Graduate School

Date: 12-15 May, 2024
Location: Boston, USA
Maximum participants: 20
Registration deadline: 15 March, 2024

Monday 13 May
08:30 Transport (via Uber) to the MIT campus.
09:00–9:45 MIT Morningside Academy for Design https://design.mit.edu/
Maria Yang, Associate Dean for Engineering (https://design.mit.edu/people/profile/maria-yang) will show us the Design and makerspaces. We will meet her in Lobby 7, under the dome at 77 Massachusetts Ave.
09:45–11:00 Stefanie Meuller’s HCI lab
We will meet Stefanie Meuller (https://hcie.csail.mit.edu/stefaniemueller.html) at the Stata Cafeteria, and see her lab in room 32-211of the Ray and Maria Stata Center.
https://capitalprojects.mit.edu/projects/stata-center-building-32
11:30–13:00 SERC at MIT campus, 51 Vassar Street
SERC Scholar lunch, where we will hear about their research and eat
lunch. https://computing.mit.edu/cross-cutting/social-and-ethicalresponsibilities-of-computing/serc-scholars-program/
15:00–16:00 MIT Media Lab
Meeting with Roz Picard, the founder of affective computing. https://web.media.mit.edu/~picard/ 
17:00 MIT Chamber Music Society Concert
Chamber music concert followed by group dinner https://calendar.mit.edu/event/mit_chamber_music_society_concert_3908

Tuesday 14 May
09:30 Transport (via Uber) to the Harvard Kennedy School.
10:00–12:00 Harvard Kennedy School
Autonomous vehicles policy simulation with Mark Fagan. https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/taubman/programsresearch/autonomous-vehicles-policy-initiative
12:00–13:30 Transport back to the MIT Media Lab and lunch on the go.
13:30–15:00 MIT Center for Constructive Communication
Deb Roy’s group. We will listen to their PhD student presentations and we will present our work for them. https://www.ccc.mit.edu/ 
15:30–16:30 MIT Press
Informal chat with commissioning editor, Matt Browne (https://mitpress.mit.edu/matt-browne/) and colleagues. We will meet at 255 Main Street, 9th Floor. Please bring your questions about how to make an interesting book proposal and all the ins and outs of publishing.
18:00 Transport (via Uber) to the harbor, for a quick bite to eat and then hopping on the Boat tour!

Registration

The number of participants is limited! We can take maximum 20 people (first come, first served).

Registration is closed.