so that information travels with them when you copy, send, or save them? This information (metadata) can be used to assit with finding, sorting, and describing your files when they are on your computer or within a server / cloud storage folder. Embedding information directly into your files means that you can note data such as creator, subjects, copyright, and other tags without needing to alter your file content. If you have large collections of image files or documents that you re-use often and could use some help finding or organizing them, this session may be for you. Come to learn about why this works and how you can do this for your own files.
Presenters: Mikki Macdonald, Metadata Archivist; Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kari Smith, 14N-118, 617 258-5568, SMITHKR@MIT.EDU
Todd Atkins, Member Technical Staff
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: Experience needed varies by seminar
Six Seminars by technical staff at MathWorks.
First day is introductory, second day is intermediate, and third day is advanced.
View the complete session descriptions and register at
http://www.mathworks.com/seminars/MITIAP2013
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Todd Atkinson, Todd.Atkins@mathworks.com
Jan/28 | Mon | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-163 |
For the MATLAB Beginner -- learn how to do mathematical modeling in MATLAB.
Abishek Gupta and Mehernaz Savai
Jan/28 | Mon | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 4-163 |
Introduction to MATLAB: Problem Solving and Programming.
Laura Proctor
Jan/29 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-163 |
Intermediate-level seminar on Parallel an dGPU Computing with MATLAB.
Adam Filion
Jan/29 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-163 |
LEGO MINDSTORMS with MATLAB and Simulink for Teaching Controls, Robotics and Mechatronics.
Rohit Shenoy and Sumit Tandon
Jan/30 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-163 |
Advanced Programming with MATLAB.
Loren Shure
Jan/30 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 4-163 |
Advanced Programming Techniiques in MATLAB
Sean de Wolski and Loren Shure
Ellen Stahl, Career Development Specialist, Angie Locknar, MSE, ME, ESD Libn/Coord Sci Eng Comm of Prac
Jan/10 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:30PM | 14N-132, Bring your laptop or tablet |
Enrollment: Sign up on CareerBridge
Limited to 25 participants
Do you know what you want to do when you leave MIT (or for the summer), but not sure what companies do that type of work? Do you want to work in a specific part of the world? Don’t you wish there was just a list of companies you might be interested in, including vital statistics about that company? Come learn how to use article databases and other resources to reveal the secrets that you might be missing from your job or internship search. Participants are asked to bring their own laptop or tablet as Career Services, in collaboration with the MIT Libraries, will go step by step and teach how these effective tools can provide information that may be the key to finding the right company or organization for you.
This workshop will take place in 14N-132, the Digital Instruction Resource Center (DIRC): http://libraries.mit.edu/ask-us/instruction/where-dirc.html.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development, Libraries
Contact: Ellen Stahl, 12-170, (617) 253-4733, eestahl@MIT.EDU
Mathew Willmott, Physics Librarian
Jan/31 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Zotero is a free, open-source program that helps you collect, manage, cite, and share your citations and files. With one click, you can save PDFs and citations for most articles, then cite them in Word or OpenOffice. Make a searchable PDF library and find out how to publish dynamic bibliographies and collaborate by using group collections. In this hands-on session, learn tips and tricks on how to use Zotero more efficiently to save you time and energy. Bring a laptop or use one of our computers.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Mathew Willmott, 617-324-5855, willmott@mit.edu
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