MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2018 Schedule for January 26


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

07:00 AM
Efficient Freestyle Alumni Pool

09:00 AM
CDI-iMUSE Winter IAP Conference Campus
Decision Support Models for Low-Carbon Electric Power Systems E51-376 Bring your laptop.
EarthHack: An Environmental Hackathon 33-116 Bring your laptop, charger, and best ideas.
Fundamentals of Science and Technology Public Policy Making: MIT Sci/Tech Policy Bootcamp 56-114
Image Analysis in the Geosciences 54-819
MIT VMS Boot Camp: Crash Course in Enterprise B2B Sales for Startups 4-370 Lunch break from 12-1 PM

09:30 AM
Think Security by (IC)3 with Kaspersky Lab E51-057

10:00 AM
Advanced X-ray Instrumentation Build 2018 13-4041
Course: "The Philosophy of God of Thomas Aquinas" PDR #3 (W20-303)
Free Space Optical Communication IAP 2018 Beaver Works NE45 bring your laptop
Individual Consultations at the WCC (Writing and Communication Center) E18-233
Prior art searching of the patent literature 3-370

11:00 AM
Plasma Science and Fusion Center IAP Series NW17-218
Promoting Your Value through Transferable Skills E19-202

11:45 AM
Sharing Research Materials: Best Practices to Maximize Collaborations 3-370

12:00 PM
An Introduction To Prog Rock E15-341
IAP 2018- The Feynman Films 6-120
IAP 2018- The Feynman Films 6-120
Metalsmithing W20-429
Sleep Better, Stress Less E23-319

01:00 PM
Biota Beats: Your Musical Microbiome MIT Media Lab
Engineering Wikipedia edit-a-thon 14N-132
Intro to Metal Sculpture 4-006
Introduction to Web Scraping with Python 3-270 Bring your laptop
Mathematics Lecture Series 2-190 Speaker: Scott Sheffield
Pleasures of Poetry 2018 14E-304
Sampling of Careers in Biology 56-154
Space Propulsion Crash Course 33-319
Writing Architecture through Fiction; A world-building + design workshop TBA

01:30 PM
IAP 2018 Physics Lecture Series 6-120
Roman warships in Experiment: Reconstruction and Sailing Tests Marlar Lounge 37-252

02:00 PM
CMSE Introduction to Surface Analysis Part II: Scanned Probe Microscopies 13-2137
Law & Technology: Know Your Rights -- A Legal Teach-in from the BU/MIT Technology and CyberLaw Clinic TBD
More on algebraic topology Location TBD
NEAQ 2069: Envisioning the Future Aquarium Experience E14-240
Patent Law Fundamentals E51-151
RACECAR (Rapid Autonomous Complex-Environment Competing Ackermann-drive Robotics 32-081

04:00 PM
Beginning Pottery Wheel W20-431
Come Build Something 2-136

04:30 PM
Mighty Mugs C W20-431

05:00 PM
Design and build your own skateboard or long board with a custom decorative wood inlay top W31-031
Global Game Jam 2018 32-124, 32-144
Global Game Jam 2018 32-123

05:30 PM
Memory Wars: Contrasting Views of Memory from Systems Neuroscience Research 46-6199

06:00 PM
A taste of Esperanto 2-147
Game Literacy TBD Bring your laptop
Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing W20-425
Unleashing Alternative Futures: Constructing New Worlds through Imagination, Narrative, and Radical Hope 9-217
WMBR Presents: Live on the Air 50-030

06:30 PM
Heavy Metal 101 4-153

07:00 PM
Managing Your Negative Self-Talk: Growing from Overachiever to High Performer 56-114
Triple Foxtrot 50-358

07:30 PM
Super Bowls C W20-431
WMBR Open Radio Shows WMBR (50-030)

08:00 PM
Trial by Jury, a one-act comic opera Mezz Lounge W20 3 fl