2-Day Career Exploration Bootcamp
Ann Guo, Ph.D. '99, Career Coach
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
Have you obsessed over the big career question over the years and find yourself going in circles? As a career coach and an MIT alum, I can relate to your hopes and frustrations. In this 2-day bootcamp, we will take a step back and start from first principles. With an open mind and no prior expectations, we will work our way through a systematic approach to career decision making that breaks the problem down into bite-sized chunks. At the end of the class, we will form peer coaching groups where you commit to helping one another for the next semester, so you stay on course long after the class is over.
By the way, here is my career trajectory: Course 6 --> PhD in Artificial Intelligence --> Startup Founder --> Product Manager --> Quant Finance Recruiter --> Career Coach. As you can see, I have gone through many career transitions myself.
Bring your laptop!
If the registration is full, please send an email to anyuan@alum.mit.edu with "IAP" as the subject line and your career question. I will add you to the waitlist.
Register here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1ojoIvcsKNE2QiNfJnVMgiF1Gkr6iH2yZUtux3_T-GN0/viewform
Sponsor(s): Undergraduate Practice Opportunities Program -UPOP
Contact: Amy Shea, 33-413, 617 253-3251, AMYSHEA@MIT.EDU
| Jan/08 | Wed | 01:00PM-06:00PM | 66-144 |
| Jan/22 | Wed | 01:00PM-06:00PM | 66-144 |
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
Adventures in Scanning Electron Microscopy
Donald Galler, Research Engineer
Enrollment: Advance sign up. First come, first serve basis.
Sign-up by 01/01
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
The seminar 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.
This is a modern scanning electron microscope with several advanced features: low pressure chamber, computer controlled positioning stage. The SEM is equipped with an energy dispersive spectroscopy system for elemental analysis. Attendees will also be familiarized with the operation and capabilities of the EDS system. Attendees are encouraged to bring samples for exploration.
Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Donald Galler, 4-133, 617-253-4554, dgaller@mit.edu
| Jan/13 | Mon | 09:00AM-05:00PM | SEM lab room 4-141, 1 hour lunch break |
| Jan/15 | Wed | 09:00AM-05:00PM | SEM lab room 4-141, 1 hour lunch break |
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Donald Galler - Research Engineer
An Introduction to Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
Dr. Shaoyan Chu
| Jan/30 | Thu | 11:30AM-12:30PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
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
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
Biotech Business Information for Engineers and Scientists
Courtney Crummett, Bioinformatics and Biosciences Librarian
| Jan/15 | Wed | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Limited to 30 participants
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.
If you're not interetsed in biotechnology a companion session will feature resources and examples geared for the engineering sciences:
Business information for engineers and scientists Tuesday Jan 28 4:00PM-5:00PM 14N-132 (DIRC)
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
Coolnetworking 3.0: Coolhunting and Coolfarming through Swarm Creativity
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. It will also introduce "virtual mirroring" to improve communication by continuously tracking and mirroring back a communication network.
This is a revised and condensed version of a distributed course, which has been taught for the last 9 years at MIT, Helsinki, Cologne, and Savannah. (http://sites.google.com/site/coincourse2013/)
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Peter Gloor, NE25-749, x3-7018, pgloor@mit.edu
| Jan/08 | Wed | 03:00PM-06:00PM | NE25-749, 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/09 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | NE25-749, Bring your laptop |
Coolhunting
As part of the course you will get Condor, which allows you to analyze Web sites, Blogs, Twitter, Wikipedia, Facebook and E-Mail.
Peter Gloor
| Jan/10 | Fri | 03:00PM-06:00PM | NE25-749, Bring your laptop |
Coolfarming
In this part we will use Condor to analyze organizational e-mail networks, and study interpersonal networks on the Web, Twitter, and Facebook.
Peter Gloor
EHS Representative Orientation
Pam Greenley
| Jan/14 | Tue | 09:30AM-12:30PM | N52-496A |
Enrollment: Register via the MIT Learning Center: https://web.mit.edu/training/learning
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: Registration required
This is a training course for new and existing EHS reps on their role in the EHS Management System, their responsibilities 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 https://web.mit.edu/training/learning_center.html
Sponsor(s): Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: Jessica Van, N52-496, 617 452-3233, JVAN@MIT.EDU
Electric Power System Modeling for a Low Carbon Economy
Ignacio Perez-Arriaga, Visiting Professor
Enrollment: For-credit students have priority. Otherwise: first come, first served
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Advised to bring a laptop and have familiarity with GAMS
This 5-session intensive activity will present power system analysis techniques that will help in modeling and understanding the role of electric power systems in a carbon-constrained economy. The massive deployment of intermittent renewable electricity generation, the anticipated surge of active demand response or the development of smart grids are among the challenges that have to be faced by the mathematical models for optimization, analysis and simulation of the complex decision making processes in power systems. Apart from a theoretical description of the presented models, the instructors will provide the students with a collection of prototypes that will allow them to run study cases and to understand the effect of the different mathematical formulations on the outcomes. Also the use of these models in some real-world applications will be presented.
Also available for credit: ESD.S30
Stellar: stellar.mit.edu/S/course/ESD/ia14/ESD.S30/
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division, MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Karen D. Tapia-Ahumada, katapia@mit.edu
| Jan/27 | Mon | 09:00AM-11:00AM | E51-057 |
Several models for short, medium and long term will be reviewed. A hands-on approach will be followed to show the basics of the models.
Andres Ramos - Professor, Javier Garcia-Gonzalez - Professor from UP Comillas
| Jan/27 | Mon | 11:00AM-01:00PM | E51-057 |
... Networks & Concepts of Nodal Pricing
Practical session: Use a transmission constrained DC economic dispatch model prototype in GAMS.
Javier Garcia-Gonzalez - Professor from UP Comillas
| Jan/28 | Tue | 09:00AM-11:00AM | E51-057 |
The use of a UC model in European projects for the evaluation of the impact of integrating renewable generation and electric vehicles in the Spanish system will be presented.
Andres Ramos - Professor, Javier Garcia-Gonzalez - Professor from UP Comillas
| Jan/28 | Tue | 11:00AM-01:00PM | E51-057 |
Practical session: The session will include the use of GAMS prototypes: cost-based UC, and a profit-based UC.
Andres Ramos - Professor, Javier Garcia-Gonzalez - Professor from UP Comillas
| Jan/29 | Wed | 09:00AM-01:00PM | E51-057 |
Advanced topic: Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming (SDDP)
Practical session:The session will include the use of GAMS prototype for mid-term planning.
Andres Ramos - Professor, Javier Garcia-Gonzalez - Professor from UP Comillas
| Jan/30 | Thu | 09:00AM-01:00PM | E51-057 |
... Participants in the Medium Term: Market Equilibrium Models
Reviews relevant problems and the associated numerical analysis techniques.
Andres Ramos - Professor
| Jan/31 | Fri | 09:00AM-01:00PM | E51-057 |
... Transmission Networks
Use of models in defining the transmission network needed to transport a large amount of electricity from far-away renewable resources to the main loading centers will be presented. European paradigmatic application cases of Desertec, Medgrid and eHighWay2050 will be analyzed.
Andres Ramos - Professor
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
Energy Sci/Tech Information: Where to Go, What to Do
Chris Sherratt
| Jan/14 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
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.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Chris Sherratt, 14S-134, 617-253-5648, gcsherra@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
FT-IR Sampling Capabilities in CMSE
Tim McClure
| Jan/27 | Mon | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
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
Gaming Methods in Research
Paul Grogan, Ph.D. Candidate, Roi Guinto, S.M. Candidate, Ellen Czaika, Ph.D. Candidate
Enrollment: Register at http://signup.mit.edu/gaming_iap14
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 40 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
As the scope of systems design broadens to include both technical features and behaviors of human actors, researchers need methods capable of handling both technical and social dimensions. Games are one approach of combining technical models with human interaction to collect both quantitative and qualitative data. Games are also useful for teaching players and designers about the systems they are designed to simulate. This activity explores the growing number of ways that games are employed in the toolkits of researchers from diverse fields such as education, engineering, sociology, and economics. Participants will be introduced to foundational literature on gaming and guest lecturers will discuss experiences with their game-oriented research, touching on core components of game design and evaluation. Participants will also participate in several games designed for research in breakout sessions scheduled during the class period.
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division
Contact: Paul Grogan, 33-409, PTGROGAN@MIT.EDU
| Jan/23 | Thu | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 4-265, Scheduled in advance. |
| Jan/24 | Fri | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 4-265, Scheduled in advance. |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 4-265, Scheduled in advance. |
| Jan/28 | Tue | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 4-265, Scheduled in advance. |
| Jan/29 | Wed | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 4-265, Scheduled in advance. |
| Jan/30 | Thu | 02:30PM-04:00PM | 4-265, Scheduled in advance. |
| Jan/31 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-265, Debrief of Breakout Sessions |
One or more games will be conducted in each breakout session. Capacity is limited in each session and will be scheduled in advance. Students are expected to attend at least three breakout sessions.
Paul Grogan - Ph.D. Candidate, Roi Guinto - S.M. Candidate, Ellen Czaika, Ph.D. Candidate
| Jan/21 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 4-265, Bring your laptop |
| Jan/22 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-265, Bring your laptop |
Prof. Olivier de Weck leads three rounds of the Lego Manufacturing Game -- an educational game where teams build Lego cars to maximize revenue. Participants experience challenges and rewards of various manufacturing paradigms to learn about product platforms. Tuesday 1/21: Round 1, Wednesday 1/22: Rounds 2 and 3. Please bring your laptop!
Paul Grogan - Ph.D. Candidate, Roi Guinto - S.M. Candidate, Ellen Czaika, Ph.D. Candidate
| Jan/23 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 4-265 |
| Jan/24 | Fri | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 4-265 |
| Jan/27 | Mon | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 4-265 |
| Jan/28 | Tue | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 4-265 |
| Jan/29 | Wed | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 4-265 |
| Jan/30 | Thu | 01:00PM-02:30PM | 4-265 |
Guest speakers discuss their gaming-related research in a panel session. Invited guests include: Mr. Todd Schenk, Dr. Travis Franck, Mr. Scot Osterweil, Ms. Amy Robinson, Dr. Adam Ross, Dr. Ari Epstein, Mr. Philip Tan, Prof. T.L. Taylor, Dr. Magy Seif El-Nasr, Dr. Casper Harteveld, and Mr. Jason Haas. This listing will be updated as guests are confirmed and scheduled.
Paul Grogan - Ph.D. Candidate, Roi Guinto - S.M. Candidate, Ellen Czaika, Ph.D. Candidate
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 get the most from the Koch Institute Bioinformatics Support and Computational Resources
Charlie Whittaker, KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility Research, Jingzhi Zhu, KI Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility Researcher
| Jan/27 | Mon | 09:00AM-11:00AM | 14N-132 DIRC |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/27
Limited to 40 participants
Prereq: This session is open to Researchers affiliated with Koch Ins
The Koch Institute Bioinformatics and Computing Core Facility provides researchers with support for various computational recourses. These resources include a Linux compute cluster, extensive data storage and a wide range of applications. Please sign up for this session if you are a researcher affiliated with the Koch Institute, MIT Biology Department, MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences or MIT Biological Engineering and are interested in learning how to get the most from the support we provide. We will cover IT-related topics such as cluster usage and storage access as well as provide general examples of bioinformatics analytical pipelines.
Note: This session is open to Researchers affiliated with Koch Institute Member Laboratories, MIT Biology Department, MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences or MIT Biological Engineering.
Sponsor(s): Biology, Biological Engineering, Libraries
Contact: Courtney Crummett, 14S-134, 617 324-8290, CRUMMETT@MIT.EDU
How To Stand-Up (Comedy)!
Alana Peters, Will Drevo
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Ever wanted to try your hand at standup comedy? Have you tried standup before and want to improve your act? Now is your chance.
This IAP, the MIT Stand Up Comedy Club (MIT SUCC) is hosting Mehran Khaghani, a professional Boston comedian who is teaching an 6 week long course in "How to Stand-Up (Comedy)". We'll be doing everything: reviewing and watching famous comics to learn their secrets, working on your own original material, attending and performing at local open mics, and ending the course by performing in a show for the MIT community.
Last year our final show was attended by over 300 students, and was opened by three professional comics from the Boston area. No prior experience required, but any level of experience is welcome to apply!
MIT SUCC IAP 2014 Comedy Class Application
* Sponsored by the MIT DeFlorez Fund for Humor *
Sponsor(s): MIT Standup Comedy Club
Contact: SUCC Officers, succ-officers@mit.edu
How will Big Data, Systems on a Chip, and Field Programmable Gate Arrays affect Measurement and Control Systems?
Joshua Brown, Boston Academic Field Engineer, National Instruments
| Jan/29 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | E25-119 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None
Researchers often need to leverage the latest technology to develop measurement and control systems. These technologies often require a high level of specialized knowledge to implement successfully. However, researchers typically work in small teams with limited development resources. This seminar will discuss what technologies are impacting system design, provide an overview of National Instruments' platform approach to system design, and discuss how this approach can increase the productivity of small research teams.
No advanced registration necessary, but interested participants can register at http://sine.ni.com/nievents/app/offering/p/offeringId/1763790/site/nic/country/us/lang/en to access technical resources and interact with the developer community.
Sponsor(s): Institute for Medical Engineering & Science
Contact: Thomas Heldt, 617 324-5005, THOMAS@MIT.EDU
iGEM: Synthetic Biology IAP 2014
Katie Bodner, Kristjan Eerik Kaseniit, Kyle Lathem, Richard Nelson Hall, Brandon Nadres, Chamille Lescott
Enrollment: Apply online at: http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:MIT/2014/Recruiting
Sign-up by 12/24
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: 7.01x preferred
Ever wonder if you could re-program cells to do whatever you wanted? With synthetic biology, the possibilities are endless!
Synthetic biology provides a unique opportunity to combine knowledge from electrical engineering, biological engineering, chemical engineering and biology. In this class, through a combination of lectures and work in the lab, you will learn many of the skills necessary to prepare you to join the MIT 2014 iGEM team!
iGEM is an international undergraduate competition in synthetic biology which MIT has competed in since 2004. To find out more about iGEM go to: www.igem.org and http://2014.igem.org. This is the special 10th anniversary of iGEM, and there will be a giant jamboree competition in Boston next November that will enable all teams to go directly to finals.
Through this hands-on class, you will go through the process of constructing DNA circuits, and by the end of IAP, you will create a bacterial lamp you can turn on and off! Guest lectures from synthetic biology professors and trips to local synthetic biology companies will supplement the curriculum.
No background experience is necessary, and all majors are welcome!
Send questions to igem-2014-applications@mit.edu
Visit http://tiny.cc/MITiGEM2014 to apply
Note: Times are roughly subject to change.
Sponsor(s): Biological Engineering
Contact: Katie Bodner, KBODNER@MIT.EDU
| Jan/13 | Mon | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
| Jan/14 | Tue | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
| Jan/15 | Wed | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
| Jan/16 | Thu | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
| Jan/17 | Fri | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
| Jan/21 | Tue | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
| Jan/22 | Wed | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
| Jan/23 | Thu | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
| Jan/24 | Fri | 11:00AM-05:00PM | NE47 |
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
Interpolation in ArcGIS
Jennie Murack
| Jan/27 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: basic knowledge of ArcGIS
Do you have a set of points that you measured on your trip? You can’t measure a phenomenon at every point in your field area but you can estimate the values between your samples with various interpolation techniques. We will cover Inverse Distance Weighting and Spline interpolations and talk a look at geostatistical techniques (Kriging). Bring your own data if you have it.
Prerequisite: 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=472491
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy
Patrick Boisvert, Technical Associate
| Jan/30 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
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
Introduction to Evernote and Skitch
Kari R. Smith, Digital Archivist
| Jan/17 | Fri | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 14N 132 DIRC, Create an Evernote account prior to class |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: None
Do you like to jot notes on the go? Do you want to include photos with your notes? Do you like to draw diagrams as much as typing notes? Are there webpages you don't have time to read now but would like to capture the content as more than a bookmark? If yes, then Evernote and Skitch may be an option for taking, organizing, and sharing notes.
During this introductory session, we will cover the basics of Evernote options, capabilities, multi-platform use and synchronization across devices. Sign up for an Evernote account in advance to make the most of the session. Bring your laptop or use one of the machines in the DIRC teaching lab.
Please register at: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=489473
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Kari Smith, 14N-118, 617 258-5568, SMITHKR@MIT.EDU
Introduction to Process Simulation for non-Chemical Engineers
Randall Field, Executive Director, Conversion Research Program
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
This course is intended to introduce non-chemical engineers to the tools used in conceptual process development and analysis. Aspen Plus was originally developed at MIT and it is now widely used by the process industries for research & development, engineering and operations. Students will learn the basics of process modeling through a combination of lectures, tutorials and hands-on problem sets, with coaching. Non-chemical engineering students who are planning to use Aspen Plus for research projects are encouraged to attend this course.
By the end of the course, students should be comfortable with creating system level models of steady-state processes. They will understand how to provide their own equations into the process model, how to create information feedback loops and the basics of flowsheet convergence. Thermodynamic models will be used during the course, but the details of how to select the thermodynamic models will not be covered in this course; reference materials will be recommended.
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Initiative
Contact: Randall Field, E19-370P, 617-324-2391, rpfield@mit.edu
| Jan/21 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 56-167 |
| Jan/22 | Wed | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 56-167 |
| Jan/23 | Thu | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 56-167 |
| Jan/24 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 56-167 |
Randall Field - Executive Director, Conversion Research Program
Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy/Focused Ion Beam Dual Beam Workstation
Shiahn Chen, Research Specialist
| Jan/30 | Thu | 03:00PM-05:00PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
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
Introduction to the FDA IND Process: Getting from bench to bedside
Claudia Mickelson, Deputy Dir. & Special Advisor to the VP for Rsrch, EHS
| Jan/29 | Wed | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 68-181 |
Enrollment: http://ehs.mit.edu/site/content/iap-course-registration
Limited to 35 participants
The process of translating laboratory discoveries into clinically relevant therapeutics takes a long time, costs a great deal of money, and had a high failure rate. This is partly due to the complex nature of the process and the FDA regulations and the fact that researchers are not familiar with the various steps in the process and what must be done at each step. This is a dynamic process in those issues and adverse events observed in past clinical trials are used to inform decisions about ongoing and new clinical trials. This class will give an overview of the steps, the requirements and submissions needed to obtain FDA permission to conduct a phase I clinical trial in the U.S. Examples from various different human gene therapy clinical trials will be discussed.
Sponsor(s): Environment, Health and Safety Office
Contact: Jessica Van, N52-496, 617 452-3233, JVAN@MIT.EDU
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
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
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
Methods for analyzing neural data
Ethan Meyers, Postdoctoral Associate, BCS, MIBR, CBMM, Wasim Malik, Instructor in Anesthesia Harvard Medical School, MGH
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
This course will cover several methods that are useful for analyzing neural data including conventional statistics, mutual information, point process models and decoding analyses. The emphasis will be on explaining the basic mathematical intuitions behind these methods, and giving practical hands-on experience for how these methods can be applied to real data. The class will be divided into lectures that will explain different methods and into laboratory classes where students can analyze real data. Students are welcome to attend any lecture/lab sessions that they find useful. 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. Please signup for the class here: http://tinyurl.com/k5cec6f
For more information see: http://web.mit.edu/emeyers/www/IAP_2014/
Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Ethan Meyers, 46-5155, 617 447-7814, EMEYERS@MIT.EDU
| Jan/21 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 46-3189 |
We will cover classical statistics which is the most widely used method to analyze neural data, and also mutual information analyses.
Ethan Meyers - Postdoctoral Associate, BCS, MIBR, CBMM
| Jan/22 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 46-5193, Bring a laptop |
We will have Matlab exercises where you can try out classical statistics and mutual information analyses on real data.
Ethan Meyers - Postdoctoral Associate, BCS, MIBR, CBMM
| Jan/23 | Thu | 03:00PM-04:00PM | 46-3189, Bring a laptop |
We will cover population decoding analyses and dimensionality reduction analyses
Ethan Meyers - Postdoctoral Associate, BCS, MIBR, CBMM
| Jan/23 | Thu | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 46-3189, Bring a laptop |
We will have Matlab exercises where you can try out population decoding and dimensionality reduction methods.
Ethan Meyers - Postdoctoral Associate, BCS, MIBR, CBMM
| Jan/28 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:00PM | TBA |
We will cover point process models for data analysis.
Wasim Malik - Instructor in Anesthesia Harvard Medical School, MGH
| Jan/29 | Wed | 03:00PM-04:00PM | TBA, Bring a laptop |
We will have Matlab exercises where you can try out point process models on real data.
Wasim Malik - Instructor in Anesthesia Harvard Medical School, MGH
Patent Searching Fundamentals
Howard Silver
| Jan/14 | Tue | 04:00PM-05:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
| Jan/24 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
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 one session:
Sponsor(s): Libraries, Technology Licensing Office
Contact: Howard Silver, 14S-134, 617 253-9319, HSILVER@MIT.EDU
Preventing Contamination and Maintaining Return-Sample Integrity from Near Planet Missions
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 01/10
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/27 | Mon | 09:00AM-04:00PM | 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/28 | Tue | 09:00AM-04:00PM | 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
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
Rare Book Speed Dating
Audrey Pearson, Special Collections Cataloging Librarian
| Jan/10 | Fri | 10:30AM-11:00AM | 14N-118 |
| Jan/10 | Fri | 11:15AM-11:45AM | 14N-118 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: none
There are many fish in the sea, and there are many rare books in the Institute Archives and Special Collections. Get up close and personal with some of our most attractive books. Library staff matchmakers will be on hand to introduce you to some very special materials in quick succession. Find a volume you’d like to get to know more intimately? Make a date to come back and spend even more time with it. Please note: the dating is with the materials, not the people. A must-do for bibliophiles.
Please register for one session:
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Audrey Pearson, 14N-118, 617 715-4466, PEARSONA@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
Resources for Free and Open GIS Data
Jennie Murack
| Jan/28 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Experience with GIS software is helpful, but not required.
Geospatial data is often extremely costly and difficult to access, but there are an increasing number of free and open GIS datasets that can be just as suitable and useful as their expensive, proprietary counterparts. We will explore specific sources and strategies for discovering this data. Examples of sources covered include OpenStreetMap, Natural Earth Data, the Database of Global Administrative Areas, and others. Some experience with GIS may be helpful.
Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=475863
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@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
Spatial Statistics: Regression
Jennie Murack
| Jan/22 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 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=472482
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU
Spatial Statistics: Spatial Autocorrelation
Jennie Murack
| Jan/17 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 14N-132 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 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=472479
Sponsor(s): Geographic Information Systems Lab, Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@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
The Lean Lab Startup
John Carrier
| Jan/24 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | E51-315 |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Are you starting a new lab or expanding/moving an existing lab?
Are you a PI who would you like increase research productivity and laboratory safety by 20-50% at no additional cost?
Are you a graduate student who wants to get higher quality data faster and graduate sooner?
Are you an EHS person who is tired of chasing the never ending violations?
Then The Lean Lab Startup is a must attend event for you!
In this session, we will look at how the application of a few simple Continuous Improvement tools (5S and Value Stream Mapping) have been successfully applied in several laboratories at MIT. You will learn how these simple techniques will have a direct and immediate impact on the work performed in your lab today. As part of the session, we will explain the rationale behind these techniques by looking at the systems and psychological underpinnings through the work of several notable MIT faculty, including Jay Forrester, John DC Little, Ed Schein, Douglas McGregor, and Kurt Lewin.
Finally, we will present our “90 minute recipe” to assist you in kicking off these efforts in your own lab. Pre-requisites: Curiosity 101 and Sense of humor 202.
Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering
Contact: John Carrier, jfcarrie@MIT.EDU
The Lean Laboratory Startup
Dr John F. Carrier, Sloan School of Management
| Jan/24 | Fri | 10:00AM-11:30AM | E51-315 |
Enrollment: see eventbrite link below
Sign-up by 01/24
Limited to 80 participants
The Lean Laboratory Startup
Then The Lean Laboratory Startup is a must attend event for you!
In this session, we will look at how a few simple Continuous Improvement tools (5S and Value Stream Mapping) have been successfully applied in several laboratories at MIT. You'll learn how these simple techniques will have immediate impact on the work in your lab today. We will explain the rationale behind these techniques through the systems and psychological studies of several notable MIT faculty, including Jay Forrester, John DC Little, Ed Schein, Douglas McGregor, and Kurt Lewin.
Finally, we'll present our “90 minute recipe” to assist you in kicking it off in your lab. Come with your current “headaches” in your laboratories with the expectation that we can take control of where we work!
Pre-requisites: Curiosity 101 and Sense of Humor 202.
Sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lean-laboratory-startup-tickets-10246913795
Sponsor(s): Chemical Engineering
Contact: John Carrier, (617) 939-4396, JFCARRIE@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
Writing in Digital Margins - Annotation Studio Workshop
Kurt Fendt, Executive Director MIT HyperStudio
| Jan/28 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | E51-095 |
Enrollment: Please Register Here: http://goo.gl/diyD6O
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 20 participants
Writing one’s thoughts, comments, or associations into the margins of books is a familiar, centuries-old practice. Now that more and more texts are read in digital form, what happens to these notes in the margins? Can we preserve this practice, or even better, can we enhance it with the affordances of digital technology?
Annotation Studio, an easy-to-use web application for education, engages students in close reading through annotation, allows them to add multimedia links to comments in order to cite sources, variations, or adaptations, and to share annotations with fellow students.
In this hands-on workshop you'll learn how to create, tag, link, and share annotations, how you can integrate digital text annotation in your teaching, or - if you are interested in the development or deployment aspects - how the underlying open-source technology opens up exciting possibilities for new functionality.
The workshop will include:
- Introduction to digital text annotation in education
- Hands-on session with Annotation Studio
- Panel discussion with instructors about classroom experiences with Annotation Studio
Break-out sessions will include:
- Classroom integration and creating assignments
- Reading and loading your own documents; creating, viewing and sharing annotations
- Introduction to the open source codebase for developers
- Administration, infrastructure and support
Please register to attend, and check the break-out session topics that interest you.
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Gabriella Horvath, 617-715-4480, ghorvath@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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