Over the course of the spring semester 2011, MIT celebrated its 150th anniversary with a remarkable cascade of symposia, performances, exhibitions, and landmark events. The events were focused on being "distinctively MIT." Videos from the 150-day-long celebration include historical retrospectives and broadcasts of MIT150 events.
Professor of Electrical Engineering & Associate Provost Martin A. Schmidt
Evan Ziporyn introducing the New Music Marathon at MIT which took place during the 2011 MIT Festival of Art, Science and Technology (FAST).
FAST was a prominent feature of the MIT150 events, a festival celebrating MIT's unique confluence of Art, Science and Technology.
MIT Professor Tod Machover, Director of FAST, discusses the Festival of Art, Science and Technology, a prominent feature of MIT's 150th celebration.
LightBridge is a 10,000 pixel dynamic display created for the FAST Festival of Art, Science and Technology in celebration of MIT's 150th anniversary.
In 2006, Anna Jaffe '07, Robyn Allen '07 and Nii Armar '06, SM '09, launched the Vehicle Design Summit, a collaboration that included 25 college teams from across the globe to build within three years a plug-in electric hybrid car. More than 50 students from 21 universities came to MIT to ...
Part of the "Common Threads" video, produced for the MIT 150th celebration, this clip features the vital role of humanities, arts, and social sciences at MIT.
Procession Tuus Traditional Performed by the Rambax MIT Senegalese Drum Ensemble Co-Directed by Patricia J. Tang, Associate Professor, and Lamine Touré, Lecturer, Music and Theater Arts
9 Moderators: Haym Hirsh, Professor of Computer Science, Rutgers University; Visiting Scholar, Center for Collective Intelligence and Sloan School of Management, MIT; and Tomaso A. Poggio, MIT Andrew Blake, Managing Director, Microsoft Research, Cambridge?, UK* David Ferrucci, Senior Manager, ...
10 * Joshua B. Tenenbaum PhD '99, Paul E. Newton Career Development Professor of Cognitive Science and Computation, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT?; Principal Investigator, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (speaking on behalf of the symposium ...
8 Moderator: Shimon Ullman PhD '77, Samy and Ruth Cohn Professor of Computer Science, Department of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Weizmann Institute of Science * Ned Block '64, Silver Professor of Philosophy, Psychology, and Neural Science, Department of Philosophy, New York ...
7 Moderator: Nancy Kanwisher '80 PhD '86, Walter A. Rosenblith Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT; Investigator, McGovern Institute for Brain Research * Terrence Sejnowski, Francis Crick Chair, Salk Institute for Biological Studies; Professor ...
6 Moderators: Tomaso A. Poggio and Joshua B. Tenenbaum, MIT * Robert Desimone, Doris and Don Berkey Professor of Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences; Director, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT? * Jeff Hawkins, Co-founder, Numenta; ...
4 4 Moderator: Irene R. Heim, Professor and Head, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT * Susan Carey, Henry A. Morss, Jr. and Elizabeth W. Morss Professor of Psychology; Chair, Department of Psychology, Harvard University? * ??Gennaro Chierchia, Haas Foundations Professor of ...
5 ??Moderator: Thomas Malone, Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management, Sloan School of Management; Director, Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT * Andrew W. Lo, Harris & Harris Group Professor; Director, Laboratory for Financial Engineering, MIT * Martin A. ...
3 Moderator: Tomaso A. Poggio, MIT * Rodney L. Brooks, Founder, Chairman, and Chief Technology Officer, Heartland Robotics, Inc.; Panasonic Professor of Robotics, Emeritus, MIT * Takeo Kanade, U.A. and Helen Whitaker University Professor, The Robotics Institute; Director, Quality of Life ...
2 ?Moderator: Steven Pinker, Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor, Department of Psychology, Harvard University * Emilio Bizzi, MIT Institute Professor; Founding Member, McGovern Institute for Brain Research * Sydney Brenner, Senior Distinguished ...
1 * David A. Mindell PhD '96, Chair, MIT150 Steering Committee; Dibner Professor of the History of Engineering and Manufacturing and of Aeronautics and Astronautics; Head, Program in Science, Technology, and Society, MIT * ?Marc A. Kastner, Donner Professor of Science; Dean, MIT School of ...
MIT's first open house in more than 30 years provided hours of awestruck moments and became a highlight of the MIT150 celebration. Called "Under the Dome: Come Explore MIT," the open house attracted thousands who toured MIT's cutting-edge labs and research centers on April 30. The day's ...
