ZIAD JAMALEDDINE + MAKRAM EL KADI: L.E.FT - RECENT WORKS, ...
ZIAD JAMALEDDINE + MAKRAM EL KADI: L.E.FT - RECENT WORKS, LEBANON
MIT Architecture's Spring 2012 Lecture Series: SpecificationsRead more at: http://architecture.mit.edu/lectures/public-lecture-seriesMarch 15, 2012This Lecture, instead of linking architecture production to its proper history (history of architecture), ...
Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
Zebrafish and Cancer: What's the Connection?
09/19/2006 6:00 PM MuseumNancy Hopkins, Amgen, Inc. Professor of BiologyDescription: Through her rapport with the zebrafish, Nancy Hopkins has made large contributions to the fields of developmental biology and cancer research. But her model organism, and to some ...
You Teach History at MIT?
You Teach History at MIT?
10/18/2003 9:00 AM KresgePauline Maier, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of American History; Description: "There was a time when it took enormous effort to make MIT students comfortable with subjects that had 'not just one right answer'. And so it has become easier to achieve what I think is ...
Yolande Daniels: Blindspots
Yolande Daniels: Blindspots
A presentation of a series of independent projects on the intersections of race, architecture and the city, Blind Spots represent spaces that may not be observed under certain circumstances. As a group, the projects explore the possibilities of descriptive terms and forms in architecture by ...
Yes We Must: Achieve Diversity through Leadership
Yes We Must: Achieve Diversity through Leadership
02/05/2009 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallMatt Gethers; Joy JohnsonDescription: Two students deliver heartfelt appeals for courage and integrity at the annual Martin Luther King Day breakfast. In the 1940s, Matt Gethers recounts, his grandfather was forced to flee South ...
Yes We Must: Achieve Diversity through Leadership
Yes We Must: Achieve Diversity through Leadership
02/05/2009 7:30 AM Walker Morss HallDr. Susan Hockfield, President, MIT; Johnnetta B. Cole, Chair, Johnnetta B. Cole Global Diversity and Inclusion InstituteDescription: Two "sisters" -- both university chiefs -- celebrate the victory of the first African"American ...
Überclocker Ünicorn @ Robot Battles Dragon*Con 2012
Überclocker Ünicorn @ Robot Battles Dragon*Con 2012
30lb combat robots sumo-style at Dragon*Con in Atlanta, GA.
Worms, Life and Death: Cell Suicide in Development and ...
Worms, Life and Death: Cell Suicide in Development and Disease
04/24/2007 4:30 PM 32-123H. Robert Horvitz, '68, David H. Koch Professor of Biology, MITDescription: A microscopic roundworm has come to play a dominant role in some of the most pivotal medical research of our time. In the labs of Robert Horvitz and his colleagues, C. ...
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
Words and Rules: The Ingredients of Language
06/13/2003 11:00 AM 3-170Steven Pinker, Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology; Harvard University; Description: Why does a three year-old say "I went," then six months later start saying "I goed"? When you first heard the word "fax," how did you know the past tense ...
Wolfgang Lorch: MaterialZeit
Wolfgang Lorch: MaterialZeit
Recent projects in context to WHL Architects' design emphasis on materials and temporal correlation.
Wireless Charging with an Energy-Constrained Source, ...
Wireless Charging with an Energy-Constrained Source, presented by ...
MIT EECS - Texas Instruments Undergraduate Research and Innovation Scholar Rui Jin presented his SuperUROP project titled "Wireless Charging with an Energy-Constrained Source" at the SuperUROP poster session held on Dec. 6, 2012 at the MIT Grier Room, 34-401. Rui Jin's ...
Winter Superlogs - Students and Alums
Winter Superlogs - Students and Alums
The MIT Logarhythms (Student Division) a cappella singing group are joined by the Logs Alums for a hearty and humorous rendition of 'Superlogs' to a packed house of responsive fans. Logs Winter Concert: Dec. 13, 2012, Kresge Auditorium.
Winning the Oil Endgame
Winning the Oil Endgame
02/27/2006 4:00 PM WongAmory Lovins, Founder and CEO, Rocky Mountain InstituteDescription: Cars, trucks and planes lie at the heart of Amory Lovins plan for kicking the oil habit. We must make all our vehicles both lighter and stronger, using composite materials; more aerodynamic; and capable ...
Winning the Clean Energy Race
Winning the Clean Energy Race
Dr. Steven Chu, US Secretary of EnergyWednesday November 30, 2011
Why Robbie Can't Learn: The Difficulty of Learning in ...
Why Robbie Can't Learn: The Difficulty of Learning in Autonomous Agents
11/19/2001 34"101Leslie Pack Kaelbling, Panasonic Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MITDescription: In recent years, machine learning methods have enjoyed great success in a variety of applications. Unfortunately, on"line learning in autonomous ...
Why Newspapers Matter
Why Newspapers Matter
10/05/2006 5:00 PM BartosJerome Armstrong, Founder, Netroots.com; Pablo Boczkowski, Professor of Communications Studies at Northwestern University ; Dante Chinni, Senior Research Associate, Project for Excellence in Journalism; David Thorburn, MIT Professor of LiteratureMacVicar Faculty ...
Why Large Companies Should Out-Innovate Small Ones
Why Large Companies Should Out-Innovate Small Ones
11/02/2006 12:00 PM E51-115 WongDan Hesse, SM '89, Chairman and CEO EmbarqDescription: Given the choice, Dan Hesse would opt for working in a big company rather than a small one, especially when it comes to innovating. He backs up this preference with years of ...
Why is there No Class Warfare in the US? American ...
Why is there No Class Warfare in the US? American Exceptionalism and ...
04/23/2003 3:00 PM 3-442Chuck Collins, co-founder and Program Director of United for a Fair Economy and Responsible WealthDescription: In this talk, Collins discusses the economic impact of the (then) proposed and (now) passed into law Bush tax cut, and issues around ...