2014 IAP UROP Expo
UROP & OME Staff
| Jan/23 | 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 2014 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 -UROP, Office of Minority Education
Contact: UROP Staff, 7-104, x3-7306, urop@mit.edu
ACT (Art, Culture & Technology) TA Training
Val Grimm, Academic Assistant
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
This workshop is designed to simulate an ACT (Art, Culture & Technology) class. Most ACT classes have a hands-on component and involve the exhibition of work. TA administrative tasks include marketing, budget management, and facilitating approvals. The hands-on and administrative elements are incorporated into the workshop. Emulating the structure and requirements of a course allows facilitators to introduce prospective TAs to the flow and needs of courses, identify potential issues, and discuss methods and resources for addressing issues.
Please register at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W9TK53X
Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Val Grimm, E15-213, 617-324-6289, valgrimm@mit.edu
| Jan/28 | Tue | 09:30AM-01:00PM | E15-207, Closed-toe shoes & clothes for fabrication work |
Marion Cunningham - Administrative Officer, Val Grimm - Academic Assistant, Madeleine Gallagher - Media Associate, Seth Avecilla - Fabrication Associate, Jeremy Grubman - Librarian/Archivist
| Jan/29 | Wed | 09:30AM-01:00PM | E15-095, Closed-toe shoes & clothes for fabrication work |
Marion Cunningham - Administrative Officer, Val Grimm - Academic Assistant, Madeleine Gallagher - Media Associate, Seth Avecilla - Fabrication Associate, Laura Chichisan - Administrative Assistant, Andrew Borosy - Financial Assistant
| Jan/30 | Thu | 09:30AM-01:00PM | E15-207, Closed-toe shoes & clothes for fabrication work |
Marion Cunningham - Administrative Officer, Val Grimm - Academic Assistant, Madeleine Gallagher - Media Associate, Laura Chichisan - Administrative Assistant, Seth Avecilla - Fabrication Associate
| Jan/31 | Fri | 09:30AM-01:00PM | E15-207, Closed-toe shoes & clothes for fabrication work |
Val Grimm - Academic Assistant, Marion Cunningham - Administrative Officer, Madeleine Gallagher - Media Associate, Seth Avecilla - Fabrication Associate, Andrew Borosy - Financial Assistant
Advanced English as a Second Language: The Most Important Secret of Successful Speaking
Courtney Thomas, ESL Instructor
| Jan/22 | Wed | 11:00AM-01:00PM | E17-122 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
In a casual and conversational setting, participants will discuss barriers to language learning and the importance of proper pausing in clear communication. After analyzing a speech in which President Obama uses the power of pauses to demonstrate control of his message, participants will practice similar techniques.
Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Nicole O'Hern, NOHern@ymcaboston.org
An introduction to proof techniques and proof-writing
Eric Baer, Postdoctoral Fellow
| Jan/06 | Mon | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/07 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/08 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/09 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/10 | Fri | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/13 | Mon | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/14 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/15 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/16 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/17 | Fri | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 4-153 |
Enrollment: email (ebaer@math.mit.edu) to reserve your spot.
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Calculus
Students will gain experience in reading and writing proofs, with particular emphasis on gaining familiarity with a variety of strategies for formulating arguments. The course will be self-contained, and there are no prerequisites beyond Calculus.
Format: Workshop-style short course, non-credit.
Course meetings will be a mixture of lectures, examples, class discussions, and many opportunities for students to practice
writing proofs. Feedback will be available (from both instructor and peer discussions).
Website: http://math.mit.edu/classes/proofsiap/
Sponsor(s): Mathematics
Contact: Eric Baer, E18-308, x 3-4110, ebaer@math.mit.edu
BartonPlus - find articles, books, and more
Library staff
| Jan/29 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=487705
This hands on class will take you through the ins and outs of BartonPlus. Come learn tips and tricks for getting the best results from the Libraries’ unique search tool. If you like Google or Google Scholar, you'll like BartonPlus.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Georgiana McReynolds, E53-168G, 617 253-9349, GMAC@MIT.EDU
BIOBASE Knowledge Library
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/23 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:30PM | 14N-132 DIRC, Lunch Provided |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/23
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. Lunch Provided!
Please register for this class.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Bioinformatics for Beginners
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/08 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
| Jan/10 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 14N-134 DIRC |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
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 and interconnectedness of NCBI databases while focusing on several specific databases. The session is a hands-on practicum and an excellent starting point for people who are new to or curious about bioinformatics research tools. This session is offered twice covering the same material; participants welcome at either session. Registration required.
Wednesday January 8th 3-4:30PM Please register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=488456.
Friday January 10th 10-11:30AM Please register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=488785.
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
Business information for engineers and scientists
Howard Silver, MIT Libraries
| Jan/28 | Tue | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/28
Limited to 30 participants
This session will introduce engineers and scientists 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 for this class.
If you're specifically interested in biotechnology, a companion session; Biotech business information for engineers and scientists will feature resources and examples that are geared for the life sciences business sector, offered January 15, 2013.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Departmental Exploration (DEX)
Katherine Julian, Staff Associate, Sarah Mountjoy, Aliya Dincer
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
First-year students, have you picked your passion yet? Don't miss series of departmental exploration (DEX) events sponsored by the Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming.
DEX will be a structured time at the end of IAP for academic discovery that will allow students to experience what it’s like to be an undergrad in each department. Events include: student panels, open houses and showcases of projects and research. Each day there will be at least one topic panel featuring students from departments listed who will speak about their in and out of class experiences studying in this department.
The events will primarily focus on the School of Science and School of Engineering. Additionally, departments in the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Sloan School of Management and School of Humanities Arts and Social Sciences will also be highlighted throughout the week.
Events will take place January 27, 29, 30 & 31. No sign up is necessary, just come to whatever sessions you are most interested in!
Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: Katherine Julian, 7-103, 617 253-9764, KJULIAN@MIT.EDU
| Jan/27 | Mon | 01:00PM-02:30PM | Bush Room 10-105 |
Panel representatives: Course 2, 16, 6, 1, 22, 3, and 2OE
| Jan/27 | Mon | 02:30PM-03:30PM | Lobby 13 |
In CEE we aim to understand the world, invent, and lead with creative design. Using projection pods we will introduce you to:
-our faculty, their subjects and labs in the department such as TREX, 1.101 and 1.102
-interesting and challenging UROPs like examining big data and studying bio-inspired materials
-current students and young alums learn about internships and careers that Course 1 students pursue
Snacks served!
| Jan/27 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:00PM | Bush Room, 10-105 |
Session Description TBD
| Jan/29 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-231 |
Session Description TBD
| Jan/29 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:30PM | Bush Room 10-105 |
Panel Representatives: Course 7, 6-7, 20, 10B, 9 and 12
| Jan/29 | Wed | 01:30PM-03:00PM | Bush Room 10-105 |
Panel representatives: Course 5, 3,12,10,1E
| Jan/29 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:00PM | Bush Room, 10-105 |
Session Description TBD
| Jan/29 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 4-149 |
Session Description TBD
| Jan/29 | Wed | 05:00PM-06:00PM | 4-149 |
Session Description TBD
| Jan/30 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:30PM | Bush Room 10-105 |
Panel Representatives: Course 11, 4, 17, 1, 22, 2A
| Jan/30 | Thu | 01:30PM-03:00PM | Bush Room 10-105 |
Panel Representatives: Course 15, 14, 17
| Jan/30 | Thu | 01:30PM-03:30PM | Lobby 13 |
In CEE we aim to understand the world, invent, and lead with creative design. Using projection pods we will introduce you to:
-our faculty, their subjects and labs in the department such as TREX, 1.101 and 1.102
-interesting and challenging UROPs like examining big data and studying bio-inspired materials
-current students and young alums learn about internships and careers that Course 1 students pursue
Snacks served!
| Jan/30 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:00PM | Bush Room 10-105 |
Session Description TBD
| Jan/30 | Thu | 06:00PM-08:00PM | 66-110 |
The ChemE Exploration is an opportunity for students to gain a better understanding about Chemical Engineering and its career paths. There will be speakers sharing their experiences about what they went on to do after earning their ChemE degree. There will also be a panel of ChemE undergraduate students who will answer questions and discuss the Chemical Engineering department at MIT. Food will be provided.
| Jan/31 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | Bush Room, 10-105 |
Session Description TBD
| Jan/31 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:30PM | Bush Room 10-105 |
Panel Representatives: Courses 8, 18, 6-3, 22, 12, CMS
| Jan/31 | Fri | 02:30PM-03:00PM | Bush Room, 10-105 |
Session Description TBD
| Jan/31 | Fri | 03:00PM-04:30PM | Bush Room 10-105 |
Missed an earlier DEX event? Want to have a follow-up conversation? This is an opportunitiy to connect with many of the week's panelists at a centralized time.
Digital Add Drop Demonstration
Brian Canavan, Associate Registrar
| Jan/16 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 32-155 |
| Jan/21 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:00PM | 4-163 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
The process to add, drop, change units and/or change grading options for subjects will be digitized starting in the Spring 2014 term. This session will provide a demonstration of the application including data entry, workflow, notifications and process flow. The target audience includes department academic administrators, instructors, advisors and students.
Sponsor(s): Registrar's Office
Contact: Brian Canavan, 5-111, 617 253-7653, BCANAVAN@MIT.EDU
Directed Reading Program in Mathematics
Ju-Lee Kim
| Date TBD | Time TBD | Location TBD | ||
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 11/15
For undergraduates wanting to learn mathematical topics through guided self-study. Application deadline for Jan 2014 IAP is: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2013.
For more information and application instructions, see http://math.mit.edu/~drp/
Sponsor(s): Mathematics
Contact: Ju-Lee Kim, julee@math.mit.edu
Endnote Basics
Anita Perkins
| Jan/08 | Wed | 05:00PM-06:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
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.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486711
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anita Perkins, perkins@mit.edu
Finding Research Datasets
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/23 | Thu | 09:30AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=196874
Sign-up by 01/22
Limited to 40 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 Dataverse Network, 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
Get the most from your "omics" analysis: GeneGo MetaCore Software Training
Courtney Crummett, GeneGo Trainer
| Jan/22 | Wed | 03:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/22
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. Please register. Need a GeneGo Account? Email ask-bioinfo@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Biology
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-M48, x4-8290, crummett@mit.edu
Getting Started, Getting Funded: Obtaining Research Funding
Dr. Micah Altman, Director of Research, MIT Libraries
| Jan/23 | Thu | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 66-154 |
| Jan/28 | Tue | 09:00AM-01:00PM | E25-117 |
Enrollment: Sign up at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=545416
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Increasingly, conducting innovative research requires resources that exceed those readily on-hand to the individual scholar. You can use research funding to access a wider set of research methods, to accelerate your research project, expand its scope and depth, and increase its impact. This short course provides an overview of the types and sources of funding available for research support, and introduces the fundamental elements of planning, proposal writing, and management for "sponsored" projects. The course is geared toward junior faculty, postdocs, and graduate students (in late stages or on the job market), who are new to the funding process, are considering whether to seek funding from new sources, or who would like a systematic review of the grant writing and review process. The course will be presented in a half-day format, followed by an individualized consulting session focused on each attendee’s research project. Schedule individual consultations with Randi Shapiro at shapiror@mit.edu.
Please register for the Jan 23 class; the Jan 28 class is full.
About Micah Altman: Dr. Micah Altman is Director of Research and Head/Scientist, Program on Information Science for the MIT Libraries, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Altman is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Randi Shapiro, (617) 324-4988, shapiror@mit.edu
How do the Libraries select books for the shelves and your computer access?
Michael Noga, Collections Strategist, MIT Libraries
| Jan/29 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: none
Did you ever wonder how certain books end up on the shelves of the MIT Libraries? Did you ever wonder why you can access certain e-books and not others? Come to this session and learn how MIT subject librarians select books in print and electronic formats for the MIT Community. We will look at some groups of books on specific subjects, and you can identify which books you would select and compare them to the library selections and the selections of other attendees.
Suggest subject areas to the organizer when your register.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Michael Noga, 14S-222, 617 253-1290, MNOGA@MIT.EDU
How to Speak
Patrick Henry Winston, Ford Professor of Engineering/MacVicar Fellow
| Jan/31 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 10-250 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 300 participants
You can improve your speaking ability by observing a dozen or so
heuristic rules. Professor Winston presents his collection of rules
along with some observations about their application in lectures,
oral exams, job talks, and conferences.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Patrick Henry Winston, phw@mit.edu
Individual Consultations at the Writing and Communication Center
Steven Strang
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
The Writing Center will continue to offer free consultation and advice on oral presentations and on any writing problem, including finding a topic, generating ideas, overcoming writer's block, improving grammar, crafting effective sentences and paragraphs, organizing ideas, using of evidence, analyzing audiences, and writing strategically. We can help with technical writing; theses in all departments; job, graduate and med school application essays; research and teaching statements; resumes; conference talks; articles for publication; book proposals and chapters; and papers for any course. We also offer help on pronunciation. The Center is open throughout IAP. Go to https://mit.mywconline.com/index.php to schedule appointments.
Sponsor(s): Writing and Communication Center, Writing and Humanistic Studies, Comparative Media Studies
Contact: Steven Strang, 12-120, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU
| Jan/06 | Mon | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/07 | Tue | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/08 | Wed | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/09 | Thu | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/10 | Fri | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/13 | Mon | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/14 | Tue | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/15 | Wed | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/16 | Thu | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/17 | Fri | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/21 | Tue | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/22 | Wed | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/23 | Thu | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/24 | Fri | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/28 | Tue | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/29 | Wed | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
| Jan/30 | Thu | 10:00AM-04:00PM | 12-132 |
Individual consultations last up to 50 minutes. Please sign up at https://mit.mywconline.com/index.php for each sesion. Please bring hard copy of any document you wish to discuss.
Steven Strang
Learn English with Boston Life
Kate Kavanah, Tom Morgan
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Please sign in at the event table
The event will kick off with two workshops at 11:00 AM, for anyone interested in Boston Life. There will be demonstrations as well as interactive workshops for attendees.
11:00 AM- 12:30 PM – English Workshops
Workshop A: Specialized Professional Program
Workshop B: Moms’ Group Class for Beginners
12:30 PM- 1:00 PM- complimentary snacks and drinks for all attendees
1:00 PM- 2:00 PM- ½ hour one-on-one FREE practice English coaching (space is limited, please sign up at the event table)
There will be an information session for anyone interested to answer questions and give more details on each program that Boston Life offers.
The event will be child-friendly. Children are welcome. We also offer a children’s program and will have people available to answer any questions that parents may have.
Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Diana Vuong, diana.vuong@boston-life.org
| Jan/16 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:30PM | W20-Twenty Chimneys |
A short video introducing the curriculum: http://vimeo.com/53967935
Session Leaders TBD
| Jan/16 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:30PM | W20-Mezzanine Lounge |
See the website for examples of what will be covered: http://www.boston-life.org/BostonL/group.php
The event will be child-friendly. Children are welcome. We also offer a children's program and will have people available to answer any questions that parents may have.
Session Leaders TBD
| Jan/16 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:00PM | W20-Third Floor |
Sign up at the event for one half-hour of free English practice one-on-one with an instructor. Space is limited.
Kate Kavanah, Tom Morgan
Learn to use IPA during IAP
IPA Trainer, Courtney Crummett
| Jan/13 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
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
Leave it to the Beavers: A Snapshot of Life at MIT in the 1950s
Camille Torres Hoven, Noam Chomsky Project Archivist
| Jan/24 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
The beaver was chosen as MIT’s mascot because of its engineering and mechanical skills and in 1955 the Alumni Association established the Bronze Beaver award. The Bronze Beaver is given every year in recognition of distinguished service to the Institute and/or its Association of Alumni and Alumnae. Here is your chance to see a snapshot of life during the 1950s at MIT and to see why awards like the Bronze Beaver were created. Come investigate documents, photographs, and other archival materials, held by the Institute Archives and Special Collections, to learn about how national events affected life at MIT and, conversely, how the students and faculty at MIT shaped the 1950s.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Camille Torres Hoven, 14N-118, 617 452-5137, CTTORRES@MIT.EDU
Making the Most of Your Presentation, featuring Jean-luc Doumont
Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, Author of Trees, maps, and theorem, Dr. Marilyn Wilson, Associate Director of Career Counseling and Education
| Jan/27 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 10-250 |
Enrollment: Registration through CareerBridge
Strong oral presentation skills are a key to success for engineers, scientists, and other professionals, yet many speakers are at a loss to tackle the task. Systematic as they otherwise can be in their work, they go at it intuitively, sometimes haphazardly, with much good will but seldom good results. Based on Dr. Doumont’s book Trees, maps, and theorems about “effective communication for rational minds” this lecture proposes a systematic way to prepare and deliver presentations. Among others, it covers structure, slides, and delivery, as well as stage fright.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development, Dean for Graduate Education (ODGE)
Contact: Marilyn Wilson, 12-170, 617-253-4744, mcwilson@mit.edu
Managing Confidential Data
Dr. Micah Altman, Director of Research, MIT Libraries
| Jan/15 | Wed | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 66-148 |
Enrollment: Sign up at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=489658
This tutorial provides a framework for identifying and managing confidential information in research. It is most appropriate for mid-late career graduate students, faculty, and professional research staff who actively engage in the design/planning of research. The course will provide an overview of the major legal requirements governing confidential research data; and the core technological measures used to safeguard data. And it will provide an introduction to the statistical methods and software tools used to analyze and limit disclosure risks. Dr. Altman will be available for individual consultations after the session; schedule these with Randi Shapiro at shapiror@mit.edu.
Please register for this class.
About Micah Altman: Dr. Micah Altman is Director of Research and Head/Scientist, Program on Information Science for the MIT Libraries, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Altman is also a Non-Resident Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution. Prior to arriving at MIT, Dr. Altman served at Harvard University for fifteen years as the Associate Director of the Harvard-MIT Data Center, Archival Director of the Henry A. Murray Archive, and Senior Research Scientist in the Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Randi Shapiro, (617) 324-4988, shapiror@mit.edu
Managing Your References: Overview of EndNote, Mendeley, and Zotero
Peter Cohn, Anita Perkins
| Jan/14 | Tue | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Using citation management software to create and maintain a collection of references or PDFs is becoming more common and important in today’s academic world. These software packages (EndNote, Mendeley, & Zotero) 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. We’ll take a look at these 3 tools.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486712
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Cohn, pcohn@mit.edu
Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Martin Bazant, Professor
| Jan/27 | Mon | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 26-168 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
The Mathematical Contest in Modeling is an international competition where teams of three undergraduates come up with ideas to solve real-world problems using mathematical modeling. The format of the competition is that teams have four consecutive days (February 6-10) to solve and write up a solution to one of three different problems. In this session, we will discuss an overview of the competition, tips for competing, forming teams, and mathematical tools. Teams should be well-rounded, interdisciplinary, and have members that can model, program, and write well. We will help people form teams at the session. We will also select one team to be the local MIT winner of the MCM who will win a grand prize of $300, lunch reception, and the title of MIT MCM winners. All courses are welcome and previous teams are encouraged to compete again! This session is not mandatory for participation but encouraged for newcomers.
Sponsor(s): Operations Research Center, Mathematics
Contact: Angie King, E40-129, 3-6185, aking10@MIT.EDU
Mechanics ReView
Prof. Dave Pritchard + Staff
| Jan/13 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/14 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/15 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/16 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/17 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/21 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/22 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/23 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/24 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/28 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/29 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
| Jan/30 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: Contact Nancy Boyce at nboyce@mit.edu by 12 noon 1/10/14
Mechanics ReView– Prof. Dave Pritchard Start: Monday, Jan 13, End: Thursday, Jan 30, 2014. 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, specifying the system and interactions, making sense of the answer, approximations/estimation, how to approach problems and decompose them into simpler pieces. We will use online models that gives students a hierarchical overview of the core physical content of Mechanics. Limited enrollment – sign up by 12:00 noon Monday Jan. 10th
Sponsor(s): Physics
Contact: Nancy Boyce, 4-315, 617 253-4461, NBOYCE@MIT.EDU
Mendeley Basics
Peter Cohn, Helen Bailey
| Jan/23 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Mendeley is a free tool that can help you organize and manage your citations and PDFs. Learn how to use Mendeley to discover the latest research, collaborate with others, and automatically generate bibliographies.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486714
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Cohn, 7-238, x8-5596, pcohn@mit.edu
Mentor the Class of 2018: Become an Orientation Leader and/or Associate Advisor!
Katie Julian, Staff Associate, Elizabeth Young, Associate Dean, Leslie Bottari, Staff Associate
| Jan/21 | Tue | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-145 |
| Jan/28 | Tue | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 4-145 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: freshmen, sophomores and juniors welcome
The Office of Undergraduate Advising and Academic Programming offers two fantastic leadership opportunities for undergraduates—orientation leader (OL) and associate advisor (AA). Both positions play a key role in helping first year students make a successful transition to MIT. Hear from students in these positions speak about their roles and responsibilities, the opportunities to work with faculty and staff, and the leadership skills they gained that will help them in the future. UAAP representatives will be available to give an overview of the application process and important dates. Light refreshments will be served. Bring any and all questions!
Sponsor(s): Office of Undergrad. Advising/Academic Programming
Contact: Katherine Julian, 7-103, 617 253-9764, KJULIAN@MIT.EDU
(CANCELED) Peer Editing
Thalia Rubio, lecturer
| Jan/21 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 56-154 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: none
When you’re writing an important paper for a journal, conference, or class, you need to ask colleagues or friends to read it. Having peers review your manuscript is a way to get an audience's reaction to your ideas as well as to your way of expressing them, a crucial element in any act of communication. Getting other perspectives can help you make your work much clearer and more persuasive. But the feedback may not be what you need, as reviewers may hesitate to be critical or may not focus on the important aspects of the paper. Similarly, you want to give constructive, helpful comments to those who ask you to read their manuscripts. In this workshop, we’ll explore ways to give and get useful comments from our reviewers. We’ll also identify strategies for editing our own writing so the final draft is as effective as possible.
Sponsor(s): Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Steven Strang, 12-120, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU
Proof-Based Methods: A Warm-Up for 6.042
Curtis Northcutt
| Jan/16 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 32-124 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Prereq: none
Discrete Mathematics Proof Methods. We will cover Induction, Deduction, Contradiction; examples therein; and applications to Graph Theory and how are they used by Google Maps. Regarding Graph Theory, we will cover introductory definitions, proofs about different graph classes and types, graph algorithms (breadth first search, depth first search, Dijkstra's algorithm, heuristic search, A* search). If time, we will conclude with a discussion of the four-color theorem, and prove a looser bound of 6-color theorem (5-color theorem if time) and other interesting examples as time permits.
Please sign up by registering at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/106QXdo0rALA2q5dQKek_sUVBemmdXcr7rYRMCqn4VCo/viewform
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Curtis Northcutt, cgn@mit.edu
Protocols and Methods: Recipes for research
Howard Silver
| Jan/16 | Thu | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 25 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
Public Opinion Data Resources
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/16 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=475979
Sign-up by 01/14
Limited to 20 participants
Interested in studying public opinion in the U.S. and other countries? 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
Research Data Management: 101
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/09 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=483115
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 35 participants
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.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168C, 617 253-0787, MCNEILLH@MIT.EDU
Research Data Management: File Organization
Katherine McNeill
| Jan/22 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=481373
Sign-up by 01/20
Limited to 30 participants
Do you struggle with organizing your research data? Wonder if there’s a better way to arrange and name your data files to optimize your work? This workshop will teach you practical techniques for organizing your data files. Topics will include: file and folder organizational structures and file naming. Will include hands-on exercises to apply the concepts to your particular data project.
Please register for this session.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Katherine McNeill, E53-168C, 617 253-0787, MCNEILLH@MIT.EDU
Secrets to Writing a Great Abstract
Thalia Rubio
| Jan/14 | Tue | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 12-134 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
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
Structuring Your Scientific Papers, featuring Jean-luc Doumont
Dr. Jean-luc Doumont, Author of Trees, maps, and theorems, Dr. Marilyn Wilson, Associate Director of Career Counseling and Education
| Jan/29 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | 10-250 |
Enrollment: Registration through CareerBridge
Papers are one of the few deliverables of the work of researchers. Well-designed, they efficiently allow each reader to learn only what he or she needs to. Poorly designed, by contrast, they confuse readers, fail to prompt decisions, or remain unread. Based on Dr Doumont’s book Trees, maps, and theorems about “effective communication for rational minds”, the lecture shows how to structure scientific papers, theses, and technical reports effectively at all levels to get the readers’ attention, facilitate navigation, and, in this way, get the message across optimally.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development, Dean for Graduate Education (ODGE)
Contact: Marilyn Wilson, 12-170, 617-253-4744, mcwilson@mit.edu
Take Charge of Your Stuff: Personal Content Management Tools
Peter Cohn, Helen Bailey
| Jan/15 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Personal content management tools help you get organized so you can work more efficiently and save yourself time. Some tools help you organize all sorts of information (notes, pdfs, documents, 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 here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486713
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Peter Cohn, pcohn@mit.edu
Tensor Calculus
Romain Lagrange, Instructor in Applied Mathematics
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
The description of the deformation and the stress in a body (fluid or solid), requires
mathematical tools that are not introduced in the classical mechanics of point particles, or in
the mechanics of rigid bodies. Indeed, in these two elementary mechanics, physical quantities
(velocities, forces...) are modelled as vectors fields. In mechanics of deformable bodies, the
description of deformation and stress uses an other mathematical entity: the tensor, that is an
extension of the vector concept (a vector being a particular tensor). This crash course aims to
introduce the very main concepts on tensor calculus.
Sponsor(s): Mathematics
Contact: Romain Lagrange, E18-302, (617) 682-0675, romain.g.lagrange@GMAIL.COM
| Jan/22 | Wed | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 66-154 |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 66-154 |
Theses@MIT: specifications and copyright issues
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, Mikki Simon MacDonald, Metadata archivist
| Jan/31 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:15PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/30
Prereq: none
This session will cover the required specifications for submitting your thesis, and review some common copyright questions related to theses, including whether you need permission to use certain figures in your thesis, and what is involved when you want to publish parts of your thesis before or after the thesis is submitted.
Offered by Mikki Simon MacDonald from the Institute Archives, who oversees thesis processing, and Ellen Finnie Duranceau, from the MIT Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Publishing & Licensing, who handles copyright and publishing questions for the MIT community.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU
To Infinity and Beyond: Borrowing from a Galaxy of Libraries
Sarah Desautels, Resource Sharing Assistant
| Jan/15 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | DIRC (14N-132) |
Enrollment: Advance sign-up encouraged, but not required!
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 50 participants
Did you know you can access a universe of resources? Don’t let your research end with MIT’s holdings—this workshop will show you three trajectories to borrowing from non-MIT collections. We’ll explore the different benefits of these trajectories, so you can take your research "to infinity—and beyond!”
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Sarah Desautels, 14-0551, 617 253-7386, SDESAUTE@MIT.EDU
Unlocking the Secrets of Company Databases
Alex Caracuzzo, Sloan, Management, and Finance Librarian/Manager, Lily Zhang, Career Development Specialist
| Jan/15 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 3-133, Bring your laptop |
Enrollment: Sign up on CareerBridge
Limited to 40 participants
Do you know what you want to do when you leave MIT (or for the summer), but are 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 the MIT Libraries, in collaboration with GECD Career Services, 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.
Sponsor(s): Global Education and Career Development, Libraries
Contact: Lily Zhang, 12-170, (617) 253-4733, lilyz@mit.edu
Using Images in your work: A look at fair use, open licensing, and copyright
Ellen Finnie Duranceau, Program Manager, Scholarly Publishing & Licensing
| Jan/10 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:15PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Prereq: none
This session will provide information about how to assess whether use of a particular image requires permission or is “fair use,” how to find images already flagged for reuse, and will touch briefly upon good practices for citing images. Directed at authors of theses, journal articles, blogs, and other scholarly writing.
Presented by Ellen Finnie Duranceau, copyright contact and Program Manager for Scholarly Publishing & Licensing in the MIT Libraries.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Ellen Duranceau, 14S-216, 617 253-8483, EFINNIE@MIT.EDU
Writing Personal Statements and Proposals That Work
Alison Hynd
| Jan/28 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:30PM | 8-119 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Are you applying for grad school? Considering a Distinguished Fellowship? Seeking funding for your summer project?
Come and learn the nuts and bolts of writing successful personal statements and proposals.
Staff from Global Education and the Public Service Center will share their tips as frequent proposal readers and writers. Students who've written successful proposals will share what worked for them!
Presented by:
Kimberly Benard, Global Education Office
Alison Hynd, Public Service Center
RSVP to hynd@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Public Service Center, Global Education and Career Development
Contact: Alison Hynd, hynd@mit.edu
Zotero Basics
Jennie Murack
| Jan/21 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 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.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=486997
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
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