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Digital Business
Dr. Jeanne Ross, Principal Research Scientist
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Jan/17 | Wed | 08:00AM-03:00PM | E62 - 223 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 50 participants
Instructor: Dr. Jeanne Ross, Principal Research Scientist at MIT CISR
Date: Wednesday January 17, 2018 8am-3pm (8-8:30 - coffee and introductions)
Location: E62-223
Enrollment: Sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/AIZv1fv7dF5eM8tA2
Sign-up by 01/16
Limited to 50 participants
(As of 12/19, we have plenty of available space)
Leaders who embarked on their careers in the pre-digital economy are finding that many old rules and established practices no longer apply. Powerful technologies are redefining jobs; data is becoming ubiquitous and speed to market has become a dominating force in strategies and business design decisions.
We hope you can join us for this day-long course where we will prepare managers to lead technology-enabled organizational change. Based primarily on research conducted at MIT Sloan’s Center for Information Systems Research (CISR), this course is intended to make you a more effective leader or consultant in an increasingly digital, fast-paced business environment.
This course neither assumes nor requires a technical background. Experience as a practitioner in a large global company is helpful. We look forward to a fun, practical, and informative day!
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Leslie Owens, E94-1547, 617 324-1901, LOWENS@MIT.EDU
Hacking Our Digital Future
David Verrill, Executive Director, MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
The MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy (IDE) explores how people and businesses will work, interact, and prosper in an era of profound digital transformation. Major innovations we’ve already glimpsed in the digital age include self-driving cars, additive manufacturing, platform technologies, cryptocurrencies, “fake news”, and beyond.
But in the future, what are the unforeseen, unintended consequences—positive and negative—of these new aspects of the digital age?
We invite students and other members of the MIT community to develop plausible scenarios and narratives of the future in 2030 that expand the thinking of decision-makers and stakeholders to positively impact productivity, employment and equality.
IDE will provide suggested pre-reading articles and host guest lectures from leading futurists, but student teams will be largely self-guided.
Additional program information and materials are available at: https://hacking-our-digital-future.eventbrite.com
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Dalton Perras, E94-1518, 617-324-6536, dperras@mit.edu
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Jan/09 | Tue | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/11 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/16 | Tue | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/18 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/23 | Tue | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/25 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Jan/30 | Tue | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
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Feb/01 | Thu | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 56-154 |
Students kick off this 4-week long hackathon with an overview lecture and choose a topic area around which they will develop multiple scenario storylines. Food provided.
Patent Law Fundamentals
Jeffrey A. Meldman, Senior Lecturer
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
Intensive introduction to the basic provisions of U.S. patent law, emphasizing the requirements for patentability and the process of applying for a patent. Designed for students in all MIT departments.
Meets MWF Jan 17 through 29, 2-4 pm, E51-151.
Topics include: Requirements for a patentable invention : utility, novelty, and non-obviousness . . . Eligible categories of invention (software? business methods? human genes?) . . . Applying for a patent, including patent searches and the language of patent claims . . . New U.S. law of inventor priority (first to invent? first to file? first to disclose, or what?) . . . Infringement, defenses, and remedies . . . Patents in comparison with copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.
Meets with 15.620, which offers 3 units of G credit. (Students who wish to receive credit should register for 15.620 and plan to take a comprehensive quiz in the final class meeting on January 31.)
Reading materials include key sections of the U.S. patent statute (Title 35, U.S. Code) and related judicial decisions. All readings and lecture slides will be posted on the 15.620 Stellar website. No textbooks or course packs. For the benefit of non-credit participants, the MIT community will have access to the 15.620 website throughout IAP.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Jeffrey Meldman, E62-317, 617 253-4932, JMELDMAN@MIT.EDU
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Jan/17 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Overview of U.S. patent law and of intellectual property more generally. Critical differences among patents, copyrights, trade secrets, and trademarks.
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Jan/19 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Requirements for a patentable invention: utility, novelty, and non-obviousness. New U.S. law regarding inventory priority.
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Jan/22 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Eligible subject matter. Can software be patented? Business methods? Human genes? Rights of patent ownership.
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Jan/24 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
The process of applying for a patent. Contents of the patent application, especially the specification. The role of the patent search. Demonstration of on-line search tools available to MIT students.
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Jan/26 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Patent claims as property boundaries. The scope, language, and structure of patent claims. Patent licences and the MIT Technology Licensing Office
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Jan/29 | Mon | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E51-151 |
Literal infringement and the doctrine of equivalents. Patent invalidity and other defenses. Legal and equitable remedies. Anatomy of a recent patent infringement case. ALSO-- Introduction to the B.U. Entrpreneurship and Intellectual Property Law Clinic at MIT.
PURPOSE LAB: DISCOVERING YOUR PURPOSE
Ashley Heacock
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs
Are you one of the crazy ones who wants to bring change to your community? Are you searching for your purpose in life and hoping to reach your potential? You’ve come to the right place!
Purpose Lab is a two-day workshop where we will ask the questions: Who am I, Why am I here, and What can WE do together?
With the help of experienced coaches from Harvard and MIT, you will be pushed to examine yourself and the world in new and exciting ways, leading you on your path towards a more purpose-filled life. You will come away from this workshop with a commitment to action and a renewed sense of self. You will feel empowered, be more connected and aware, and be ready to take the next step towards creating a world that works for more people.
Day 1 will entail discovering your purpose, and Day 2 will explore fulfilling your purpose. Sign up for one or both days.
Apply by 01/07/2018 using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/UPjMkDspoDmF20Cn2
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Ashley Heacock, ashleyheacock@gmail.com
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Jan/20 | Sat | 10:00AM-05:00PM | E62-233 |
Ashley Heacock
PURPOSE LAB: FULFILLING YOUR PURPOSE
Ashley Heacock
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
"Here's to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes... the ones who see things differently -- they're not fond of rules... You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them, but the only thing you can't do is ignore them because they change things... they push the human race forward, and while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius, because the ones who are crazy enough to think that they can change the world, are the ones who do." - Steve Jobs
Are you one of the crazy ones who wants to bring change to your community? Are you searching for your purpose in life and hoping to reach your potential? You’ve come to the right place!
Purpose Lab is a two-day workshop where we will ask the questions: Who am I, Why am I here, and What can WE do together?
With the help of experienced coaches from Harvard and MIT, you will be pushed to examine yourself and the world in new and exciting ways, leading you on your path towards a more purpose-filled life. You will come away from this workshop with a commitment to action and a renewed sense of self. You will feel empowered, be more connected and aware, and be ready to take the next step towards creating a world that works for more people.
Day 1 will entail discovering your purpose, and Day 2 will explore fulfilling your purpose. Sign up for one or both days.
Apply by 01/07/2018 using this link: https://goo.gl/forms/UPjMkDspoDmF20Cn2
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Ashley Heacock, ashleyheacock@gmail.com
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Jan/21 | Sun | 10:00AM-05:00PM | E62-233 |
Reading the Collective Mind - Deep Learning By Social Signals
Peter Gloor, Qi Wen
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 30 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
Find out who and what makes you happy
Find out who likes you best and who is your most creative collaborator
Find out what will be the next big thing on social media
In this course we will try to predict what small teams and entire populations are thinking based on analyzing their communication archives. Using the Condor and Happimeter software developed by the presenters and their team members we will use latest algorithms from machine learning and dynamic semantic social network analysis to read their collective mind.
Using the Happimeter smartwatch software will allow you to automatically measure how happy you are, how much you like others around you, how stressed you are, your fairness, and how much you trust and are trusted by tracking your body signals through the sensors of the smartwatch.
Applying the Condor analysis tool to your own e-mail (or slack, WhatsApp, or Skype log) will show your social network in a virtual mirror, and tell who respects you most, how passionate you and others are, and who your role models and influencers are.
Doing dynamic semantic social network analysis with Condor on Twitter and other global social media data will allow you to automatically measure the influencers and virtual tribes behind fake news, and to decide in which virtual currency to invest.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Peter Gloor, E94-1504D, 617 253-7018, PGLOOR@MIT.EDU
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Jan/11 | Thu | 02:00PM-05:00PM | E62-446, Bring your laptop |
Introduction to Swarm Creativity and COINs (Collaborative Innovation Networks)
Creating a Virtual Mirror of your own mailbox with Condor
Measuring personal happiness and trust with the happimeter
Peter Gloor, Qi Wen
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Jan/12 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | E62-446, Bring your laptop |
Coolhunting on Social Media with Condor to find trends and trendsetters
Finding fake news and measuring virtual currencies
Measuring altruism with the happimeter
Peter Gloor, Qi Wen
Tax Issues for Employees and Entrepreneurs
Howard Mandelcorn, LL.M., Joseph Weber, Professor of Accounting
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Jan/31 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | E52-164 |
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Feb/01 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | E52-164 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
This course intends to expose students to a broad range of tax issues OVER A 2 DAY PERIOD that students will encounter shortly after graduation as an entrepreneur or an employee. For a new employee, taxes are an important consideration in decisions regarding deductions and retirement savings (through employee and employer contributions such as 401k's IRAs, etc). Taxes feature prominently in decisions with respect to stock option-based compensation. Also, tax related issues for U.S. taxpayers working overseas will be addressed. For the entrepreneur, taxes also influence a new business venture's choice of entity: Corporation, LLC, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship. Instructor: Howard Mandelcorn is a partner at the Hutchings Barsamian Mandelcorn LLP law firm in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Howard Mandelcorn, hmandelcorn@hutchingsbarsamian.com
Think Security by (IC)3 with Kaspersky Lab
Keri Pearlson, Executive Director of (IC)3
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
The event will be organized by MIT (IC)³ with Kaspersky Lab
Our 2018 IAP activity is an ideal opportunity to learn more about the actual cyber threat landscape, especially about rapidly evolving cyberthreats for industrial environments, and to find out why we need to keep one step ahead of the threat actors.
Our activity is split into two workstreams:
Days 1 and 2 are dedicated to Industrial Cybersecurity, specifically to forensic analysis of incidents and the advantages of using YARA rules to detect cyberattacks.
On days 3 and 4, the sessions will focus on the managerial, strategic and organizational aspects of cybersecurity. Participants will learn about the NISF Framework for Policy and Management, experience a demonstration of the types of decisions cybersecurity leaders make and the consequences of those decisions, and create a cybersecurity plan of action. The latest research from the Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan will be included.
Our agenda is designed to ensure that participants have sufficient time for informal communication and networking. We promise an interactive and fun event.
There will also be a Capture the Flag (CTF) challenge that requires you to think out of the box and be one step ahead of your fellow competitors.
More information on this IAP and and registration for the course can be found here.
Sponsor(s): Sloan School of Management
Contact: Kathryn Means, E62-571, (617) 324-4253, kmeans@mit.edu
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Jan/23 | Tue | 10:00AM-04:30PM | E51-057 |
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Jan/24 | Wed | 10:00AM-04:30PM | E51-057 |
Days 1 and 2 are dedicated to Industrial Cybersecurity, specifically to forensic analysis of incidents and the advantages of using YARA rules to detect cyberattacks.
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Jan/25 | Thu | 09:30AM-04:30PM | E51-057 |
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Jan/26 | Fri | 09:30AM-04:30PM | E51-057 |
On days 3 and 4, sessions will focus on the managerial, strategic and organizational aspects of cybersecurity. Participants will learn about NISF Framework for Policy and Management, experience a demonstration of the types of decisions cybersecurity leaders make and the consequences of those decisions, and create a cybersecurity plan of action. The latest research from the Cybersecurity at MIT Sloan will be included.
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