IAP 2014 Activities by Sponsor - Office of Educational Innovation and Technology

Brandon Muramatsu, Sr. Education Technology Consultant, Josh Shaffer, iOS Software Engineer

Jan/10

Fri

09:00AM-05:00PM

See Website, bring your Mac Laptop.

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: Object oriented programming background.

Our goal is to provide an introduction to iOS App development. By the end of the workshop you should have created a full sample app. The morning will be lecture-based and cover the basics while the afternoon will be hands-on and lab-style. This workshop is targeted at those just getting started with iOS development. The workshop will be led by Josh Shaffer an iOS Software Engineer.

Please register online at the workshop website icampusprize.mit.edu/iap/ios-workshop-2014/. The website will have up to date details on the workshop.

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Contact: Brandon Muramatsu, NE48-308, 617 253-1680, MURA@MIT.EDU

James Cain, Manager - Experimental Learning Environments, OEIT

Jan/30

Thu

01:00PM-03:30PM

4-231

Enrollment: Register at link below:

Analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models and applications – all more quickly. In this session we will present strategies and techniques to accelerate your MATLAB computations, and highlight ways that you can use MATLAB with HPC environments without needing to be an expert in parallel programming with CUDA or MPI.

The acceleration topics covered include:

-Parallel computing on multicore processors and GPUs

-Scaling computations to clusters and clouds

-Generating and incorporating C-based functions that can be scaled with your code base

We will describe the underlying acceleration technology, and explain when it is most applicable.

 

MathWorks at MIT IAP 2014

MathWorks is hosting six sessions during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) 2014. Join us to learn how you can use MATLAB and Simulink for technical computing and application development in engineering, math, and science. Attend as many sessions as you like.

Please visit the following URL for more information and to register for this session:

http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap14/index.html

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Tim Mathieu, Tim.Mathieu@mathworks.com

James Cain, Manager - Experimental Learning Environments, OEIT

Jan/28

Tue

10:00AM-12:00PM

4-163

Enrollment: Register at link below
Limited to 85 participants

MATLAB is a high-level language that allows you to quickly perform computation and visualization through easy-to-use programming constructs. 

In this session, you will learn how to use MATLAB to gain insight into your engineering and scientific data. With the MATLAB language, interactive tools, and built-in math functions, you can explore and model your data, build customized analyses, and share your discoveries with others.

During this seminar, you will see how to:

-Access data from files and spreadsheets

-Manage complex and messy data

-Plot data and customize figures

-Perform statistical analysis and fitting

-Generate reports and build apps

This session is for students, faculty, and researchers who are new to MATLAB. Experienced MATLAB users may also benefit from the session, which features capabilities from recent releases of MATLAB.

 

MathWorks at MIT IAP 2014

MathWorks is hosting six sessions during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) 2013. Join us to learn how you can use MATLAB and Simulink for technical computing and application development in engineering, math, and science. Attend as many sessions as you like.

Please visit the following URL for more information and to register for this session:

http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap14/index.html

 

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Contact: Tim Mathieu, Tim.Mathieu@mathworks.com

James Cain, Manager - Experimental Learning Environments, OEIT

Jan/28

Tue

01:00PM-05:00PM

4-163

Enrollment: Register at link below
Limited to 85 participants

MATLAB is a high-level language that allows you to quickly perform computation and visualization through easy-to-use programming constructs. This hands-on lab presents the essentials you need to use MATLAB for your classes or research.

In this session, we import historical temperature data collected in the Northern Hemisphere from an external file, plot the data over time, then perform some analysis to view the data trend to determine if global warming is happening. You’ll learn how to write a MATLAB script and publish it to a format for sharing, such as HTML. You’ll also learn how to write your own MATLAB functions, use flow control, and create loops.

By the end of the session, you’ll have learned to create an application in MATLAB.

Key topics include:

-Navigating the MATLAB desktop

-Working with variables in MATLAB

-Calling MATLAB functions

-Importing/extracting data

-Visualizing data

-Conducting computational analysis

-Fitting data

-Automating analysis with scripts

-Publishing MATLAB programs

-Programming in MATLAB

Note: Attendees should bring a laptop to this hands-on lab.

MathWorks at MIT IAP 2014

MathWorks is hosting 6 sessions during MIT's (IAP) 2014.  Attend as many sessions as you like.

Please visit the following URL for more information and to register for this session:

http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap14/index.html

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Contact: Tim Mathieu, tim.Mathieu@mathworks.com

James Cain, Manager Experimental Learning Environments, OEIT

Jan/29

Wed

09:00AM-12:00PM

35-225

Enrollment: Register at link below:
Limited to 85 participants

Simulink is an environment for multidomain simulation and Model-Based Design for dynamic and embedded systems. It provides an interactive graphical environment and a customizable set of block libraries that let you design, simulate, implement, and test a variety of time-varying systems in multiple domains, including communications, controls, and signal, video, and image processing.

Using specific, real-world examples, we show you how to model and simulate dynamic systems as part of a top-down design workflow. We start by modeling and simulating the differential equations governing the system dynamics using an approach based on first principles. We then show how to use additional domain-specific libraries for system design and architectural modeling to create more detailed models as physical networks of components. We present examples from a variety of domains, including electrical and mechanical, and for a variety of applications, including both control systems and digital signal processing.

 

MathWorks at MIT IAP 2014

MathWorks is hosting 6 sessions during MIT's IAP 2014. Join us to learn how you can use MATLAB and Simulink for technical computing and application development in engineering, math, and science. Attend as many sessions as you like.

Please visit the following URL for more information and to register for this session:

http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap14/index.html

 

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Contact: Tim Mathieu, Tim.Mathieu@mathworks.com

James Cain, Manager - Experimental Learning Environments, OEIT

Jan/30

Thu

10:00AM-12:00PM

4-231

Enrollment: Register at link below:

Machine learning techniques are often used for data analysis and decision-making tasks such as forecasting, classification of risk, estimating probabilities of default, and data mining. However, implementing and comparing machine learning techniques to choose the best approach can be challenging. In this session, you will learn about several machine learning techniques available in MATLAB and how to quickly explore your data, evaluate machine learning algorithms, compare the results, and apply the best technique to your problem.

Highlights include unsupervised and supervised learning techniques such as:

-K-means and other clustering tools

-Neural networks

-Decision trees and ensemble learning

-Naïve Bayes classification

-Linear, logistic, and nonlinear regression

MathWorks at MIT IAP 2014

MathWorks is hosting six sessions during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) 2014. Join us to learn how you can use MATLAB and Simulink for technical computing and application development in engineering, math, and science. Attend as many sessions as you like.

Please visit the following URL for more information and to register for this session:

http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap14/index.html

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Tim Mathieu, Tim.Mathieu@mathworks.com

James Cain, Manager - Experimental Learning Environments, OEIT

Jan/29

Wed

01:00PM-04:00PM

35-225

Enrollment: Register at link below
Limited to 20 participants

Addressing the growing need in curriculum and research for low-cost, easy-to-use hardware and software environments, this session describes the built-in support in MATLAB and Simulink for prototyping, testing, and running Simulink models on Raspberry Pi.

Simulink includes the capability to program Arduino, Raspberry Pi, LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, and other low-cost hardware platforms. This hands-on workshop introduces the hardware support capabilities in Simulink. Participants develop, simulate, and test custom algorithms and implement the code on an embedded system from within the Simulink environment. Lab modules include examples of video and image processing algorithms, from very simple video in/out handling to more sophisticated processing such as object recognition and edge detection. The workshop provides practical hands-on experience and gives attendees an understanding of the potential for use in the classroom, research, and student projects.

Participants will:

-Design, simulate, and test custom algorithms in Simulink

-Implement these algorithms on embedded hardware

-Discover the ease of using Simulink to program

Note:

Necessary software and Raspberry Pi Kits will be made available to attendees for the duration of the workshop.We have a limited class size for this workshop. Register now and we will contact you to confirm your seat.Faculty, staff and graduate students will be given preference as attendees.

Visit the following URL for more information: Mathworks_IAP_2014

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Tim Mathieu, Tim.Mathieu@mathworks.com

Violeta Ivanova, PhD, ARTEMiS

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

Learn how to create graphics and animations using software tools such as Maya and After Effects. This workshop introduces principles and techniques for visual communication and provides opportunities to acquire practical skills in the digital visual arts, including, but not limited to: creating 3D models, materials, and keyframe motion animation in Maya; creating 2D graphics and animation in After Effects; and editing a short animated movie. The focus will be on experiential learning, therefore participants will learn primarily by producing their own models and animations. In addition, the instructors will demo in detail the production workflows of educational animations and will provide resources for further learning following the workshop.

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Contact: Violeta Ivanova, artemis-www@mit.edu

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Jan/27	Mon	01:00PM-04:00PM	56-191
Jan/28	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	56-191
Jan/29	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	26-139
Jan/30	Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	26-139

Betsy Skrip, MFA, Violeta Ivanova, PhD - ARTEMiS

Violeta Ivanova, PhD, ARTEMiS

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

Learn how to create graphics and interactive media using software tools such as Photoshop, Illustrator, and Unity3D. This workshop introduces principles and techniques for visual communication and provides opportunities to acquire practical skills in the digital visual arts, including, but not limited to: designing raster and vector graphics; storyboarding a game; creating 3D game objects; and scripting a graphical user interface and interactions. The focus will be on experiential learning, therefore participants will learn primarily by producing their own creative work. In addition, the instructors will demo in detail the production workflows of advanced educational games and will provide resources for further learning following the workshop.

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology
Contact: Violeta Ivanova, artemis-www@mit.edu

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Jan/21	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	26-139
Jan/22	Wed	01:00PM-04:00PM	26-139
Jan/23	Thu	01:00PM-04:00PM	26-139
Jan/24	Fri	01:00PM-04:00PM	26-139

Betsy Skrip, Violeta Ivanova, PhD - ARTEMiS

Brandon Muramatsu, Sr. Educational Technology Consultant, TBD, Academic Developer Evangelist

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/06
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

The Windows 8 and Unity Game Development Workshops are a series workshops to help you get started developing for Windows 8 and using Unity to develop games for the XBox One.

These workshops can also be used as a stepping stone towards a few larger competitions with a focus on socially responsible and/or educational themes, including the iCampus Student Prize, IDEAS Global Challenge or the Imagine Cup.

Please register online at the workshop website icampusprize.mit.edu/iap/windows-8-and-unity-game-development-2014/. The website will have up to date details on the workshops.

Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Brandon Muramatsu, NE48-308, 617 253-1680, MURA@MIT.EDU

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Windows 8 & Unity Game Dev, Day 1

Jan/13

Mon

09:00AM-03:00PM

See Website, bring your Windows 8 laptop.

Please register online at icampusprize.mit.edu/iap/windows-8-and-unity-game-development-2014/. The website will have up to date details on the workshops.

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Windows 8 & Unity Game Dev, Day 2

Jan/14

Tue

09:00AM-03:00PM

See Website, bring your Windows 8 laptop.

Please register online at icampusprize.mit.edu/iap/windows-8-and-unity-game-development-2014/. The website will have up to date details on the workshops.