MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2018 Schedule for January 17


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

07:30 AM

Pre-Masters: An Introduction to Swim Workouts Alumni Pool

08:00 AM

Digital Business E62 - 223

09:00 AM

Decision Support Models for Low-Carbon Electric Power Systems E51-376 Bring your laptop.
Introduction to Autosec Beaver Works Laptop Required
Presentation Skills Workshop NE49-5145, T-Lab
Private Pilot Ground School (16.687) 56-114 Bring your tablet or phone and laptop.
Walls of Air -The Brazilian Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale TBA bring laptop

09:30 AM

Presenting with Skill and Confidence 2-147

10:00 AM

Basics of Obtaining a Patent 2018 3-370
Consciousness, Computation, the Universe 36-153
Design Lab: You 4-410
Effective Group Facilitation Techniques 5-232
Individual Consultations at the WCC (Writing and Communication Center) E18-233

11:00 AM

Are your Journal and Presentation Figures the Best They Can Be? 13-2137
Enameling: Fused Glass on Metal 4-006
Introduction to the Harpsichord for Pianists and Organists Killian Hall
Manage your PDFs and Citations: Zotero & Mendeley 4-231 Bring a laptop if you want to follow along

12:00 PM

An Introduction To Prog Rock E15-341
Connecting Across MIT - Networking Through LinkedIn NE49-5145A, T-Lab Bring your laptop or tablet
Home Buying: Fixer Uppers, Home Inspections & Renovations 32-144
IAP 2018- The Feynman Films 6-120
IAP 2018- The Feynman Films 6-120

12:30 PM

The Rollercoaster Ride of RNA Biotech Companies: From Obscurity to a $20B Industry 3-370

01:00 PM

Finding New Worlds with the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Marlar Lounge 37-252
Mathematics Lecture Series 2-190 Speaker: Jeremy Kepner
MIT Language Conversation Exchange presents: Lunch around the World 56-154
Negotiating a Job Offer E19-202
Pleasures of Poetry 2018 14E-304
Python Programming in ArcGIS 14N-132
Sampling of Careers in Biology 68-181
The MIT Moderns: Graphic Design in the 1960s-1980s MassArt - See Below
Writing Architecture through Fiction; A world-building + design workshop TBA

01:30 PM

Exoplanet Science in the era of TESS Marlar Lounge 37-252
Handset Printing at the Beaver Press Print Shop 10-801 (Barker) Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.
IAP 2018 Physics Lecture Series 6-120

02:00 PM

A Look Inside the Human Brain bldg 46-3015
Computational Law Course Online Use your laptop and smartphone
More on algebraic topology Location TBD
Patent Law Fundamentals E51-151
RACECAR (Rapid Autonomous Complex-Environment Competing Ackermann-drive Robotics 32-081
Tableau Mash-up 4-145 Prior Tableau experience

03:00 PM

A Look Inside the Human Brain bldg 46-3015
Experiments in Experience 10-150
Info Session: 2018 MIT Amgen-UROP Scholars Program 4-149

03:30 PM

Human Factors Engineering -- Designing for the Human IDC N52 337 bring notebook and sketching supplies

04:00 PM

(CANCELED) A Look Inside the Human Brain bldg 46-1171
A Look Inside the Human Brain bldg 46-1147
Active Shooter/ Violent Intruder Awareness Class 56-154
Come Build Something 2-136
Data Management: Strategies for Data Sharing & Storage 14N-132
Science in the media: hot topics and key skills in science journalism E19-623 seminar room
Why the Electoral College, which has succeeded so well, including in 1888 and 2000, failed in 2016. 37-212

04:15 PM

Koru Mindfulness for STUDENTS ONLY 66-168

04:30 PM

Super Bowls A W20-431

05:00 PM

Bite-sized Professional Development tba Please prepare by watching the short video linked
Causal Inference & Deep Learning 4-231 Bring your laptop.
Game Design and Development 101 3-333 Bring your laptop.

05:30 PM

Beginning Oil Painting Workshop B W20-425
Ham Radio Class and Antenna Building 2-135
Memory Wars: Contrasting Views of Memory from Systems Neuroscience Research 46-6199
MIT Joint Program 2018 IAP Lectures and Talks Bldg E51, Room 325

06:00 PM

A taste of Esperanto 2-147
How to Read a Patent 1-135 Bring your laptop.
I Signed What? 32-124
Introduction to Turkish 5-134
Stepping Out of Anger, Sadness, and Jealousy E51-057

06:30 PM

MIT Joint Program 2018 IAP Lectures and Talks Bldg E51, Room 325

07:00 PM

Ham Radio Class and Antenna Building 50-358
The Heretic's Club: Somewhere between Faith and Atheism (Dinner) 2-103

07:30 PM

DIY Sustainability With UA Sustain Location TBD
Introduction to Isshinryu Karate DuPont Multipurpose
Israeli Folk Dancing W20 Lobdell
Lindy Hop Swing Dancing Lessons W20-202 Sala
Super Bowls B W20-431

08:00 PM

Digital to Analog B&W Photography W20-425