LocationBoston Opera House DescriptionTEDxCambridge celebrates the remarkable innovation, creativity, and inspiration found within New Engl…
Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; NEC Career Development Professor of Computer and Communications
LocationMIT Media Lab DescriptionEmTech is your opportunity to discover future trends and to understand the technologies that will drive th…
LocationMIT Media Lab, Bartos Theater DescriptionIn a world capable of destroying itself, composer Tod Machover and evolutionary biologist …
Wisely Engineering Shared Ecosystems: Leveraging gene drive to ensure open and community-responsive genetic engineering research …
Kevin Esvelt has been named as one of the Inverse Future 50, “a group of 50 people who will be forces of good in the 2020s.”
Kevin Esvelt leads the Sculpting Evolution Group at MIT. Their work explores “evolutionary and ecological engineering and responsive science
Professor Esvelt's testimony focused on the risks of identifying pandemic-capable viruses.
Former Research Assistant
LocationHarvard University, Northwest Labs, 52 Oxford Street DescriptionProfessor Sandy Pentland, PhD student Elliott Hedman, and alumnus J…
Research Assistant
Director of Facilities
Former Visiting Scientist, LEGO
LocationBoston Opera House Description
Esvelt's career has gone from straight science into ethics and safety.
Former Research Assistant
The people in the 16th annual celebration of young innovators are disrupters and dreamers.
Former Research Affiliate
Former Research Affiliate
I'm a strong advocate of more open science, and my group tries to carefully consider our moral obligations and publicly admit mistakes.
LocationSan Francisco, CA Description
Automating Data Visualization through RecommendationDemand for data visualization has exploded in recent years with the increasing availabi…
LocationMIT Media Lab, E14-633 DescriptionOur tastes and predilections for food are based neither on instinct or information, but cultural …
Kevin O'Connell will speak at the Fireside Chat - Lunar Station panel.
Kevin O'Connell, former director at the Office of Space Commerce, interviewed Dr. Zolana Joao on the 3rd episode of Space Economy Insights.
Kevin O'Connell, formerly at the Office of Space Commerce, writes about "Practical applications of a space mission authorization framework."
Kevin M. O'Connell, Founder and CEO of Space Rising LLC, joins Space Enabled as Affiliated Researcher.
Space Enabled Affiliated Researcher Kevin O'Connell is among the witnesses who will testify before this Senate Committee hearing.
Former Research Assistant
Danielle Wood will speak at the Space Sustainability Panel at the Space Sector Market Conference, held virtually and in-person in Cambridge.
Former Research Scientist/Ethicist
Kevin O'Connell and Moriba Jah testify at hearing about "Space Situational Awareness: Guiding the Transition to a Civil Capability."
Kevin Esvelt and Gigi Gronvall join Ryan Grim and Emily Jashinky to discuss Gain of Function research, and Covid Origin Theory.
MIT biologist Kevin Esvelt discusses the biology of the pandemic and how gain-of-function research jeopardizes public safety.
Doug Jones in conversation with Kevin Esvelt.
Professor Kevin Esvelt talks to science journalist Hannah Thomasy about the power—and the risks—of biotechnology.
Kevin Esvelt, Kent Larson, Esteban Moro, Sandy Pentland, Beth Porter, Ron Rivest, and Ramesh Raskar will each present a short talk.
Kevin Esvelt calls on the research community to build defenses against future pandemics, not attempt to discover viruses that cause them.
Day One | ICA BostonOpening Remarks | Joi ItoIntroduction | Paola Antonelli, Neri Oxman, and Kevin SlavinLecture | Anthony Dunne and Fiona …
Kevin Esvelt, master's student Anika Ullah, and other experts talk about bi-directional contact tracing, privacy, and halting Covid-19.
On Should This Exist?, Sculpting Evolution head Kevin Esvelt grapples with the potential benefits and consequences of gene drive.
Kevin Esvelt writes about the Sculpting Evolution group’s project to immunize mice against Lyme disease through gene editing.
Saturday April 4, 2020 …
Esvelt and Lipsitch lay out a path for slowing the spread of B.1.1.7, and ensuring that we're better prepared for future pandemics.
A new paper published by Kevin Esvelt lays out a blueprint for preventing, preparing for, and responding to future pandemics.
Agenda for Monday, February 26, 2024 (Agendas are subject to change)This event is by invitation only, and a referral by Media Lab member co…
Humanity has harnessed evolution to sculpt domesticated animals, crops, and molecules, but the process remains a black box. Which combinati…
In a world where seemingly anything is possible, there are still lines of inquiry and research that—for a host of reasons—remain forbidden.…
iBiology features two introductory classes from CRISPR expert Kevin Esvelt, head of the Media Lab's Sculpting Evolution group.
Read the FAQ that accompanies the op-ed by Kevin Esvelt and Carolyn P. Neuhaus, which answers questions about the research they're proposing
How does one scientist deal with the potential ramifications of his own creation?
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne infection in North America. People are infected when bitten by ticks; ticks are typically infe…
How biologist Kevin Esvelt came to know the planet, in his own words.
Sculpting Evolution head Kevin Esvelt shares how emerging technologies can help us fight the new coronavirus.
Tune in to the livestream at 12pm August 20 for Responsible Data in the Time of Pandemic: GAEN-based Contact Tracing and Challeng…
Increasingly powerful technologies have enabled us to dramatically reshape ecosystems around the world, but we have never deliberately alte…