On view in the Hayden Library Loft (Floor 1M) May 12 - September 30, 2025Throughout her life, Katharine Dexter McCormick widened the horizons of what was possible for women. A suffragist, philanthropist, and scientist, she broke boundaries from an early age, becoming one of the first women to graduate from MIT. She later went on to fund McCormick Hall, the first on-campus dormitory for women at MIT. Learn more about the exhibit

Share a Shabbat dinner and enhance your Jewish education with the Jewish graduate student community. Open to all graduate students 21+For more information, contact: grad-hillel-admin@mit.edu

Speaker: Axel Munk (Georg August University of Göttingen)Title: Optimal Transport DependencyAbstract: Finding meaningful ways to determine the dependency between two random variables and is a timeless statistical endeavor with vast practical relevance. In recent years, several concepts that aim to extend classical means (such as the Pearson correlation or rank-based coefficients like Spearman’s ) to more general spaces have been introduced and popularized, a well-known example being the distance correlation. In this talk, we propose and study an alternative framework for measuring statistical dependency, the transport dependency ≥ 0 (TD), which relies on the notion of optimal transport and is applicable in general Polish spaces. It can be estimated via the corresponding empirical measure, is versatile and adaptable to various scenarios by proper choices of the cost function. It intrinsically respects metric and geometric properties of the ground spaces. Notably, statistical independence is characterized by = 0, while large values of indicate highly regular relations between and . Based on sharp upper bounds, we exploit three distinct dependency coefficients with values in [0, 1], each of which emphasizes different functional relations: These transport correlations attain the value 1 if and only if = (), where is a) a Lipschitz function, b) a measurable function, c) a multiple of an isometry. Besides a conceptual discussion of transport dependency, we address numerical issues and its ability to adapt automatically to the potentially low intrinsic dimension of the ground space. Monte Carlo results suggest that TD is a robust quantity that efficiently discerns dependency structure from noise for data sets with complex internal metric geometry. The use of TD for inferential tasks is illustrated for independence testing on a data set of trees from cancer genetics. This is joint work with Giacomo Nies and Thomas Staudt.Biography: Axel Munk is Felix-Bernstein Professor for Mathematical Statistics in the Biosciences at the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Georg August University of Göttingen. From 2010–2023, he was a Max Planck Fellow at the Max Planck Institutes for Biophysical Chemistry and the Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences, leading the group “Statistical Inverse Problems in Biophysics.” His research focuses on statistical multiscale methods, nonparametric regression, inverse problems, and more recently, statistical optimal transport for discrete and geometric data. He also works on applications in the natural and life sciences. A recent focus is the targeted development of data analysis methods in cell biology at the nanoscale, particularly in super-resolution microscopy. He is an elected member of the Lower Saxony Academy of Sciences and Humanities, an elected fellow of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, and of the International Statistical Institute. His work includes read discussion papers to the Royal Statistical Society and Academia Sinica. He has served as associate editor for Annals of Statistics, Bernoulli, JASA, JRSS-B, Statistics in Medicine, and Statistical Science.

Join MIT List Visual Arts Center on a public art walking tour showcasing the MIT Public Art Collection across the west side of campus.View select artworks and consider how art and architecture have enhanced MIT's campus design, featuring artworks by renowned artists such as Beverly Pepper, Jaume Plensa and Sanford Biggers.This tour begins at MITs main entrance at 77 Massachusetts Avenue.MIT’s Percent-for-Art Program, administered by the List Visual Arts Center, allocates a portion of the project funds to commission art for each new major renovation or campus construction project. The policy was formally instituted in 1968, but earlier collaborations between artists and architects can be found on MIT’s campus. When architect Eero Saarinen designed the MIT Chapel in 1955, sculptor Theodore Roszak designed the Bell Tower and sculptor Harry Bertoia designed the Altarpiece. In 1985, architect I.M. Pei and artists Scott Burton, Kenneth Noland, and Richard Fleischner collaborated on Percent-for-Art projects for the Wiesner Building and plaza, home to the MIT List Visual Arts Center and the Media Laboratory.This program is free, but registration required.This program is weather dependent. Registered attendees will receive an email the day before the tour date if needed to cancel due to weather conditions.

Ten minutes for your mind@2:50 every day at 2:50 pm in multiple time zones:Europa@2:50, EET, Athens, Helsinki (UTC+2) (7:50 am EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88298032734Atlantica@2:50, EST, New York, Toronto (UTC-4) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85349851047Pacifica@2:50, PST, Los Angeles, Vancouver (UTC=7) (5:50 pm EST) https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85743543699Almost everything works better again if you unplug it for a bit, including your mind. Stop by and unplug. Get the benefits of mindfulness without the fuss.@2:50 meets at the same time every single day for ten minutes of quiet together.No pre-requisite, no registration needed.Visit the website to view all @2:50 time zones each day.at250.org or at250.mit.edu

"Do you ever feel that life holds a deeper meaning beyond what you currently understand? The truth is profound—there are countless mysteries of existence, divinity, and the self that lie beyond our awareness. There is so much we don’t know, and even more that we don’t realize we don’t know."Join us on this exciting journey of Discover Your Self to explore the unknown territories of life and delve into the science of spirituality. This course, based on the wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita, will equip you with proven methods to achieve true inner joy and answer your deepest questions about life's higher principles. This Course explains Proven methods to attain the true inner joy of heart and gives answers to all the Inquiries about Higher Principles in life like the pathway for unlimited and everlasting happiness from the eyes of scriptures like Bhagavad Gita in a scientific perspective.Salient Features:Discover the Game of LifeDiscover Inner SelfDiscover The Ultimate GeniusDiscover Manual of LifeDiscover Lasting SolutionDiscover Sublime Joy Through SoundDiscover The Real Eternal LoveDiscover The Happy PlanetYou are invited to join us every Friday 6:30-7:45 pm. To your pleasure we have free delicious sattvik vegetarian dinner is available after every session.Venue: MIT Room 56-162, 32 Vasaar Steeet, Cambridge MA Kindly RSVP here https://forms.gle/DEXUz6ig6dJZoU1k7Regards, MIT Vedic Vision Forum

Free and open to all!Outdoor movie night, featuring Hitchcock’s TO CATCH A THIEF (PG). This summer film series is curated by our friends at The Brattle.All minors must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Responsible adults, please keep a close eye on your kids. Please note: this event is first come, first served regardless of registration.Registration recommended! You’ll be the first to learn of event details or if the location or date changes due to inclement weather.Check out these other events in this series:REAR WINDOW | July 11, 7PMTHE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH | July 25, 7PMNORTH BY NORTHWEST | August 22, 7PM