"Social networks that balance themselves" by Steven Strogatz

The second of Steven Strogatz's Simons Lectures, given in the MIT Department of Mathematics in April, 2011.

A Network Biology Approach to Cancer

James Collins - Boston University

A Roadmap for the Edge of the Internet

04/08/2008 8"404Dr. Alan Benner, Senior Engineer, IBM Server DivisionDescription: In the curious way of technological evolution, we first had computers that occupied entire rooms, watched them shrink to desktop, laptop and palm"sized devices, and now find ourselves coming full circle, and ...

Alzheimer's Disease: Current State and Hope for the Future

05/04/2009 2:00 PM 46"3002Li"Huei Tsai, Picower Professor of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigatorDescription: Measured in human suffering, and by statistics, Alzheimer's Disease (AD) presents a formidable specter: with incidence approaching 30 ...

Autism Research: Progress and Promises

10/14/2010 4:45 PM 46Gerald Fischbach, Scientific Director, The Simons FoundationDescription: "Imagine what it's like to go through life without understanding what people you are with are thinking," poses Gerald Fischbach. "You have no way of gauging whether they are angry, sad or happy." At ...

Autonomous Vehicles and Urban Mobility

12/08/2009 32"124Emilio Frazzoli, Associate Professor of Aeronautics and AstronauticsDescription: If you had half a million dollars, would you opt for a passenger car that could drive itself (called an autonomous vehicle) or would you choose a new Ferrari? Emilio Frazzoli provides a number of ...

Bifurcation theory

Blended Learning Revisited

Even when children are high achievers and facile with new technology, many seem gradually to lose their sense of wonder and curiosity, notes John Seely Brown.

BLOSSOMS - Selfish Drivers: Braess's Paradox and Traffic Planning (English ...

The idea of this lesson is to introduce, in a simplified manner, the so-called Braess's Paradox

Carbon and Energy Efficient Supply Chains

10/27/2009 4:00 PM 32"124Edgar Blanco, Research Director at the MIT Center for Transportation & LogisticsDescription: Consumers will soon be able to quantify the carbon footprint of products they consume, and that could begin to change consumer behavior. The common ...

Collaboration and Collective Intelligence

04/27/2007 5:45 PM Bartos theaterThomas Malone, Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Management, MIT Center for Collective Intelligence, MIT Sloan; Mimi Ito, Research Scientist, Annenberg Center for Communication; Cory Ondrejka, Chief Technology Officer, Linden Lab; ...

Concentrate on Distracted Driving: A Challenge to MIT Students from US ...

05/03/2010 12:00 PM E14"674Ray LaHood, US Secretary of TransportationDescription: From the MIT News Office: Research has shown that talking on a phone while driving, even with a hands"free cellphone, causes as much of an impairment to driving ability as being drunk. ...

CrackBerrys: Exploring the Social Implications of Wireless Email Devices

06/09/2007 10:00 AM JoAnne Yates, Sloan Distinguished Professor of ManagementDescription: Fast-moving managers are finding that their most cherished high-tech gadget may actually be their worst enemy. JoAnne Yates reviews recent research into the evolving, ...

Creative Experimentation: Developing a Skill Critical for Managing Complex ...

A broad-based capacity for experimentation is critical for organizations to succeed because the systems in which people are embedded are increasingly complex and fast.

Data-driven Traffic Modeling, Prediction, and Planning

03/15/2011 4:00 PM 3"270Daniela Rus, MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Director of CSAIL; Description: Some professors work primarily in labs, and others mainly at desks. Daniela Rus conducts her research on the bustling streets of Singapore, ...