[Mitworld] New: Leighton from Akamai and Lindquist on Mad Cow Disease

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The Industrial Liaison Program
2004 MIT IT Conference presents

F. Thomson Leighton
Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Akamai
MIT Professor of Applied Mathematics

"The Akamai Story: From Theory to Practice"

Tom Leighton tells an amazing modern day adventure story that is full 
of insights, lessons, tipping points and surprises.  Hear how Akamai 
grew from a reluctant 8-page business plan in the MIT 50k Competition 
to a world leader in distributing content on the web for everyone 
from ESPN to Land's End to Microsoft.

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The Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research presents

Susan Lindquist
Director, Whitehead Institute
MIT Professor of Biology

"Are We as Crazy as Mad Cows?"

Lindquist explains the process of protein folding, and the terrible 
outcomes when the folding goes wrong.  In this presentation filled 
with vivid and memorable slides, she explains and demystifies
Mad Cow Disease, and how and why it takes a long time to do the 
damage that it does.



IN THE PIPELINE

Frank Wilczek
Herman Feshbach Professor of Physics
"The Origin of Mass and the Feebleness of Gravity"


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