MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2018 Schedule for January 18


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

08:00 AM
Adult Beginning Swim Zesiger Center

08:30 AM
Hands on Holography IAP 2018 Beaver Works NE45 bring your laptop

09:00 AM
Decision Support Models for Low-Carbon Electric Power Systems E51-376 Bring your laptop.
Private Pilot Ground School (16.687) 56-114 Bring your tablet or phone and laptop.
Walls of Air -The Brazilian Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale TBA bring laptop

09:30 AM
Presenting with Skill and Confidence 1-273 and 1-277

10:00 AM
Advanced X-ray Instrumentation Build 2018 13-4041
Consciousness, Computation, the Universe 36-153
Data in the Round 54-1623 bring data/ laptop
Effective Group Facilitation Techniques 5-232
How to succeed at MIT & beyond: developing a growth mindset 56-167
Individual Consultations at the WCC (Writing and Communication Center) E18-233

11:00 AM
Plasma Science and Fusion Center IAP Series NW17-218

12:00 PM
An Introduction To Prog Rock E15-341
Business information for engineers and scientists 14N-132
Define-A-Thon 4-163
How to Pronounce Chinese Names workshop E19-202 Bring a pen or pencil to take notes!
The Next Step in Academic Science McGovern Auditorium

12:30 PM
Developing Leadership in Yourself and Others 4-149

01:00 PM
Campus Emergency Response Team (CERT) TBD
Communicating Science to the Public E17-136
Intro to Metal Sculpture 4-006
Introduction to GIS & Mapping 14N-132
Pleasures of Poetry 2018 14E-304
Practical Computer Science for Computational Scientists 3-370
Self-Myofascial Release Alumni/Wang Studio
Software Radio IAP 2018 Beaver Works bring your laptop

01:30 PM
Creating Effective Research Posters 10-250
Seven Sketches in Compositionality: Real-World Applications of Category Theory 2-255

02:00 PM
A Look Inside the Human Brain bldg 46-3015
Bite-sized Professional Development 4-145
Computational Law Course Online Use your laptop and smartphone
Get Up. Stand Up! History of Activism at MIT via a Glance at the Institute Archives 2-139
Hardware Hacking and Rapid Prototyping NE47-189
IAP 2018 MIT Flute Ensemble 4-162
More on algebraic topology Location TBD
Presenting with Skill and Confidence 4-364
Preserving long term digital content: strategies, challenges, and solutions 34-301
Protection of Minors at MIT 32-144

02:30 PM
Essential Skills for Researchers 5-233

03:00 PM
A Look Inside the Human Brain bldg 46-3015
Experiments in Experience 10-150
Hacking Our Digital Future 56-154
Learn Massage, Thursday's W59
WMBR Presents: Live on the Air 50-030

03:30 PM
Human Factors Engineering -- Designing for the Human IDC N52 337 bring notebook and sketching supplies

04:00 PM
A Look Inside the Human Brain bldg 46-3015
Beginning Pottery Wheel W20-431
Come Build Something 2-136
Finding gene info & more: a tour of the NCBI "omics" network 14N-132

04:30 PM
Effective Speaking 4-163

05:00 PM
Advocacy 101: How to Influence Your Government 50-220
Causal Inference & Deep Learning 4-231 Bring your laptop.
Game Design and Development 101 3-333 Bring your laptop.
Reverse-Engineering Software 1-115 Bring your laptop.
The Mathematics of Deep Learning 4-237 Bring laptop (Python, NumPy, TensorFlow & Jupyter)

05:30 PM
MIT Joint Program 2018 IAP Lectures and Talks Bldg E51, Room 325
Swimming For Endurance Zesiger Center

06:00 PM
A taste of Esperanto 2-147
Chen Style Tai Chi: 36 Forms 8-219
Core Swimming Zesiger Center
Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing W20-425
Introduction to Turkish 5-134
Learn To Play Bridge! 4-153

06:30 PM
Ceramic Pitchers W20-431
MIT Joint Program 2018 IAP Lectures and Talks Bldg E51, Room 325
Offshore Sailing Shore School 66-144
Reason for God - Dinner, Talk, and Discussion W20-Mezzanine Lounge Dr. Troy Van Voorhis, MIT Professor of Chemistry
Stroke Technique Zesiger Center

07:00 PM
Capoeira: A Brazilian Martial Art 119 Windsor St Cambr
Ham Radio Class and Antenna Building Meet at 50-358
Shadow Magicians: Finding Freedom to Become Yourself 1-135
Winter School 2018 6-120

07:15 PM
(CANCELED) Koru Mindfulness - Students Only E23-319

08:00 PM
Harry Potter Movie Mash 32-082