This IAP will have 4 sessions, you can choose which one(s) you would like to attend.You are invited to exciting presentations by researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, showcasing the latest advancements in topics such as Space Exploration, Advanced Materials and Next-Gen Weather.Event Details: 📅 Date: January 10, 2025 - Laser Communication to Enable Space Exploration Speaker: Dr. Farzana Khatri 🕒 Time: 10:30 AM 📍 Location: NE45 MIT Beaver WorksEvent Details: 📅 Date: January 17, 2025 - Accelerated Discovery of Advanced Materials Speaker: Kevin Tibbetts and Mark Polking 🕒 Time: 10:30 AM 📍 Location: NE45 MIT Beaver WorksEvent Details: 📅 Date: January 24, 2025 - Next-Generation Weather Radar Speaker: Christine Parry 🕒 Time: 10:30 AM 📍 Location: MIT Bldg 32-D677Event Details: 📅 Date: January 31, 2025 - Advanced Remote Sensing for Disaster Response Speaker: Daniel Dumanis and Chad Council 🕒 Time: 10:30 AM 📍 Location: MIT Bldg 45-344You are invited to an exciting presentation by researchers from MIT Lincoln Laboratory, showcasing the latest advancements in Laser Communication to Enable Space Exploration, new Advanced Materials and Next Generation Weather Radar. Attendees will gain insights into cutting-edge research, practical applications, and emerging trends in the field.Why Attend?Learn directly from Lincoln Laboratory expertsExplore potential collaborations and research opportunitiesEngage in a Q&A session to deepen your understandingDon’t miss this opportunity to connect with leading innovators and discover how Lincoln Laboratory is driving technological breakthroughs.Registration Opens November 25Link for registration: https://mit-bwsi.formstack.com/forms/iap_seminar_series

Are you working on an AI or machine learning project and you have a training dataset or code that you would like to publicly share? Come to this workshop for tips on best practices for sharing ML/AI data, especially for smaller and specialty datasets. We'll cover repository options and their pros and cons, documentation, licenses and citation standards. We'll also cover other resources available from the MIT Libraries data management services, including help with writing data management plans for grants.This workshop will be on Zoom and the link will be sent to registrants. Open to all, though some resources mentioned may be restricted to MIT affiliates.See the related workshop "Can I use this data for machine learning?" on January 24 if you are looking for sources of training data.Register here.

Join us for the MIT IAP Workshop: Nourishing the Body, Mind & Soul based on the Bhakti Yoga principlesDiscover the timeless principles of Bhakti Yoga in this engaging workshop designed to help you cultivate balance, inner peace, and spiritual well-being. Through spiritual insights, practical tools, yoga, meditation, and personalized guidance, you'll learn techniques to harmonize your daily life while nurturing self-care.Open to all levels, this workshop offers a supportive space to explore a holistic approach to living with purpose and connection. Don't miss this opportunity to recharge and grow!. Light snacks will be served at the end of each workshop.RSVP: tinyurl.com/mitiaporigins Date & Time: 11:00 am - 12:30 noon , Jan 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2025 Venue: 56-154, MITDEADLINE TO APPLY: Jan 9, 2024 | Limited to only 15 seats.For additional info or questions: write to us at panduran@mit.eduThe workshop will be led by HG Panduranga Gopala Dasa, a Bhakti Yoga practitioner and disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada, founder acharya of International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He holds a master’s degree in Science and Religion from Harvard Divinity School and previously worked for six years in condensed matter physics and computational materials science at Northeastern University and the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has been mentoring students on bhakti yoga principles at MIT, Harvard, UC Berkeley, Cornell, IISc and other institutions.

Time: 10:30 AMLocation: Boston, MA / Boston University

IAP 2025 CourseThe Phenomenon of ColorWhat is color ? Is it a physical quantity ? Is it an experience ? Do animals perceive color ?The phenomenon of Color is proposed as a series of four lectures exploring the phenomenon of color, and its significance in biological and machine vision. Each session will be about 1 hour, consisting of a 30-40 minute lecture, followed by a discussion. Below, you will find the course outline and the logistical details.Course OutlineLecture 1. Color as substance The material and anatomical origins of colorWe will look at a simple, physics-based model of how light interacts with surfaces and retinal photo-pigments to produce “color”. We will explore the concept of metameric surfaces, estimate the dimensionality of the color experience, and discuss the idea of opponent signaling.Lecture 2. Color as quale The perceptual and cognitive basis of colorWe will examine color illusions and illustrate how sensing, on its own, does not explain perception. We will discuss higher-order color experiences such as memory colors and color constancy. Finally, we will explore the interaction between language and color.Lecture 3. Color as an emergent trait The evolutionary and behavioral history of colorIn this session we will address the question: why color ? We will discuss the existence of color quasi-invariants, and how they may relate to our evolutionary history. We will explore the diversity in color sensing across species, and discuss color as a key evolutionary trait that has shaped how we experience and act in the world.Lecture 4. Color and technology The role of colour in engineering and informaticsColor introduces multiple constraints on human information sensing and processing. These constraints have been used to device human-optimised strategies for applications such as data storage, image processing, and display technologies. We will discuss examples that demonstrate how color helps us design efficient, human technology.Course DetailsPre-requisites None. However, basic notions of optics, linear algebra, evolutionary theory, programming, and signal processing will be helpful in getting the most out of the seminars.Instructor Tushar ChauhanDate 10, 17, 24, and 31 January, 2025 (Fridays)Time 12.00-13.00 (~13.15, depending on the discussions)Venue Building 46, Room 4300Enrollment EMAIL instructor at tchauhan AT mit DOT eduAttendance Requirement Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions

You are invited to a two-session luncheon book club. The book we will be discussing is Assembling Tomorrow: A Guide to Designing a Thriving Future by Scott Doorley and Carissa Carter. The dates for the book discussion are Friday, January 31 and Friday, February 28, from noon to 1:30pmEST. Sessions will be held via Zoom (Join Zoom Meeting: https://mit.zoom.us/j/3801792429?omn=91421489129).The book "investigates the intangibles, the mysterious forces that contribute to the off-kilter feelings of today, and follows up with actionables to help you alter your perspective and find opportunities in these turbulent times. Mixed throughout are histories of the future, short pieces of speculative fiction that illustrate how things go haywire and what might be in store if we don’t set them straight."Each session will be interactive; we will discuss two chapters from the “Intangibles” section of the book and two chapters from the “Actionables” section:January 31 from 12pm to 1:30pmEST will focus on chapters 1, 2, 5, and 6: Connections, Flow, Be Awkward, and Shapeshift.February 28 from 12pm to 1:30pmEST will focus on chapters 3, 4, 7, and 8: Feelings, Make-Believe, Disorient Yourself, and Aim for Imperfection.In November, MAD hosted a book launch of Assembling Tomorrow. The presentation was captivating and sparked my interest in the book. Why revisit a book we have already featured? To take the opportunity to dig a little deeper and benefit from the perspectives of others. Assembling Tomorrow is a fascinating read that is both a cautionary tale and an action plan for improved designs. We hope you can join us!