MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2019 Schedule for January 30


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

07:30 AM
Level 6 -- Pre-Masters Swim Workout Alumni Lap Pool

09:00 AM
Advanced Propulsion 54-100
Adventures in Scanning Electron Microscopy 4-141 1 hr lunch break
Invigorating Science: The Newton-Goethe Debate on Vision and the Significance to Contemporary Physics, Art, and Virtual Reality/AI TBD
SHOE AS A FIELD: A holistic data-driven approach to footwear design. 1-134 Bring your laptop

09:30 AM
Festival of Learning 2019 multiple locations
ORC IAP Seminar 2019: "Machine Learning and Operations Research" 32-141
Presenting with Skill and Confidence 66-144, 66-154

10:00 AM
American Sign Language for Beginners TBD
Art, Architecture and Models of Hyperbolic Energy 26-322
Contemporary Military Topics (series) E40-496 Lucian Pye Conference Room
Designing Your Life 24-618
Introduction to cleaning and prepping data with OpenRefine 7-238, Rotch Library Will be held in the GIS & Data lab inside Rotch
Is it in the Public Domain? E25-111
Tableau @ MIT: Tableau Prep in Action Magasanik Rm 68-180

10:30 AM
Mini-Symposium on Memory Training and Neuroscience 46-3002

11:00 AM
How to: Scientific Skills not Taught in Class 68-181
(CANCELED) Introduction to the Harpsichord for Pianists and Organists Killian Hall
Manage Your PDFs and Citations: Zotero and Mendeley (online) online

12:00 PM
Class Awareness Workshop W20-307
Indigo Agriculture Site Visit Indigo Agriculture

12:30 PM
Theses@MIT: Specifications & Copyright Issues E25-111

01:00 PM
Bird Flight and Migration 4-153
Communicating science to the public: taking your research out of the lab and into the news 4-253 Bring your laptop.
CRISPR-Cas9: Hacking the Genome E14-633 Bring your laptop!
Fundamentals of Manual Machining in the Physics Student Shop 6-214 For new shop users, orientations will be offered
Intro to Jewelry 4-006
Letterpress Printing: Beginner Workshop Barker Library
Mathematics Lecture Series 2-190 Dr. Christopher Rackauckas
Synthesizing Human and Robot Movements for Art Production 10-150
Tax Issues for Employees and Entrepreneurs E52-164

01:30 PM
IAP 2019 Physics Lecture Series 6-120
Sampling of Careers in Biology 68-181
Two Talks and Tour! Formation of Gold and other heavy elements via the R(apid neutron capture)-process; An Explanation of the Science Behind LIGO NW22 interaction are

02:00 PM
3D Printing Design for Entrepreneurship E40-163 LAPTOP REQUIRED; Recommended: external mouse
An Invitation to Applied Category Theory 4-237
Analogies - MIT Museum IAP Workshop MIT Museum Classroom
Introduction to Surface Analysis Part II: Scanned Probe Microscopies Von Hippel 13-2137
Presenting with Skill and Confidence W16-RRA
Social Choice Theory: Foundations and Greatest Hits 32-D831

03:00 PM
Black Holes: From Rejection, to Experimental Evidence, to Suprises and Misconceptions 26-414
Design & Build the 2019 Martin Luther King, Jr. Installation E51-385
Electronics/ Maker Course 4-409
Film: Humanity Needs Dreamers: A Visit with Marie Curie Room 66-110
Introduction to Credit Analysis & Equity Valuation E62-262
RACECAR (Rapid Autonomous Complex-Environment Competing Ackermann-drive Robotics) 32-044
Understanding the Buzz Around the "Year of the Woman": Applying Global Evidence in Gender and Political Economy E51-390

03:30 PM
Fundamentals of Manual Machining in the Physics Student Shop 6-214 Appropriate shop attire is required for all partic

04:00 PM
Come Build Something -revised 2-136
Probabilistic Programming in Gen TBD

04:30 PM
Super Bowls A W20-431

05:00 PM
How to write an SOP (aka the Standard Operating Procedure) 66-168
IAP 2019 MIT Flute Ensemble 4-162

05:30 PM
An Example-Driven Introduction to Rust 32-124
Beginning Oil Painting B W20-425
SAID in STEM - Students Advocating for Increased Diversity in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math 46-3310 Bring your laptop or a notebook

05:45 PM
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction E23-385A

06:00 PM
Build your own Electric Guitar class W31-031
Introductory Hebrew W11 Small Dining Rm
State of the Art in Neural Interfacing E25-119

06:30 PM
Chicago Stepping lesson 36-112

07:00 PM
Creating a Successful Career--Strategies, Techniques, and the Big Mistakes You're Going to Make 32-155
English Change Ringing in Boston Church of the Advent
Introduction to Aikido W32 Multi Court #2 Kokikai practice. Wear comfortable clothes.
Splash for MIT Building 56 Floor 1

07:15 PM
Introduction to Isshinryu Karate duPont T Club Lounge

07:30 PM
Koru Mindfulness E23-385A
Lindy Hop Swing Dancing Lessons W20-208 Lobdell
Super Bowls B W20-431

08:00 PM
Digital to Analog B&W Photography W20-426