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Michael Naimark, "Place Representation and the 'One Earth' Model"

LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionProfessor Naimark's presentation is available online.[click link to view in your browser; right c…

Monday
May 2, 2011
Person

Michael Naimark

Former Research Affiliate

Article

The One Earth Model: Geographic interoperability in the real-world metaverse

Michael Naimark considers the potential of the "real-world metaverse," which combines virtual experiences with specific physical places.

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Michael Nawrot

Research Assistant

Publication

Using Earth Observation-Informed Modeling to Inform Sustainable Development Decision-Making

Reid, Jack (2023). Using Earth Observation-Informed Modeling to Inform Sustainable Development Decision-Making (Doctoral dissertation). Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Michael Lapinski

Former Research Assistant, Responsive Environments

Publication

Grounding for a Computational Model of Place

Hockenberry, M. "Grounding for a Computational Model of Place"

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Michael Benson

Former Visiting Scholar

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Michael Henninger

Former Research Assistant

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Michael Eilenberg

Former Research Assistant

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Michael Lin

Research Scientist

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Michael Casey

Person

Michael Buchman

Person

Michael Maurer

Person

Michael Fernandez

Research Assistant

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Michael McLaren

Former Research Scientist

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Michael A. Skuhersky

Former Research Assistant

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Michael Ferrari

Former Research Affiliate

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Michael Koehrsen

Former Visiting Scientist

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Michael B. Johnson

Person

Michael Casey

Former Senior Advisor for Blockchain Opportunities, Digital Currency Initiative

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Michael Fleischman

Former Visiting Scientist

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Interactive Model for Assessing Mangrove Health, Ecosystem Services, Policy Consequences, and Satellite Design in Rio de Janeiro Using Earth

Reid, Jack B., and Danielle Wood. “Interactive Model for Assessing Mangrove Health, Ecosystem Services, Policy Consequences, and Satellite Design in Rio de Janeiro Using Earth Observation Data.” 71st International Astronautical Congress (IAC): Cyberspace Edition, International Astronautical Federation, 2020. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/129598.

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Michael J. Hawley

Former Research Scientist

Person

Michael Wing Wong

Research Assistant

Publication

Interactive Model for Assessing Mangrove Health, Ecosystem Services, Policy Consequences, and Satellite Design Using Earth Observation Data

Reid, Jack, Danielle Wood. "Interactive Model for Assessing Mangrove Health, Ecosystem Services, Policy Consequences, and Satellite Design in Rio de Janeiro Using Earth Observation Data," IAC 2020, October 2020.

Person

Michael Lazer Walker

Former Research Assistant

Publication

ExpertMatcher: Automating ML Model Selection for Clients using Hidden Representations

Vivek Sharma, Praneeth Vepakomma, Tristan Swedish, Ken Chang, Jayashree KalpathyCramer, and Ramesh Raskar. In NeurIPS Workshop on Robust AI in Financial Services: Data, Fairness, Explainability, Trustworthiness, and Privacy, 2019

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Danielle Wood hosts panel discussion on Modeling at Group on Earth Observations Plenary

Earth Observations and Modeling: Dialogue for Added Value and KnowledgeTuesday, 8:30am to 10:00am, Canberra, AustraliaA “Targeted Side Even…

Tuesday
November 5, 2019
8:30am — 10:00am ET
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Sharif Islam named ESIP Community Fellow and Future Earth Coasts Fellow

Dr. Sharif Islam, a postdoctoral associate in the Space Enabled research group, has been selected as an ESIP Community Fellow and FEC Fellow

Publication

Graph Dynamics: Learning and Representation

Ribeiro, A. "Graph Dynamics: Learning and Representation"

Publication

An Appearance-based Representation of Action.

Aaron F. Bobick, James W. Davis

Article

One 20th century mistake made cities horrible, congested, lonely places to live

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Becoming Interplanetary and Action for Spaceship Earth

At the America Academy of Arts + Sciences, Dava Newman discussed how satellite data can be used to inform the fight against climate change.

Post

Shifting Priorities, Finding Places

How Media Lab and HafenCity University researchers are tackling the refugee crisis in Hamburg, using algorithms and LEGO bricks.By Ken…

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Multimedia Based on Object Models: Some Whys and Hows

V. Michael Bove, Jr.

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Contrastive Representation Learning for Electroencephalogram Classification

Mohsenvand, M.N., Izadi, M.R. & Maes, P.. (2020). Contrastive Representation Learning for Electroencephalogram Classification. Proceedings of the Machine Learning for Health NeurIPS Workshop, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 136:238-253 Available from http://proceedings.mlr.press/v136/mohsenvand20a.html.

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Polyscheme: A Cognitive Architecture for Integrating Multiple Representation and Inference Schemes

Cassimatis, N. "Polyscheme: A Cognitive Architecture for Integrating Multiple Representation and Inference Schemes"

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Designing the change: Black designers on equity and representation in the industry

Chelsi Cocking shares her thoughts on how the design industry can better foster, support, and grow design talent in the Black community.

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The Impact of New Multimedia Representations on Hardware and Software Systems

V. Michael Bove, Jr.

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Down to Earth

How can technologies invented for space advance sustainable development goals?

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Media Lab Perspectives: Back to Earth with Nicole Stott

In this session of the Media Lab Perspective Series, Media Lab director Dava Newman will moderate a conversation with Nicole Stott

Thursday
February 17, 2022
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
Article

Gridlocked: Spaceship Earth

On the Gridlocked Podcast, Media Lab Director Dava Newman and other guests discuss the climate emergency, collaboration, and adaptation.

Project

Earth Mission Control (EMC)

Advanced Data Visualizations for Climate IntelligenceMarked by heightened awareness and global concern over the climate crisis, the MI…

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Representational Frames in Video Annotation

Aaron Bobick

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Distributed Representations of Image Velocity

Eero Simoncelli

Article

Feet on Earth, head in the stars

These five women at the MIT Media Lab are advancing aerospace science and research, driven by a love of our home planet.

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Leveraging Microgravity to Investigate Earth- and Space-Based Centrifugal Casting of Wax

Stober, Keith Javier, Alana Sanchez, M. Regina Apodaca M., Gladys Ngetich, Daniel Erkel, Juliet Wanyiri, and Danielle Wood. "Leveraging Microgravity to Investigate Earth- and Space-Based Centrifugal Casting of Wax," IAC 2020, October 2020.

Article

The people's place in the city of bits and atoms

Researchers in the Media Lab’s City Science group discuss the role of AI in building cities where humans can thrive.

Article

Michael Hawley, former professor of media arts and sciences, dies at 58

A modern-day Renaissance man, Hawley pioneered the internet of things and won the Van Cliburn amateur piano competition.

Publication

Inclusive Design of Earth Observation Decision Support Systems for Environmental Governance: A Case Study of Lake Nokoué

Ovienmhada, U., Mouftaou, F., & Wood, D. (2021). Inclusive design of earth observation decision support systems for environmental governance: a case study of Lake Nokoué. Frontiers in Climate, 3, 717418.

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External Representation of Learning Process and Domain Knowledge: Affective State as a Determinate of its Structure and Function

R. Reilly, B. Kort, Rosalind W. Picard

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Teachers’ Understanding and Usage of Scientific Data Visualizations for Teaching Topics in Earth and Space Science

Connolly, R. B. (2019). Teachers’ Understanding and Usage of Scientific Data Visualizations for Teaching Topics in Earth and Space Science (https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-7ryc-zh43) [Doctoral dissertation, Columbia University]. Columbia Academic Commons.

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Learning Networks of People and Places from Location Data

LocationWiesner Room, 2nd Floor, MIT Media Lab DescriptionNetworks and graphs have become essential for understanding the online world, wit…

Thursday
November 12, 2009
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Pyramids and Multiscale Representations

Edward H. Adelson, Eero P. Simoncelli, William T. Freeman

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Place Recognition and Categorization

The Places dataset (website) is designed following principles of human visual cognition. Our goal is to build a core of visual kn…

Publication

One to One Connections: Building a Community Learning Culture

Urrea, C. "One to One Connections: Building a Community Learning Culture"

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Ufuoma Ovienmhada and Danielle Wood Co-Author "Inclusive Design of Earth Observation Decision Support Systems for Environmental Governance"

Ufuoma Ovienmhada and Danielle Wood, along with Fohla Mouftaou of Green Keeper Africa, published a paper with Frontiers in Climate.

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How do we track objects orbiting the Earth and why does it matter?

Moriba Jah is the director for Computational Astronautical Sciences and Technologies (CAST), a group within the ICES at UT Austin.

Friday
May 3, 2019
3:00pm — 4:00pm ET
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Hierarchical Volumetric Object Representations for Digital Fabrication Workflows

Keeter, M. "Hierarchical Volumetric Object Representations for Digital Fabrication Workflows"

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Model of Visual Motion Sensing

David J. Heeger, Eero P. Simoncelli

Event

Moon Dialogs Research Salon: Safety Zones in Practice and Lessons from Earth

The third salon in our series aimed at advancing interdisciplinary lunar policy thinking relevant to near term lunar activity.

Friday
June 5, 2020
2:00pm — 3:00pm ET
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Unified rational protein engineering with sequence-based deep representation learning

Alley, E.C., Khimulya, G., Biswas, S. et al. Unified rational protein engineering with sequence-based deep representation learning. Nat Methods 16, 1315–1322 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-019-0598-1

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The role of space in driving sustainability, security, and development on Earth

(contributions from Minoo Rathnasabapthy) By Ryan Brukardt, Jesse Klempner, Daniel Pacthod, and Brooke Stokes

Event

Danielle Wood Keynote Speaker at Sustainable Space, Sustainable Earth: From Ideas to Action Symposium

A symposium on space sustainability; the secure, sustainable, and peaceful use of space for the benefit of planet Earth and all its peoples.

Friday
December 6, 2019
8:30am — 4:00pm ET
Publication

Video Face Clustering with Self-Supervised Representation Learning

Vivek Sharma, Makarand Tapaswi, M. Saquib Sarfraz, and Rainer Stiefelhagen. In IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science (T-BIOM), 2019.

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Situated Models of Meaning for Sports Video Retrieval

Michael Fleischman, Deb Roy