Uncommon | In common, A Celebration of MIT
Community Events: Symposia
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
 

Inaugural Symposia were presented on Tuesday and Wednesday, May 3 and 4, from 4:00 pm — 6:00 p.m. in the Kirsch Auditorium, MIT Stata Center.

 
Interdisciplinary Research at MIT:
Making Uncommon Connections
Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 4:00 PM — 6:00 PM
Kirsch Auditorium, Stata Center
 

Welcome:
Steve Lerman MIT Class of 1922 Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Inaugural Committee

Moderator:
Alice P. Gast, Vice President for Research and Associate Provost, Robert T. Haslam Professor of Chemical Engineering

Panelists:
Rosalind Williams, Robert M. Metcalfe Professor of Writing
The Multidisciplinary Forest of MIT:  From Twigs to Canopy

Penny Chisholm, Lee and Geraldine Professor of Environmental Studies
Marine Microbes: Tiny Cells, Global Impact

Moungi Bawendi, Professor of Chemistry
Tiny Crystals:  The path from science to technology

Alex Slocum, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Big Iron to Little Silicon

Panel Discussion

   
Art and Technology Symposium
Wednesday, May 4, 2005, 4:00 PM — 6:00 PM
Kirsch Auditorium, Stata Center
 

Welcome:
Steve Lerman MIT Class of 1922 Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Inaugural Committee

Moderator: 
Alan Brody, Associate Provost for the Arts, Professor of Theater

Panelists:
Krzysztof Wodiczko, Professor of Visual Arts, Director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies
"Art, Technology and Public Space"

Jay Scheib, Assistant Professor of Music and Theater Arts 
"The Flight out of Naturalism "

Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distinguished Professor of Music and Head, Music and Theater Arts
"The Uncooperative Mirror: Composers and Computers"

Panel Discussion