MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017 Schedule for January 19


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

07:45 AM

Synrgy Circuits 2nd Floor, Z Center

08:00 AM

Arabic 101 Location TBD
Boxing Conditioning T Club Lounge

09:00 AM

Bamboo Bicycle Frame Making Workshop MIT IDC wear clothes that can get dirty; bring music!
Computing in Optimization and Statistics E51-151
Computing in Optimization and Statistics E51-151
Introduction to R 4-231 Bring your laptop
Mapping with Drones: UAS for Data Collection and Research 2-105
Strength and Conditioning 2nd Floor Zesiger

10:00 AM

Art and Politics E53-485
Hacking the Holodeck: An Introduction to Touch and Virtual Reality IDC N52 3rd floor Bring laptop with Unity and Arduino IDE installed
Individual Consultations at the WCC (Writing and Communication Center) E18-233
Intro to Metal Sculpture 4-006
MIT Bio-Maker Workshop 1-190
Positional Games 4-153

10:30 AM

Materials Characterization Techniques and Principles I Location TBD

11:00 AM

EHS-MS: Building a toolbox for the EHS Coordinator N52-496 Conf Rm A
Free-Space Laser Communication NE45-202 located at 300 Tech. Square
Health and Safety Issues of Nanomaterials 46-3189
Social networking sites & article sharing 14N-132 (DIRC)

12:00 PM

IAP 2017- The Feynman Films 6-120
Protocols and Methods: Recipes for research 14N-132

12:30 PM

Developing Leadership in Yourself and Others 32-124

01:00 PM

Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) - Afternoon Session N52-419
Collaborative Design and Creative Expression with Arduino MIcrocontrollers 13-4101 bring laptop
Collaborative Sculpture: The Politics of Collective and Social Artistic Practice W20-425 bring laptop and/or sketchbook
EHS Representative Orientation N52-496 Conf. Rm A/B
ESRI StoryMaps & Web Apps 14N-132
Exoplanet Research at MIT (3 talks and a tour!) Marlar Lounge 37-252
Handset Printing at the Beaver Press Print Shop Barker Library Signup; link below.
IAP 2017: Making the leap from student to thesis writer: How to write a dissertation while maintaining your sanity E51-151
Introduction to neuron population recording methods 46-3189
Learn to Build Your Own Videogame with the Unity Game Engine and Microsoft Kinect 13-3101 bring laptop
Pleasures of Poetry 2017 14E-304
Software Radio Beaverworks NE45-202 bring your laptop
Technology Innovation Accelerator Beaverworks NE45-202
Transformative Appetite E14-240
Wikipedia 101: How to be a media literate citizen 4-251 Bring your laptop
Women in Politics Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 4-251 Bring your laptop

01:30 PM

How to Design Electric Vehicles - Lecture 32-155
IAP 2017 Physics Lecture Series 6-120
Introduction to Entrepreneurship - Internet of Things Applied to Healthcare 8-205 bring laptop and phone

02:00 PM

A Look Inside the Human Brain using Modern Imaging Technologies 46-3015
Build your own multi-touch pad (learn laser-cutting, basic electronics, and computer vision in 2 afternoons) 32-311 bring your laptop
Contemporary Military Topics (series) E40-496 Lucian Pye Conf Rm
CREATING AXONOGRAPHY: From 2D to spatial sensory exhibition design tbd Please bring your own laptop
Fabricating Electronic Tattoos (FULL with FULL WAITLIST!) E15-341 Bring laptop
Glass + Light 10-150
IAP 2017 MIT Flute Ensemble 4-162
Making the Most of Your Presentation 10-250
MIT Laptop Orchestra 4-364
PRIVACY AND DATA SCIENCE LAW, POLICY AND ETHICS IN A DATA-DRIVEN AGE 15-359
Quick Intro to Designing Feedback Controllers 38-530 Circuits Lab Bring laptop
Socialism vs. capitalism and war. 4-265
What playfulness can change E15 - 315

03:00 PM

A Look Inside the Human Brain using Modern Imaging Technologies 46-3015
Arabic 101 Location TBD
CantoVerso Workshop, Reading, and Book Launch 14N-233
Media for Movement Building: Making Podcasts about Urban Planning in East Boston 9-217 Students will need to bring their own laptops

04:00 PM

A Look Inside the Human Brain using Modern Imaging Technologies 46-3015
Business information for engineers and scientists 14N-132
Composite Forms W20-431
Reproducibility in Chemical Research 6-120

05:00 PM

Applied Probabilistic Programming and Bayesian Machine Learning 4-237
CantoVerso Workshop, Reading, and Book Launch 14E-304
Effective Speaking 3-333
Mapping History TBD Bring your laptop
ROS Introduction for Beginners 1-115

05:30 PM

Hacking a Software Interview -- Mastering Programming Interview Questions 32-155
Intermediate Swim Zesiger Pool
Learn Massage1 W59 bring twin sheets
MIT Heavy Metal 101 4-149
Transformative Appetite Media Lab

06:00 PM

Learn To Play Bridge! 4-159
Sun Style Tai Chi 4-153

06:30 PM

Offshore Sailing Shore School 66-160
Stroke Technique Zesiger Pool
Transformative Appetite Media Lab

07:00 PM

Phenomenology of Superconductivity 4-163
Totally Teapots B W20-431
Unintuitive and Insecure: Fixing the Failures of the Authentication User Experience E51-345
Winter School 6-120