Boston Science and Engineering Lectures Archive
Thursday, March 1
8:30-11:30a. "The Future of Energy." A Startup Exchange Workshop. MIT: E90-1200. Details.
9a. "How Much does Stellar Activity Matter in the First Few Myr?" Ilsedore Cleeves. Harvard: Northwest 425, 52 Oxford St. Details.
11a. "Supercomputer Simulations of the Emergence of Cosmic Structures." Volker Springel. Astrophysical Observatory: Pratt Auditorium. Details.
4p. "Emergence of Cognition from Action." Gyorgy Buzsaki. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Exoplanet Atmosphere Characterization, Present and Future." Laura Kreidberg. Astrophysical Observatory: Pratt Auditorium. Details.
4p. "Nanoscale Thermal Imaging: Glimpse into Dissipation in Quantum Systems Down to Atomic Scale." Eli Zeldov. MIT: 10-250. Details.
4p. "Tipping Points and Transformation in Coupled Human-Ocean Systems." Anne Salomon. Northeastern University: Marine Science Center, Murphy Bunker, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant. Details, Abstract.
4:30p. "Increasingly Anthropogenic Landscapes: How Human-Environment Interactions Shaped the Origins of Agriculture." Monica Ramsey. Harvard: Tozzer 203. Details.
4:30p. "Some Mathematically Interesting Aspects of Redistricting." Moon Duchin. Brandeis: Goldsmith 317. Details, Abstract.
6p. "Designing for a Neurodiverse World." A forum. MIT: 3-270. Details, Abstract.
7:15-9p. "Is There Method in Our Goodness?" Daniel Shkolnik. MIT: E51-315. Details.
March 2-3. "MIT Energy Conference: Transformational Technologies." Boston Marriott Cambridge. Details, Registration.
Friday, March 2
8:30a. "Wasp Yeast Beer: microbial wrangling with insects for industrially relevant yeasts." Anne Madden. Harvard: 24 Oxford St, Room 375. Details.
9-5p. "Translational Neuroscience: Bridging the Gap." A conference. The Broad Institute, 415 Main Street, Cambridge. Details, Abstract, Registration.
12:30p. "Data Science Toward Understanding Human Learning and Improving Educational Practice." Ken Koedinger. Harvard: MD G115, 33 Oxford St. Details, Abstract.
1p. "An Analysis and Some Solutions to Challenges in NMT." Marc'Aurelio Ranzato. MIT: 32-G449. Details.
1p. "Data Science Toward Understanding Human Learning and Improving Educational Practice." Ken Koedinger. Harvard: Maxwell Dworkin G115. Details, Abstract.
2p. "High-Dimensional Computing as a Nanoscalable Paradigm." Abbas Rahimi. BU: 8 St. Mary's St., PHO 210. Details.
3p. "The Physics of Hurricanes." Kerry Emanuel. Tufts: Collaborative Learning and Innovation Complex, 574 Boston Ave., Medford. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Neural Correlates of Orienting Behaviors and Latent Action Biases." Rachel Wilson. MIT: 46-3002. Details.
4p. "The Trans-Amazon Drilling Project." Paul A. Baker and Sherilyn C. Fritz. MIT: 54-915. Details, Abstract.
Saturday, March 3
10:30a. "Exploring Science Together: Minerals!" Harvard Museum on Natural History. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Sunday, March 4
1p. "Cabinet of Curiosities Workshop." Harvard Museum of Natural History. Details.
2p. "Growing a Contemporary Arboretum." Philippe de Spoelberch. Arnold Arboretum: Weld Hill Research Bldg. Details, Abstract, Registration.
4p. "Once Upon an Algorithm." Martin Erwig. MIT Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Ave. Details, Abstract, Tickets.
March 5-6. "VR and Healthcare." A symposium. HMS: Martin Conference Center. Details. Abstract, Registration.
March 5-8. "International Conference on Complex Networks." Northeastern University: East Village, 291 St. Boltoph Street. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Monday, March 5
8:30-5:30p. "Women in Data Science (WiDS) Conference." Microsoft NERD Center, One Memorial Drive. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Causal Links Between the Arctic and the Midlatitude Jet-streams." Elizabeth Barnes. MIT: 54-923. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Modeling Embodied Cognition in Robots and Humans." Garrett Katz. Brandeis: Volen 101. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Randomness and Structure in Neural Representations for Learning." Ashok Litwin-Kumar. MIT: 46-3002. Details.
Noon. "Taming the Sun: Innovations to Harness Solar Energy and Power the Planet." Varun Sivaram. HKS: Bell Hall, 5th Floor, Belfer Building. Details.
12:10p. "Improving the Drought Tolerance of Crop and Timber Species: physiological and evolutionary perspectives." Sean Gleason. Arnold Arboretum: Weld Hill. Details.
12:15p. "Governing the Future: Cancer Viruses and the Growth of American Biomedicine." Robin Scheffler. Harvard: Pierce 100F. Details.
Noon. "Help us Decentralize the Web! Overview of IPFS, libp2p, IPLD, and Filecoin." Juan Benet. MIT: 32-G882. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Computational Sensorimotor Learning." Pulkit Agrawal. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Molecular Tools for Analyzing and Controlling Complex Biological System." Edward Boyden. MIT: 4-270. Details.
5p. "Bridging the US Political Divide Online: What We've Learned from Big Data, Bots and Volunteers to Challenge Polarization." MIT: 9-255. Details, Abstract, Registration.
5p. "Evaluating Compositionality in Sentence Embeddings." Ishita Dasgupta. MIT: 46-5165 Details, Abstract.
6p. "Wild Diagnosis: Human Health and the Animal Kingdom." Barbara Natterson-Horowitz. Harvard: Geological Lecture Hall. Details, Abstract. This event will be livestreamed. A recording of this program will be available approximately three weeks after the lecture.
7p. "Asteroid Futures: Decades, Centuries, Millennia." Martin Elvis. Cafe Art Science, 650 East Kendall St. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Tuesday, March 6
10-5:30p. "Digital Scholarship Day." Wellesley College: Various locations. Details, Abstract.
10a. "Unlocking the Potential of Neural Networks in Resource and Data Constrained Environments." Otkrist Gupta. MIT: E14-240. Details, Abstract.
11a. "Artificial Intelligence and National Security Law: A Dangerous Nonchalance." James E. Baker. A conversation. MIT: E25-401. Details.
11a. "Failure to ‘Prime’ the Dopamine Pump in Autism: Lessons from Flies and Mice." Aurelio Galli. McLean: de Marneffe 132. Details.
11a. "Planning and Decision Making for Autonomous Spacecraft and Space Robots." Marco Pavone. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Fern Tales at Two Scales: Using phylogenetics to study historical biogeography in Africa and community assembly in Florida." Emily Sessa. Harvard: Herbaria 125. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "The Developmental Neuromechanics of Vocal Communication." Asif Ghazanfar. Harvard: Northwest 243. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "The Human Brain as a Mosaic: Somatic Mutation in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Aging, and Neurodegeneration." Rachel Rodin. HMS: Goldenson 122, 220 Longwood Avenue. Details.*
12:30p. "Uncovering New Regulatory Codes during Development: genome activation and post-transcriptional regulation." Antonio Giraldez. Brandeis: Gerstenzang 121. Details.
3p. "A New Paradigm in Engineering Education Using Two Disruptive Technologies: Simulations & Online Learning." Rajesh Bhaskaran. MIT: 3-133. Details, Abstract.
3p. "Internet Reliability, from Addresses to Outages." John Heidemann. MIT: 32-D463. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Convection in Cool Stars, as Revealed through Stellar Brightness Variations." Fabienne Bastien. MIT: 37-252. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Making a Difference: fate and asymmetry in a self-renewing lineage." Dominique Bergmann. MIT: 32-123. Details.
4p. "New Approaches for Finding Tiny Tumors: Towards Early Detection and Treatment of Ovarian Cancer." Angela Belcher. Dana Farber: Jimmy Fund Auditorium, 35 Binney St. Details.* Webcast link forthcoming.
4p. "Weighing Neutrinos." Joseph Formaggio. MIT: 37-252. Details, Abstract.
5p. "Innovating for the Clean Energy Economy." Daniel Kammen. MIT: 66-110. Details, Abstract.
6p. "Blockchain and Bitcoin Workshop." Extra von NotHaus. MIT: E51-145. Details, Abstract, Registration.
6p. "Tangible Things of American Astronomy, or What Does a Computer Have in Common with a Teapot?" Sara Schechner. Visit website for event details: chsi.harvard.edu. Details, Abstract. This event will be livestramed.
7p. "There Is More Than Enough Renewable Energy." Mara Prentiss. Belmont Library (Assembly Room), 336 Concord Ave, Belmont. Details.
7p. "Treating OCD During the Perinatal Years: Pregnancy, Postpartum and Beyond." Lauren Brown. McLean Hospital: de Marneffe 132. Details.
Wednesday, March 7
9:30a. "Information Maintenance and the Exploration/Exploitation Dilemma: Implications for Adaptive Behavior and Psychopathology." Alexandre Dombrovski. McLean Hospital: de Marneffe 218. Details.
11:30p. "Quantitative Analysis of Population-Scale Family Trees with Millions of Relatives." Yaniv Erlich. Erlich Lab. MIT: 32-G575. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Adaptive Machine Learning with Multi-Armed Bandits." Kwang-Sun Jun. Brandeis: Volen 101. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Longue Durée Water Histories and Geospatial Technologies: Case Studies from Iran and Iraq." Mehrnoush Soroush. Harvard: Tozzer 203. Details, Abstract.
4p. "The Science Behind Understanding Attributes That Make A Community Disaster-Resilient." Bruce Ellingwood. MIT: 1-131. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Why Bacteria Die Exponentially During Starvation." Severin Schink. MIT: 48-316. Details.
6p. "Blockchain & Cryptocurrency in Healthcare." A Meetup. Cambridge Innovation Center, 1 Broadway, 11th flr, Cambridge. Details, Abstract.
6p. "Making in America." Suzanne Berger. MIT: E51-372. Details, Abstract.
6p. "Sunburst and Luminary: An Apollo Memoir." Don Eyles. MIT Museum: Details, Abstract.
7p. "Lessons Learned When Field Botany Meets Design." Uli Lorimer. Cambridge Public Library. Details.
Thursday, March 8
2p. "Nanotechnology and Materials Science using Protein Nanofibrils." Raffaele Mezzenga. Wyss Institute: CLS 5th Floor, Rm. 521, 3 Blackfan Circle. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Evolution of Bacteria within Individual Human Microbiomes." Tami Lieberman. Harvard: 26 Oxford St., Room 440. Details.
4p. "Genomic Conflicts and the Origins of Species." Nitin Phadnis. Harvard: BioLabs 1080. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Unconscious Bias…in Cosmology." Lucia Verde. MIT: 10-250. Details, Abstract.
5p. "Alaskan Palms, Antarctic Dinosaurs and Arctic Crocodiles: The Implications of Past Warm Worlds." Kirk Johnson. MIT: 54-100. Details, Abstract.
5p. "Microbes as Sentinels of Changing Ecosystems." Dana Hunt. MIT: Parsons Laboratory. Details.
5p. "The Genetic Basis of Parental Care." Hopi Hoekstra. HLS: Austin Hall Room 111, 1515 Massachusetts Avenue. Details.
8p. "Imaging a Black Hole With the Event Horizon Telescope." Andrew Chael. Astrophysical Observatory, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St. Details, Abstract.
8p. "SCIENCE with/in/sight: 2018 Image Awards." MIT: 76-156. Details, Abstract.
Friday, March 9
9a. "Microsoft Excel Practice Session for Beginner and Intermediate Users." Harvard Ed Portal, 224 Western Ave, Allston. Details, Abstract.
9:30-Noon. "Introduction to Python." A workshop. Harvard: CGIS Knafel Building, Concourse Level, K018, 1737 Cambridge St. Details, Register. Free for Harvard and MIT affiliates.
11a. "Core-periphery Structure Requires Something Else in the Network." Naoki Masuda. Northeastern: Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Ave, 11th floor. Details, Abstract.
11:45a. "Materials Design for Applications in Solar and Thermal Energy." Jeffrey Grossman. MIT: 34-401B. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Extreme Hurricanes: The Challenges for Puerto Rico and Beyond." A forum. A webcast. Details, Abstract. An on-demand video will be posted afterwards on the event website. A searchable transcript will be posted a few days after the event.
1-4p. "Structured Data, Databases, and SQL." Harvard: CGIS Knafel building, concourse level, K018. Details, Abstract. Free for Harvard and MIT affiliates
2p. "Digital Traces and Participation for Forecasting the Flu." Daniela Paolotti. Northeastern: Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington Ave, 11th floor. Details, Abstract.
2p. "Neal Stephenson." MIT: E14. Details. This event will be webcast.
3p. "Particle Transport from the Bottom Up." Saskia Mordijck. MIT: NW17-218. Details, Abstract.
Saturday, March 10
8-6p. "Beyond the Cradle 2018: Envisioning a New Space Age." Details, Abstract. This event will be webcast.
9a. "Arboretum for Educators." Spring Phenology. Arnold Arboretum: Hunnewell Bldg. Details, Registration.
9:30a. "Sketching Mammals." Erica Beade. Harvard Museum of Natural History. Details, Abstract, Registrations.
10a. "Welcome Back Redwing Blackbirds." Arnold Arboretum: Arborway Gate, Meadow Road. Details.
1p. "Plants and Their Ecosystems." Catherine Chamberlain. Arnold Arboretum: Hunnewell. Details, Registration.
Sunday, March 11
10:30a. "Tree Spotter Training." Suzanne Mrozak, Tree Spotter Volunteer Coordinator and Danny Schissler. Arnold Arboretum: Hunnewell. Details, Register.
March 12-16. "Boston Digital Humanity Week." Various locations. Details.
Monday, March 12
9:30a. "Design and Evaluation of Everyday Interactive Robots." Naomi Fitter. Tufts: Halligan 102. Details, Abstract.
11a. "Electronic-Photonic Integrated Systems." Sajjad Moazeni. BU: Photonics Center 339. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "The Dynamics of Glaciers." Brent Minchew. MIT: 54-923. Details, Abstract.
1p. "Geometries of Thought: What the History of Network Visualizations Reveals About How We Think." Scott Weingart. Northeastern: 346 Curry Student Center. Details, Abstract. Guests from outside the Northeastern community should RSVP to Sarah Connell: sa.connell[at]northeastern[dot]edu.
3p. "Learning Reasons for Success or Failure of Robot Actions." Simon Mattsson. Tufts: Halligan 102. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Compositional Visual Intelligence." Justin Johnson. MIT: 34-101. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Watching Protein Folding On and Off the Ribosome." Susan Marqusee. MIT: 4-270. Details.
5:30p. "The New Fire." David Schumaker. A screening. MIT: 32-123. Details, Abstract.
7p. "No Sex? No Problem! Asexual Propagation of Plants." Sean Halloran. Arnold Arboretum: Hunnewell. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Tuesday, March 13
11a. "Landing SpaceX's Reusable Rockets." Lars Blackmore. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
CANCELLED. 12:15p. "Broadening and Deepening the Role of Artificial Intelligence in Computational Neuroscience." Daniel Yamins. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract .
CANCELLED. 3p. "The Power of Multiple Samples in Generative Adversarial Networks." Sewoong Oh. MIT: 32-141. Details, Abstract.
3p. "The Social Side of Recommendation Systems: How Groups Shape Our Decisions." Allison Chaney. Tufts: Halligan 102. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Generalization and Self-Supervision in Deep Robotic Learning." Chelsea Finn. MIT: 34-101. Details, Abstract.
4:15p. "Coordination through Dialogue: Applications in Human-Robot Teaming." Felix Gervits. Tufts: Halligan 127. Details, Abstract.
4:15p. "Water Splitting and the Making of Renewable Chemicals." Ib Chorkendorff. MIT: 4-370. Details.
CANCELLED. 6p. "Conjoined Twins: At the Crossroads of Surgery, Medicine and Ethics." A panel discussion. MGH: Museum of Medical History and Innovation, 2 North Grove Street. Details.
CANCELLED. 6p. "Projecting Climate Change into the Future: What We Know and How Well We Know It." Daniel Cziczo. MIT: 54-915. Details, Abstract.
6p. "The 21st Century’s Technology Story: The Convergence of Biology and Engineering." Susan Hockfield. MIT: E51-335. Details, Abstract.
6:30p. "The Visualization of Networks." Cody Dunne. Audible, 101 Main Street, 6th Floor, Cambridge. Details, Abstract, Tickets.
CANCELLED. 7p. "Nitrogen - Friend or Foe? Effects of Fertilization on a New England Salt Marsh." Torrie Hanley. Northeastern University Marine Science Center: Murphy Bunker, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant. Details.
7:30p. "Herbivorous Insects: Studies in the Evolution of Diversity." Douglas Futuyma. Harvard: MCZ 101, 26 Oxford St. Details, Abstract.
Wednesday, March 14
6a-5p. "Pi Day 2018." Museum of Science. Details, Abstract.
9a. "Building a State Space for Song Learning." A thesis defense. Emily Mackevicius. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract.
10:30a. "Intro to GIS Principles and Working with Historic Data in GIS." MIT: 14N-132. Details, Abstract, Registration.
11a. "Energy-Efficient Wireless Integrated Biomedical Circuit and Systems for High Density Modular Neural Interfaces and Body-Area Networks." Chul Kim. BU: Photonics 339. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Crowdsourcing Deep Thoughts: Meeting the Challenges of In-Depth Language Understanding Systems for Smarter Social Media." Jamie MacBeth. Brandeis: Volen 101. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Emerging Technologies and Biomedical Engineering Innovation." Martin L. Yarmush. Tufts: Alumnae Lounge, 40 Talbot Ave. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Large-Scale, High-Resolution Comparison of the Core Visual Object Recognition Behavior of Humans, Monkeys, and State-of-the-Art Deep Artificial Neural Networks." Timothy Wiggin. Brandeis: Gerstenzang 124. Details.
Noon. "Reproducibility in Crisis: Sample quality and the importance of early and ongoing analysis." John P.A. Ioannidis and Gregor Witte. A webinar. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon-5p. "World Lit Wikipedia Edit-a-thon." Zachary Bos. Northeastern: Details, Abstract.
2p. "Amylin Receptor and its ligands: A Novel Drug Target for Alzheimer’s disease." Wendy Qiu. BU: E-111, Keefer Auditorium. Details. This event will be streamed.
3:30p. "Guiding Principles for Peptide-Based, Life-Like Nanotechnology." Rein Ulijn. Ulijn Lab. MIT: 66-110. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Artificial Intelligence: Myths and Potentials." Jim Isaaks. Lincoln Laboratory: Cafeteria, 244 Wood St. Details, Abstract.
4p. "My Enemy’s Enemy: How host-virophage mutualism provides population level defense against pathogenic giant viruses." Thomas Hackl. MIT: 48-316. Details.
4p. "The Evolution of Plate Tectonics." Peter van Keken. MIT: 54-915/923. Details, Abstract.
5:30p. "Geostatistics in Practice." Pierre Goovaerts. MIT: 54-209. Details, Abstract.
5:30p. "The Anatomy and Evolution of Smell." Eva Garrett. BU: CILSE 106B, Kilachand Center, 610 Commonwealth Ave. Details, Abstract.
6p. "Sunburst and Luminary: An Apollo Memoir." Don Eyles. MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Ave. Details, Abstract.
6p. "The Art of Aging Well." HMS: The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, The New Research Building, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur. Details, Abstract, Registration. This event will be streamed and archived.
7p. "Introduction to Biology 1." A "Learning Circle". (Learning Circles meet physically to discuss online learning curricula. This Circle will meet biweekly for 8 weeks.) BosLab: 339R Summer St, Summerville. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Thursday, March 15
11a. "Greener Buildings: A Streamlined Approach to Life Cycle Assessment." This event will be streamed. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "Neurobiological Rationale of Early Intervention in Psychotic Disorders." Matcheri Keshavan. McLean Hospital: Service Building, Pierce Hall. Details.
1p. "Tree Architecture." Andrew Gapinski. Arnold Arboretum: Hunnewell Building. Details, Abstract, Registration.
2p. "How Inkjet Printing Technology Can Defeat Multidrug- Resistant Superbugs." James E. Kirby. Wyss Institute, 3 Blackfan Circle, Rm. 521. Details, Abstract.
3p. "Discovering Disease Subtypes that Improve Treatment Predictions: Interpretable Machine Learning for Personalized Medicine." Michael Hughes. Tufts: Halligan 102. Details.
4p. "Accountability, Ethics, and Algorithms." Susan Schneider. BU: Center for Integrated Life Sciences, 610 Commonwealth Avenue. Details, Abstract, Registration.
4p. "Knowledge from Language via Deep Understanding." Danqi Chen. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Towards Personalized Medicine Using Gut Microbiome and Clinical Data." Eran Segal. MIT: 32-141. Details.
4:15p. "Design and Analysis of Scalable Algorithms via Statistical Tools." Murat Erdogdu. MIT: E51-345. Details, Abstract.
5p. "Narcissistic Personality Disorder." Elsa Ronningstam. A webinar. Details, Abstract, Registration.
5p. "Visual Representations of Race and Gender: Analyzing 'Me' in #IfTheyGunnedMeDown on Tumblr." Jenny Korn. MIT: 50-114. Details, Abstract.
March 16-17. "Post-Traumatic Stress and Related Disorders." A conference. Fairmont Copley Plaza. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Friday, March 16
9:30-5p. "Fake News/Real Knowledge: Histories, Structures, Futures." A conference. Northeastern University: Raytheon Amphitheater, 120 Forsyth Street. Details, Registration.
9:30a. "Information Architecture for Web & App Design." American Graphics Institute, 120 Presidential Way, Woburn. Details.
5-7:30p. "From Material Expressivity to Emotional Interaction." Behnaz Farahi. MIT: 7-429. Details, Abstract.
Saturday, March 17
10 - 6p. "ARKit and Open Projects." Mohammad Azam. Brookline Interactive Group, 46 Tappan St, Brookline. Details, Abstract.
1-6p. "Mozilla WebVR Experience Challenge." Brookline Interactive Group (formerly BATV), 46 Tappan Street, Brookline. Details.
Sunday, March 18
1p. "Conifers in Winter." Robbie Apfel, Arboretum Docent. Arnold Arboretum: Bussey Station. Details.
March 19-23. "Grand Challenges Summit." Workshops on Grand Challenges in Information Science and Scholarly Communication. MIT: Various Locations. Details. Attendance at the workshops is by invitation only. The March 19 opening keynote address is open to the MIT community, and all three keynote addresses will be live-streamed.
Monday, March 19
Noon. "Age of Air and the Circulation of the Stratosphere." Marianna Linz. Harvard: Geological Museum, Haller Hall. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Deconstructing the Hippocampal Circuits that Control Emotional Behavior." Mazen Kheirbek. BU: CILSE Room 101, 610 Commonwealth Avenue. Details.
Noon. "Methane: A Uniquely Difficult Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Problem." Robert Kleinberg. HKS: Bell Hall, Belfer Building. Details.
Noon. "Use BlockSci to Analyze Bitcoin (and Other Blockchains)." A lecture and a workshop. MIT: E14-LH-633. Details, Abstract, RSVP.
Noon. "Owners of the Map: Motorcycle taxi drivers, mobility, and politics in Bangkok, Thailand." Claudio Sopranzetti. Harvard: Gund 518. Details.
12:15p. "DNA and Divination: On Yearning for Genetic Deliverance." Patricia Williams. Harvard: CGIS South S250, 1730 Cambridge St. Details.
3p. "Merging Electronics with Living Systems: Intrinsically Stretchable and Self-Powered Electronics." Sihong Wang. MIT: 34-401. Details, Abstract.
3:30p. "Shedding New Light on Star Formation, from Molecular Clouds to Disks." Hector Arce. BU: 725 Xommonwealth Ave, Rm. 502. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Enabling Interaction on Everyday Surfaces." Robert Xiao. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Towards Ambient Intelligence in AI-Assisted Hospitals." Serena Yeung. Harvard: Maxwell Dworkin G115. Details, Abstract.
6p. "Ancient Egypt in Africa." Laurel Bestock. Harvard: Geological Lecture Hall. Details, Abstract. This event will be livestreamed on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Facebook page.
Tuesday, March 20
11a. "Censored: Distraction and Diversion Inside China's Great Firewall." Margaret Roberts. Northeastern: Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington. 11th floor. Details, Abstract.
11a. "Everyday Activity Science and Engineering (EASE)." Michael Beetz. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
11a. "The Chemistry That Makes Life Go: Computational Studies of Biological Phosphates." Daniel Roston. Brandeis: Rosenstiel 118. Details.
11a. "To Sleep or Not To Sleep: How the Brain Decides to Wake Us Up." Luis de Lecea. McLean Hospital: de Marneffe 132. Details.
11:45a. "Tailoring the Flow of Acoustic Waves by Architectured Metamaterials." Nicholas Fang. MIT: 24-121. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Is Sustainable Management of Marine Resources Sufficient to Meet Increasing Global Demand for Fish? The Icelandic Story." Jóhann Sigurjónsson, Special Envoy, Ocean Affairs, Iceland. JFK: Wex 102, 79 JFK St. Details, Abstract, RSVP.
Noon. "Navigating Emotional and Social Memory Space." Daniela Schiller. Harvard: Northwest B103. Details, Abstract.
1p. "Climate Change, Air Quality, and Human Health." Patrick Kinney. Harvard Global Health Institute, 42 Church St., Cambridge. Details, RSVP.
1p. "Is Patient Privacy Dead?" Mark Rothstein. BU: Hiebert Lounge, 72 East Concord Street. Details, Abstract, Registration. This event will be livestreamed.
3p. "Information Theoretic Interpretation of Deep Neural Networks." Lizhong Zheng. MIT: 32-141. Details, Abstract.
3:30p. "Neutrinos for the Masses." Christopher Grant. BU: SCI 109. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Contribution of Cholinergic Signaling to Circuits Involved in Behaviors Related to Anxiety and Depression." Marina Picciotto. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract.
4p. "How 10 Years of Education Research Revealed My 40 Years of Bad Assumptions." David Pritchard. Brandeis: Abelson 131. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Materials Science." (This lecture) " ... aims to educate, inspire, and encourage MIT undergraduates to take up study of materials science and engineering and related fields." Mark Miodownik. MIT: 34-101. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Strategies for Cytosolic Sensing of Bacterial Pathogens." Russell Vance. Vance Lab. MIT: 32-123. Details, Abstract.
4:15p. "Should Robots be Taxed?" Pedro Teles. MIT: E52-432. Details.
4:30p. "Understanding Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Error Correction." Anatoly Kolomeisky. MIT: 6-120. Details.
5p. "The Laplacian Matrices of Graphs: Algorithms and Applications." Dan Spielman. Harvard: Askwith Hall. Details, Abstract.
5p. "Predicting Tokamak Disruptions Using Machine Learning." Kevin Montes. MIT: NW71-218. Details.
6p. "History of Making at MIT." A conference. MIT Museum. Details.
6p. "Modern Humans’ Earliest Artwork and Music: New European Discoveries" Randall White. Harvard: Geological Lecture Hall. Details.
6p. "Protecting Human Health in a World Above Two Degrees: Smart Pathways toward Climate-Smart Health Systems in the Philippines." Renzo Guinto. HSPH: Kresge 439, 677 Huntington Ave. Details.*
6p. "The Inner Life of Animals." Peter Wohlleben. Brattle Theater. Details, Abstract.
6:30p. "Self-Driving: redefining what safe driving means and what’s needed next." A panel discussion. CIC Cambridge, 101 Main Street, 14th floor, Cambridge. Details, Abstract, Tickets.
7p. "Preventing a Mad Max Future: How Green Electricity Could Fix Our Water Pollution Problem." Ljiljana Rajic. WGBH’s Boston Public Library Studio, 700 Boylston St. Details, Abstract, Registration.
7:30p. "AlphaGo." A film screening. MIT: 10-250. Details.
Wednesday, March 21
10a. "Development of Targeted Therapeutics for Autism Spectrum Disorders." Randall L. Carpenter. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract.
10a. "Network Structure in Online Dating." Mark Newman. Northeastern: Network Science Institute, 177 Huntington. Details, Abstract.
11:30a. "When Less Enables More: making models and methods for modern genomics." Rob Patro. MIT: 32-G575. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Beyond the Winter Palace of Capitalism: From Epochs to Assemblages in the Archaeology of Capitalism/Colonialism in Highland Guatemala." Guido Pezzarossi. Harvard: Tozzer 203. Details, Abstract.
12:30p. "Autism and Technology: An autobiographical account." Gregory Abowd. MIT: E14-244. Details, Abstract.
1p. "Narrowing the Gap: Addressing Disparities in Breast Cancer in St. Louis Region & Beyond." Graham A. Colditz. HSPH: Kresge 502, 677 Huntington Ave. Details.
4p. "Passive Dynamics is Not a Good Basis for Robot Design and Control. Maybe Some Kind of Global Optimization is." Andy Ruina. Harvard: Pierce 209. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Psychotherapy in the Treatment of PTSD: The State of the Evidence." Paula Schnurr. McLean Hospital: Service Building, Pierce Hall. Details.
4p. "The Material of the 21st Century: Moving beyond Moore and Weiser." Gregory D. Abowd. MIT: E14-633. Details.
6p. "Numismatic Archaeology: Interpreting Coin Finds from Excavation Contexts." Alan Stahl. Harvard Art Museum. Details, Abstract.
6p. "The Synthetic Age." Christopher Preston. MIT Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Ave. Details, Abstract, Tickets.
6:30p. "Science and Music: Converging Hypothesis and Interpretation." Lynn Chang and Robert Sackstein. Le Laboratoire Cambridge, 650 East Kendall Street, Cambridge. Details, Abstract, Registration.
6:30p. "X-Ray Astronomy and the Invisible Universe." Jonathan McDowell. MIT: E51-145. Details, Abstract. This event will be streamed.
7p. "It Takes Guts: The Power of Your Gut Microbiota." Katie Wu. Harvard: Pfizer Hall, Mallinckrodt Chemistry Labs, 12 Oxford St. Details, Abstract.
7p. "The Biological Mind." Alan Jasanoff. Harvard Coop, 1400 Mass Ave. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Thursday, March 22
7:45a. "The Genetics of Sleep." Shaun Purcell. Harvard: Faculty Club 225, 20 Quincy St. Details.
Noon. "Learning and Attention in Infants: The Importance of Prediction in Development." Richard N. Aslin. Brandeis: Lurias, Hassenfeld Conference Center. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Stratospheric Aerosol Geoengineering Large Ensemble (GLENS) Project." Simone Tilmes. Harvard: HUCE Seminar Room 429, 26 Oxford St. Details, RSVP.
2p. "Control of Networks: Algorithms, Fundamental Limitations, Impossibility Results." Alex Olshevsky. BU: 8 Saint Mary's Street, room 339. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Adaptive Adversarial Learning for a Diverse Visual World." Judy Hoffman. MIT: 32-G449. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Decoding of Olfactory Representations in Drosophila." Hokto Kazama. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Green Electronics to Gray Matter: Ghost Walks, Mind Blowing and Brain Doping." Deblina Sarkar. Harvard: MD G125. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Nature's Gift: How the Discovery of Structural Principles in a Microbial Protein Helped Illuminate the Pathophysiology of Psychiatry." Karl Deisseroth. MIT: 32-141. Details.
4p. "Neutron Star Interiors from All Angles." Feryal Ozel. MIT: 10-250. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Rotating Nametags, Rubber Lasers and Coin Magic: short stories from the world of liquid crystals." Peter Palffy-Muhoray. Harvard: Cruft 309. Details, Abstract.
5p. "Faster than a Blink of an Eye: fast feedback processing for voluntary motor control." Steve Scott. Northeastern: 306 Egan Research Center. Details.
5p. "Moving Broadband from Sea to Land: Internet Infrastructure and Digital Labor in Tanzania." Lisa Parks. MIT: 56-114. Details.
5:15p. "The Perfect Gift? Unwrapping the Mysteries of Giving and Receiving." A forum. HKS: Wexner 436. Details, Abstract.
5:30p. "Advanced Tech: Autonomous & Drone Technologies." A panel discussion. MIT: 32-123. Details, Abstract, Tickets.
7p. "Wine Produced by Mushroom Fermentation." BosLab: 339 Summer St., Somerville. Details, Abstract, Registration.
7:30p. "Materials Selection for Millennial Industry." Daniel Denis, Staff Engineer, Pratt & Whitney. Hyatt Regency, 525 Memorial Drive. Details, Abstract.
March 23-24. "Health Fair: Explore the Brain." Museum of Science. Details.
Friday, March 23
All Day. "Narcissistic Personality Disorder Conference." The Conference Center, Waltham Woods, Waltham. Details, Abstract.
8:30a. "Ancient Adaptative Events in Aerobic Bacterial Nitrogen Fixation." Hanon McShea. Harvard: MCZ 310, 24 Oxford St. Details.
10-1p. "Depression, Isolation, and Dementia in Older Adults." Elks Lodge #10, 1 Morrell St, West Roxbury. Details, Registration.
Noon. "3D Anatomical Data for Everyone: The openVertebrate Thematic Collections Network." David Blackburn. Harvard: MCZ 101a. Details.
1p. "Data Science and Our Environment." Francesca Dominici. Harvard: Northwest B103. Details, Abstract.
March 24-25. "LibrePlanet Conference." Hosted by the Free Software Foundation. The theme this year is "Freedom Embedded." MIT: Stata Center. Details. This event will be streamed.
Saturday, March 24
2p. "Capturing Imaginary Animals with Pencil and Paper." Erica Beade. Harvard Museum of Natural History. Details, Abstract.
1-4p. "Amazing Archaeology Fair." Peabody Museum. Details.
4:30p. "The Farthest." A screening of a film celebration of Voyager and its mission, followed by a panel discussion. Somerville Theater. Details.
Monday, March 26
10a. "Introduction to Omeka." A workshop. Northeastern: 422 Snell Library, 360 Huntington Ave. Details. This event is open to the public, but if you are not a member of the Northeastern community, please email Sarah Connell (sa.connell[at]northeastern[dot]edu) to RSVP.
10a. "Towards Quantification of the Paris Agreement's Social Value of Mitigation Activities." Drew Shindell. Harvard: HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St. Details.
11a. "Copyright for Digital Scholarship Practitioners." A workshop. Boston College: Digital Studio Room 205. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Glacial Climates and Monsoon Dynamics in Proxies and Models." Tripti Bhattacharya. Harvard: Haller Hall. Details, Abstract.
12:10p. "Ecological Transitions during the Evolution of C4 Photosynthesis." Marjorie Lundgren. Arnold Arboretum: Weld Hill Research Bldg. Details. This event will be streamed.
3p. "Privacy Despite Mass Surveillance." Sebastian Angel. Harvard: Maxwell Dworkin G115. Details, Abstract.
3:30p. "Sequencing the Subsurface: Finding out what marine intraterrestrials are doing." Jennifer Biddle. BU: CAS 132. Details.
6p. "Conjoined Twins: At the Crossroads of Surgery, Medicine and Ethics." A panel discussion. MGH: Museum of Medical History and Innovation, 2 North Grove Street. Details.
7p. "The Fingerprints of Sea Level Change in a Warming World." Jerry X. Mitrovica. Arnold Arboretum: Hunnewell Building. Details, Abstract, Registration. Members only.
Tuesday, March 27
10a. "Towards Quantification of the Paris Agreement's Social Value of Mitigation Activities." Drew Shindell. Harvard: HUCE Seminar Room 440, 26 Oxford St. Details.
Noon. "Life in a Box: Growing shapes in plants and algae." Siobhan A. Braybrook. Harvard: Herbarium 125. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "The Camp and the City: Territories of Extraction." A forum. Harvard: Gund 112, Details, Abstract.
12:30. "The Neural Circuits of Itch and Pain." Sarah Ross. Brandeis: Gerstenzang 121. Details.
3:30p. "Quantum Chaos and the Foundations of Statistical Mechanics." Mark Srednicki. BU: SCI 109. Details, Abstract.
4p. "Schrodinger's Clowder: entanglement in many-body physics." Anushya Chandran. Brandeis: Abelson 131. Details, Abstract.
4:45p. "The Cyber Conundrum: How Do We Fix Cybersecurity?" Peter Chronis. Tufts: Cabot Auditorium. Details, Abstract.
5p. "Obesity: It’s More Complex Than You Think." Fatima Cody Stanford. Harvard: Sheerr Room, Fay House, 10 Garden Street. Details, Abstract, Registration.
6p. "How Mushrooms Changed the World." David Hibbett. Harvard: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford St. Details, Abstract. This event will be livestreamed on the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture Facebook page.
6:30p. "The Biological Mind." Alan P. Jasanoff. Belmont Media Center, 9 Lexington St., Belmont. Details, Abstract.
7p. "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story." A Science on Science Presentation. Muriel Médard will discuss Hedy Lamarr's contributions to science and technology. Coolidge Corner Theater. Details, Abstract.
Wednesday, March 28
11a. "Embedded Vision at the Edge and in the Cloud: Architectures, Algorithms, Processors, and Tools." Jeff Bier. This event will be streamed. Details, Abstract, Registration.
11:30a. "The Jesuit Plantation Project Redux: Activating Derived Historical Data in a Digital Environment (or, Death by Hand-Processed-Data)." Sharon Leon. Northeastern: 440 Curry Student Center. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "New Tools for Exosome Analysis: Applying imaging flow cytometry to cancer-derived exosomes." Phillip Galbo Jr.. A webinar. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "The Intelligent Tool and the Future of Semiconductor Manufacturing." Keith Wells. MIT: 34-401. Details, Abstract.
1p. "Deep Brain Stimulation as a Novel Window into Human Brain Structure-Function Relationship: Thalamic Nuclei in Affective and Cognitive Functions." Kaisa M. Hartikain. MIT: 46-3310. Details, Abstract.
4p. "The Neurobiology of Helping: Lessons from Order Rodentia." Peggy Mason. MIT: 46-3002. Details, Abstract.
4:15p. "How People Update Beliefs about Climate Change: Good News and Bad News." A forum. HKS: Taubman, Nye B-C, 79 JFK St. Details.
6p. "Climate Change, Biodiversity and the Future of Conservation in America." A forum. HKS. Details. Harvard ID required for attendence.
6p. "Once Upon an Algorithm." Martin Erwig. MIT Press Bookstore, 301 Massachusetts Ave. Details, Abstract, Registration.
6p. "Tech Night at the ICA." ICA: 25 Harbor Shore Drive. Details, Abstract, RSVP.
6p. "The Science of Pain Management." HMS: The Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, The New Research Building, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur. Details, Abstract, Registration. This event will be streamed and archived.
7p. "Cyborgs, Futurists & Transhumanism: A Conversation." Museum of Science. Details, Abstract.
7p. "The Next Evolution in Video Transport Technologies: the migration to IP." Rafael Fonseca. WCVB-TV, 5 TV Place, Needham. Details, Abstract, RSVP.
March 29-30. "Harvard Library Hackathon: A Concept Search Engine for Literature and the Humanities." Harvard: Cabot Library, 1 Oxford St. Details, Abstract.
Thursday, March 29
11:30a. "Fake News." Deb Roy. HKS: Wexner 434. Details.
11:30a. "Nature’s Optics and our Understanding of Light." Michael Berry. Harvard: Jefferson 250. Details, Abstract.
11:45a. "The Geopolitics of Energy." Jason Bordoff. HKS: Bell Hall, Belfer Bldg. Details.
Noon. "Age Effects on the Neural Processing of Value-Based Decisions." Joshua O. Goh. Brandeis: Lurias, Hassenfeld Conference Center. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Going Beyond Aid: Off-grid Water and Wastewater Systems in the West Bank." Suleiman Halasah. Tufts: Lincoln Filene Center, Rabb Room. Details, Abstract.
Noon. "Psychodynamics and Treatment of Schizoid Personality Disorder." Otto Kernberg. McLean Hospital: Service Bldg, Pierce Hall. Details.
Noon. "Shaky Ground: The Untold Story of the Largest Earthquake Surge in Modern History." A forum. Harvard: HUCE Seminar Room 429, 26 Oxford St. Details.
3p. "About 30% of Sun-like Stars Have Kepler-like Planetary Systems: A Study of their Intrinsic Architecture." Wei Zhu. MIT: 54-517. Details.
3:30p. "The Power of Snowdrops." Terry Huang. Arnold Arboretum: Meadow Road. Details, Abstract.
4:15p. "The Sleep-Deprived Human Brain." Nora Volkow. Harvard: Knafel Center, 10 Garden St. Details, Abstract, Registration.
5p. "Ocean Acidification and Marine Phytoplankton." Francois Morel. Harvard: Northwest B101. Details, Abstract.
6:30p. "How to Artificially Erase, Activate, and Create Memories." Steve Ramirez. Aeronaut, 14 Tyler St, Somerville. Details.
7p. "One Life at a Time – Saving Sea Turtles in Ghana." John Flynn. New England Aquarium: Simons IMAX Theater. Details, Abstract, Registration.
7p. "Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine." Alan Lightman. Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave. Details, Abstract.
Friday, March 30
9-6p. "ArtTechPsyche." A symposium. Arts @ 29 Garden, 29 Garden Street. Details, Abstract, Registration.
Noon. "More than a Greenhouse Gas: Emerging Perspectives for Methane in the Oceanic Carbon Cycle and Ecosystem Dynamics." John Pohlman. Harvard: Pierce 100F. Details.
*Admission to Harvard's medical area buildings often requires ID issued by a "Harvard Medical School Affiliate". A list of these institutions can be consulted here. Persons interested in events in the medical area that are not explicitly public, that have sponsors with whom they have no experience, and who are unsure if their ID will guarantee access, might want to email the contact person cited in the details page and ask. Inquiries directed at the HMS Dept of Genetics should be emailed to esexton@genetics.med.harvard.edu (or 617-432-7666) at least one day before the event. Events in the medical area that do not carry an asterisk are those that I think are prepared to receive the unaffiliated.
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