Celestial Navigation at Sea
Douglas De Couto
Tue Jan 23, Thu Jan 25, 01-04:00pm, 2-136
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Trigonometry
This will be two seminars during which we will cover the basics of celestial navigation using the sun. The topic will be presented using trigonometry rather than the table method, and we will derive the necessary formulas. The second seminar will be hands-on.
Web: http://www.pdos.lcs.mit.edu/~decouto/iap-nav
Contact: Douglas De Couto, ne43-521b, x3-5378, decouto@lcs.mit.edu
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Designing with Altera MAX+PLUS II
Grant Smith , Professor Donald E. Troxel
Fri Jan 26, 09am-04:00pm, 38-600
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2001
Limited to 30 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: You must have a valid Athena account.
While details remain to be finalized, this is very much a "hands on" course. We will learn how to use the MAX+PLUS II software and how to program a device on the UP board. Presentations will be alternated with computer-based exercises culminating in the actual programming and testing of a complex digital integrated circuit. (Desirable background : Familiarity with digital system design and/or familiarity with VHDL.)
Free Goodies: Altera MAX+PLUS II software for personal and educational use (non-commercial). plus (1) UP 1 Board to each attendee. Details of each explained at the IAP course.
Contact: Professor Donald E. Troxel, 36-287, x3-2570, troxel@mit.edu
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High-Tech Start Ups
Jack M. Gill, Vanguard Venture Partners
Mon, Wed, Fri, Jan 8, 10, 12, 17, 19, 22, 24, 26, 10-11:30am, 36-156
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Dec-2000
Limited to 30 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
A pragmatic, experienced-based mini-course on the venture capital process, formation and capitalization of high-tech companies, sources of innovative technologies, role of tech transfer process at universities, startup operational issues, role of VCs and board members, execution time frames, liquidity process, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions. Discussion of case studies about communications, optical components, and medical companies. Get some "insider" secrets from twenty years of VC practice and a high-tech career planning guide.
Contact: Donna Ferri, x3-4624, dferri@mit.edu
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Make a Motor
Prof. Steven B. Leeb
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 14 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Permission of instructor, enrollment in the Adv. Mech. Proj.
Ever wonder what makes an electric motor turn? In this three day seminar you will design and construct your own DC motor. You'll learn how to use machine tools like the lathe, bandsaw, and milling machine. Enrollment strictly limited to students taking the Advanced Mechatronics Project Laboratory in the spring. Students may receive 3 units of credit for this subject by signing up for 6.911.
Contact: Steven B. Leeb, 10-069, sbleeb@mit.edu
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Physically-Based Modeling for Computer Graphics Animation
Ronen Barzel Pixar
Tue-Thu, Jan 9-11, 16-18, 23-25, 30-1, 10:30am-12:00pm, 4-035
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Dec-2000
Limited to 20 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: For graduate students and advanced undergraduates
The class will cover the basic concepts of physically-based modeling, including numerical solution of ordinary differential equations; Newtonian mechanics; particle systems; collisions; rigid bodies; and constraints. Emphasis on application to animation and "special effects" rather than on physical correctness. Exact details and emphases may vary depending on student interest.
Web: http://graphics.lcs.mit.edu/~seth/iap/iap.html
Contact: Ronen Barzel, NE43-253, x8-6583, ronen@graphics.lcs.mit.edu
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Talking to Computers
Jim Glass
Wed Jan 24, 10am-12:00pm, 1-115
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 20 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: None
Learn about spoken dialogue systems being created for information access at the MIT Lab for Computer Science, and try using a web-based utility to build your own. No experience necessary, but bring an idea for an application you'd like to design.
Web: http://www.sls.lcs.mit.edu/IAP01.html
Contact: Jim Glass, NE43-603, x3-1640, glass@mit.edu
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