From mit.world at MIT.EDU Wed Jun 3 07:43:19 2009 From: mit.world at MIT.EDU (MIT World) Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2009 07:43:19 -0400 Subject: [Mitworld] Archives and History, Agarwal on the Future of Computing Message-ID: <200906031143.n53BhJw4000947@mrkrabs.mit.edu> MIT World Newsletter Volume 8, Number 41 | June 3, 2009 -------------------------------------------------------------- Archives and History April 24, 2009 Archivists, librarians, and historians reflect the anxiety and exhilaration of a digital age that is constantly transforming their disciplines. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/674 Moderator: Peter Walsh Webmaster, Andover Newton Theological School Event Host: MIT Communications Forum "Persistence in the digital world does not happen by luck but through intentional action and explicit investment. The odds that bits will survive in a shoe box in the attic are pretty small." -Ann J. Wolpert -------------------------------------------------------------- The Future of Computing April 28, 2009 Wielding numerous analogies in this Principles of Engineering Practice lecture, Anant Agarwal makes the case that the next generation of computers, not to mention much of the technology in everyday life, will be built with smaller, simpler parts ?combined in a clever way." http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/671 Speaker: Anant Agarwal Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Director, CSAIL, MIT Event Host: Materials Processing Center "There?s a movement in engineering where simple things are put together to make a powerful big thing. Look for things like that in life; it?s a good engineering principle." -Anant Agarwal -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Energy Entrepreneurship and Innovation: Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities Presented By: MIT Enterprise Forum Moderator: William Aulet Senior Lecturer MIT Sloan School of Management -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
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Lowering Costs, Improving Performance and Scale May 5, 2009 According to Tonio Buonassisi, we?re ?on the cusp? of achieving a competitive technology for capturing the limitless energy of the sun. Buonassisi, in conversation with an MIT Museum audience, describes how, with the work of MIT and other researchers, photovoltaics may finally be coming into its own. http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/675 Speaker: Tonio Buonassisi Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, MIT Event Host: MIT Museum "The sun is a nuclear reactor, about 100 million miles away, producing orders of magnitude more energy than we?re actually consuming. If we could only capture a small percentage of the energy reaching the Earth?s surface, we?d be in good shape." -Tonio Buonassisi -------------------------------------------------------------- In The Pipeline: Nanoscale Engineering for High Performance Solar Cells Presented By: MIT Museum Soap Box Series Speaker: Vladimir Bulovic KDD Associate Professor of Communications and Technology MIT Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science -------------------------------------------------------------- MIT Professional Education
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