MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2018 Schedule for January 24


Activity Title Location Special Meeting Info

07:30 AM
Pre-Masters: An Introduction to Swim Workouts Alumni Pool

08:30 AM
Hands on Holography IAP 2018 Beaver Works NE45 bring your laptop
LCE Conversation Cafe Stata Student Street

09:00 AM
CDI-iMUSE Winter IAP Conference New House
COMSOL Multiphysics Boot Camp 66-110 sign up at comsol.com/events/workshop/40912
Decision Support Models for Low-Carbon Electric Power Systems E51-376 Bring your laptop.
Fundamentals of Science and Technology Public Policy Making: MIT Sci/Tech Policy Bootcamp 56-114
Image Analysis in the Geosciences 54-819
Presentation Skills Workshop NE49-5145, T-Lab
Walls of Air -The Brazilian Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale TBA bring laptop

10:00 AM
Appreciating Carnatic Music 4-370
Course: "The Philosophy of God of Thomas Aquinas" PDR #3 (W20-303)
(CANCELED) Improv Skills for Business 5-232
Individual Consultations at the WCC (Writing and Communication Center) E18-233
MathWorks: Demystifying Deep Learning - A Practical Approach in MATLAB 3-270
Regression Models in R 4-163 Bring a laptop
The Matter of Facts 1-242
Think Security by (IC)3 with Kaspersky Lab E51-057
You've invented something cool! Now what? 3-370

12:00 PM
An Introduction To Prog Rock E15-341
Antique Maps 32-144
IAP 2018- The Feynman Films 6-120
IAP 2018- The Feynman Films 6-120
The Heretic's Club: Why Am I Alive? (Lunch) 2-103
Web Accessibility: Encouraging Digital Diversity 4-153

12:30 PM
The SBIR Program, How do I get involved? 3-370

01:00 PM
A SYMPOSIUM - The State of the Union: Social Policy, Financial Regulation, and Populism in the Trump Era Bldg 26, Room 10
Biota Beats: Your Musical Microbiome MIT Media Lab
Biotech business information for engineers and scientists 14N-132
Build a Small Radar System IAP 2018 Beaver Works NE45 bring your laptop
Heavier than the Sun, Smaller than a City: The Neutron Star Marlar Lounge 37-252
Introduction to Python Workshop 3-270 Bring your laptop
Mathematics Lecture Series 2-190 Speaker: Thomas Beck
MathWorks: Practical Applications of Deep Learning, A Hands-On MATLAB Workshop W31-301
Pleasures of Poetry 2018 14E-304
Space Propulsion Crash Course 33-319
The MIT Moderns: Graphic Design in the 1960s-1980s MIT Museum (N51)
The Trolley Problem (Or: How and When to Push Large Men off Bridges) 32-D831
Waste management 101: Where Does Our Trash Go? 4-265
Writing Architecture through Fiction; A world-building + design workshop TBA

01:30 PM
Biology at Transformative Frontiers 32-123
Handset Printing at the Beaver Press Print Shop 10-801 (Barker) Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.
IAP 2018 Physics Lecture Series 6-120

02:00 PM
Brio to Cognos Conversion Workshop 1-115 Optional: have a Brio report to convert to Cognos
Digital Rhetoric and Mobile Learning 8-205
Introduction to Scanning Electron Microscopy 13-2137
Introduction to Credit Analysis & Equity Valuation E62-262
More on algebraic topology Location TBD
NEAQ 2069: Envisioning the Future Aquarium Experience E15-335
Patent Law Fundamentals E51-151
Planners Read Plato's "Gorgias" 9-217
RACECAR (Rapid Autonomous Complex-Environment Competing Ackermann-drive Robotics 32-081
What Every International Student Should Know about U.S. Employment E25-111

02:30 PM
Commercializing Research, Creating Change: MIT Deshpande Center for Technological Innovation 3-370

03:00 PM
A SYMPOSIUM - The State of the Union: Social Policy, Financial Regulation, and Populism in the Trump Era bldg 26 Room 100
Introduction to SEM/FIB Dual-Beam Workstation 13-2137
Making Sense of Scent E14-633
Managing your research code 14N-132
SO BAD IT'S GOOD: An Introduction to Media Analysis Through Watching Bad Media 5-217

04:00 PM
Come Build Something 2-136
Patent Searching Fundamentals 14N-132

04:15 PM
Koru Mindfulness for STUDENTS ONLY 66-168

04:30 PM
Super Bowls A W20-431

05:00 PM
A SYMPOSIUM - The State of the Union: Social Policy, Financial Regulation, and Populism in the Trump Era bldg 26 Room 100
Bite-sized Professional Development tba Please watch video mentioned below
If your recruiting season hasn't worked out... We (NDT) Can Help You! 56-154
Intro to Version Control using Git and GitHub TBD Bring your laptop.
Reproducible Research in Computational Science 46-3310 Bring your laptop

05:30 PM
Beginning Oil Painting Workshop B W20-425
Memory Wars: Contrasting Views of Memory from Systems Neuroscience Research 46-6199

06:00 PM
A taste of Esperanto 2-147
Bitcoin Investing 101 E62-250
Game Literacy TBD Bring your laptop
Infinite Careers Alumni Speaker Series: Tarikh Campbell (Course 10b) E19-202
Introductory Hebrew 5-237
Unleashing Alternative Futures: Constructing New Worlds through Imagination, Narrative, and Radical Hope 9-217

06:30 PM
Basics of Financial Planning 32-124

07:00 PM
Night-time observing with MIT's Sidewalk Astrogazers Outreach Team North Court
Splash for MIT 2018 Building 56 various 1st floor classrooms
Tour of Wallace Astrophysical Observatory Wallace observatory

07:30 PM
DIY Sustainability With UA Sustain Location TBD
Ham Exams 1-150
Introduction to Isshinryu Karate DuPont Multipurpose
Israeli Folk Dancing W20 Lobdell
Lindy Hop Swing Dancing Lessons Walker Memorial
Super Bowls B W20-431

08:00 PM
Digital to Analog B&W Photography W20-425