[Mitworld] Panel on Gulf Oil Spill, Aaron Koblin on Visualizing Data

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 12 |  November 3, 2010

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Perspectives on the Unfolding Spill: Evidence of the Environmental Impacts of the Event
September 28, 2010

While the government declared an end to the oil spill at the Macondo well on September 19, 2010, 
research into the causes and impacts of the Gulf disaster is ongoing. At the kickoff panel of a 
three-part symposium, three scientists discuss what they are learning about the disposition of 
the nearly 5 million gallons of oil, as well as gas and chemicals, injected into Gulf waters 
following the blowout.

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/830

Moderator:
Maria T. Zuber
E.A. Griswold Professor of Geophysics


Head of the Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT

Event Host:
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences

"Deep-water drilling is going to continue, and it must be done safely, without impacting negatively 
the environment, or lives and livelihoods of residents."
-Maria Zuber

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Crowds and Clouds: Data, Sheep, and Collaboration in the Works of Aaron Koblin
September 30, 2010

Where others see just data points and fodder for bar graphs, Aaron Koblin visualizes dynamic systems 
where information assumes forms both abstract and familiar. In this talk, Koblin shares recent 
projects that meld statistical science and art to convey a really big picture, while often 
inviting the viewer to partake in a more personal experience. 

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/832

Speaker:
Aaron Koblin
2010 Abramowitz Artist in Residence, MIT

Technology Lead, Google Creative Lab


Event Host:
Office of the Arts

"We decided to use Mechanical Turk for exactly what it was intended for, and that’s making money.  
So we took a hundred dollar bill and divided it into 10,000 pieces, which leaves each piece with a 
value of one cent.  And we paid that one-cent to individual workers to recreate their portion (of it). 
So what you see are 10,000 people recreating their piece of the hundred-dollar bill, in what’s 
to my knowledge the largest distributed forgery project on the planet."
-Aaron Koblin

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In The Pipeline:

Engineering Smarter Drivers

Presented By:
Transportation at MIT

Speaker:
Alex (Sandy) Pentland
Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Director of Human Dynamics Research
MIT Media Lab

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