Speaker: David Roberts (University of Minnesota, Morris)Title: Wild Ramification in Hypergeometric MotivesAbstract:The bulk of my talk will be an overview of the current state of knowledge of wild ramification in general hypergeometric motives at a fixed prime $p$. The presentation will be as elementary and visual as possible, using p-adic ordinals of field discriminants of trinomials $x^n - n t x + (n-1) t$ and their underlying Galois theory as a continuing example. It will be revealed that the general situation is very complicated, but exhibits enough patterns that one can still reasonably hope for a universal formula identifying all numerical invariants of wild p-adic ramification in all hypergeometric motives.If one restricts to the case where $\operatorname{ord}_p(t)$ is coprime to $p$ then the situation simplifies considerably. The ramp conjecture of Section 13 of my survey on Hypergeometric Motives with Fernando Rodriguez Villegas predicts conductor exponents. I will conclude with a new refinement of the ramp conjecture that predicts, via Feynman-like diagrams, how the conductor exponents decompose as a sum of slopes. The refinement reveals much more structure than the original ramp conjecture, and I hope will point the way to a proof.

Mastering Change: Lessons from Berklee, iZotope, and The Studio Reflections on how sound, tools, and aesthetics evolve.Mastering Change: Lessons from Berklee, iZotope, and The Studio. Reflections on how sound, tools, and aesthetics evolve - and what remains timeless.What persists across decades of change in music and technology? What truths, pitfalls, and recurring mistakes keep showing up? Drawing on a lifetime at the crossroads of music and technology—as a producer and mastering engineer, an educator at Berklee, and a collaborator with developers and product designers—I’ll share observations about music, perception, and human behavior. Through stories and examples, this talk highlights enduring lessons that can help us navigate and shape the future of our craft.Speaker Bio: Jonathan Wyner is Chief Engineer at M Works Studios in Somerville, MA, Professor of Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Past President of the Audio Engineering Society, former Education Director for iZotope and currently an advisor at Suno.He combines a focus on production, engineering and education with experience as a product design consultant. How work includes leveraging technology and product innovations to create engaging experiences to creative and technical users.A producer, engineer, musician and performer, he's mastered and produced thousands of recordings during the last 35 years. Credits include Jean-Claude Risset, James Taylor, David Bowie, Aerosmith, Kiri Te Kanawa, Aimee Mann, London Symphony, Miles Davis, Semisonic, Thelonius Monk, Pink Floyd, Cream, Bruce Springsteen and Nirvana.He has several accolades, including production of the Grammy Nominated soundtrack for PBS special Invention and Alchemy (Deborah Henson-Conant, 2005), the mastering of the first recording of a full length opera (Madame Butterfly 1912, BBC), and the first interactive CD game (Play it By Ear, Rykodisc). In 2012 he authored the text 'Audio Mastering: Essential Practices' published by Hal Leonard/Berklee Press along with undergraduate and graduate courses for Berkleemusic Online.He remembers very clearly, the time before the look ahead limiter/compressor changed the sound of produced musicFree and Open to the PublicRoom 4-237 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 182 Memorial Drive Rear Cambridge, MA 02139https://whereis.mit.edu/?go=4

Get outside and play! Bananagrams, Connect Four, Hopscotch, Scrabble, Corn Hole, and more.Choose from a fun and varied selection of board games and lawn games, all free to borrow during your visit. Plenty of options available for adults, kids, small groups and pairs.Picnics, dogs, and groups are welcome! Just make sure to follow our guidelines.Free and open to all! Please note that this event is weather dependent.Special Play+ events in this series:7/22 - Free ice cream sandwiches while supplies last! 🍦7/29 - Rescheduled8/5 - The theme this week is Board Games!8/19 and 9/2 - Free lemonade while supplies last! 🍋10/14 Pet Rock Painting

Join us for a dynamic event that will gather an audience of investors, founders, students, and academics in conversation about advances in AI models and the implications for training, inference, and robotics.​You'll gain practical insights on overcoming operational hurdles and learn how investors evaluate data moats, compute costs, and go-to-market strategies to cut through the AI hype.A reception in the galleries will follow after the panels.​Panel 1: From Idea to Market: Scaling AI & Robotics Startups Moderator: Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab​Vaikkunth Mugunthan, Founder & CEO, Dynamo AI​Tim Kraska, MIT CSAIL; Co-founder, Einblick Analytics​Alexander Amini, Co-founder & CSO, Liquid AI​Panel 2: Investor Perspective: Funding AI-Native Startups Moderator: Diane Choi, investor, Samsung Next​Tuan Ho, Partner, Xfund​Ali Mahmoud, Principal, Glasswing Ventures​Boaz Fachler, Principal, Link Ventures

Time: 6:00 PMLocation: Cambridge, MA