[Gsc-anno] @MIT [ Middle/High School IDEAS Challenge Mentors, Head of the Zesiger Cardboard Boat Regatta, MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference, and much more…]

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In this week’s Anno:

 1.   Middle/High School IDEAS Challenge Mentors

 2.   IAP Poker Class

 3.   MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference: Driving Innovation &
Entrepreneurship in a New Era

 4.   Head of the Zesiger Cardboard Boat Regatta

 5.   IAP Course: How to Process, Analyze and Visualize Data

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1 What:     Middle/High School IDEAS Challenge Mentors
1 When:    Spring Semester (1hr/week commitment)
1 Where:   http://tinyurl.com/IdeasChallenge2012
1 Contact: gsc-outreach at mit.edu<mailto:gsc-outreach at mit.edu>

-  The Cambridge Science Festival IDEAS Challenge & the GSC
Outreach Committee invites middle and high school teams to solve a
problem in their community
-  We need YOU to be an e-mentor. Each team needs help via a content
expert to answer queries and concerns remotely
-  Short time commitment: answer emails, check in with your team once
every two weeks. Meet your team in person at two events in the spring
semester.
-  Sign up with your expertise at http://tinyurl.com/IdeasChallenge2012
-  The Cambridge Science Festival IDEAS Challenge website:
www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2012Festival/IDEASChallenge.aspx<http://www.cambridgesciencefestival.org/2012Festival/IDEASChallenge.aspx>

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2 What:     IAP Poker Class
2 When:    Jan 18,20,23,25,27,30 Feb 1,3, 3:30-5:00
2 Where:   6-120
2 Contact: willma at mit.edu<mailto:willma at mit.edu>

-  This course teaches mathematical strategies used to win at Texas
Hold'em
-  The course work is playing online poker (with fictitious money) for some
hours, with prizes for winners
-  Poker is a mainstream game of surprisingly high skill level and its
strategies are highly applicable to Wall Street jobs, and life in general
-  http://student.mit.edu/searchiap/fs-15-s50.html

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3 What:     MIT Sloan BioInnovations Conference: Driving Innovation &
      Entrepreneurship in a New Era
3 When:    February 24, 2012
3 Where:   Boston Cambridge Marriott Hotel
3 Contact: bioinnovations2012info at mit.edu<mailto:bioinnovations2012info at mit.edu>

-  The MIT Sloan Healthcare Club is holding its annual BioInnovations
Conference, Driving Innovation & Entrepreneurship in a New Era, on
February 24th.
-  Keynotes include: Chris Viehbacher (CEO of Sanofi), Phillip Sharp
(Nobel Laureate & Co-founder of Biogen & Alnylam)
-  Keynotes continued: George Scangos (CEO of Biogen Idec)
-  Panels will cover: personalized medicine, emerging markets, new
business models, and healthcare financing
-  http://web.mit.edu/sloanhcc/bioinnovations/2012/index.html

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4 What:     Head of the Zesiger Cardboard Boat Regatta
4 When:    Sunday, January 29th, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
4 Where:   Zesiger Aquatics Center (W35)
4 Contact: jmello at mit.edu<mailto:jmello at mit.edu>

-  Build a boat for the race
-  Cash Prize!
-  Materials to build the boat provided when you register.
-  IAP Weekly Design Workshops:
-  Visit our website, mitrecsports.com<http://mitrecsports.com/>, for rules and registration
information.

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5 What:     IAP Course: How to Process, Analyze and Visualize Data
5 When:    Jan 9-12, 17-18, 11am-2pm
5 Where:   32-144
5 Contact: Adam Marcus and Eugene Wu: dataiap at csail.mit.edu<mailto:dataiap at csail.mit.edu>

-  Sign up at http://tinyurl.com/dataiap
-  A low-pressure course on dealing with data in the real world!
-  Prereqs: 6.00-level python knowledge.  You should feel comfortable
writing 100-line python programs.

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