The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration
The Next Giant Leaps in Space Exploration
06/11/2009 3:00 PM KresgeDr. Maria T. Zuber, E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics, Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT ; ; Dr. Edward F. Crawley, Ford Professor of Engineering, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics and ...
Computers with Commonsense: Artificial Intelligence at the ...
Computers with Commonsense: Artificial Intelligence at the MIT Round Table
06/06/2009 11:30 AM KresgePatrick Henry Winston, '65 SM'76, PhD '70, Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science; Description: Visiting the San Diego Zoo's orangutans and chimpanzees inspires Patrick Henry Winston to ponder what makes humans ...
U.S. - Iran Relations
U.S. - Iran Relations
05/05/2009 4:00 PM Ne30Jim Walsh, Research Associate, SSP MIT; Suzanne DiMaggio, Global Policy Director, Asia Society; Stephen Heintz, President, Rockefeller Brothers Fund; Barry Posen, Ford International Professor of Political Science at MIT, Director Security Studies ProgramDescription: ...
New Frontiers in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Research
New Frontiers in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Research
05/04/2009 3:00 PM 46"3002Ed Scolnick, Director, Psychiatric Disease Program and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, Broad InstituteDescription: In contrast to cardiovascular disease, few breakthrough remedies for psychiatric illness have emerged in the past ...
Contemplative Dimensions of Human Experience
Contemplative Dimensions of Human Experience
04/28/2009 7:00 PM Simmons HallFr. Thomas Keating, O.C.S.O., Trappist MonkDescription: In a mind"stretching talk covering the history of the planet, development of higher"order consciousness, and East"West religious practices, Trappist monk Thomas Keating claims that ...
Learning to See in the Dark: The Roots of Ethical Resistance
Learning to See in the Dark: The Roots of Ethical Resistance
04/24/2009 6:00 PM Simmons HallCarol Gilligan, University Professor, New York University School of LawDescription: In this complex narrative documenting paradigm shifts in developmental thinking, Carol Gilligan defines the very capacity of our human nature-to have a ...
Climate Change in a Changing World: Meeting the Needs of ...
Climate Change in a Changing World: Meeting the Needs of Humanity and the ...
04/22/2009 7:00 PM Simmons HallSteven Hamburg, Chief Scientist, Environmental Defense FundDescription: The "dominant story of the next century" will be one of either gloom or redemption, says Steven Hamburg, depending on how humanity chooses to address climate change. ...
The Most Important Number in the World
The Most Important Number in the World
04/13/2009 4:30 PM Wong AuditoriumBill McKibben, Writer/ OrganizerDescription: "Just a sleep"deprived activist and organizer." That's how environmentalist Bill McKibben describes his current incarnation, with writing career in abeyance while he proselytizes about the danger of climate change. ...
Great Leaps, Persistence, and Innovation: The Evolving ...
Great Leaps, Persistence, and Innovation: The Evolving Story of Hyundai
04/08/2009 3:00 PM Bartos theaterJohn Krafcik, SM '88, President and CEO, Hyundai Motor AmericaDescription: In 1986, Hyundai's first export to the U.S, the $4995 Excel, developed embarrassing quality problems, and the company found itself grist for late night talk ...
Words for the Web with Neal Kane
Words for the Web with Neal Kane
Neal Kane, President of Libretto, Inc. shares pointers on best practices for web writing. Neal is widely regarded as one of New England's leading business writers and messaging strategists.
An Evening with Video Artist Bill Viola
An Evening with Video Artist Bill Viola
03/10/2009 6:30 PM 10"250Bill ViolaDescription: Bill Violadims the lights in MIT's Room 10"250, and begins to talk of life, death and all that lies between, leaving the realm of classroom and entering a place of potential enlightenment. Weaving together his video art, personal anecdotes, ...
China's Development and China"US Relations
China's Development and China"US Relations
02/10/2009 3:30 PM 10"250His Excellency Zhou Wenzhong, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People's Republic of ChinaDescription: MIT President Susan Hockfield hails a new era of collaboration between the Institute and China, and Zhou Wenzhong, ...
A New Age of Exploration: From Earth to Mars
A New Age of Exploration: From Earth to Mars
06/07/2008 10:30 AM KresgeDava Newman, Sm '89, PhD '92, Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and Engineering SystemsDescription: Happily for human spaceflight, Dava Newman and her students enjoy working in such laboratories as NASA's "Vomit Comet." Newman's work ...
Personal Robots
Personal Robots
06/07/2008 11:45 AM KresgeCynthia Breazeal, SM '93, SCD '00, Professor, Program in Media Arts and SciencesDescription: Cynthia Breazeal's eminently charming creatures appear to have stepped out of Santa's North Pole workshop. But Breazeal wants you to know that her robots are attempts to ...
Industrial Bodies
Industrial Bodies
Connecting Petrochemicals to Human Health and the EnvironmentPanelists: Laura Amos, Theo Colborn, Michael Dorsey, Catharine ClabbyModerator: Kim FortunFriday, April 11, 2008
Industrial Bodies, Question and Answer
Industrial Bodies, Question and Answer
Friday, April 11, 2008
Sociable Robots
Sociable Robots
04/29/2008 6:00 PM MuseumSherry Turkle, Abby Rockefeller Mauz_ Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology,Program in Science, Technology, and Society; Cynthia Breazeal, SM '93, SCD '00, Professor, Program in Media Arts and SciencesDescription: Cynthia Breazealmakes social ...
Neurobiology of Fear, Anxiety and Extinction: Implications ...
Neurobiology of Fear, Anxiety and Extinction: Implications for ...
04/14/2008 4:00 PM 46"3002Dr. Michael Davis, Robert W. Woodruff Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University School of MedicineDescription: Few scientists have charted the grim territory of fear and anxiety with the same doggedness and precision ...
Human Augmentation
Human Augmentation
04/09/2008 6:00 PM MuseumJohn Hockenberry, Distinguished Fellow, MIT Media Lab;Host, The Takeaway; Hugh Herr, SM '93, Assoc. Prof, MIT Media LabDescription: These two MIT Museum speakers hope you'll walk away from their talk with a good case of augmentation envy _ or at least a healthy ...
Diversifying Cities: Migration, Habitation, and Community ...
Diversifying Cities: Migration, Habitation, and Community Development
04/04/2008 3:15 PM Broad InstituteXavier de Souza Briggs, Associate Professor of Sociology and Urban Planning, MIT ; Jessica Andors, MCP '99, Deputy Director, Lawrence CommunityWorks; Abel Valenzuela, Jr., MCP '88, PhD '95, Professor, Director, Center for the Study of ...