[Mitworld] Susan Lindquist, Eric Lander, Leroy Hood on Cancer Research, Daniela Rus on Data-Driven Traffic Modeling

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MIT World Newsletter

Volume 10, Number 42 |  April 27, 2011

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Paradigm Shifts: From Biology to Technology to Medical Applications
March 16, 2011

After years of working out the genetic and molecular machinery of cancer, scientists are gaining 
significant ground on the disease, and are on the verge of a new generation of diagnostic and therapeutic 
approaches. Researchers who have spearheaded this biomedical revolution describe how increasingly fast 
and cost-effective technology has helped make sense of ever-growing data on different cancers, offering 
‘big picture’ views that may lead not merely to more effective treatments, but to an entirely new kind 
of medical care. Susan Lindquist, Eric Lander, and Leroy Hood

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/897

Moderator:
Richard O. Hynes PhD '71
Daniel K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research, Department of Biology, MIT

Member, Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Event Host:
MIT150 Inventional Wisdom

"It’s incredibly important to make sure that in this time that is the most exciting ever in science, 
we manage to connect with the public so they understand the investments in science right now will pay 
huge dividends-- even as we’re concerned …with closing budget deficits. I don’t want to explain to my 
children why we closed a budget hole but failed to do these things."
-Eric Lander

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Data-driven Traffic Modeling, Prediction, and Planning
March 15, 2011

Some professors work primarily in labs, and others mainly at desks. Daniela Rus conducts her research 
on the bustling streets of Singapore, where she is helping to design a “future mobility project” whose 
goal is to “marry information technology with the transportation industry.”

http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/896

Speaker:
Daniela Rus
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Director, Distributed Robotics Laboratory, CSAIL, MIT


Event Host:
Transportation at MIT

"We would like the campus to be equipped with a fleet of lightweight electric, autonomous vehicles that 
pick people up and deliver them exactly where they want to go... Once the person is dropped off at a 
destination, we want the vehicle to know where to go to pick up the next person. We coordinate the 
system so nobody waits more than a given deadline."
-Daniela Rus

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In The Pipeline:

A Conversation with Sherry Turkle

Presented By:
Communications Forum

Speaker:
Sherry Turkle
Abby Rockefeller Mauzé Professor of the Social Studies of Science and Technology
MIT Program in Science, Technology and Society

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