Speaker: Vijay Srinivasan (MIT)Title: Abelian-by-finite families IAbstract:Reference:$\bullet$ Lawrence and Venkatesh, Diophantine problems and $p$-adic period mappings, second half of Section 6.

The MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative and the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing welcome Arvind Narayanan, Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University, to discuss his latest book, AI Snake Oil: What Artificial Intelligence Can Do, What It Can’t, and How to Tell the Difference, co-authored with Sayash Kapoor.The presentation will be followed by a discussion with Daron Acemoglu, MIT Institute Professor and Co-Director of the Shaping the Future of Work Initiative, followed by audience Q&A. Please note that registration does not guarantee you a seat. Seats are first-come, first-served.

Join us for an inspiring evening with scientist, inventor, and entrepreneur Robert Langer, as he discusses his early influences, his groundbreaking advancements in health and medicine, and the latest discoveries in drug delivery research.The conversation will also explore the future of innovation in today's research ecosystem. Langer will be joined by MIT Museum Director Michael John Gorman.Robert Langer is one of nine Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); being an Institute Professor is the highest honor that can be awarded to a faculty member. He has written over 1,600 articles, which have been cited over 442,000 times; his h-index of 330 is the highest of any engineer in history and the 6th highest of any individual in any field. His patents have licensed or sub-licensed to over 400 companies; he is cofounder of a number of companies including Moderna. Dr. Langer served as Chairman of the FDA's Science Board (its highest advisory board) from 1999-2002. His over 220 awards include both the United States National Medal of Science and the United States National Medal of Technology and Innovation.

Alison Clarke Presented with the Morningside Academy for Design and the HTC Forum Part of the MIT Spring 2025 Architecture Lecture Series.This lecture will be held in person in 3-133 and streamed online.Lectures are free and open to the public. Lectures will be held Thursdays at 6 PM ET in 7-429 (Long Lounge) and streamed online unless otherwise noted. Registration required to attend in-person. Register here or watch the webcast on Youtube.

[Part of Artfinity...and Day 1 of Campus Preview Weekend!]Finalists in the MIT in 3:00 competition will be presented at the Bartos Theater E15-070. The screening will begin at 6:30pm. The Jury and Audience prizes will be awarded.MIT in 3:00 continues the tradition of The Media Spectacle, honoring the late Comparative Media Studies program administrator Chris Pomiecko, founder of the Media Spectacle, and celebrating his love for filmmaking. MIT in 3:00 has been inspired by Antje Ehmann’s and Harun Farocki’s world-wide video project “Labour in a Single Shot” that explored the subject of work through 1-2 minute video clips. MIT in 3:00 asks competitors — What is your MIT? And can you show it in 3 minutes?MIT in 3:00 is sponsored by the Chris Pomiecko Memorial Fund and Comparative Media Studies/Writing.This project is presented as part of Artfinity, an Institute-sponsored event celebrating creativity and community at MIT. Artfinity is organized by the Office of the Arts.

Wičháȟpi Wóihaŋbleya, a solo performance by multimedia artist and composer Kite, translates dreams into images, poetry, music, and dance.“Every moment of decision, every act of creation,” Kite has written, is a “collaboration between stars and stones, the macro and the micro, the movement of the cosmos and Spirit World and the physical reality of earth and stones.” This understanding is reflected in her installation Wičháȟpi Wóihaŋbleya, the centerpiece of her ongoing List Projects exhibition and the stage for a gallery performance of the same title. To create the work, the artist used designer Sadie Red Wing’s “shape kit” to translate three months of her dreams into Lakȟóta visual language, a geometric lexicon traditionally used in Lakȟóta women’s quillwork. She then reconfigured these symbols into a score that recurs throughout the exhibition: as a stone sculpture on a mirrored floor, an animated video projection, and a vinyl print on the wall. The score has served as the basis of a series of performances, including a musical realization for orchestra and a multimedia performance by the artist herself.For the solo performance, Kite worked with choreographer Olivia Camfield (Muscogee) to assign a movement to each symbol in the Lakȟóta shape kit. Kite stands among the stones and traces a path through the score with her body. Sensors on her body and on a long strand of braided hair capture her movement and modulate the installation’s video and audio, programmed by Sean Hellfritsch. The performance incorporates recordings of an orchestral interpretation of the score and poetry by Kite, as well as imagery of stars, stones, and earth. Just as the installation employs mirroring and symmetry as Lakȟóta visual strategies, the performance has a chiastic structure: Once the artist reaches the center, she repeats her movements in reverse, and the ending returns to mirror the beginning.Please note that capacity is highly limited, and registration does not guarantee entry. Check-in will begin at 6:30PM. Late arrivals will not be admitted. This is a standing-room-only event; seating is available upon request. The performance is approximately 45 minutes with no intermission. Please reach out to listprograms@mit.edu with any questions.