The theory of compressive sensing (CS) has attracted great attention since it was published a decade ago. CS has found natural applications in imaging and optical sensing sciences, yielding a great number of publications. From a decade perspective, Professor Adrian Stern will present an overview of the main achievements in optical CS engineering and discuss remaining challenges. He will survey the main applications and present representative examples form our and other's group results.

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As Earth's closest celestial body and only natural satellite, the moon has engaged our curiosity and imagination over millennia and across cultures. Contemporary artists use the moon as both a source of inspiration and investigation. Lunar Attraction features artworks and interactives that explore our longstanding fascination and connection with the moon, ranging from myths about the connection between werewolves and the full moon to the gravitational pull that controls Earth's tides to the 21st-century international race to build a base on the moon.

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Tod Machover will deliver his talk as part of the Dan and Carole Burack President's Distinguished Lecture Series, followed by a performance later that evening.

2:30pm | Talk: Robotic operas, city symphonies, and beyond
7:30pm | Concert

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All talks at the Media Lab, unless otherwise noted, are open to the public.
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Audio Assist Devices are available for those attending in person; please email events [at] media [dot] mit [dot] edu for more information.

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This hackathon held on the MIT campus is called Reality, Virtually because it will promote new applications built for vertical market segments. The competition will stretch the amazing advancements and expertise in VR and AR gaming and entertainment during the past couple of years, into new and lesser-cultivated fields.

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Mobile and ubiquitous computing research has led to new techniques for cheaply, accurately, and continuously collecting data on human behavior that include detailed measurements of physical activities, social interactions and conversations, sleep quality and duration, and more.

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A wealth of evidence indicates that exercise programs can relieve negative affect, alleviate stress, reduce both anxiety and anxiety sensitivity, and serve as a treatment for major depression with comparable efficacy to antidepressant medications. Exercise can also act as a sleep promoter and as a cognitive enhancer, with reliable effects on brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). In this presentation, Michael Otto will review the evidence for these effects and will discuss a number of potential mechanisms of action.

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John Miller will examine different aspects of dating and relationships from the perspective of a person who is on the autism spectrum, a perspective that tends to be more systematic than most people's. Some of the issues encountered apply broadly, while others may be unique to people with autism. The problems will be analyzed and solutions provided on how they can be overcome. Miller will offer strategies to foster more success in dating and to create a sound foundation for a potential relationship.

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The 2016 ACM International Joint Conference on Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing (UbiComp 2016) will be held in Heidelberg, Germany from September 12-16.

Rosalind Picard will deliver the keynote address.

Joe Paradiso, Chris Schmandt, Katia Vega, Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, Rébecca Kleinberger, Xin Liu, Jie Qi, and collaborators from Microsoft Research, Harvard Medical School, and Saarland University will lead a workshop titled “(UnderWare) Aesthetic, Expressive, and Functional On-Skin Technologies.”

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In close cooperation with Professor Hiroshi Ishii and the Tangible Media group, the 2016 Ars Electronica Festival will be focusing on the theme of radical atoms: the work of amalgamating the disembodied world of digital data with the physical world of our bodies.

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