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A Hands-on Introduction to Gesture Recognition & Machine Learning
Nick Gillian, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Media Lab
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 14 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Basic knowledge of c++ (or Java)
This three-day workshop presents a very hands-on introduction to gesture recognition and machine learning, with an emphasis on providing the participants of the workshop the opportunity to experience for themselves the power and flexibility of a number of machine-learning algorithms using free open-source software (www.nickgillian.com/software/grt). Participants will get numerous opportunities throughout the workshop to build their own gesture-recognition based systems, using their own computers, sensors, and gestures.
Participants for this workshop do not require any prior knowledge of machine learning or gesture recognition, as the fundamentals of these topics will be reviewed in the opening section of the workshop. Participants should have very basic experience in programming in c++ (or Java). Experience in creating software using OpenFrameworks is a bonus, but not required. Participants are encouraged to bring along their own sensor/input devices (i.e. Kinects, Wii-motes, custom-made hardware) and laptops.
Participants should only apply to this workshop if they can attend all three days.
Contact: Nicholas Gillian, E14-574B, 508 310-3672, NGILLIAN@MEDIA.MIT.EDU
| Jan/08 | Tue | 10:00AM-04:00PM | E14-240, Bring your laptop (running OSX or Windows) |
Day 1 of the workshop will introduce participants to the fundamentals of machine learning and gesture recognition and introduce the gesture-recognition toolkit that will be used throughout the workshop. Participants will then get the opportunity to use the toolkit to build their own basic gesture-recognition system (using a Kinect as the input to the toolkit).
Nick Gillian - Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Media Lab
| Jan/09 | Wed | 10:00AM-04:00PM | E14-240, Bring your own laptop (running OSX or Windows) |
Day 2 of the workshop will focus on more advanced gesture-recognition techniques, such as developing custom feature-extraction algorithms. The participants will get the opportunity to write their own custom feature-extraction algorithm and use this to build a system that can recognize more complex gestures.
Nick Gillian - Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Media Lab
| Jan/10 | Thu | 09:00AM-05:00PM | E14-240, Bring your own laptop (running OSX or Windows) |
Day 3 of the workshop will give the participants an opportunity to create a much larger-scale interactive system that is controlled exclusively using gestures. Participants will work in small teams (of 2-3 people) to create their own, gesturally controlled, interactive system. Each team will then get an opportunity to present their system to a public audience at the end of the session.
Nick Gillian - Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Media Lab
An Introduction to Data Acquisition with NI CompactDAQ and NI LabVIEW
David L. Trumper, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
| Jan/25 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 35-122, Bring your laptop with Labview Installed |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: none
In this seminar, you’ll get started with NI LabVIEW System Design Software to easily acquire, analyze, and record data from any sensor using the industry-leading NI CompactDAQ modular hardware platform.
Reserve your spot by registering online
If you have further questions, contact Josh Brown at josh.brown@ni.com or registration@ni.com. Due to hardware limitations there will be a hard cap of 24 people for this seminar.
You must have Labview 2012 installed on a laptop and able to be run before you come to the activity:
1. Download and install LabVIEW from the link below.
http://www.ni.com/trylabview/ (click the “See Download options” and choose “Professor or Student?”
2. Download and install NI-DAQmx 9.6 from the link below.
http://joule.ni.com/nidu/cds/view/p/id/3423/lang/en (IMPORTANT: Install LabVIEW first)
3. Go the link below and review “Developer Zone Tutorial: LabVIEW Core 1 - The Software Development Method” and “Developer Zone Tutorial: Introduction to Data Acquisition”. You can do this while LabVIEW and NI-DAQmx are downloading and installing. It should take you 30-60 minutes.
http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/01977BD019F7A53E8625765F0063790C
Note to MacIntosh users: We recommend that you use Boot Camp. You can run LabVIEW natively in the Mac OS but your user experience will be different when you are access hardware such as DAQ devices.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: David Trumper, 10-140G, 617 253-3481, TRUMPER@MIT.EDU
An Introduction to Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES)
Dr. Shaoyan Chu
| Jan/16 | Wed | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/15
Topics of this training course include the concept of ICP-AES and processes of basic sample preparation, calibration and background correction.
Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Shaoyan Chu, 13-3134, x3-0054, sc79@mit.edu
An Introduction to Jet Propulsion -- Gas Turbine Engine Fundamentals and Hands-On Lab for Freshmen
Prof. Zoltan Spakovszky, F. Ehrich
| Jan/22 | Tue | 09:00AM-04:00PM | GTL, Bldg 31 | |
| Jan/23 | Wed | 09:00AM-04:00PM | GTL, Bldg 31 | |
| Jan/24 | Thu | 09:00AM-04:00PM | GTL, Bldg 31 | |
| Jan/25 | Fri | 09:00AM-12:00PM | GTL, Bldg 31 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/15
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None.
Have you ever wondered how a jet engine works? This course will give you an introduction to the fundamentals of gas turbine engines and jet propulsion with a “hands-on” experience in engine assembly, measurement setup and operation of a small-scale gas turbine jet engine. The introductory lectures will cover the history of the jet engine, thermodynamic and aerodynamic fundamentals of gas turbine engines, current engine design trends, and background information on the small-scale jet engine design, assembly, test setup and operation. The hands-on lab will be carried out in teams in the engine test cell at MIT’s Gas Turbine Laboratory.
Sign up by December 15 by contacting Ms. Robin Courchesne-Sato at rsato@mit.edu.
Sponsor(s): Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact: Prof. Z. Spakovszky, 31-265, 253-2196, zolti@mit.edu
Applied Impractical Bicycle Dynamics - Exploring the outer limits of rideability
Jack Whipple, Workshop Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
An introduction to bicycle hacking with an emphasis on dynamics and handling. Participants will design and build bikes in teams using bicycles & steel as materials. MIG welding, basic metal fabrication and bicycle mechanics will be covered. Constructed bikes and their characteristics will be used to inform design of cargo bikes and other pedal powered vehicles. Participants will need to provide a working bike as material for their project, shop supplies and consumables will be provided. Assistance in obtaining a working bike for materials may be available. Participants should budget an additional 8 hours of shop time in addition to the meetings listed.
Sponsor(s): Edgerton Center, D-Lab
Contact: Jack Whipple, N51-337, whipple@mit.edu
| Jan/11 | Fri | 03:00PM-05:00PM | N51 3rd Fl Workshop | |
| Jan/18 | Fri | 03:00PM-05:00PM | N51 3rd Fl Workshop | |
| Jan/25 | Fri | 03:00PM-05:00PM | N51 3rd Fl Workshop | |
| Feb/01 | Fri | 03:00PM-05:00PM | N51 3rd Fl Workshop |
Jack Whipple - Workshop Manager
Build a Small Phased Array Radar System
Dr. Bradley Perry
Enrollment: Advance sign-up Required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Participants supply their own laptops with MATLAB installed
Are you interested in building and testing your own phased array radar system? MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a unique course in the design, fabrication, and test of a laptop-based phased array radar sensor capable of imaging moving targets in real-time, like a ‘radar video camera’. This course will appeal to anyone interested in the following: electronics, amateur radio, physics, electromagnetics, or phased array systems. Teams of three will make a phased array radar system and attend four sessions spanning topics from fundamentals of radar to digital beamforming. You will bring your radar into the field and perform imaging of moving targets around campus. Imaging unusual targets is encouraged; a final radar video competition will determine the most creative radar imagery.
*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract #FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.
Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Dr. Bradley Perry, LIN-S2-227, (781) 981-0861, radar.course@ll.mit.edu
Dr. Todd Levy, Dr. Bradley Perry, Dr. Patrick Bell, Dr. Jeffrey Herd
Build a Small Radar System
Dr. Patrick Bell
Enrollment: Advance sign-up Required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Participants supply their own laptop with MATLAB installed
Are you interested in building and testing your own imaging radar system? MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a course in design, fabrication, and test of a laptop-based radar capable of forming Doppler, range, and synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images. This course will appeal to anyone interested in the following: electronics, amateur radio, physics, or electromagnetics. Teams of three will receive a radar kit and will attend four sessions spanning topics from fundamentals of radar to SAR imaging. Experiments will be performed as the radar kit is implemented. You will bring your radar into the field and perform experiments such as measuring the speed of passing cars or plotting the range of moving targets. A final SAR imaging contest will test your ability to form a detailed and creative SAR image of a target scene of your choice. The best image wins. \\*This work is sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Air Force Contract #FA8721-05-C-0002. Opinions, interpretations, conclusions and recommendations are those of the authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the United States Government.
Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Dr. Patrick Bell, LIN-S2-223, (781) 981-6239, radar.course@ll.mit.edu
Dr. Patrick Bell, Dr. Shakti Davis, Dr. Alan Fenn, Dr. Bradley Perry
Build Party
Joseph Okor
| Jan/07 | Mon | 03:00PM-05:00PM | 2-136, Daily Office Hours |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Prereq: None
Do you love designing things, or building things or wishing you could build things and could not think of what to build or where to build things?
We have identified a set of problems whose solutions could make a big difference in the World. During the IAP, we hope to find solutions to these problems, and build prototypes. At the end of IAP, we hope to have a big party to show off our prototypes to friends, enemies, potential business partners, etc.You can also come to work on your own stuff. Our main focus is on Digital Design and Fabrication.
Please follow the following link for more information: http://abp.elementfx.com//buildparty/
Contact: Nasruddin Nazerali, 617 253-3346, NAZERALI@MIT.EDU
CityScience Workshop: LEGO and Grasshopper Methods for Compact Urban Neighborhood Design
Kent Larson, Director of City Science Initiative, Ryan Chin, Managing Director, City Science Initiative
Enrollment: First come, first served
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: participants are encouraged, but not required to go to all sessions.
Prereq: This is a non-credit IAP course. Permission of instr.
Description The world is experiencing a period of extreme urbanization. In China alone, 300 million rural inhabitants will move to urban areas over the next 15 years. This will require building new infrastructure to accommodate the equivalent of the current population of the United States in just a few decades. It is a global imperative to develop systems that improve livability while dramatically reducing resource consumption. This workshop will explore the complex and interdependent nature of housing, mobility, energy, and food production systems for high-density cities.
Student Deliverables Students will explore urban systems at both the neighborhood scale (~1km²) and the block scale. Participants will develop a process for understanding and resolving a set interdependent urban parameters including building massing, space use, shared mobility networks, streetscape types, parks, urban food production, and energy generation nodes. Students may elect to work with either 3D physical models using color-coded LEGO bricks as an abstract framework, or parametric computation software such as Grasshopper. Precedents from existing cities and current urban theory will be used to inform the development of urban strategies that maximize livability and positive human interaction while minimizing the consumption of resources.
Research Areas Electric Mobility Ecosystems, Resilient Energy Systems, Transformable CityHomes, Urban Food Systems, and Streetscapes for Compact Urban Cells
Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: Ryan Chin, E15-392, 617 253-6828, RCHIN@MIT.EDU
The workshop will meet on Tuesday and Thursdays from 130-430pm for three weeks in January (8th, 10th, 15th, 17th, 22nd, 24th) and will meet in E15-368.
Kent Larson - Director of City Science Initiative, Ryan Chin - Managing Director, City Science Initiative
Find a Needle in a Haystack with 3D Imaging Radar
Dr. Bradley Perry
Enrollment: Advance sign-up Required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Please see second paragragh of course description
Ever wonder if you could really find a needle in a haystack? Here’s your chance to give it a try! MIT Lincoln Laboratory is offering a unique course that will show you how to collect and process data with an ultra-wideband (UWB) imaging radar, and then use it to accurately locate a real needle in a real haystack. This course will appeal to anyone interested in the following: electronics, amateur radio, physics, or electromagnetics. The course will take place over two days. On the first day, students will learn the basic concepts of operation for an UWB radar in a classroom setting, and then form into teams of three. Each team will use an UWB radar unit to perform 2D imaging of objects around campus. On the second day, the teams will present their 2D images to the group, and then use their radars to locate a needle in a full size haystack with 3D imaging. The team that comes closest to finding the actual location of the needle will be the winner.
This course will use concepts and techniques covered in detail by two other IAP courses, ‘Build a Small Radar System’, and ‘Build a Small Phased Array Radar System’, which will be offered just prior to this one during IAP. Students are encouraged to take one or both of the other courses to get acquainted with radar hardware and signal processing techniques.
Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Dr. Bradley Perry, LIN-S2-227, (781) 981-0861, radar.course@ll.mit.edu
| Jan/31 | Thu | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 26-168, Please see second paragraph of course description | |
| Feb/01 | Fri | 10:00AM-03:00PM | 26-168, Please see second paragraph of course description |
Dr. Bradley Perry, Dr. Allan Fenn, Dr. Raoul Ouedraogo, Glenn Brigham, Joseph McMichael, Dr. Daniel Rabinkin, Dr. Gerald Benitz
Guitar Delay Pedal Building
Nathan Monroe, Brian Djaja
| Jan/09 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:00PM | PDR3 (W20-303) | |
| Jan/16 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:00PM | PDR3 (W20-303) | |
| Jan/23 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:00PM | PDR3 (W20-303) | |
| Jan/30 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:00PM | PDR3 (W20-303) |
Enrollment: First come, first served (email coordinators)
Sign-up by 12/19
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $60.00
for pedal materials
Learn how to build a delay pedal! No previous music or electronics experience necessary, but some soldering experience would definitely come in handy. We will be teaching you how to build a delay pedal, including machining and designing the enclosure, working from the schematics, as well as assembling and soldering components onto a printed circuit board, and fastening everything to the case. We will also teach you the basic principles behind the design of the pedal, and what exactly it is doing to the instrument's tone.
Sponsor(s): Live Music Connection
Contact: Nathan Monroe, lmc-opensource@mit.edu
Hands-on Aerospace
Abhizna Butchibabu
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
Want to build your very own wind tunnel? Interested in programming unmanned robots? Want to learn how to get your pilots license? Come explore the fun side of AeroAstro by jumping right in! “Hands-On Aerospace” is a workshop designed to show how diverse AeroAstro can be through practical, hands-on activities and demos. In this course, you will group into teams and explore one activity in detail by building a hands-on demo, creating a guide/lecture to teach others how to make and use the demo, and finally showcasing it in front of the other teams. Examples of aerospace demos will include: - "Build Your Own Wind-Tunnel" - "Program a Team of Unmanned Robots" - "Engineered Structures: Why Light Composites Can Lift a Heavy Plane" - And many more … Not only will this workshop show you the practical applications of AeroAstro, you will help pass knowledge on to future generations by creating “demo kits” that can be used as instructional materials for outreach activities at high schools and middle schools across the country! Freshmen are particularly encouraged to participate.
Sponsor(s): Aeronautics and Astronautics
Contact: Abhizna Butchibabu, abhiznab@mit.edu
Amy Bilton, Farah Alibay, Chelsea He, Abhizna Butchibabu, Sameera Ponda, Sunny Wicks
Hands-On Holography
Dr. Robert A. Freking
Enrollment: Advance sign-up Required
Sign-up by 01/21
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Bring laptop with MATLAB installed. Have MATLAB experience
Learn to conceptually appreciate holographic phenomena through hands-on examples and measurements!
Although spatial perception in both living creatures and machines ultimately rests on underlying phase relationships borne on propagating waves, component sensors typically detect only intensity. While this conversion explicitly discards phase, holography formalizes a means of reversing this loss by recognizing and preserving phase relationships embedded in intensity-profile snapshots of controlled interference patterns. Phase thereby recovered may be exploited to restore knowledge of an additional un-sampled spatial dimension. This course will demystify holography by demonstrating how to gather and interpret recordings to recover spatial information. Course topics examine principles and applications of holographic phenomena and explore both physical and computational techniques for generating and reproducing content. Participants will practice holography hands-on in both the optical and audio domains through interactive laboratory exercises employing exposed film, computer-generated holography (CGH) and sonic readings. Measurement devices, supplies and MATLAB starter code will be provided. \\\*Work sponsored by the Department of the Air Force under Contract #FA8721-05-C-0002, but not necessarily endorsed by the U.S. Government.
Sponsor(s): Lincoln Laboratory, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Dr. Robert A. Freking, LIN-A-281, (781) 981-2098, holographycourse@ll.mit.edu
Health and Wellness Innovation 2013
John O Moore MD, PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: UI/UX and software development skills are desirable
Details including registration - http://newmed.media.mit.edu/health-and-wellness-innovation-2013
What: Health and Wellness Innovation 2013 is a two week hackathon that brings together students, health professionals, and innovators from industry to build technology that empowers patients to take control of their health.
Why: Healthcare is in crisis; every year we spend more and get less. At the core of this crisis is a lack of patient engagement. Patients are motivated to be involved, but they are consistently undervalued and marginalized. Current efforts in consumer health are fragmented and fail to leverage a common infrastructure to promote each other’s success through positive feedback. They spend most of their time solving the same problems over and over again. As a result, their ability to empower patients is limited.
This annual event forges partnerships and springboards projects to success by encouraging participants to share core technologies and by providing mentorship to push the limits of innovation in every project. It brings together key clinical, research, and industry players so that we can solve real problems and achieve real change in healthcare.
It is an opportunity for students to immerse themselves in the field. They work with professionals and gain experience that can lead to research funding, grad school positions, or job opportunities.
Where: MIT Media Lab - We will occupy the 6th floor for the entire event
When: January 22 - February 1, 2013
Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: John Moore, tinyurl.com/bfwbe9h, healthandwellnessinnovation@mit.edu
| Jan/22 | Tue | 10:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
The goal of this day is for each team to present their project along with a plan for what is to be accomplished during the event. The entire community will critique the project and make suggestions about implementation. Each team should present questions to the community about roadblocks they anticipate or difficult decisions that they have to make. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be served.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/23 | Wed | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will be free to using this time however they like in developing their projects. Tutorials and support will be available as needed to help the teams accomplish their goals.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/24 | Thu | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will be free to using this time however they like in developing their projects. Tutorials and support will be available as needed to help the teams accomplish their goals.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/25 | Fri | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will be free to using this time however they like in developing their projects. Tutorials and support will be available as needed to help the teams accomplish their goals.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/26 | Sat | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will be free to using this time however they like in developing their projects. Tutorials and support will be available as needed to help the teams accomplish their goals.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/27 | Sun | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will be free to using this time however they like in developing their projects. Tutorials and support will be available as needed to help the teams accomplish their goals.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/28 | Mon | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Each team will meet with the production team to review a script that they have prepared for their video. They will review the script together and discuss visuals that will be needed for the video filming day.
Teams will be free to use the rest of the time in the day however they like in developing their projects. Tutorials and support will be available as needed to help the teams accomplish their goals.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/29 | Tue | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will be free to using this time however they like in developing their projects. Tutorials and support will be available as needed to help the teams accomplish their goals.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/30 | Wed | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will be free to using this time however they like in developing their projects. Tutorials and support will be available as needed to help the teams accomplish their goals.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Jan/31 | Thu | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will demonstrate their projects to the community and to a group of judges from venture capital and grant funding agencies. Prizes will be awarded to the top three projects. Lunch and dinner will be served.
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
| Feb/01 | Fri | 09:00AM-06:00PM | MIT Media Lab 6th fl |
Teams will work with a production team to capture footage for videos of their projects. The videos will demonstrate each project's potential for patient empowerment and the progress that was made during the event. The videos will be posted on the web. See the videos from last year: http://newmed.media.mit.edu/health-and-wellness-innovation-2012-results
John O Moore MD - PhD Candidate in Media Arts and Sciences
Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy
Patrick Boisvert, Technical Associate
| Jan/29 | Tue | 02:00PM-03:00PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
The lecture will provide an introduction to the basic principles of Scanning Electron Microscopy with an approach to EDX, EBSD, and BSE.
Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Patrick Boisvert, 13-1018, x3-3317, pboisver@mit.edu
Introduction to Computation and Programming for Nuclear Engineers
Bryan Herman, graduate student, Alex Mieloszyk, graduate student
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Designed to provide a practical introduction to computer programming, emphasizing language features that are most used in performing numerical calculations for nuclear engineering. Provides students with an introduction to the FORTRAN programming language. Topics covered: 1) intro to Unix and FORTRAN, 2) commenting, documentation, and version control, 3) data types, 4) expressions and mathematical functions, 5) subroutines and functions, 6) conditionals and branching, 7) loops, 8) dynamic allocation, 9) formatted input and output, 10) modules, and 11) MATLAB programming.
Sponsor(s): Nuclear Science and Engineering
Contact: Alex Mieloszyk, NW14-2317, 617-452-4702, amielosz@mit.edu
Bryan Herman - graduate student, Alex Mieloszyk - graduate student
Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy/Focused Ion Beam Dual Beam Workstation
Shiahn Chen, Research Specialist
| Jan/29 | Tue | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 13-2137 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
This lecture will cover the basic principles of ion source, optics and ion-material interaction in a focused ion beam machine with an emphasis on the differences from, and similarities to, the electron-beam instrument. In addition, the lecture will describe the configuration of the FEI Helios 600 Nanolab Dual Beam workstation in the CMSE Electron Microscopy Facility, and conclude with application examples as well as open discussion of the material characterization and nanofabrication uses of the dual beam workstation.
Sponsor(s): Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Shiahn Chen, 13-1027, 2534622, schen3j@mit.edu
Invention to Marketplace
Joshua Schuler, Executive Director, Lemelson-MIT Program
| Jan/14 | Mon | 03:00PM-04:30PM | 10-105 (Bush Room) |
Enrollment: http://lmitiap.eventbrite.com/#
The Lemelson-MIT Program welcomes back its 2005 and 2012 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize winners, David Berry, MD-PhD, and Miles Barr, PhD.
Berry is a partner at Flagship Ventures, and founder of Flagship portfolio companies: LS9, Joule Unlimited, Eleven Biotherapeutics, Seres Health, and Pronutria. Barr is president and CTO of Ubiquitous Energy - a company he founded while finishing his PhD in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Barr co-founded the company with Vladimir Bulović, PhD, Professor of Electrical Engineering in EECS. Bulović holds over 50 U.S. patents, in the area of nano-structured electronics - a majority of which have been licensed and utilized by both start-up and multinational companies, including QD Vision, and Kateeva, which he also founded with his student.
Berry, Barr, and Bulović will describe their inventions and their process of bringing them into the marketplace – including interactions with the Technology Licensing Office. Come learn about the surprises and lessons they encountered, and hear tips on how to effectively commercialize your ideas and technologies, interact with the media, and bring your academic successes out of the laboratory and into the real world to affect change.
Discussion Moderated by: Joshua Schuler, Executive Director of the Lemelson-MIT Program.
Sponsor(s): LEMELSON-MIT PROGRAM
Contact: Shannon O'Brien, 10-110, 617 258-5798, SHANNON1@MIT.EDU
MathWorks: Introduction to MATLAB: Problem Solving and Programming
James Cain, Manager - Experimental Learning Environments, OEIT
| Jan/28 | Mon | 01:00PM-05:00PM | 4-163, Please bring a laptop to this hands-on lab. |
Enrollment: Register at link below
Limited to 85 participants
MATLAB is a high-level language that allows you to quickly perform computation and visualization through easy-to-use programming constructs. This hands-on lab presents essentials you need to use MATLAB for your classes or research.
In this session, we import historical temperature data collected in the Northern Hemisphere from an external file, plot the data over time, then perform some analysis to view the data trend to determine if global warming is happening. You’ll learn how to write a MATLAB script and publish it to a format for sharing, such as HTML. You’ll also learn how to write your own MATLAB functions, use flow control, and create loops.
By the end of the session, you’ll have learned to create an application in MATLAB.
Note: Attendees should bring a laptop to this hands-on lab.
MathWorks at MIT IAP 2013
MathWorks is hosting six sessions during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) 2013. Join us to learn how you can use MATLAB and Simulink for technical computing and application development in engineering, math, and science. Attend as many sessions as you like.
Please visit the following URL for more information and to register for this session:
http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap13/index.html
Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Heather Wellman, Heather.Wellman@mathworks.com
MathWorks: LEGO MINDSTORMS with MATLAB and Simulink for Teaching Controls, Robotics, and Mechatronics
James Cain, Manager - Experimental Learning Environments, OEIT
| Jan/29 | Tue | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 37-312 |
Enrollment: Register at link below
Limited to 48 participants
Prereq: Basic knowledge of dynamic modeling, controls & MATLAB
This hands-on workshop uses the built-in support in Simulink for prototyping, testing, and running models on LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT. Simulink Support for LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT (SSL) aims to address the growing need for hands-on and project-based learning via low-cost, easy-to-use hardware and software that builds on the widely used MATLAB and Simulink platform.
SSL enables students to develop embedded and autonomous applications that leverage the standard sensors and actuators provided with the LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT brick from within Simulink. Faculty who attend will have a chance to work through lab modules with examples of embedded genetic algorithms, motor speed control, and an mobile inverted pendulum.
Attendees will also hear about Simulink support for Arduino, BeagleBoard, and PandaBoard.
Note: This workshop (tutorial) is addressed to faculty, and open to graduate students involved in creating curriculum materials. Attendees should have a basic knowledge of dynamic modeling and controls, as well as knowledge of MATLAB.
MathWorks at MIT IAP 2013
MathWorks is hosting six sessions during MIT's Independent Activities Period (IAP) 2013. Join us to learn how you can use MATLAB and Simulink for technical computing and application development in engineering, math, and science. Attend as many sessions as you like.
Please visit the following URL for more information and to register for this session:
http://www.mathworks.com/company/events/seminars/mit_iap13/index.html
Sponsor(s): Office of Educational Innovation and Technology, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Heather Wellman, Heather.Wellman@mathworks.com
Personal Data and Trust Framework Hackathon
Brian Sweatt, Media Lab Research Staff, Jeff Schmitz, Media Lab Research Staff, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Trust Frameworks provide a secure means of collecting and sharing data amongst a network of peers, while providing users with full control over who has access to their data, as well as how it is used. This 5-day activity focuses on passive data collection from Android phones, with storage and analysis on a Media Lab-developed Trust Framework, and development of unique applications built on top of this framework and data.
An introductory course on Trust Frameworks and their current implementation is included, followed by a hackathon to build applications that consume and/or extend the system.
Sponsor(s): Media Arts and Sciences
Contact: Brian Sweatt, E15-384B, 617 452-5572, BRIAN717@MIT.EDU
| Jan/28 | Mon | 10:00AM-12:00PM | E14-633 |
Introductory course on software development using the MIT Trust Framework. Course will introduce students to the current code and provide instructions on building an application on the framework. Pre-existing demo applications will be used as examples.
Brian Sweatt - Media Lab Research Staff, Jeff Schmitz - Media Lab Research Staff
| Jan/28 | Mon | 12:00PM-04:00PM | Media Lab | |
| Jan/29 | Tue | 12:00PM-04:00PM | Media Lab | |
| Jan/30 | Wed | 12:00PM-04:00PM | Media Lab | |
| Jan/31 | Thu | 12:00PM-04:00PM | Media Lab | |
| Feb/01 | Fri | 12:00PM-04:00PM | Media Lab |
Hackathon to extend and build applications on the MIT Trust Framework.
Brian Sweatt - Media Lab Research Staff, Jeff Schmitz - Media Lab Research Staff
Programmable System-on -a-Chip (PSoC) Design Using Cypress PSoC
Steven Leeb, Patrick Kane, Mike Daly, Lizi George
| Jan/08 | Tue | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 38-600 | |
| Jan/09 | Wed | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 38-600 | |
| Jan/10 | Thu | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 38-600 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/01
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: some programming experience; previous intro to circuits
Teams comprised of 2-4 students will compete in a Progammable System on a Chip
(PSoC) design competition using Cypress CY8CKIT-050 PSoC development boards.
The goal of the competition is to design a slave with associated peripherals and
memory components around an ARM Cortex-M3 (already embedded in the PSoC 5
device), along with associated firmware to demonstrate a correctly working
system that can I/F with a provided master system. The first session will be a
combination of lecture and hands on labs that will introduce the students
to PSoC and its design environment PSoC Creator. The second session will be on
topics required for successful completion of the design such as
CapSense, I2C, digital filtering etc. The third session will be a 'hacker' day to
put together the design. Each team will have 5 minutes to present their
version of the solution.
Space will be limited. To apply, please e-mail your full name, MIT class year
and major, and your MIT e-mail address to iap-psoc@mit.edu. We'll let you know
after December 1st if you've got a spot in the class.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Steven Leeb, sbleeb@mit.edu
Self-Paced Intro to Programming & Computation in Python
Eric Grimson, Chancellor, Bernard Gordon Professor of Medical Engineering
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: No class attendance required
Prereq: No programming experience needed
MIT has been offering an online version of 6.00 (Introduction to Programming and Computation) through the edX platform. 6.00 provides an introduction to using computation to solve real problems. The course is aimed at students with little or no prior programming experience that have a desire to understand computational problem solving.
The first half of 6.00 provides a good introduction the Python programming language, to programming in general, and to computational problem solving. Because many students want to gain more experience with these topics, before taking classes like 6.01 or 6.S02, or because they simply want to learn about programming, we are making a version of the first part of 6.00x available in IAP.
This will be an entirely self-paced course. We will release the material in three components, starting January 7th. Students can watch the lectures and work through exercises and problem sets at their pace. The course should be completed before the beginning of term, especially for students who plan to take a spring subject that involves programming, but students can choose their own schedules.
We will offer an online discussion forum as part of this subject. We will also arrange for Lab Assistants to support the subject, by holding scheduled on-campus office hours at times to be announced.
If you are interested in taking this course, you must go to https://mit.edx.org/ and register for the course. The first material will be released in early January.
Sponsor(s): Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Eric Grimson, egrimson@mit.edu
Startups 3.0: Seeing the System
Fady Saad, Shirish Nilekar
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 50 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none
Majority of startups fail because of managerial issues, and mainly because managers fail to see the organizational system. This practical and concise activity will explore the different lifecycle phases an organization goes through, and the changing needs in each phase. At the end of this activity, students will be able to see the complete startup system and the interdependency between its elements
Sponsor(s): Engineering Systems Division
Contact: Fady Saad, 617 386 9861, FADY@MIT.EDU
| Jan/09 | Wed | 06:00PM-08:00PM | E51-085 | |
| Jan/10 | Thu | 06:00PM-08:00PM | E51-085 | |
| Jan/11 | Fri | 06:00PM-08:00PM | E51-085 | |
| Jan/12 | Sat | 06:00PM-08:00PM | E51-085, potential optional session |
Fady Saad, Shirish Nilekar
Water, Engineers, and Malaria in Africa
Elfatih Eltahir, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
| Jan/27 | Sun | 09:30AM-02:00PM | 48-316, Lunch will be provided |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Presentations by MIT students and Visiting Speakers will offer presentations of a multi disciplinary ( Engineering, Hydrology,
Entomology, Public Health) perspectives on the complex problem of malaria transmission in Africa, emphasizing recent field experiences from the region.
Sponsor(s): Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact: Joanne Batziotegos, 48-216, (617) 452-3022, jtegos@mit.edu
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