[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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