MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2014 Activities by Sponsor - Information Services and Technology

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Bring Learning to Life by Engaging Students with Maple

Maplesoft Staff

Jan/23 Thu 02:00PM-03:00PM E17-121

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 40 participants

Every day Maple helps educators all over the world to bring complex problems to life for their students, enabling them to focus on mastering concepts rather than the mechanics of solutions.  This presentation will offer educators a quick and easy way to learn some of the fundamental concepts of Maple, and by learning a few simple techniques you will be able to use Clickable Math(TM) features to compose, visualize, and solve a wide variety of mathematical problems without commands.  This presentation will also provide an introduction to some of the technical documentation features in Maple, including the use of interactive components such as buttons and sliders.  Just teach the math - not the tool!

Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology
Contact: Kim Koserski, 519-747-2373, kkoserski@maplesoft.com


Drupal Cloud Competition for Module Development

Michael Rossetti, IS&T Web Development Group Manager

Enrollment: MIT students only; enrollment at 1st class
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: basic programming experience; PHP & MySQL helpful

You can already build a free, customizable, MIT web site for yourself, your club, your project team, or your chia pet, using the most powerful open source content management system on the planet.

http://drupalcloud.mit.edu

Now you can bend this system to your will! Or, at least, develop a cool module for it. What feature would you like to see in Drupal Cloud? What does your website really need? What could every MIT site use? Build it! Submit it! Compete for fame, glory, and cash prizes! (And the chance to have your feature included in the Drupal Cloud service.)

Learn about Drupal as a framework, learn about APIs available on campus, and gain a better understanding of development best practices and related concepts.

A Drupal distribution will be on the contest site which participants may download and install on their own development environment. Participants will upload their completed module code to the competition site. Judging criteria will be based on: module functionality, usability, Drupal integration and use of MIT API’s.

Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd and 3rd place projects:

1st Place - $5,000

2nd Place - $3,000

3rd Place - $2,000

 Contest limited to 20 teams.

Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Information Services and Technology
Contact: Michael Rossetti, rossetti@mit.edu


MIT Drupal CLoud and APIs

Jan/07 Tue 03:00PM-04:00PM 26-168

Session Description TBD


MIT API Deep Dive

Jan/08 Wed 03:00PM-04:00PM 26-168

Session Description TBD


Drupal Coding & Best Practices

Jan/09 Thu 03:00PM-04:00PM 26-168

Module Development, Drupal Best Practices, Q&A; contest registration deadline


Final Judging and Contest Results

Jan/28 Tue 03:00PM-04:00PM 26-168

Fame! Fortune! Contest Results! (submission deadline & judging)

 


Introduction to FileMaker 13

Peggy Conant, FileMaker User Group Coordinator

Jan/08 Wed 10:00AM-11:00AM TBD

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Ronnie Rio of FileMaker Inc. will be on-hand to brief us on what's new with FileMaker 13, released on December 2, 2013.  Although MIT won't be supporting FileMaker 13 immediately, we will be doing so soon.  Come to this session if you use FileMaker currently and want to know what features have been added in FM 13.

Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology
Contact: Peggy Conant, W92-114RC, 617 715-5142, PCONANT@MIT.EDU


Introduction to Mechatronic and Robotic Applications Using MapleSim

Maplesoft staff

Jan/23 Thu 03:00PM-04:00PM E17-121

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 40 participants

MapleSim is a tool for modeling and analyzing mechatronic systems that relieves the burden typically associated with using traditional simulation tools to develop high-fidelity models.  This next-generation graphical tool will dramatically reduce your time and costs associated with up-front analysis, virtual prototyping, and parameter optimization of system designs.  With its intuitive, multi-domain modeling environment and powerful multibody modeling tools, MapleSim is uniquely suited to developing mechatronic systems, including applications such as robotics, guidance systems, active stabilizers, vibration attenuators, and "X-by-wire" systems found in road vehicles and aircraft.

In this presentation, a modeling and simulation expert from Maplesoft will demonstrate MapleSim's unique capabilities when designing systems where open-loop, closed-loop, kinematic, and dynamic behaviors need to be considered.  Tools for transferring work into an existing control development toolchain, and real-time simulation systems (for hardware-in-the-loop testing) will also be presented.

Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology
Contact: Kim Koserski, 519-747-2373, kkoserski@maplesoft.com


Overview of Spring '14 Learning Modules

Jeanne Chiang, IS&T

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

IS&T will soon release the updated beta versions of the Materials Module and Membership Service.  Features to be demoed include:

Membership Service (Jan 14th & Jan 23rd):

Materials Module (Jan 23rd only):

This IAP session is intended for interested and confirmed beta users, but all are welcome.

Sponsor(s): Information Services and Technology
Contact: IS&T Education Systems, learningmod-support@mit.edu


Jan/14 Tue 01:30PM-02:30PM 1-134, RSVP preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.
Jan/23 Thu 01:30PM-02:30PM 1-134, RSVP preferred, but walk-ins are welcome.

Samantha Medeiros - IS&T