[act-ma] Energy (and Other) Events
George Mokray
gmoke at world.std.com
Sun Sep 5 19:16:07 PDT 2010
MIT
Wednesday, September 08, 2010
Antarctica's Geologic and Climate History from Isotopic Sedimentary
Provenance Studies of Marine Sediments
Speaker: Professor Sidney Hemming
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 68-180
EAPS Department Lecture Series
Web site: http://eapsweb.mit.edu/news/dls.html
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
For more information, contact:
Jacqui Taylor
253-2127
jtaylor at mit.edu
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SEPTEMBER 9, 2010
JENNIFER CHAYES
Microsoft Research New England
"Interdisciplinarity in the Age of Networks"
Everywhere we turn these days, we find that dynamical random networks
have become increasingly appropriate descriptions of relevant
interactions. In the high tech world, we see mobile networks, the
Internet, the World Wide Web, and a variety of online social networks.
In economics, we are increasingly experiencing both the positive and
negative effects of a global networked economy. In epidemiology, we
find disease spreading over our ever growing social networks,
complicated by mutation of the disease agents. In problems of world
health, distribution of limited resources, such as water, quickly
becomes a problem of finding the optimal network for resource
allocation. In biomedical research, we are beginning to understand the
structure of gene regulatory networks, with the prospect of using this
understanding to manage the many diseases caused by gene mis-
regulation. In this talk, I look quite generally at some of the models
we are using to describe these networks, and at some of the methods we
are developing to indirectly infer network structure from measured
data. In particular, I will discuss models and techniques which cut
across many disciplinary boundaries.
Hosted by Mehran Kardar
Time: 4:15 pm
Place: Room 10-250
Refreshments @ 3:45 pm in 4-349 (The Pappalardo Community Room)
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Thursday, September 09, 2010
Wind Energy Group-REPA
Speaker: Steve Taub, SVP GE
Time: 5:30p–7:00p
Location: 35-225
School year launch for the Wind Energy Group and Renewable Energy
Projects in Action. Steve Taub will discuss the current playing field
for renewable energy.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub at mit.edu
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Friday, September 10, 2010
Common Cod Fiber Guild: Hyperbolic Crochet
Speaker: Diana Taimina
Time: 7:00p–9:00p
Location: 32-123
Daina Taimina, author of ?Crocheting Adventures with Hyperbolic
Planes?, will join the guild to explore geometry and its historical
connections with art, architecture, navigation, and motion, as well as
the history of crochet, which provides a context for the significance
of a physical model of a mathematical concept that has plagued
mathematicians for centuries.
Daina Taimina is a professor of mathematics at Cornell University,
Taimina regularly participates in art exhibitions and educational
workshops related to her crocheted models. She was nominated as one of
the "Most Innovative People and Organizations in the Science and
Technology World in 2006."
You can learn more about her work please visit her web site.
Web site: www.commoncod.com
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MITKNIT
For more information, contact:
Shreya Dave
sdave at mit.edu
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Harvard
Minds for Sale
Jonathan Zittrain , Professor of Law, Harvard Law School and Harvard
Kennedy School and Professor of Computer Science, SEAS
When:
Sep 09, 2010 | 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Where:
Maxwell Dworkin G-125
Cloud computing is not just for computing any more: you can now find
as much human mindshare as you can afford out in the cloud, too. A
new range of projects is making the application of human brainpower as
purchasable and fungible as additional server rackspace. What are
some of the issues arising as armies of thinkers are recruited by the
thousands and millions?
Speaker Biography:
Jonathan Zittrain is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the
Harvard Kennedy School of Government, co-founder of the Berkman Center
for Internet & Society, and Professor of Computer Science in the
Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He is a member of
the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society and is on the board of
advisors for Scientific American. Previously he was Professor of
Internet Governance and Regulation at Oxford University. His research
interests include battles for control of digital property and content,
cryptography, electronic privacy, the roles of intermediaries within
Internet architecture, and the useful and unobtrusive deployment of
technology in education. He performed the first large-scale tests of
Internet filtering in China and Saudi Arabia in 2002, and now as part
of the OpenNet Initiative he has co-edited a study of Internet
filtering by national governments, "Access Denied: The Practice and
Policy of Global Internet Filtering," and its sequel, “Access
Controlled: The Shaping of Power, Rights, and Rule in Cyberspace.” His
book "The Future of the Internet -- And How to Stop It" is available
from Yale University Press and Penguin UK -- and under a Creative
Commons license. Papers may be found at <http://www.jz.org >.
Host:
Salil Vadhan
Contact:
Gioia Sweetland
gioia at seas.harvard.edu
617-495-2919
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Tufts
The Internet Generation: Political Dropouts?September 9, 12:30 PM to
2:00 PM
A talk by author Henry Milner
Location: Medford/Somerville Campus
Lincoln Filene Center
Rabb Room
Description: While access to information has dramatically increased,
young people's sense of civic duty has been on the decline.
Join Henry Milner, author of The Internet Generation: Engaged Citizens
or Political Dropouts? as he explores trends in political
participation throughout North America and Europe.
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Other
> Next week, Bill McKibben and a team of students from Unity College
> in Maine will be traveling to Washington D.C. to deliver one of the
> original Carter panels to President Obama, asking him to reinstall
> solar on the White House, and to follow this symbolic gesture with
> substantial legislative action.
> We're calling it the Solar Road Trip, and we hope you'll be able to
> celebrate with us when the panel makes a stop in Boston on its way
> to D.C.
> Here are the details of the event:
> Date: Tuesday, September 7
> Location: Old South Church, Copley Square, Boston
> Schedule:
> 5:30pm - Bicycle pedal-powered climate rock band, Melodeego
> 6:00pm - Guest Speakers, including Bill McKibben, Tony Cortese of
> Second Nature, representatives from Students for a Just and Stable
> Future and Interfaith Power and Light
> 7:00pm - Screening of "A Road Not Taken," new documentary that tells
> the story of the original Carter White House solar panel installation.
> Please join McKibben, Unity College students, the Carter solar
> panel, and local organizations in Boston on September 7 to show that
> Massachusetts supports a clean energy future!
> You should join us on Facebook by becoming a fan of our page
> atfacebook.com/350org and follow us on twitter by
> visitingtwitter.com/350
>
> To join our list (maybe a friend forwarded you this e-mail) visit http://www.350.org/signup
> 350.org needs your help! To support our work, donate securely online
> at http://350.org/donate
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*Weatherization Barnraising*
*Saturday, September 11
*12:30-5:00 pm*
*Tot-Lot daycare and home on the same lot
*65 Chestnut St., Cambridgeport
*The federal government hasn't cut carbon yet, so let?s do it
ourselves!*
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Help to weatherize a historic building and community resource
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Learn skills you can take back to your own home
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Make new friends
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Share food and celebrate with a live band
*The Work List Includes:*
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Seal skylights and big sliding windows
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Computer efficiency, light-bulbs, and water
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Close up two fireplaces
and much more?
*Sign up *here<https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dFI3ZTc3dHgzTzBxX2lZcm1jRWctTGc6MQ
>
* or contact us at http://heet.cambridge@gmail.com** or at
617-491-06761*
The Home Energy Efficiency Team (HEET) is a Cambridge-based co-op
bringing neighbors together to weatherize our homes and take the
energy future into our own hands.
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Upcoming
CCS: A transitional solution for the climate and energy challenge?
September 13, 2010, 12-2:30 PM
Overview Remarks by: Chris Henderson, Deputy Consul-General, British
Consulate-General Boston
Panel: Tony Meggs, MIT Energy Initiative (Moderator)
Howard Herzog, Sr. Research Engineer, MIT
Sarah Forbes, Sr. Associate and CCS expert, World Resource Institute
Dan Goldman, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer,
GreatPoint Energy
Energy is essential to our way of life and imperative for economic
prosperity and national security. However, energy security is
threatened by overdependence on foreign oil, in addition to the
impacts of climate change. Large-scale, clean energy solutions must be
deployed to meet increasing energy demand and reduce pollution. Carbon
capture and storage, a transitional solution for the climate and
energy challenge, is the key to a secure energy future.
Workshop organized by the British Consulate-General Boston
Location
Cambridge Innovation Center
One Broadway, 5th floor
Cambridge, MA 02142
Registration
Please RSVP to Bridget.Gildea at fco.gov.uk by September 10th. Space is
very limited, please RSVP early to secure a seat.
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http://peaceweek.info/
Global Telesummit for Building a Culture of Peace
September 14-21, 2010
Links to events at over 30 colleges and universities at Hubevents (http://hubevents.blogspot.com
)
Thanks to Fred Hapgood's Selected Lectures on Science and Engineering
in the Boston Area (http://fhapgood.fastmail.fm/site02.html)
Boston Area Computer User Groups http://www.bugc.org/
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