From mit.world at MIT.EDU Tue Aug 4 17:33:03 2009 From: mit.world at MIT.EDU (MIT World) Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:33:03 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Scolnick on Research in Psychiatric Illnesses, Huang on Rural China Message-ID: <200908042133.n74LX3MJ010798@mrkrabs.mit.edu> MIT World Newsletter Volume 8, Number 50 | August 5, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------- New Frontiers in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder Research May 4, 2009 Edward Scolnick hopes the research drought for psychiatric illnesses may be over, as the current revolution in human genetics opens wide a door into the molecular biology and brain physiology behind diseases like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/687 Speaker: Edward Scolnick Director, Psychiatric Disease Program and the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research at the Broad Institute Event Host: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences "For the first time, science has the ability to unravel the underlying causes of severe mental illness ... For the first time in the history of the field, there?s a way forward that can lead to significant improvement in diagnosis and therapy, and there?s no place in the world better than this university to carry out the work." -Edward Scolnick -------------------------------------------------------------- Global and Domestic Imbalances: Why Rural China is the Key June 6, 2009 Yasheng Huang?s research reveals not only how small-scale rural businesses created China?s economic miracle but how that nation?s recovery from the global recession and righting the massive East-West trade imbalance depend on this same under-acknowledged sector. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/692 Speaker: Yasheng Huang China Program Associate Professor in International Management, and Founder, China-India Lab, MIT Sloan Event Host: MIT Sloan School of Management "I worry about the ideological fallout from the U.S. financial crisis when government is now viewed as the savior. It is in the context of the U.S. But for China and India, the main issue continues to be liberalization rather than government assuming more roles in economic management. I?m worried people will learn the wrong lesson from this crisis, and believe government should play a bigger role. " -Yasheng Huang -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: MIT Perspective on Engineering Systems Presented By: Engineering Systems Division International Engineering Systems Symposium Speaker: Subra Suresh Dean, MIT School of Engineering Yossi Sheffi Director, Engineering Systems Division -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly: Write to mitworld-request at mit.edu with "unsubscribe" in the subject line -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20090804/2b042a8c/attachment.htm From mit.world at MIT.EDU Wed Aug 12 14:24:56 2009 From: mit.world at MIT.EDU (MIT World) Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:24:56 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Hockfield and Saxe from Tech Day, Barnett on Airline Safety Message-ID: <200908121824.n7CIOuA6030904@mrkrabs.mit.edu> MIT World Newsletter Volume 8, Number 51 | August 12, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------- Opening Remarks/How the Brain Invents the Mind June 6, 2009 In opening remarks, Susan Hockfield remains optimistic and committed to pursuing MIT?s massive, multi-year initiatives in energy and life sciences, even in trying financial times. Then, fellow neuroscientist Rebecca Saxe outlines her research investigating the neural basis for a Theory of Mind -- how the human mind seems geared to ?glean what others are thinking and feeling.? http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/693 Speakers: Dr. Susan Hockfield MIT President Professor of Neuroscience Rebecca Saxe Ph.D. '03 Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Fred and Carole Middleton Career Development Professorship, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Event Host: Alumni Association "There?s a new administration in Washington, one that values science, analysis, and research... We hope that it will be cool to be smart." -Susan Hockfield -------------------------------------------------------------- Air Safety: Nothing But Blue Skies? June 6, 2009 Arnold Barnett returns with new insights into aviation and aviation safety, and remains remarkably consistent in his quite sunny assessment of the current state of aviation safety -- even after a recent string of air accidents. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/691 Speaker: Arnold I. Barnett PhD '73 George Eastman Professor of Management Science, MIT Sloan School of Management Event Host: MIT Sloan School of Management "There?s lots to worry about these days. Aviation risks are not the primary source of it. The skies are not blue without clouds. Is that a reason to stay out of the sky...? The answer is no. " -Arnold Barnett -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Deep Brain Stimulation Therapy for Movement Disorders Presented By: McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT The Basal Ganglia in Health and Disease Speaker: Andres Lozano University of Toronto -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges Addressing Complexity in Healthcare, Energy, Space, and the Environment

October 22-23, 2009 at MIT http://sdm.mit.edu/conf09 Sponsored by the MIT System Design and Management Program Register now to join MIT faculty and industry leaders who will discuss best practices for applying systems thinking to some of the most complex challenges facing today's world. Speakers will describe the use of systems thinking in healthcare, energy, space, and the environment and how the lessons learned can be adapted and applied across a wide range of industries. http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=742938 http://sdm.mit.edu/conf09 -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly: Write to mitworld-request at mit.edu with "unsubscribe" in the subject line -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20090812/6f5fa818/attachment.htm From mit.world at MIT.EDU Wed Aug 19 12:00:41 2009 From: mit.world at MIT.EDU (MIT World) Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:00:41 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Sinha on Vision, Winston on Artificial Intelligence Message-ID: <200908191600.n7JG0f4C003987@mrkrabs.mit.edu> MIT World Newsletter Volume 8, Number 52 | August 19, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------- Opening the Mind?s Eye- Learning to See June 6, 2009 It?s rare to find research that simultaneously advances basic science and brings immediate good into people?s lives, but Pawan Sinha?s Project Prakash does precisely that. An investigator of human visual processing, Sinha is interested in how these brain mechanisms develop, and in treating India's vast population of blind children. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/694 Speaker: Pawan Sinha SM '92, PhD '95 Associate Professor of Computational Science, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT Event Host: Alumni Association "Whenever we?re asked how the brain does X or Y, the impulse is to work with this beloved creature, the human infant, to see how it acquires different capabilities... But there are challenges: Babies are not interested in being experimental subjects. They?d rather sleep than give us good data." -Pawan Sinha -------------------------------------------------------------- Computers with Commonsense: Artificial Intelligence at the MIT Round Table June 6, 2009 Patrick Henry Winston ponders what makes humans different from our primate cousins. His field of artificial intelligence extends that question to thinking about how humans differ from computers, with a goal to ?develop a computational theory of intelligence.? http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/695 Speaker: Patrick Henry Winston '65, SM '67, PhD '70 Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, MIT Event Host: Alumni Association "We think with our eyes?vision is the locus of every profound kind of problem solving." -Patrick Henry Winston -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Vacation Presented By: MIT World With this newsletter, MIT World completes its 8th year of publication with 108 new lectures published since September ? reaching a total of 671 in the collection. We will take our annual hiatus, and will resume publication on September 9, 2009.Thanks to MIT World content hosts, production partners, and our sponsors, the Office of the Vice President for Institute Affairs at MIT, and The Lord Foundation of Massachusetts. See you in September. Speaker: -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT Conference on Systems Thinking for Contemporary Challenges Addressing Complexity in Healthcare, Energy, Space, and the Environment

October 22-23, 2009 at MIT http://sdm.mit.edu/conf09 Sponsored by the MIT System Design and Management Program Register now to join MIT faculty and industry leaders who will discuss best practices for applying systems thinking to some of the most complex challenges facing today's world. Hear Dr. Sharon Nunes, IBM's VP of Big Green Innovations, speak on Smart Systems for Planetary Water Management. The presentation will focus on the role of IT in managing and conserving this critical natural resource. http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=742938 http://sdm.mit.edu/conf09 -------------------------------------------------------------- Contact MIT World Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 mit.world at mit.edu | http://mitworld.mit.edu You are viewing this email because you have subscribed to the MIT World Newsletter Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe Instantly: Write to mitworld-request at mit.edu with "unsubscribe" in the subject line -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/mitworld/attachments/20090819/bae2cc5b/attachment.htm