MIT
Monday, April 12, 2010
Transportation@MIT presents Mohammed Quddus on Advanced Map-Matching Techniques
Speaker: Mohammed Quddus, Department of Civil and Building Loughborough University, UK
Time: 11:45a–1:00p
Location: 32-G449
Advanced map-matching techniques for critical surface transportation applications
Map-matching techniques integrate positioning data with spatial road network data in order to provide the real-time, accurate and reliable positioning information required by many location-based Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). Map-matching, as a core element of ITS, has the potential to make a significant contribution to tackling transportation-related problems including the alleviation of congestion and its negative impacts on health, the environment, safety, and the economy. Furthermore, map-matching brings with it the added potential for facilitating an unprecedented capability to support the navigation functions of emerging high-end ITS services. Critical to the performance of map-matching techniques are the various relevant data (positioning sensors data, digital spatial road network data and roadway attributes, and traffic data), and the methods used in map-matching processes. Although significant advances have been achieved in all of these areas, map-matching still struggles to support the more demanding (e.g., mission critical) surface transportation applications, especially those requiring high navigation accuracy, quality (integrity), continuity, and availability. This is partly due to poor quality data, reliable methods to integrate data from different sources and no or poor treatment of the corresponding uncertainties.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Transportation@MIT
For more information, contact:
Sally Chapman
transportation.seminars-bounces@MIT.EDU
Monday, April 12, 2010
Building Technology Lecture Series / THE COST BARRIER IN ACHIEVING DEEP ENERGY SAVINGS IN HOUSING
Speaker: ED CONNELLY, President, New Ecology, Inc., Boston MA
Time: 12:30p–2:00p
Location: 7-431, AVT
Building Technology Lecture Series
THE COST BARRIER IN ACHIEVING DEEP ENERGY SAVINGS IN HOUSING
Through presentation of a case study on a successful deep energy retrofit, Ed will discuss the challenges of achieving deep energy savings in housing renovation, including whether seeking to make projects cost-effective on a building-by-building basis limits deeper energy savings. He will draw on New Ecology?s work as consultant on multiple projects, on recent efforts to track energy use in large multifamily portfolios, and on his long term interest in the costs and benefits of greening.
For the past two decades Ed has worked to integrate environmental stewardship and development. His work at NEI has combined providing practical advice on greening new construction projects and building retrofits with research and dissemination of findings to help transform the practices of developers, community organizations, builders, architects and engineers. Current projects include developing WegoWise, an on-line data base to track utility usage in portfolios of multifamily housing; launching BuildingWell, a wiki for practitioners in retrofitting existing housing; advising on the development of a new utility-sponsored conservation program for low-income multifamily properties, and developing a program to provide energy management services to small and mid-sized property owners.
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Department of Architecture, Building Technology Program
For more information, contact:
Alexandra Mulcahy
617-253-0463
amulcahy@mit.edu
Monday, April 12, 2010
Urbanization, Poverty and Land-Use in the Megacities of South Asia
Speaker: Elizabeth Dean Hermann Professor of Urban Studies and Landscape Architecture, Design for Development, and the History of Islamic Architecture and Urbanism, Rhode Island School of Design
Time: 5:30p–7:30p
Location: 3-133
Aga Khan Lecture
Open to: the general public
Monday, April 12, 2010
"The Story Behind the Food"
Speaker: Bon Appetit Fellow Dayna Burtness
Time: 7:00p–9:30p
Location: 4-145
A presentation about Bon Appetit's initiatives such as Farm to Fork, Low Carbon Diet, and the new farm surveys the fellows are conducting. All students and faculty interested in learning more about where their food comes from, sustainable agricultural practices, and social and economic justice for farmers and farm workers are encouraged to attend. The event is free.
Web site: www.circleofresponsibility.com
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free
Sponsor(s): Bon Appetit Management Co.
For more information, contact:
Marietta Lamarre-Buck
617-253-4951
mlbuck@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture
For more information, contact:
Jose Luis Arguello
253-1400
akpiarch@mit.edu
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Lunchtime talk with Top Sprouts CEO Alice Leung
Speaker: Alice Leung
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: E51-151
The MIT Food & Agriculture Collaboration and Net Impact are hosting Top Sprouts (http://topsprouts.com) for a talk at noon on Tuesday April 13. Lunch will be provided through the generous support of the GSC Funding Board.
Top Sprouts is a local company that works with building owners to develop sustainably-designed rooftop greenhouse systems for year round food production, green building synergies and a healthy return on investment. Their goal is to develop efficient on-site food production systems for every community in need of local fresh produce. Top Sprouts is looking for early adopter partners to install modular greenhouse systems that will both provide freshly-picked produce for that community and catalyze action from more institutions.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Agriculture Forum, MIT Food and Agriculture Collaborative
For more information, contact:
Kerrie Lenhart
kerrie.lenhart@sloan.mit.edu
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Creating a Non-Linear Visual Language
Speaker: Timothee Ingen-Housz
Time: 3:00p–4:30p
Location: E14-633
The lecture will start with a presentation of the non-linear graphic language "Elephant's Memory" and its core feature?an associative grammar dubbed "molecular." A series of illustrated and animated examples will attempt to accustom the audience with its basics. Several exercises may involve audience participation.
We shall then discuss the communication tools and toys that could be developed around this language, or any linguistic system based on a similar grammatical premise. We will then engage in a discussion on various topics openly related to invented languages, their developmental process and semantic scope, the relationship between technology and new language utopias, and how could such a system be reflecting the nature of language learning at all.
Web site: http://media.mit.edu/events/2010/04/13/talk-creating-non-linear-visua
l-language
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Media Lab, Cognitive Machines
For more information, contact:
Karina Lundahl
4-3057
lundahl@media.mit.edu
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Environmental Impacts of Aviation
Speaker: Ian Waitz, Aeronautics and Astronautics
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 3-270
Transportation@MIT Seminar Series
In Spring 2010, the Transportation@MIT seminar series continues by drawing knowledge from MIT research that is applicable to transportation. Our goal is to strengthen the community of MIT researchers by sharing information in the following areas: airlines, automation, behavior and economics, energy sources, environmental impacts, logistics and supply chains, networks, propulsion, system control, urban challenges, and vehicles.
Web site: http://transportation.mit.edu/events.php
Open to: the general public
Cost: Free Admission to MIT and General Public
Sponsor(s): Transportation@MIT
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Fearing
transportation@mit.edu
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Micro Energy Harvesters: Challenges and Opportunities
Speaker: Khalil Najafi, Professor, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor
Time: 4:00p–5:00p
Location: 34-101
MTL Seminar Series
Refreshments at 3:30 p.m.
MTL hosts a series of talks each semester known as the MTL Seminar Series. Speakers for the series are selected on the basis of their knowledge and competence in the areas of microelectronics research, manufacturing, or policy. The series is held on the MIT Campus during the academic year on Tuesdays at 4:00 pm. For more information regarding the MTL Seminar Series, send e-mail to valeried@mit.edu.
Web site: http://www-mtl.mit.edu/seminars
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Microsystems Technology Laboratories
For more information, contact:
Valerie DiNardo
253-9328
valeried@mit.edu
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Antarctica 2009: A Continent in a State of Alert: HSH Prince Albert II of Monaco
Speaker: His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco
Time: 4:00p–5:30p
Location: 10-250
His Serene Highness, Prince Albert II of Monaco, will be featuring his film, Antarctica 2009: A Continent in a State of Alert, and will remark about his 17-day trek to meet researchers and to learn about the scientific projects being conducted in Antarctica. His journey was facilitated in response to an invitation by the scientific community to 'bring Antarctic Science to the public eye,'according to Jose Retamales, Director of the Chilean Polar Institute. A panel discussion with the Prince, and Professors Ernest Moniz, Ronald Prinn, and Thomas Herring and a question and answer session will follow.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Resource Development, President's Office, MIT Energy Initiative
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Marshall-Howarth
617-715-5382
rhowarth@mit.edu
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
MIT Energy Club and Sustainability@MIT Social + Pledge Effort Kickoff
Time: 5:30p–7:30p
Location: 50, Muddy Charles Pub
Come join Sustainability@MIT and the MIT Energy Club for a joint social. Enjoy refreshments and meet others interested in energy, the environment, and sustainability. Also, find out what the MIT Pledge Effort is all about and how you can get involved (graduationpledge.org). Hope to see you there!
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): Sustainability@MIT, MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Cecilia Scott
cecilias@MIT.EDU
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Energy 101: Biofuels
Speaker: Addison Stark
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Location: 3-133
Energy 101
Energy 101 is a lecture series put on by the MIT Energy Club focusing on the basic technology, policy, business, and economic issues surrounding many basic energy topics. Lectures will be held once or twice and month and are delivered by students.
Come hear a student who is an expert in biofuels give a primer on this emerging energy source. Topics will include but are not limited to technology, economics, and regulation and policy surrounding this source of energy.
Food will be provided.
This event is co-sponsored with the GSC.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Tim Heidel
energy-events@mit.edu
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
SMARTpower: Climate Change, the Smart Grid, and the Future of Electric Utilities
Speaker: Dr. Peter Fox-Penner
Time: 3:00p–5:00p
Location: E51-325
Dr. Peter Fox-Penner will provide attendees with an overview of the rapidly changing landscape of the utility industry and how current challenges will shape its transformation. The potential for a national policy to address the impact of climate change is pressuring utilities to shift their focus to the development and acquisition of new sources of renewable energy and low-carbon power. Meanwhile, a technical revolution known as the Smart Grid is underway in the electric power sector, providing dramatic new opportunities for customers to control their power usage and for utilities to change the way they operate. In addition, interest in renewable energy infrastructure has exploded and the electric industry is planning significant expansion of transmission lines and the creation of a national transmission superhighway.
These unprecedented developments will prompt utilities to undergo the largest and most significant changes in their history, transforming them from regulated commodity energy firms to low-carbon network operators. Dr. Fox-Penner will discuss how and why the utility industry must adapt to the climate imperative by examining the industry?s technology, cost characteristics, and ability to function as a sustainable business, as well as the practi?cal and political dimensions of making these dramatic changes.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
energyclub@mit.edu
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Energy Discussions: Agriculture and Energy with Christina Ingersoll
Time: 6:00p–7:00p
Location: 26-210
Join members of the MIT Energy Club for a discussion of energy issues related to agriculture. Our discussion on energy and agriculture will go beyond biofuels to talk more broadly about the energy use required by
different types of agriculture: commodity crop, specialty crop, dairy, livestock, conservation tillage, organic, and permaculture. We will
discuss food miles, renewable energy use on farm, and some of the cutting edge opportunities for farmers to reduce their reliance on imported sources of energy for a more efficient food production system.
Please prepare for the event by looking at the documents given in the links provided on the event web page.
A light dinner will be served.
Web site: http://www.mitenergyclub.org/events-and-programs/discussion-series/
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
Rebecca Walsh Dell
rwdell@mit.edu
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Legatum Lecture featuring venture investor Chuck Lacy
Speaker: Chuck Lacy; Founder and President of The Barred Rock Fund
Time: 5:00p–6:00p
Location: 54-100, Reception in the Bush Room at 6 p.m.
"Financing your start-up like you want to own it." Don't sell your start-up before you start! Hear from a veteran entrepreneur and venture investor about financing options for the go getter start-up.
Web site: http://legatum.mit.edu/LacyLecture2
Open to: the general public
Cost: free
Sponsor(s): Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship
For more information, contact:
Anna Omura
617-324-1875
legatum@mit.edu
Friday, April 16, 2010
Lunch with TLO Head of Energy Technology, Chris Noble
Time: 12:00p–1:00p
Discuss the ins-and-outs of energy entrepreneurship with Chris Noble, head of energy technology at the MIT Technology Licensing Office. With exposure to all the energy tech rolling out of MIT labs, Chris has his finger to the pulse of energy entrepreneurship in Cambridge. This event is only open to members of the MIT community. If you're interested in attending, please e-mail zcordero@mit.edu for the lunch location.
Open to: the general public
Sponsor(s): MIT Energy Club
For more information, contact:
MIT Energy Club
zcordero@mit.edu
Harvard
Water Scarcity: How Technology Can Help Solve the Problem
WHEN
Mon., Apr. 12, 2010, 12 – 1 p.m.
WHERE
Room 226, Suite 200-North, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Classes/Workshops, Environmental Sciences
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation; Program on Conservation Innovation at The Harvard Forest, Harvard University
SPEAKER(S)
Richard Allen, University of Idaho
William J. Kramber, Idaho Department of Water Resources
COST
Free
CONTACT INFO
617.496.4491, christina_marchand@hks.harvard.edu
NOTE
A light lunch will be served.
http://www.ash.harvard.edu/Home/News-Events/Events2/Water-Scarcity-How-Technology-Can-Help-Solve-the-Problem
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Global Change Series. "Population Dynamics in Epidemic Malaria: Climate Forcing and Parasite Evolution"
WHEN
Mon., Apr. 12, 2010, 5 p.m.
WHERE
Sherman Fairchild Lecture Hall, 7 Divinity Ave.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard University Center for the Environment
SPEAKER(S)
Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan
COST
Free and open to the public
NOTE
Reception to follow.
LINK
www.environment.harvard.edu
What's Enough? A Conversation Between Harvard Business School and Harvard Divinity School
WHEN
Mon., Apr. 12, 2010, 5:15 – 7 p.m.
WHERE
Sperry Room, Andover Hall, 45 Francis Ave.
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard Divinity School, the Harvard Business School, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Harvard University Center for the Environment, and the Initiative on Religion in International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School
SPEAKER(S)
Howard Stevenson, co-author of "Just Enough: Tools for Creating Success in Your Work and Life," Sarofim-Rock Baker Foundation Professor of Business Administration, senior associate dean, and director of HBS Publishing; with responses from Dan McKanan, Ralph Waldo Emerson Unitarian Universalist Association Senior Lecturer in Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School, and Candice Carpenter, HBS graduate and co-founder and chairman of iVillage Inc., the largest online service for women and one of the largest content sites on the World Wide Web.
COST
Free; registration required
CONTACT INFO
617.495.4476, resterson@hds.harvard.edu
NOTE
Part of the "Ecologies of Human Flourishing" lecture series. Reservations are required for this event. Register online athttps://www.hds.harvard.edu/cswr/events/registration.cfm
International Climate Change Policy: Next Steps for Japan and the World
WHEN
Tue., Apr. 13, 2010, 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
WHERE
Deland Classroom, 332 Littauer, Harvard Kennedy School
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Project on International Climate Agreements
SPEAKER(S)
Amb. Makio Miyagawa, deputy director-general for global issues, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan
CONTACT INFO
tyler_gumpright@harvard.edu
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/events/4307/international_climate_change_policy.html
Building a Green Energy Economy through Accelerated Innovation
WHEN
Tue., Apr. 13, 2010, 11:45 a.m.
WHERE
Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy St., 02138
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Environmental Sciences, Lecture, Presentation/Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Center for the Environment
SPEAKER(S)
Kristina Johnson, under secretary of energy, US Department of Energy
COST
Free
LINK
www.environment.harvard.edu
"Unconventional Takes on the Climate-Energy Problem."
April 13, 2010 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Prof. John Schellnhuber, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.
Bell Hall - Belfer Building Harvard Kennedy School 79 JFK St. Cambridge, MA
Contact Name: Louisa Lund louisa_lund@hks.harvard.edu
Afghanistan: How To End Violent Conflict and Promote Reconciliation
WHEN
Tue., Apr. 13, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE
Room N-262, CGIS Building, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 1737 Cambridge Street, Cambridge MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Kelman Seminar Series co-sponsored with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Program on Negotiation at Harvard Law School, the Nieman Foundation, and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy
SPEAKER(S)
Peter Galbraith, former ambassador to Croatia and former deputy special representative of the secretary-general of the United Nations to Afghanistan and an assistant secretary-general of the UN
http://www.pon.harvard.edu/daily/reporting-on-afghanistan-how-to-end-violent-conflict-and-promote-reconciliation/
Transforming Affordable Housing Through Innovation
WHEN
Tue., Apr. 13, 2010, 4 – 5:30 p.m.
WHERE
Suite 200-North, 124 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge MA
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation and the Joint Center for Housing, Harvard University
SPEAKER(S)
Rafael E. Cestero, Department of Housing Preservation & Development
John B. Rhea, New York City Housing Authority
COST
Free
CONTACT INFO
617.496.4491, christina_marchand@hks.harvard.edu
NOTE
Light refreshments will be served.
http://www.ash.harvard.edu/Home/News-Events/Events/Transforming-Affordable-Housing-Through-Innovation
2 - 3:30p. "Green Conversations with Tata Technologies." A panel discussion. Northwest Labs B101, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge
Sustaining Our Earth's Ecosystems: Centennial Panel on the Environment
WHEN
Wed., Apr. 14, 2010, 4 – 6 p.m.
WHERE
Lowell Lecture Hall, corner of Kirkland and Oxford streets
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Environmental Sciences, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
Harvard Extension School
SPEAKER(S)
Alexandra Cousteau, founder, Blue Legacy, water advocate; Mark Plotkin, ethnobotanist, president, Amazon Conservation Team; Eric Chivian, founder and director, Harvard Center for Health and Global Environment, winner, 1985 Nobel Peace Prize; Steve Curwood, executive producer and host, NPR's Living on Earth, moderator
COST
Free and open to the public, seating available on a first-come, first-served basis.
CONTACT INFO
617.495.4024
NOTE
Doors open at 3:30 p.m.
LINK
www.extension.harvard.edu
From Small Idea to Global Phenomenon (And Back Again to Startup): A Talk with Dries Buytaert, Founder of Drupal
WHEN
Thu., Apr. 15, 2010, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
WHERE
Emerson 105
GAZETTE CLASSIFICATION
Information Technology, Lecture
ORGANIZATION/SPONSOR
abcd-www, IQSS, and Acquia
SPEAKER(S)
Dries Buytaert
COST
Free and open to the public
NOTE
In this presentation, Dries will talk about the history of Drupal, and give an update on Drupal 7, the next major version. Reception to follow at CGIS, Fisher Family Commons, 1737 Cambridge St.
BU
Presidential Lecture on Energy & Environmental Sustainability: Ernest J. Moniz, MIT Energy Initiative Department
"Energy Technology and Policy - A Post-Copenhagen View"
Ernest J. Moniz is the Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics and Engineering Systems, Director of the Energy Initiative, and Director of the Laboratory for Energy and the Environment at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he has served on the faculty since 1973. Professor Moniz served as Under Secretary of the Department of Energy from 1997 until January 2001 and, from 1995-97, as Associate Director for Science in the Office of Science and Technology Policy in the Executive Office of the President.
The BU Distinguished Presidential Lecture provide a forum to learn from leaders about best practices, leading edge research,and, policy and market trends in the fields of clean technology and energy sustainability. Drawing a diverse audience from academia, industry, venture and government, these lectures provide a catalyst for discussion around technology, development, and research requirements that drive market growth and innovation in this crucial sector.
When
Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010 at 4:00pm until 5:15pm on Wednesday, Apr 14, 2010
Where
Photonics Center, 8 St. Mary's Street, PHO 206
More Info
http://www.bu.edu/energy/newsevents/pres-lectures/moniz1/
registration requested
Others
Representative Denise Provost, Somerville Climate Action, the Initiating Committee of Transition Somerville and the Women's Institute for Leadership Development invite you to a showing of
Sisters on the Planet
Monday, April 12
6:30 to 8:30pm
Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave 02143
Sisters on the Planet tells the stories of four inspirational women around the world who are fighting climate change.
From the producers: "As obvious as it sounds, climate change affects everybody. But climate change is already having a disproportionate impact on people in poor communities, and it’s hitting women hardest.
It's not the easiest idea to understand, so to help explain we’ve made these short films about women, in both rich and poor countries, who are determined to do whatever they can to put a stop to climate change.
Watch them and become aware of the impact our changing climate is having on people’s lives. And be inspired to join the fight against climate change too."
This is our fifth in a series of films that will change the way you think about the planet. The film will be followed by a short discussion.
For more information:
www.transitionsomerville.org
www.somervilleclimateaction.org
Also coming up next week:
Why We Fight
A community screening and discussion of an award-winning film, directed by Eugene Jarecki (2005).
Thursday, April 15, 6:30-9pm.
Somerville Public Library
79 Highland Ave.
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