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Agenda: Tuesday, October 17

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Tuesday
October 17, 2017
8:00am — 7:00pm ET
Event

Workshops: Tuesday, October 17

Workshop topics range from AI to farming and are hosted by Media Lab researches or member companies.

Tuesday
October 17, 2017
4:30pm — 5:30pm ET
Video

#17 Death and the Powers

Article

Wonder woman of rocket science: Tiera Fletcher ’17

Fletcher co-authored the book Wonder Women of Science, which features the career of MIT Media Lab director Dava Newman.

Post

MIT Flies on Blue Origin New Shepard NS-17

On August 26, 2021, the MIT  Space Exploration Initiative launched to space and back with Blue Origin a second time. The payload, a pr…

Post

Update on Restricted E14/E15 Access (March 17, 2020)

At midnight, Tuesday, March 17, E14/E15 will be closed to staff, faculty, students, & visitors who don't have special permission to enter.

Event

Fall 2020 OOLE INT17

Disclaimer for playback viewers As part of the MIT Media Lab’s ongoing research on distance learning (MOOC, e-learning) and remote collabor…

Thursday
November 19, 2020
Event

Smart City Expo World Congress 2017. Andorra Pavilion

Events at the Andorra PavilionTuesday 11/1411:30 - 13:00 - Inauguration of the Andorra Pavilion15:00 - 15:30 - Apiumtech15:30 - 16:00 - FED…

Article

"Musical Brain" Echo Nest Raises $17 Million, Turns From Tastemaker To Matchmaker

Article

"El robot que escribe libros de terror" Oppenheimer Presenta # 1741

Research scientist Manuel Cebrian discusses Shelley with CNN en Español host Andrés Oppenheimer. 

Publication

Evaluating Deep Neural Networks Trained on Clinical Images in Dermatology with the Fitzpatrick 17k Dataset

Groh, Matthew, Caleb Harris, Luis Soenksen, Felix Lau, Rachel Han, Aerin Kim, Arash Koochek, and Omar Badri. "Evaluating Deep Neural Networks Trained on Clinical Images in Dermatology with the Fitzpatrick 17k Dataset." arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.09957 (2021). Accepted at CVPR ISIC 2021 workshop. Publication pending.

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Jackie Smith

Graduate Student (AeroAstro)

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Jordan Miller

Former Event Space Assistant

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Shriya Srinivasan

Former Research Assistant

Event

Space Has Arrived | Space Exploration Initiative at Ars Electronica 2020

We created a digital spaceship to share the diverse portfolio from the Initiative. Audiences are invited to immerse themselves.

Wednesday — Sunday
September 9, 2020 —
September 13, 2020
12:00am — 11:00pm ET
Publication

Deblina Sarkar publications

Gallery

AR Enhanced Wall Plants: Box

See http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/4.140/CBA/people/alex/final-project/index.html

Project

Turning Objects into Cameras

Consider a small object sitting on a desk in your living room. The object is illuminated by light sources from all directions—this includes…

Publication

Pluto: Community-based News Server

Quan, D. "Pluto: Community-based News Server"

Course

Decoders (1.0, 1.1, 1.2): Learn, Imagine, Integrate, Design, Fabricate, Demo

Course Series OverviewThe purpose of the three-course series is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the microfabrication processes to …

Course

Decoders 1.2: Project Realization in Cleanroom

StyleTeamwork; Collective This class is graded P/D/F. To pass, you must: (i) attend all the cleanroom sessions, (ii) work in a team se…

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Decoders 1.6: Project Realization in Cleanroom

StyleTeamwork; CollectiveTo pass, you must: (i) attend at least 3/4 of the class sessions, (ii) participate in literature review, and (iii)…

Project

Philadelphia Voices

Philadelphia Voices is the latest in the series of City Symphonies projects that Tod Machover and the Opera of the Future group have c…

Event

IRCAM + Media Lab Meeting 2026

IRCAM + Media Lab researchers, artists and developers showcase AI for music, creativity, performance and visualization.

Monday — Tuesday
July 6, 2026 —
July 7, 2026
Event

Media Lab Immersion Session @ Sant Pau

 ********We have reached capacity and are unable to accept any further applications at this time. Thank you very much for your interes…

Friday
April 17, 2026
Event

Media Lab Immersion Session @ Osaka, Japan

Thank you all for your outstanding contributions to the success of the event. We truly appreciated the opportunity to work alongside you an…

Tuesday
January 27, 2026
Project

Nostalgia Box

Nostalgia BoxA deep learning visualization of your own memoriesBy Aubrey Simonson Commissioned by Manuel Cebrian and Iyad RahwanNostal…

Course

Decoders 1.4: Project Realization in Cleanroom

StyleTeamwork; Collective This class is graded P/D/F. To pass, you must: (i) attend all the cleanroom sessions, (ii) work in a team se…

Publication

A Decade of Digital Currency at MIT

Narula, Neha. "A Decade of Digital Currency at MIT." May 2025, https://www.dci.mit.edu/posts/a-decade-of-digital-currency-at-mit

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Michael Naimark reflects on the Aspen Movie Map

Media Lab alum Michael Naimark, part of the original team who created the Aspen Movie Map, has written extensively about the project.

Course

How To Grow (Almost) Anything

Building upon the tradition of ‘How to Make (Almost) Anything,’ we are offering ‘How to Grow (Almost) Anything,’ a course to teach experi…

Course

Decoders 1.0: Microfabricated Decoders

StyleFlexible; Individual projects (teamwork can also be possible upon the wish of students).OverviewDecoders 1.0 is the core class th…

Event

Kevin Esvelt @ Marsilius-Vorlesungen, Universität Heidelberg

Wisely Engineering Shared Ecosystems: Leveraging gene drive to ensure open and community-responsive genetic engineering research …

Thursday
June 1, 2017
4:00pm ET
Project

Using Shadows to See Behind Objects

The full text of our paper is available here.Sometimes the thing that we want to see is hidden behind something else. A neighboring vehicl…

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Dava Newman

Former Director, MIT Media Lab; Apollo Professor of Astronautics

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On Indigenous Peoples Day, Let's Commit to an Anticolonial Mindset on Earth & in Space

On Indigenous People’s Day, Let’s Commit to an Anticolonial Mindset on Earth and in SpaceBy Danielle Wood  *  Written on 12 …

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Arnaud Grignard

Research Affiliate

Event

Zero Robotics 2026 High School Finals Competition

Zero Robotics hosts an international competition with 17 countries and 19 US states participating!

Saturday
February 21, 2026
11:00am — 1:00pm ET
Publication

The Fintech Bubble

June 14, 2016.

Article

Biennale Architettura 2021 - Presentation

The 17th International Architecture Exhibition, “How will we live together?" includes work from the City Science research group.

Post

Shuguang Zhang elected to Erwin Schrödinger Society for Nanosciences

Zhang has also been invited to deliver the 20th Schrödinger lecture on December 17, 2021.

Project

CAREER: Wirelesss Sensing for In Vivo Medical Devices

This NSF-funded project develops wireless networking systems for deep-tissue micro-implants. The micro-implants may be swallowed or injecte…

Project

Sojourner 2020 | An international art payload to ISS

Through the ages, artists, writers, and filmmakers have always been inspired by space. Artists’ visionary depictions of space as an environ…

Course

MAS.859: Space Technology for the Development Leader (Spring 2021)

This course and seminar series explore how rapid changes in space technology and policy influence work toward a sustainable society.

Article

If You Ever Read An Article on Online Voting: Make It This One

"Out of those approximately 17,000 articles, I profoundly enjoyed and learned from this one, written by Alex Berke, MIT Media Lab."

Article

Big Tech Wants Direct Access to Our Brains

Rapid advances in neural implants and AI are pushing society to defend its most private territory — the human mind.

Video

Covid-19: What governments can do for contact tracing, analytics, and restarting

Friday April 17, 2020 …

April 17, 2020
Publication

The Abuse and Misogynoir Playbook

By Dr. Katlyn Turner, Prof. Danielle Wood and Prof. Catherine D'Ignazio. This article originally appeared in the January Issue of the Quarterly State of AI Ethics Report published by the Montreal AI Ethics Institute.

Event

Misha Sra Dissertation Defense

Dissertation Defense for Misha Sra on November 17