LocationSan Francisco, CA Description
Former Visiting Scientist
LocationStockholm, Sweden Description
Director, Lemann Creative Learning Program
Alum Leonardo Bonanni, founder of spinoff Sourcemap, testified before the US Senate Committee on Finance in this virtual hearing.
Former Research Affiliate
LocationE14-633 DescriptionFor a timely answer to the problem of sustainability, or how to provide for future generations, there needs to b…
In a post for the MIT Governance Lab, Media Lab grad student Leonard Francis Vibbi discusses his recent work in Sierra Leone.
Bonanni, L. "A Collective Approach to Sustainable Design"
Optimizing environmental, social, and economic performance of cities.
Leo Bonanni
Leo Bonanni, Hockenberry, M., Zwarg, D., Csikszentmihalyi, C., and Ishii, H.
Former Research Assistant
Research Assistant
A number of Media Lab and MIT projects and spinoffs were recognized.
The MIT Media Lab complements and adds to the climate efforts of MIT Climate + Sustainability Consortium (MCSC).By way of the MIT Media Lab…
Flavia Sparacino, Christopher Wren, Alex Pentland, Glorianna Davenport
Leo Bonanni Vargas, G., Chao, N., Pueblo, S., and Ishii, H.
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Dr. Danielle Wood, will explain how six types of space technology support societal needs, as defined by the UN SDGs
The Challenge: To secure a sustainable future for all living thingsHow can we reduce harm to our planet and the future prospects of life on…
Optimizing environmental, social, and economic performance of cities.Cities play a central role in the climate crisis. According to the lat…
Research Assistant
The MIT Media Lab is prepared to discover and create new innovations to address the dual challenge of improving our climate through afforda…
Ann Berger Valente and Leo Burd of the Media Lab's Lifelong Kindergarten group have been awarded an Education Innovation Grant.
LocationOnline Description Host/Chair: Leo Burd
Alum David Sengeh, now Chief Minister for the Republic of Sierra Leone, joined others for a fireside chat at the MIT Solve Challenge Finals.
Distinguished Lecture byPresident Ricardo Villanueva LomelíPresident of the University of Guadalajara (Mexico)
In an article for the World Economic Forum, former Labber Honghao Deng looks at sustainability research from the City Science group.
The summit theme, Cities WITH(in), challenged the eight City Science Network labs to seek opportunities for their research to impact local s
Daniel C. Dennett
Ben-Sasson, Eli, et al. "Aurora: Transparent succinct arguments for R1CS." Annual international conference on the theory and applications of cryptographic techniques. Springer, Cham, 2019.
The Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD) has named the 17 members of its newly established Board.
The NFI's "Opening Act" introduced the first cohort of students and included talks from experts in industry + academia. Watch the videos!
DescriptionMeaningful conversations and genuine engagement rely on trust that goes beyond just words. In participatory dialogue, trus…
Although lidar is widely used for mapping the 3D geometry of surfaces, the technology has historically been challenged by specular, or mirr…
Joanne Leong, research assistant in the Fluid Interfaces group, and her colleagues won an MIT Integrated Learning Initiative (MITili) grant.
Former Director's Fellow
2D Spintronic and Neuromorphic Devices for Sustainable Artificial Intelligence
Ferguson, C.* and Lewis, R.*, Wilks, C., Picard, R.W.; The Guardians: Designing a Game for Long-term Engagement with Mental Health Therapy; IEEE Conference of Games 2021. *Equal contribution
Noyman, Sakai, Larson 2018. CityScopeAR: Urban Design and Crowdsourced Engagement Platform. CHI 2018, 4,2007
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; MIT Dean for Digital Learning
Surface and object recognition is of significant importance in ubiquitous and wearable computing. While various techniques exist to infer c…
Footage of the Biomechatronics Group in their work collaborating to improve the orthotic and prosthetic sector of Sierra Leone.
LocationHilton Austin Downtown, Salon D, 500 E. 4th St. Description#sxsw #MLSXSW #MLSciFiScience fiction explores our wildest dreams and bi…
LocationHilton Austin Downtown, Salon D, 500 E. 4th St. Description#sxsw #MLSXSW #MLSciFiScience fiction explores our wildest dreams and bi…
John Klein, M. Stern, Markus Kayser, Chikara Inamura
Leonard Francis Vibbi, a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab and MIT GOV/LAB, has been chosen as a fellow for the AI2Amplify program.
Arlene Ducao, Tiffany Tseng, Anette von Kapri
Hiroshi Ishii
Research Assistant
Klein, J. "Additive Manufacturing of Optically Transparent Glass"
LocationHilton Garden Inn, Colorado, 500 N IH 35 Description
LocationHamburg, Germany Description'Art of Music Education III' conference organized by the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and the European Conce…
Voice-user interfaces (VUIs), such as Amazon Echo and Google Home, are increasingly becoming present in domestic environments. Us…
A symposium on space sustainability; the secure, sustainable, and peaceful use of space for the benefit of planet Earth and all its peoples.
Burd, L. "Technological Initiatives for Social Empowerment: Design Experiments in Technology-Supported Youth Participation and Local Civic Engagement"
HyperCubes is an augmented reality platform to help children understand computational concepts drawn from their physical surroundings, from…
Danielle Wood was featured on a May 2021 Big Think episode discussing bees as a possible solution to sustainable space tech.
LocationBartos Theatre, MIT Media Lab Description Host/Chair: (Unpublished) Dale Joachim
Hiroshi Ishii, Ali Mazalek, Jay Lee
Arielle Duhaime-Ross talks to biohacker Josiah Zayner, Alex Pearlman, and Ling Ling Chang about norms, ethics, and regulation.
Reid, Jack (2023). Using Earth Observation-Informed Modeling to Inform Sustainable Development Decision-Making (Doctoral dissertation). Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Representatives from the Media Lab participated in discussions on the Earth Data Revolution, Space Economy, Digital Currencies, and more.