Mobile and ubiquitous computing research has led to new techniques for cheaply, accurately, and continuously collecting data on human behavior that include detailed measurements of physical activities, social interactions and conversations, sleep quality and duration, and more.
Upcoming Events
Frequent and varied events—such as lectures, colloquia, symposia, and workshops—play an active role in the continuing vitality and momentum of the Media Lab.
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Oct 03 16 4:00pm - 5:30pm
MIT Media Lab, E14-633
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Speaker:
Tanzeem Choudhury |
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Oct 05 16 11:00am - 11:15am
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Speaker:
Alex 'Sandy' Pentland |
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Oct 06 16 3:30pm - 4:30pm
Notre Dame College
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Speaker:
Rosalind Picard |
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Oct 07 16 9:00am - Oct 10 16 6:00pm
MIT Media Lab, 6th floor
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This hackathon held on the MIT campus is called Reality, Virtually because it will promote new applications built for vertical market segments. The competition will stretch the amazing advancements and expertise in VR and AR gaming and entertainment during the past couple of years, into new and lesser-cultivated fields. |
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Oct 17 16 2:00pm - 3:00pm
MIT Media Lab, E14-244
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Speaker:
Adrian Stern Host/Chair:
Camera Culture
The theory of compressive sensing (CS) has attracted great attention since it was published a decade ago. CS has found natural applications in imaging and optical sensing sciences, yielding a great number of publications. From a decade perspective, Professor Adrian Stern will present an overview of the main achievements in optical CS engineering and discuss remaining challenges. He will survey the main applications and present representative examples form our and other's group results. |
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Oct 19 16 1:00pm - 2:30pm
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Speaker:
Ethan Zuckerman All talks at the Media Lab, unless otherwise noted, are open to the public. Webcasts of events in the MLTalks series are live captioned for the hearing impaired. Audio Assist Devices are available for those attending in person; please email events [at] media [dot] mit [dot] edu for more information. |
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Nov 03 16 7:30am - 6:30pm
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 Speaker:
Neri Oxman Neri Oxman will present the opening keynote at the 2016 Zero Waste Conference in Vancouver, Canada. |
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Nov 04 16 3:00pm - Nov 06 16 2:00pm
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The Culinary Institute of America and MIT Media Lab
reThink Food, a unique collaboration between The Culinary Institute of America and MIT Media Lab, brings together a diverse group of thought leaders and innovators at the intersection of technology, behavior, design, and food. Our mission: to explore how areas such as big data, social networking, mobile computing, behavioral economics, marketing, neuroscience, agriculture, and culinary insight and strategy are radically changing food markets, systems, and our understanding of consumer choices. We are designing our future. |
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Nov 19 16 9:00am - Nov 20 16 6:00pm
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Speakers from the Media Lab community include: Joscha Bach, Playful Systems |
