Person

Katy Croff Bell

Former Research Scientist; Former Director's Fellow

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MLTalks: Katy Croff Bell

Ocean Exploration Trust and National Geographic ocean explorer Dr. Katy Croff Bell in conversation with Media Lab Director Joi Ito.

Friday
June 27, 2014
Video

MLTalks: Katy Croff Bell

Ocean Exploration Trust and National Geographic ocean explorer Dr. Katy Croff Bell in conversation with Media Lab Director Joi Ito.

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Katy Croff Bell chosen as an AAAS IF/THEN Ambassador

The Ambassadors are contemporary role models who represent a diversity of STEM-related professions in the United States.

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Katy Croff Bell testifies on Ocean Exploration for House Science Committee

Open Ocean Director, Dr. Katy Croff Bell, testified before the Environment Subcommittee of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Techn…

Wednesday
June 5, 2019
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Dr. Katy Croff Bell speaks at UN Ocean Decade Virtual Series: Co-designing the science we need for the Ocean Decade

UN Ocean Decade Virtual Series: Co-designing the science we need for the Ocean Decade Part 2This virtual session “Co-designing the science …

Tuesday
December 8, 2020
10:00am — 12:00pm ET
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Dr. Katy Croff Bell speaks at TEKTITE2020: Women of Sea and Space

50 speakers celebrating 50 years - Live online

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POSTPONED Media Lab Conversations Series: Geetha Narayanan

LocationMIT Media Lab, Third-Floor Atrium Description This talk has been postponed. We look forward to following Geetha Narayanan later in …

Friday
March 15, 2013
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Damien Echols and Shaka Senghor

Damien Echols and Shaka Senghor in conversation on injustice, compassion, and redemption in relation to their prison memoirs.

Thursday
May 16, 2013
Video

Media Lab Conversations Series: JJ Abrams

Nov. 26, 2012
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Carroll Bogert

Sept. 10, 2012
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Media Lab Conversations Series: Guts and Genius

David Sun Kong, Kevin Slavin, and special guests in conversation with Media Lab Director Joi Ito.

Person

Okezue Bell

Person

Ashley Bell Clark

Member Relations Manager

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Media Lab @ 2023 Cambridge Science Festival

Cambridge Science Festival (CSF) is an annual celebration of science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM)

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My Deep Sea, My Backyard

Seventy percent of nations have deep-sea environments within their maritime Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs), yet only 16 percent of them ar…

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Big Ocean, Big Data

More ocean data has been collected in the last two years than in all previous years combined, and we are on a path to continue to break tha…

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If/Then She Can – The Exhibit at the MIT Media Lab

MIT Media Lab is honored to host six statues from #IfThenSheCan – The ExhibitLyda Hill Philanthropies' IF/THEN® Initiative presents #I…

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Media Lab Perspectives Speaker Series

Faculty Perspectives is a new series inviting thoughtful speakers and innovators to inspire the Media Lab community and beyond.

Thursday
April 14, 2022
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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Media Lab alum Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao earns 2021 National Science Foundation CAREER award

Media Lab alum Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao has earned a National Science Foundation CAREER award for on-skin interfaces.

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LEGO Wayfinder

The LEGO Wayfinder project combines LEGO, robotics, and seawater into a playground of project-based learning and citizen science for buddin…

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Project Prometheus

Most of the underwater world remains far off the map. For many of the most exciting exploration challenges—from Maya cenotes to urban aquif…

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Inspiring Change at Here Be Dragons

The New England Aquarium was proud to collaborate with the MIT Media Lab and National Geographic on the latest event from the Open Ocean in…

Article

Why this deep-sea explorer thinks diversity is so important for science

To oceanographer Katy Croff Bell, the seas’ uncharted depths are full of opportunities to engage women and people of color in science.

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Here be Dragons 2018 Agenda

Names in italics are National Geographic ExplorersFebruary 26, 20188:00am | Breakfast & Registration9:00am | Welcome AboardJoi Ito, Dir…

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Inspiration, Education, and Exploration at the Open Ocean Symposium

The New England Aquarium was proud to collaborate with the MIT Media Lab and National Geographic on the latest Open Ocean initiative event.…

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Conformable Decoders Group presents on New Health at the Media Lab Focus series for July 2021

The July edition of the Media Lab Focus series for member companies starts next week! The theme is New Health,  and wil…

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Media Lab student wins national award for fighting bias in machine learning

Joy Buolamwini wins a grand prize in a national contest inspired by the film Hidden Figures to support young women in STEM.

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MIT Women's unConference

Katy Croff Bell speaks at the 2018 MIT Women's unConference

Friday — Saturday
March 9, 2018 —
March 10, 2018
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Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 Wrap Up!

by Dan NovyFebruary 16-21, 2020. Katy Croff Bell and Dan Novy co-chaired two sessions at the Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020 in San Diego,…

Article

Media Lab spinoff Empatica receives new FDA clearance for its Health Monitoring Platform and announces Series B financing

Co-founded by Professor Rosalind Picard, Empatica develops medical-grade wearables and algorithms for health monitoring and diagnostics.

Article

Media Lab Work in Smithsonian's National Design Triennial

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Media Lab Perspectives: Can a lab be an undivided house? with Sara Hendren

In this session of the Media Lab Perspective Series, Future Sketches head Zach Lieberman will moderate a conversation with Sara Hendren.

Thursday
December 9, 2021
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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Media Lab Focus

Join us remotely as we go on curated research journeys focused on a monthly theme.

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Media Lab Perspectives: Listening to Disrupt with Katherine Cramer

Listening to DisruptIn this session of the Media Lab Perspectives series, Deb Roy will engage his collaborator Kathy Cramer in co…

Thursday
May 27, 2021
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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MicroPET is the top finalist for ISS National Lab Sustainability Challenge

Last Friday, the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory gathered a variety of thought leaders at a virtual event to discuss …

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MLTalks Series

Learn more about our MLTalks series, including upcoming events.

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MIT Media Lab research on the Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) launch

The Axiom Mission 2 launch will carry a variety of research from the MIT Media Lab to the International Space Station (ISS) on May 21, 2023

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Canan Dagdeviren is interviewed by IEEE's Pulse “From the Lab” podcast series

IEEE Pulse: From The Lab Episode 1: Canan Dagdeviren

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Women’s Futures Month at the Smithsonian | Tell Me More: Living in Space!

Dava Newman will talk about her groundbreaking spacesuit, the BioSuit™, as part of the Smithsonian’s celebration of women and girls in STEM

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Agenda: Thursday, May 10

We will feature research coming out of the Media Lab's special initiatives and spinoff companies.

Thursday
May 10, 2018
Article

Cynthia Breazeal Assumes New Media Lab Role

Cynthia Breazeal has been promoted to full professor and named associate director of the Media Lab. Both appointments are effective July 1.

Video

Media Lab Perspectives: Listening to Disrupt with Katherine Cramer

Thursday May 27, 2021 …

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Labbers win 2022 Cooper Hewitt National Design Awards

Alumni Che-Wei Wang and Taylor Levy along with former Labber Giorgia Lupi have been honored at this year’s National Design Awards

Project

Connected Coral

Connected Coral integrates physical and digital elements in a visualization of the environmental impacts on reefs. This complex projection …

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Media Lab @ NeurIPS | 2020

The following Media Lab community members participated in the thirty-fourth virtual conference on Neural Information Processing Systems.

Series

All Hands on Deck

To fully explore and understand the ocean, we need "all hands on deck."

Group

Media Lab Research Theme: Life with AI

The Challenge: To harness AI for humanity's leap forwardMachines are becoming more intelligent and more powerful every day. But, like all t…

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Media Lab Perspectives: Success on Your Own Terms with Shellye Archambeau

We hope you'll join us for this segment of the Media Lab Perspective Series, where Professor Ramesh Raskar will welcome Shellye Archambeau

Thursday
March 31, 2022
12:00pm — 1:00pm ET
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Media Lab @ 2022 Lake Nona Impact Forum

"A conversation. Not a conference."

Publication

SociaBowl: A Dynamic Table Centerpiece to Mediate Group Conversations

Joanne Leong, Yuehan Wang, Romy Sayah, Stella Rossikopoulou Pappa, Florian Perteneder, Hiroshi Ishii. 2019. SociaBowl: A Dynamic Table Centerpiece to Mediate Group Conversations. In CHI’19 Extended Abstracts, May 4–9, 2019, Glasgow, Scotland Uk. https://doi.org/10.1145/3290607.3312775

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Modeling Contingent Behaviors in Multiparty Conversations

Recognizing and interpreting group behaviors is much more challenging than that of individual behaviors. Firstly, the system must perform w…

Group

Media Lab Research Theme: Future Worlds

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…

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Media Lab research response to COVID-19

The Media Lab community brings creativity, expertise, and research to the pandemic

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Maka Niu ~ a low-cost oceanographic camera and sensor platform

"Maka" - Eye, "Niu" - CoconutMaka Niu, aka the "CocoCam,"  is a low-cost oceanographic camera and sensor platform that enables th…

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Ocean Sciences Meeting 2020

Open Ocean will be at the Ocean Sciences Meeting in San Diego, February 16-21, 2020.