Past Talks and Colloquia

Jun 27 14 1:30pm - 3:00pm MIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium	Media Lab Conversations Series: National Geographic's Katy Croff Bell Speaker: Dr. Katy Croff Bell Joi Ito All talks at the Media Lab, unless otherwise noted, are open to the public. This talk will be webcast. Join the conversation on Twitter: #MLTalks Expedition Leader, National Geographic Nautilus Live Vice President & Chief Scientist, Ocean Exploration Trust view more ›
Jun 19 14 12:00am - May 29 15 12:00am MIT Media Lab, E14 Lobby	Exhibit: Three Pioneers The exhibit is located in our lobby at the corner of Ames and Amherst Streets in Kendall Square, Cambridge. The lobby is open to the public Monday through Friday from 9am to 6pm. Muriel Cooper, Marvin Minsky, Seymour Papert: each of these three pioneers defied convention, rejected norms, and adored the impossible. Marvin taught us how uncommon common sense was. Seymour forced us to think about thinking. And Muriel showed us that the medium was not the message. Without them, the Media Lab would never be what it became. view more ›
Jun 12 14 2:00pm - 3:30pm MIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium	Media Lab Conversations Series: Judith Donath Speaker: Judith Donath Joi Ito Ethan Zuckerman Judith Donath synthesizes knowledge from urban design, evolutionary biology, and cognitive science to design innovative interfaces for online communities and virtual identities. A Harvard Berkman Faculty Fellow and formerly director of the MIT Media Lab's Sociable Media Group, she is known internationally for her writing on identity, interface design, and social communication. She is the creator of many pioneering online social applications; her work and that of the Sociable Media Group have been shown in museums and galleries worldwide. view more ›
Jun 10 14 9:00am - 9:20am Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, MA	Nicholas Negroponte @ Boston2034 Speaker: Nicholas Negroponte view more ›
Jun 07 14 9:00am - Jun 08 14 6:00pm MIT Media Lab, 6th Floor	Hacking Journalism @ Media Lab Speaker: Kevin Zeng Hu Alexis Hope Matt Carroll Kevin Hu and Alexis Hope on FOLD: Imagine reading about the 2008 housing crisis without knowing what a mortgage is. Jumping into complex news stories is difficult, particularly stories requiring historical or technical context. Kevin Hu and Alexis Hope hypothesize that the feeling of frustration and inadequacy that comes with not being able to understand the news causes readers to turn away from specific pieces or entire stories. view more ›
May 15 14 6:00pm - 8:00pm Goethe Institut, Boston	Xiao Xiao @ Goethe-Institut Speaker: Xiao Xiao view more ›
May 07 14 2:00pm - 3:30pm MIT Media Lab, E14 3rd Floor Atrium	Media Lab Conversations Series: Rob Pardo Speaker: Rob Pardo Joi Ito All talks at the Media Lab, unless otherwise noted, are open to the public. This talk will be webcast. Join the conversation on Twitter: #MLTalks view more ›
May 02 14 3:00pm - 5:00pm	Tools for Well-Being Talk Series: Anmol Madan and Jukka-Pekka Onnela Speaker: Anmol Madan Jukka-Pekka Onnela JP Onnela is an assistant professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is interested in a broad range of theoretical and applied problems in network science. His current research focuses on statistical and mathematical analysis and modeling of social and biological networks and their connection to human health; development of metrics and methods for network analysis; and online social systems and social media. view more ›
May 02 14 2:00pm - 3:30pm MIT Media Lab, 3rd Floor Atrium	Media Lab Conversations Series: George Church Speaker: Joi Ito Neil Gershenfeld Joe Jacobson George Church This talk follows the Center for Bits and Atoms workshop on Bits ↔ Biology on May 1. Learn more. view more ›
Apr 29 14 4:30pm - 6:00pm MIT Media Lab, E14-633	Special Media Lab Talk: Yuri Suzuki Speaker: Yuri Suzuki Sputniko! Host/Chair: Hiromi Ozaki This talk is free and open to the public, and will be live webcast. view more ›