Understanding and Designing Complex Sociotechnical Systems
Understanding and Designing Complex Sociotechnical Systems
A member of the MIT faculty for 45 years, Joseph M. Sussman is the JR East Professor in the Engineering Systems Division and the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT.
Uncertainties in Climate Forecasts: Causes, Magnitudes and ...
Uncertainties in Climate Forecasts: Causes, Magnitudes and Policy ...
04/25/2007 4:15 PM 34-101Stephen H. SchneiderDescription: As one of the lead researchers in the ongoing Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which informs the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Stephen Schneider has labored mightily to map out the ...
Unbound symposium: Unbinding the Book (May 4)
Unbound symposium: Unbinding the Book (May 4)
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookUnbinding the BookParticipants: Bonnie Mak (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), James Reid-Cunningham (Boston Athenaeum), Wyn Kelley (MIT Literature), Mary Fuller (MIT Literature)Moderator: Gretchen Henderson (MIT ...
Unbound symposium: The Xenotext, So Far with Christian Bök ...
Unbound symposium: The Xenotext, So Far with Christian Bök (May 3)
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookThe Xenotext, So Far with Christian BökWe started the event with a kick-off reading, co-sponsored with Purple Blurb, featuring experimental poet Christian Bök, who has striven for ten years to engineer an ...
Unbound symposium: Reshaping the Book (May 4)
Unbound symposium: Reshaping the Book (May 4)
Unbound: Speculations on the Future of the BookReshaping the BookParticipants: Gita Manaktala (MIT Press), Christian Bök (University of Calgary), Bob Stein (SocialBook) Moderator: Amaranth Borsuk (MIT Writing and Humanistic Studies and Comparative Media ...
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Beginning of a Long Thaw?
U.S.-Cuba Relations: The Beginning of a Long Thaw?
09/23/2009 4:30 PM Wong AuditoriumJulia Sweig, Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow For Latin America Studies, Council on Foreign Relations; Wayne Smith, Senior Fellow and Director of the Cuba Program, Center for International PolicyDescription: To the dismay of ...
U.S. Planning and Realities of Post-War Iraq
U.S. Planning and Realities of Post-War Iraq
Yosef Jabareen, Lecturer, Department of Urban Studies and Planning; Charles Patterson, Senior Associate, C&O Resources, Inc.; Former Program Officer, Future of Iraq Project; David J. Nash, President, B.E.&K., Inc.'s Government Group; Former Director, Iraq ...
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: ...
Tyler Jacks, Director, David H. Koch Institute for ...
Tyler Jacks, Director, David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer ...
2008 Koch Institute Symposium: Introduction given by the Institute's Director Tyler Jacks.
Two More Things to Worry About
Two More Things to Worry About
06/09/2007 3:00 PM E51"115 WongArnold Barnett, PhD '73, George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT SloanDescription: In customary, loose"limbed form, Arnold Barnett reprises two of his favorite themes: improvements to the U.S. Electoral College, and aviation safety. First up, ...
Two Lips Performance
Two Lips Performance
The live performance of "Two Lips," a piece written by Niblock and recorded in 2011 by three different guitar quartets, was played at MIT by students from the Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts Institute under the direction of Neil Leonard.
TV's New Economics
TV's New Economics
03/08/2006 5:00 PM BartosHenry Jenkins, Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, and Cinematic Arts at the University of Southern California; ; David F. Poltrack, Executive Vice President, Research and Planning, CBS Television ; Jorge Reina Schement, Distinguished Professor of ...
TV or Not TV: That's Not the Question
TV or Not TV: That's Not the Question
05/19/2010 11:30 AM Bartos theaterAlice Cahn, Vice President for Social Responsibility, Cartoon Network; Terry Fitzpatrick, EVP Content Distribution, Sesame Workshop; Nick Gnat, Next"Generation Broadcast Journalist, MOUSE; Justin Johnson, Founder, Online Video Contests, Creative Services ...
TV News in Transition
TV News in Transition
04/06/2006 5:00 PM BartosStuart Brotman, Founder and President, Brotman Communications; Visiting Scholar, Comparative Media Studies, MIT; Neal Shapiro, Former President, NBC News ; ; Juju Chang, Correspondent, ABC News Description: One of broadcast journalism's power couples reminisce about ...
Turing Award Winners Panel Discussion
Turing Award Winners Panel Discussion
04/12/2011 10:50 AM KresgeFernando Corbato, Professor Emeritus, MIT; Butler Lampson, Adjunct Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT; Technical Fellow, Microsoft; Barbara Liskov, Institute Professor and Associate Provost for Faculty Equity, MIT; ; Ronald L. Rivest, ...
Trust Frameworks and Asymptotic Identity Proofing: A ...
Trust Frameworks and Asymptotic Identity Proofing: A Systems Approach
David Hartzband, D.Sc. Lecturer, MIT Engineering Systems Division
Trust Center TV - March 5, 2012
Trust Center TV - March 5, 2012
Bill Aulet recaps events from the past two weeks, including MIT Sloan's Sports Analytics Conference and the MIT $100K ACCELERATE
Trip to the Moon and the Legacy of Apollo
Trip to the Moon and the Legacy of Apollo
09/30/2003 4:00 PM BartosThe Honorable Harrison H. Schmitt, Apollo astronaut, scientist, former U.S. Senator; Description: Thirty years after he served on the final Apollo mission, Harrison Schmitt has turned once more to the moon _ as a critical resource for ...
