May 11, 2005 Techtalk S ERVING T HE M I T C OMMUNITY

Volume 49 – Number 27 Wednesday – May 11, 2005 TechTalk S ERVING T HE M I T C OMMUNITY

PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY Associate marshal Paul Lagace, left, and chief marshal President Susan Hockfield greets the procession before her inauguration on Friday. Hockfield is joined by, from left, James Champy, with mace, lead the procession. her husband, Dr. Thomas Byrne, their daughter, Elizabeth Byrne, and Dana G. Mead, chairman of the Corporation. Ushering in a new era

Hockfield accepts charter

Block party draws thousands

Inauguration week in photos

See Pages 4-6 PHOTO / L. BARRY HETHERINGTON Delegates from 61 universities gathered at MIT to help celebrate the inauguration of Susan Hockfield as MIT’s 16th president on Friday, May 6. They marched from Walker Memorial to Killian Court for the afternoon ceremony. Main Group building work to unify physics department Sarah H. Wright Donner Professor of Physics, Jim Collins, awards for their great scientific discover- will have 50,000 square feet connected News Office president of Payette Associates Architects, ies. In addition, they have been recognized to Buildings 4 and 6 on the 3rd and 4th and Bill Anderson, chief facilities officer, for their great undergraduate teaching with floors by walkways and by a two-story atri- will present the project and answer ques- many awards, including MacVicar Faculty um on the ground floor. A dynamic new center unifying the tions at a special town meeting to be held Fellowships. The future for the department Currently, the Department of Physics Department of Physics is the cornerstone on Thursday, May 12, from 11 a.m. to noon is bright and the new facilities will enhance is spread across 13 different buildings, of a significant renovation and expansion in Room 6-120. their efforts,” said Silbey. including Building 6. program of MIT’s historic Bosworth Build- “The physics department at MIT has a The new Green Center for Physics, “The Green Center for Physics will pro- ings, scheduled to begin this June. history of great teaching and research. In named for Cecil and Ida Green, will be See PHYSICS Robert Silbey, dean of the School of Sci- the past 15 years, faculty in the department anchored by an “infill” structure in the ence, Marc Kastner, head of physics and have won five Nobel prizes and many other Building 6 courtyard. The four-story infill Page 7 NEWS RESEARCH

A FLAT WORLD OBJECT LESSONS LIFE-SAVING LOGISTICS New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman will Designs for such MIT grad student researches how best to deliver discuss globalization and sign his new book. “unuseless” items as this humanitarian aid. Page 2 ketchup dispenser will Page 3 be celebrated at a ball on Friday. LIBERATING LABOR GEOLOGIC FIND Page 7 Activists, scholars and a survivor debate forced Scientists discover a new active fault in the labor in sessions to be taped for national radio. Nepalese Himalayas. Page 3 Page 3 PAGE 2 May 11, 2005 NEWS MIT Tech Talk

Pulitzer winner Friedman to speak AWARDS & HONORS The American Academy in Rome Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times to in a stable manner. served as chief diplomatic cor- has honored two people from MIT. columnist and author Thomas L. Friedman The lecture, “The World Is respondent, chief White House J. Meejin Yoon, assistant profes- will discuss globalization and the digital Flat,” will take place at 4 p.m. in correspondent and international sor of architecture, received the revolution in a lecture at MIT on Monday, Room 10-250 and is open to the economics correspondent. He 2005-2006 Cynthia Hazen Polsky May 16. public. The book signing and has traveled hundreds of thou- and Leon Polsky Rome Prize Fel- A world-renowned author and journal- reception will be held in MIT’s sands of miles reporting on the lowship for Design. Janna Israel, ist, Friedman will also be signing his latest Bush Room, Room 10-105. Middle East conflict, the end a graduate student in architecture book, “The World Is Flat: A Brief History Friedman has won three of the Cold War, U.S. domestic and planning’s history, theory and of the Twenty-First Century.” Pulitzer Prizes, two for inter- politics and foreign policy, inter- criticism section, received the Mar- Friedman’s speech will focus on the national reporting (in 1983 and national economics, and the ian and Andrew Heiskell/Samuel H. convergence of technology that has 1988) and one for commentary worldwide impact of the terror- Kress Foundation Pre-Doctoral Rome allowed India, China and so many other (in 2001). He is currently the ist threat. Prize Fellowship in Renaissance and countries to become part of the global sup- foreign affairs columnist for The MIT President Emeritus Thomas Friedman Early Modern Studies for “Reforming ply chain for services and manufacturing, New York Times. His column, Charles M. Vest will introduce Commemoration: Patronage of the giving them a huge new stake in the suc- which appears twice a week in The New Friedman. Copies of “The World Is Flat” Franciscan Observants in the Renais- cess of the global economy. York Times, is syndicated to 700 newspa- (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, April 2005) sance.” The Rome Prize is awarded Friedman will also discuss whether pers worldwide. will be available for purchase. This event annually to 15 emerging artists and this “flattening” of the globe has created Friedman joined The New York Times is sponsored by the MIT OpenCourse- 15 scholars through an open juried a world too small and too fast for human in 1981 as a financial reporter specializ- Ware project (online at http://ocw.mit. competition. beings and their political systems to adjust ing in OPEC and oil-related news and has edu). Todd Thorsen, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, and Dan Luo of Cornell University have Three elected received a Futures grant from the National Academies Keck Futures Ini- tiative. The pair will receive $75,000 to Academy of to support their nanotechnology research. Futures grants are funded Sciences from by a $40 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation MIT faculty Lotte Bailyn, T Wilson Profes- sor of Management at the MIT Sloan Three MIT faculty members have been School of Management, has received a 2005 Work Life Legacy Award from newly elected to the National Academy Edward DeLong Daniel Nocera Harriet Ritvo Richard Samuels of Sciences in recognition of their distin- the Families and Work Institute, a guished and continuing achievements in nonprofit center for research on the original research. changing workforce, changing fam- Election to membership in the National Arts, sciences fellows named ily and changing community. The Academy of Sciences (NAS) is considered Work Life Legacy Award was created one of the highest honors for a U.S. sci- Four faculty members are among the The academy will welcome this year’s to “capture and share the stories of entist or engineer. The 72 people elected 196 new fellows recently elected to the new fellows at its annual induction cere- the work life field’s accomplishments this month bring the total number of active American Academy of Arts and Sciences. mony in October at its Cambridge, Mass., and honor those whose contributions members to 1,976. Fellows are selected through a highly headquarters. have been extraordinary.” The NAS is a private organization of competitive process that recognizes indi- The new MIT fellows are: scientists and engineers dedicated to the viduals who have made preeminent contri- Edward DeLong, a professor in the Jennifer A. Topinka (S.M. ’03) furtherance of science and its use for the butions to their disciplines and to society Department of Civil and Environmental has received the 2004 Society of Auto- general welfare. Established in 1863, it at large. They are nominated and elected Engineering. motive Engineers Myers Award for acts as an official advisor to the federal to the academy by current members. Daniel Nocera, professor of chemistry Outstanding Student Paper. Topinka government, on request, in any matter of “Throughout its history, the academy and the W. M. Keck Professor of Energy. wrote her award-winning piece with science or technology. has convened the leading thinkers of the Harriet Ritvo, the Arthur J. Conner Pro- the help of John B. Heywood, The new NAS members from MIT are: day, from diverse perspectives, to partici- fessor of History and Writing. MIT’s Sun Jae Professor of Mechani- Nancy Kanwisher, a professor in the pate in projects and studies that advance Richard Samuels, the Ford Foundation cal Engineering and director of the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sci- the public good,” said Academy Executive International Professor of Political Sci- Sloan Automotive Lab. Their fellow ences and investigator of the McGovern Officer Leslie Berlowitz. ence. co-authors were Michael D. Gerty Institute for Brain Research. Her research and James C. Keck. The award was focuses on the mechanisms of visual cog- presented to Topinka on April 12 nition in the human brain. during the Honors Convocation at Butler Lampson, an adjunct professor the annual SAE World Congress in in the Department of Electrical Engineer- Lincoln Clark, of Rad Lab, 86 Detroit, Mich. This award, estab- ing and Computer Science and an engi- lished in 1998, is given annually for neer at Microsoft Corp. His research inter- Sarah H. Wright Globe. “Even when he was out on subma- the best technical paper written by a ests include computer architecture, local News Office rines, he would write two letters on one student and presented at a major SAE area networks, page description languages day,” she recalled of Clark’s tour in Pearl meeting. Topinka, along with her co- and operating systems. Harbor, installing radar devices. authors, is being honored for “Knock David Page, a professor in the Depart- Lincoln Clark Jr., a chemist and lifelong Clark returned to MIT in 1958 to work Behavior of a Lean-Burn, H2 and CO ment of Biology, is a member of the White- competitive skier whose wartime career as an associate director and, later, as direc- Enhanced, SI Gasoline Engine Con- head Institute for Biomedical Research path brought him to MIT’s Radiation Labo- tor of operations at the Nuclear Reactor cept.” and an investigator of the Howard Hughes ratory and, later, to management positions Laboratory. He received the S.M. degree Medical Institute. His research involves at the Nuclear Reactor Laboratory, died in in nuclear engineering from MIT in 1962. An MIT alumnus and a sopho- fundamental studies of mammalian sex his Chelmsford home on May 4. The cause Clark retired from MIT in 1988. He more were among four winners chromosomes, with special attention to was pulmonary fibrosis. Clark was 86. served as an advisor to the arm of the of the MIT Arab Student Organiza- the function, structure and evolution of the A native of Lowell, Clark earned the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that tion’s 2005 Science and Technology Y chromosome. S.B. degree in science from Harvard Uni- reviews reactor safety regulations and as Awards. Adel Belcaid, president of versity in 1941 after studying at Malvern an expert to the Institute of Nuclear Power the organization, presented awards to College in Britain, perfecting his skiing in Operations in Atlanta. Clark also served Soulaymane Kachani (S.M. 2000, Austria, and maintaining hiking trails for as a trustee emeritus to Lowell General Ph.D. 2002) and sophomore Abdul- NEWS YOU CAN USE the Appalachian Mountain Club in New Hospital. rahman I. Tarbzouni at a banquet England. Besides his wife, Clark is survived by held at the MIT University Park He worked as a metallurgist, testing two sons, Lincoln III of Chelmsford and Hotel on Saturday, April 16. Kachani, Car-seat checks armor-piercing shells at Crucible Steel in Allan Douglas Park of Charlotte, N.C.; two a prolific researcher in dynamic pric- MIT and Cambridge police depart- New Jersey until 1943, when he joined the daughters, Constance Clark Gagnebin of ing and inventory management, is ments will conduct a Child Passenger U.S. Navy. His military service included Cambridge and Nancy Clark Tose of Rock- an assistant professor at Columbia Seat Safety Checkpoint to teach par- top-secret radar research at MIT’s Rad land; a brother, Victor F., of Concord; a University. He got his master’s and ents and caregivers how to install a Lab, at Princeton University and at Bell sister, Phyllis C. Nininger of Woodbury, Ph.D. degrees in operations research child safety or booster seat in their Telephone Labs. Conn.; seven grandchildren and two great- from the MIT Sloan School of Man- motor vehicles at MIT in the West Despite the extreme sensitivity of his grandchildren. agement. Tarbzouni is in the Depart- Parking Lot, 275 Vassar St., from 10 work, Clark communicated by daily letters A memorial service will be held at the ment of Electrical Engineering and a.m. to 1 p.m. on Friday, May 13. throughout the war with his wife, Nancy Central Congregational Church in Chelms- Computer Science. (Parker) Clark, she told The Boston ford on June 4 at 2 p.m.

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Roger Donaghy MIT Tech Talk NEWS May 11, 2005 PAGE 3 Student plumbs disaster relief logistics Becky Schneck 100 people from 18 international aid orga- know what roads are open, what the lat- organizations just use Excel spreadsheets Center for Transportation and Logistics nizations replied. est customs processes are, if bridges have or homegrown systems. “The cost of time Russell is analyzing the data. The ini- been fixed, and what the airport manifest and money to buy the software and train tial results were presented in late April at looks like,” Russell explained. their people is too much for many groups The devastation caused by last Decem- the Humanitarian Logistics Conference in That information would have proved to handle.” ber’s tsunami prompted an unprecedented Geneva. valuable to many of the organizations. These problems are not new to the outpouring of global aid that presented “The biggest lesson to be learned…is For example, the survey showed that humanitarian community. “Whenever the disaster relief providers with innumerable that one centralized group needs to coor- more than 70 percent of the respondents international community responds to war, logistical challenges. Now an MIT gradu- dinate the logistics of the entire [relief] encountered delays due to the inconsis- civil conflict and natural disasters with ate student has teamed up with an interna- effort,” said Russell. After the tsunami hit, tent and constantly changing customs pro- aid, complex logistical problems present tional humanitarian organization to draw hundreds of aid organizations, thousands cedures. themselves,” said Russell. “Many people logistical lessons from the relief effort and of volunteers, tons of supplies and billions Another lesson learned from the Fritz involved in humanitarian relief recognize create a supply chain framework to deal of dollars flooded the region. Every orga- survey is that aid organizations did not these problems, but this is the first time with future disasters. nization agreed that the financial resourc- have enough people with appropriate train- anyone has ever done studies on how to Tim Russell, a graduate student in the es needed to conduct the relief effort were ing to perform specific tasks, especially solve them.” Engineering Systems Division, has been available, but the lack of clear ground trained logisticians. Russell hopes the Fritz survey and his collaborating with the Fritz Institute, information kept the aid from reaching When there are not enough logisticians research will help open the world’s eyes to whose mission is to improve the efficiency many of the people in need. in the field, said Russell, “there’s no met- the need for more study in humanitarian of disaster relief efforts through logistics The United Nations did set up a joint rics being done, no way to track how fast logistics. practices and technology solutions. logistics center to help disseminate ground goods are getting to their destination, and “This research might introduce the The Fritz Institute carried out a survey information and reduce duplications in the no means to evaluate the supply chain in academic world to this problem,” he said. of almost 40 organizations that were pro- supply chain, but unfortunately not all real time.” This problem is exacerbated “And who knows, it may inspire more peo- viding on-site relief to tsunami victims in groups used the hub. “It’s the best way by the lack of software to track the sup- ple to do more studies and make humani- Southeast Asia and East Africa. More than to share information. At the hub, they’ll ply chain. According to the surveys, most tarian relief even more effective.” Conference New fault slated on found in forced labor Sarah H. Wright Himalayas News Office Elizabeth Thomson News Office A former child slave, an anti-slavery activist working to end child and forced labor in the chocolate industry, and the U.S. deputy secretary of labor will join MIT and Dartmouth scientists have authors and globalization specialists in two identified a previously unrecognized, debates at MIT about modern-day slavery active fault in the Nepalese Himalayas. The on Saturday, May 14. discovery, published in the April 21 issue “Forced Labor in the Global Economy,” of Nature, provides new insights into how presented by the MIT Program on Human the mountains evolved and helps explain Rights and Justice at MIT’s Center for why the transition between the high Hima- International Studies and the BBC World layan Ranges and their gently sloping foot- Service Trust, will be held from 8:45 a.m. hills is so abrupt. to noon in Kresge Auditorium. “This project started with the sim- “A major purpose of this conference is ple observation that the landscape of the to raise public awareness about this gross central Nepalese Himalaya seems to be violation of human rights, since many peo- telling us something about deformation ple do not know that forced labor exists at depth in the Earth’s crust,” said Cam- across the world and that certain forms of eron Wobus, lead author on the paper and it are just like slavery,” said Balakrishnan a graduate student in MIT’s Department Rajagopal, Ford International Assistant of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sci- Professor of Law and Development and ences (EAPS). Director of the MIT program on Human “The interdisciplinary approach we’ve Rights and Justice. taken to the problem has confirmed this Commenting on the need for debate, intuition, and has demonstrated the exist- Rajagopal said, the practice of forced labor ence of a surface-breaking thrust fault is “obviously odious. But there are dis- many kilometers north of where most agreements about how big a problem it is, geologists believe active deformation is how it should be defined and who should focused. It’s an exciting development and deal with it.” it forces us to think more creatively about The Saturday event coincides with how mountain ranges like the Himalaya today’s release of a major report by the evolve.” Wobus’ co-authors are EAPS Pro- International Labor Organization (ILO) fessors Kelin Whipple and Kip Hodges, on the scope of forced labor in the global and Assistant Professor Arjun Heimsath of economy. Dartmouth. The event is free and open to the pub- PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY The newly discovered fault is at the lic. Refreshments will be served. southern edge of the high Himalayan Let there be light ranges in central Nepal, about 60 miles After days of cold, wet weather, the sun came out and there was nothing to see but northwest of Katmandu. Farther south, clear skies yesterday looking up at the Green Building. the landscape is characterized by gently MIT hosts science fair sloping hills. The researchers discovered In the midst of inaugural festivities, the that there is a sharp change in both ero- 56th annual Massachusetts Science Fair sion and rock uplift rates across the fault. took up residence in Johnson Athletics The erosion rates to the north are four Center on May 6 and 7. The high school Robert Wilkinson, of Draper, at 79 times higher than those to the south. fair drew more than 300 students from all As a result, they speculate that there over the state to MIT to compete for col- Robert Haydn Wilkinson Sr., a scientist Hosts for International Students Program may be a feedback mechanism between lege scholarships, awards and honors. at the Charles Stark Draper Laboratories for many years, hosting international stu- erosion and tectonic deformation. Hodg- “The students love coming to MIT,” for nearly 30 years, died at Brigham and dents coming to study at MIT from all cor- es notes that this is a new perspective on said Althea Brown, a biology teacher at Women’s Hospital in Boston on Saturday, ners of the globe. mountain building. “Rapid erosion related Medford High School. “We tell them that May 7, from complications due to diabe- A humanitarian, Wilkinson was a to the Indian monsoon is most intense at MIT is the place to be.” tes. He was 79. steadfast supporter and defender of the approximate position of the newly dis- Close to 250 judges, including doctors, Born and raised in England, Wilkinson numerous charitable causes, most notably covered fault. Our hypothesis is that the engineers and university professors, pre- received the S.B. degree in electrical engi- human rights, disability support, disease modern geodynamics of the range front sided over this year’s competition. Student neering from the University of London in research and international humanitarian is indicative of coordinated high precipita- projects ranged in topic from astronomy to 1948, the S.M. degree in electrical engi- aid. tion and active deformation. And it would earth science, computer science and more. neering from Syracuse University in 1960, Wilkinson is survived by his wife, be a very exciting development if we are There were projects on dental decay, bac- and the Ph.D. degree in astronautical engi- Doreen; four children, Michael, John, right that deformational processes close to teria in foods and even the effect of certain neering from MIT in 1965. Kathleen and Robert Jr. (S.B. 1992); and the surface of the Earth are interdepend- food allergies on weight. Wilkinson published numerous papers four grandchildren. ent with climatic processes.” Arielle Rollins of Westfield High used and articles in the field of aerospace engi- A memorial service will be held from 3 Such a relationship is consistent with her love of dance to create her project, neering. After retirement, he founded his to 4 p.m. at the MIT Chapel on Saturday, theory, according to Whipple, but “defini- “The Turning Point: The Physics of a Pir- own business, A. Boffin Inc., in Newton, May 14. A reception will be held next door tive field evidence for this sort of dynamic ouette,” which won one of the regional Mass., which provided technical services to the chapel, immediately following the feedback has been elusive.” first-place prizes, worth $300. to high-tech engineering firms. service from 4 to 5:30 p.m. The work was funded principally by the She hypothesized that a deeper plié In 1955 Wilkinson married an educator Charitable donations, in Wilkinson’s National Science Foundation’s Tectonics would result in a greater turn rate for granted the Order of Distinction in Jamai- name, may be given to Amnesty Interna- program, with additional funds from the dancers. —Sasha Brown ca. They were actively involved in the MIT tional. —Sarah H. Wright NSF’s Continental Dynamics program. PAGE 4 May 11, 2005 INAUGURATION MIT Tech Talk Invocation The Rev. Amy McCreath, MIT’s Episco- pal chaplain, gave the following invocation at the inauguration of Susan Hockfield.

Together Blazing in the white light of a new century We stand in this commons Of infinite merit and infinite possibilities.

We call upon the Holy Source of all being Thankful for all those who have come before us here Thankful for the freedom to be here Thankful for the days ahead Thankful for Susan Hockfield’s leadership: For her capacity, commitment and cour- age.

May our commons be a place of transfor- mation, where our passions and talents meet the world’s greatest needs.

Blessed are the uncommon who serve this beautiful, yearning, interconnected, standing-on-the-brink-of-everything world.

The towns and cities and nations from which we came here call upon us. Future generations of children call upon us. PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY Melting polar ice caps and polluted riv- One of the big draws at the block party was ers call upon us. the bungee run. Participants ran down an Mothers praying for the end of wars PHOTO / L. BARRY HETHERINGTON inflated alley, tethered to a bungee cord, and the safe return of their sons and Climbers ascend a 20-foot inflatable ‘mountain peak’ at the May 7 block party. which ultimately yanked them back. daughters call upon us. The Pleiades and Orion call upon us.

May we respond In common service With uncommon strength of mind and hand and heart.

May our meritocracy merit not just respect but hope.

Perhaps it is for such a moment as this that we have come into this commons. Together.

Amen. Musical tribute “Chorus From Pindar,” for unison choir and four brass players, was composed by Institute Professor John Harbison for the installation of Susan Hockfield as president of MIT. It was performed by the MIT Chamber Chorus at the ceremony on Fri- day, May 6. The lyrics, taken from Pindar’s Odes, were written in celebration of athletes, civic leaders and other artists, and were designed to be rendered chorally. This fragment, as translated by Pro- PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY fessor Ronald Trowell of the University Johnson Athletics Center was in true carnival form as the block party to celebrate Susan Hockfield’s inauguration was held there on of Leeds, and used with his permission, Saturday. More than 3,000 enjoyed games, food, music and other entertainment. “appears to be urging our leaders to solve disputes by finding common ground,” Har- bison notes. “This is certainly not the only route leadership might take, but on a day of celebration of a bright future, it is one of Block party rocks the feeling we might entertain.” Sasha Brown Party Committee. became a workshop area where people “Chorus From Pindar” News Office The athletic center proved a good spot could learn origami, belly dancing, stick Let the one who would lead our common- for the festivities with its high ceilings and dancing and more, all presented by MIT wealth wide, open rooms. “It is fun to use the cen- groups. to sweet tranquility Driving rain and high winds did not ter in this way,” said Emily Paramore of Rockwell was transformed by two look for the light, the glow stop more than 3,000 people from mak- the Office of the President, who was work- centrally located nearly 20-foot blow-up of large hearted Concord. ing the trek to Johnson Athletics Center ing at the event. “It has gone really well.” “mountain peaks” that harnessed climb- to attend the Uncommon Block Party, the Throughout the two main rooms, ers could scale. There were also blow-up And drive from our minds culminating event of a week of activities people mingled, sampling the fare, which games, including bungee racing: Two run- that bringer of poverty celebrating MIT’s newly inaugurated 16th included everything from carnival food— ners hooked to bungee cords attempted resentful as a children’s nurse— president, Susan Hockfield. popcorn and candy—to chicken wings to to outrun each other before being sprung malignant Discord. Wearing an MIT jacket and smiling, Asian noodles, sandwiches and hamburg- backwards by the cord. Laughing grown- Hockfield entered the May 7 party to the ers. “Any event with lots of toys and free ups and children alike climbed into blown- strains of “Hail to the Chief” played by a food is bound to be fun,” said senior Chris up bounce rooms while a variety of faculty, musician dressed as a giant robot. The Cary, who waited in a fast-moving food student and staff bands played from the party, which was held from 3 to 7 p.m. line with his friend, senior Brian Foote. main stage, blasting covers and originals. on Saturday, was the biggest party of its One of the most popular attractions was The mood was celebratory throughout kind ever at MIT and drew 1,000 more the candy stand where glass jars full of with bright colors, chatter and laughter as people than expected. Originally slated to gummy bears, malted milk balls, and more people from all over MIT rejoiced in the take place on the Kresge lawns and ath- were available. new presidency together. “It is nice to be letic fields, the event was moved to John- Jugglers, magicians and other perform- here today. Sometimes as a staff member, son when the forecasts starting predicting ers wandered throughout the party doing you don’t get to participate as much,” said temperatures in the mid-40s, rain and high tricks. One man balanced a full-sized ladder biology postdoctoral fellow Cary Lai, who winds. on his chin before a small crowd of wide- graduated from MIT in 1998. Lai came to While the wind whipped outside, stu- eyed children. An Austin Powers imperson- the party with his wife. dents, faculty and staff partied inside, ator danced to tunes from the movie. Some Overall, Johnson said that the commit- enjoying the warm, festive atmosphere. performers were hired for the occasion, tee was “thrilled” with the turnout and PHOTO / L. BARRY HETHERINGTON “It is great that so many families came,” but 29 were affiliated with MIT. with the general response to the day. “It Priscilla Gray, left, the wife of former MIT said Ted Johnson of the MIT Community The hallway leading from the main really ended up working inside,” he said. President Paul E. Gray, congratulates Services Office and the Uncommon Block entrance to Johnson and Rockwell Cage “It was a great event.” President Susan Hockfield Friday. MIT Tech Talk INAUGURATION May 11, 2005 PAGE 5 16th president accepts MIT charter Denise Brehm skies on the 50-degree day. News Office Hockfield said that just as MIT was instrumental in developing radar, which helped the Allies win World War II, the At her formal inauguration as MIT’s Institute should now take a lead in the cur- 16th president on May 6, Susan Hockfield rent “convergence of engineering and the announced a new initiative on energy and life sciences.” the environment and said that the Insti- “MIT can and must lead in this essen- tute should combine its “historic strength” tial new field-of-all-fields,” she said. in engineering with its newer strengths in Hockfield, the first woman and the first biology and brain and cognitive sciences life scientist to lead MIT, committed the to help “tackle humanity’s most urgent Institute to sustaining its commitment to problems.” intellectual openness, as well as to increas- “The world has never needed MIT as ing the numbers of women and underrep- much as it does now. Think how many of resented minorities in academia. the major challenges of this uncertain, “We will work toward intellectual open- unsettled age are shaped by science, tech- ness around the world and to preserve nology or daunting problems of quantitative the vital flow of international students and analysis and complex synthesis,” she said. scholars who contribute so much to our Dana Mead, chairman of MIT’s board universities, and to our society as a whole. of trustees, handed the Institute’s char- “We also need to sustain our rich diver- ter to Hockfield at 2:51 p.m. Hockfield, a sity of ideas and cultures by building a neuroscientist and former provost of Yale powerful pipeline of young women and University, has been in office at MIT since underrepresented minority students eager Dec. 6. to pursue advanced degrees and academic The ceremony featured a procession of careers,” she said. delegates from 61 universities worldwide PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY “We need to be the spark that ignites marching in order of their institutions’ President Susan Hockfield accepts the leather-bound copy of MIT’s charter from Dana G. the passion of every child who wants to founding dates. Neil Malcolm of the Uni- Mead, chairman of the Corporation—the act by which she was formally inaugurated as the make the world a better place. We need versity of Oxford in England, founded in to reach those young explorers and bring Institute’s 16th president. 1249, was the first in line. He was followed them with us on the great adventure of by David Good and Alison Richard of down Memorial Drive and into the tent on cality” and comparing it to a “stadium with discovery and innovation that is the soul Cambridge University in England (1284). Killian Court. no seats. Everyone is in the game, some- of MIT,” Hockfield said. “We need to help Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard MIT musicians performed four original times 24 hours a day.” She put forth her America fall in love all over again with the University (1636), was fourth in line, rep- musical pieces composed by MIT faculty vision for the future of MIT, including the marvelous possibilities and promises of resenting the oldest American university. members for the occasion: “In Time of Sil- establishment of the initiative on energy, engineering, science and technology.” Former MIT Chancellor Lawrence Bacow, ver Rain” by Elena Ruehr; “Sabar Gong” which she said will focus on increasing Immediately following the ceremony, now president of Tufts University (1852), by Evan Ziporyn and Lamine Touré; “Cho- the energy supply and bringing scientists, members of the community quickly filled processed in position 23. MIT was founded rus From Pindar” by John Harbison; and engineers and social scientists together to three smaller tents on the court to enjoy in 1861. “Fanfare and Fugue” by Peter Child. The develop the best energy policies. desserts and delicacies accompanied Academic regalia ran the gamut, with Rev. Amy McCreath, MIT’s Episcopal “Over the last 30 years, these two by music from a jazz combo. As the new crimson, purple and gray robes scattered chaplain, gave the invocation; Alison Rich- words—energy and the environment—have president greeted a long line of well-wish- in among the sea of black, and hoods that ard, vice chancellor of Cambridge Univer- gotten a little tired, tired not from overuse, ers, a large banner made an unexpected ranged from canary yellow to bright reds sity, welcomed Hockfield on behalf of the but from lack of progress. The time for that appearance, unfolding under the dome of and brilliant blues. Some brightly colored, Academy. progress is now … It is our responsibility Building 10 in apparent student hack. Two squashed velvet hats stood out among the Hockfield spoke of her impressions of to lead in this mission,” Hockfield told the playing cards were pictured, along with assorted headgear as the pageant of del- the Institute to date, calling it “a place of crowd of roughly 2,300 people, which over- the words: “The king is dead. Long live egates processed from Walker Memorial deep personal integrity and striking practi- flowed the tent set up outside under gray the queen.”

PHOTO / L. BARRY HETHERINGTON President Susan Hockfield highlights ‘the possibilities and promises of engineering, science and technology’ in her inaugural speech Friday.

PHOTO / L. BARRY HETHERINGTON PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY Famous MIT alumna Shirley Ann Shortly before her inauguration, President Susan Three past presidents of MIT, Howard W. Johnson, Paul E. Gray and Charles M. Vest, Jackson, who is now the president of Hockfield got in a little family time with her husband, Dr. from left, join President Susan Hockfield in Gray House, the official president’s resi- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, con- Thomas Byrne, and their daughter, Elizabeth Byrne. dence, before leaving for the inaugural ceremony on Friday, May 6. gratulates President Susan Hockfield. PAGE 6 May 11, 2005 INAUGURATION MIT Tech Talk Art, technology links explored Sarah H. Wright sian romantic naturalism and his use of on-stage video to News Office realize the genre’s “one-on-one reality of humans under duress” for contemporary audiences. Media technology in this case made for more reality, he commented. MIT faculty discussed political, personal and practical To illustrate, Scheib showed a video clip from “Demo- aspects of the relationship between art and technology lition Downtown,” a 1976 Tennessee Williams play into in a symposium held Wednesday, May 4, in the Kirsch which Scheib introduced video cameras on stage, two Auditorium to honor the inauguration of President Susan television-sized screens that highlighted the action and Hockfield. a Plexiglas screen between the stage and the audience. Associate Provost for the Arts Alan Brody opened the The “Demolition” actors, under Scheib’s direction, vivid- session, titled “Art, Technology and Public Space.” ly showed duress, and the video footage intensified the Krzysztof Wodiczko, professor of architecture and drama. director of the Center for Advanced Visual Studies; direc- “Technology produced more intimacy, more personali- tor Jay Scheib, assistant professor of music and theater ty, and more specificity with gestures through the enlarge- arts, and composer Evan Ziporyn, Kenan Sahin Distin- ments on screen,” Scheib noted. Scheib said he expected guished Professor of Music, presented talks and selec- his next work to lean toward dance. tions from their work. Composer and clarinetist Ziporyn weaves traditional Wodiczko is known internationally as an activist Indonesian orchestration with sonic threads from Euro- designer who uses technology to confront political and pean classical, American jazz and bleeding-edge electron- social oppression. His presentation, “Art, Technology and ica in his work. Ziporyn has toured with Bang on a Can, Democracy,” included a talk and three videos of his work which he founded in 1987, Paul Simon and DJ Spooky. in Tijuana, Mexico, St. Louis and Hiroshima, Japan. In his talk, “The Uncooperative Mirror: Composers Wodiczko’s work challenges “un-democracy and un- and Computers,” Ziporyn characterized technology as “all freedom” by “uncovering and bringing into the open hid- good” in its sheer practicality. Software enables people den traces of inequality and by inserting into public spaces without notation skills to compose; it saves labor in copy- … those who should testify,” he said. ing music, and it offers a “vocabulary for improvising” For example, his Tijuana video projected individual thanks to which composers have developed or discovered faces of women who worked in factories (“maquiladoras”) an array of bright new sounds. onto the dome of an elite local concert hall. The depart- Technology also offers productive serendipity, Ziporyn ing concert audience had to walk beneath the enlarged noted. He played a selection from his own work, “Ocean,” projected image and hear the amplified voice of a socially that was written “completely by accident. I composed it, PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY invisible woman describing violence in her life. This huge accidentally pushed the INVERT button, and the piece Graduate student Aaron Tan shows President Susan “ad hoc narrative” could bring both narrator and crowd was turned upside down and backward.” He kept it as Hockfield how to direct a robot’s movement with light dur- “closeness to misery and recovery from trauma through technology had remade it. ing an open class on May 5. speech,” Wodiczko said. In “Be In,” Ziporyn kept a piece technology had Scheib has directed productions at MIT, in New York unmade. He lost 90 percent of “Be In” when his hard drive City and in Berlin, in Salzburg, Austria, and in Budapest, crashed, then rewrote the whole piece from memory. “It Hungary. His multimedia production of Chekhov’s Pla- was better than the original,” he said. Robot ‘zoo’ is a class act tonov fragment, “In This Is the End of Sleeping,” debuted “Subtle downsides” to technology for composers show Elizabeth Thomson at MIT and was shown at the New York Chekhov Now up in the “realm of labor management. We still have to News Office Festival. make decent working conditions for people. Musical Scheib outlined his personal directorial journey scores have to be written so people can play them. Thirty since 2001, focusing particularly on his interest in Rus- violinists can’t agree like 30 oscillations,” he said. Icarus and Mostly Harmless were among the machines on hand at a robotic “petting zoo” May 5 held in honor of the inauguration of President Susan Hockfield. As Hockfield and her family looked on, students and professors introduced the machines, which were the final projects in a course that was new this semester, Robotics Science and Systems I. Five teams of undergraduates were challenged to build robots that could each tackle one aspect of a larger hypo- thetical scenario: building shelters on Mars. Imagine that you could parachute prefabricated components to Mars, then have robots already there assemble them into a building, explained Daniela L. Rus, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sci- ence (EECS) and one of four instructors for the course. In a demonstration, Mostly Harmless traveled slowly around the room looking for colored blocks about 2 inches square. When it found one, it grasped the block with a pin- cer-like hand and then dropped it into a small rectangular bin attached to its back. Icarus was designed to look for red balls. What’s been the best part of the course for Federico Mora (G) of EECS? “Actually getting to build a robot. It’s amazing to see all the pieces coming together—and it actually works.” Although, as his EECS teammate, junior Jeffrey Hoff, added, “it often does something completely different from what you expected.” The course is offered jointly between the Departments of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Mechani- cal Engineering and Aeronautics and Astronautics. PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY The three other instructors are Una-May O’Reilly, a Reaching out to the future principal research scientist in the Computer Science and Susan Hockfield, left, chats with staffers of the Women’s Technology Program booth at the Inauguration K-12 Artificial Intelligence Lab; Assistant Professor Nicholas Educational Outreach Midway on May 4. The residential summer program, directed by Cynthia Skier, right, introduces Roy of aero/astro, and EECS Associate Professor Seth high school girls to electrical engineering and computer science. To Skier’s right is Joelle Brichard, a senior in math, Teller. and freshman Irene Duke, who was a participant in the program. There are also many teaching assistants. “They’re great,” said Mora. Research symposium centers on uncommon connections Elizabeth Thomson calfe Professor of Writing. was, “It didn’t work. They wouldn’t lase,” genome to the ocean. To do so they are News Office Williams challenged MIT, however, to Bawendi said. “We needed to understand working with experts in fields ranging pioneer an even broader kind of “multi- the science first. [Then] you can fix the from ecology and genomics to physiology disciplinarity”: “We need to bring sci- problem.” And they did. and applied mathematics. From an engineer working with a gym- ence, technology and society together.” Penny Chisholm, the Lee and Geraldine Professor Alexander Slocum, the last nastics coach to a chemist’s collaboration For example, “nanotechnology is not just Martin Professor of Environmental Stud- speaker, began his talk with what Williams with surgeons, MIT researchers continue a matter of molecules, but also of public ies, has devoted her research to under- dubbed “geek rap”: a poem about all four to conduct the interdisciplinary research understanding because fear of it will hurt standing some of the smallest organisms participants’ topics and the overall theme that the Institute was founded on. the field.” on Earth: marine microbes. of the event. Speaking at a research symposium in Professor of Chemistry Moungi Bawen- “They are screaming out to be studied Slocum, of the Department of Mechani- honor of President Susan Hockfield’s inau- di, who works in nanotechnology, agreed. and observed,” she said, “but they have cal Engineering, then described sev- guration this week, four MIT professors Bawendi’s research focuses on quantum basically been ignored in the realm of the eral unusual collaborations in his own described work at the interface of science dots, or semiconductor particles only a sciences.” Why are they so important? research. For example, he is currently and technology. few billionths of a meter in diameter. He Among other things, “If you look at the working with Noah Riskin, head coach of “From the start, the MIT curriculum noted that “the societal psychology around global amount of photosynthesis annually, MIT Men’s Gymnastics, on an MIT course was multidisciplinary,” said Rosalind H. quantum dots is extremely difficult to navi- the microbes I work with are responsible aimed at engineering innovative exercise Williams, director of the Program in Sci- gate.” for about as much [photosynthesis] as all equipment. ence, Technology and Society. “This was He went on to give several examples the plants and trees on land,” Chisholm To Slocum, “the true power of interdis- not respectable at that time [1861], cer- of how science has pushed quantum dot said. ciplinary research is finding out how other tainly not to our neighbor up the river.” technology forward, and vice versa. These Chisholm and colleagues are using people think. That helps me think differ- Science was seen as aristocratic, technolo- include early work on using quantum the organisms as a model system for ently, and if I can think differently, then gy as lower-class, said the Robert M. Met- dots to form a better laser. The problem understanding global processes from the every day I continue to grow.” MIT Tech Talk NEWS May 11, 2005 PAGE 7 Unuseless ball celebrates what’s unnecessary but fun Sarah H. Wright of students are guided by faculty advisors Finalists competing for unuseless inven- Fly-Swatter” with an exit hole, and a pair News Office to invent unuseless objects. The hope is tion of the year include a “Catsup Crap- of “Stata Glasses” that makes any build- that this “leisurely yet meaningfully engag- per,” a mobile unit to dispense the condi- ing look like Gehry’s unusual form. Chan ing experience would foment transdiscipli- ment Ronald Reagan called a vegetable, and Hu’s advisor is Chris Csikszentmih- The delight of “what if?” lies deep at narism” among disparate groups at MIT, designed by Barry Kudrowitz, Bill Fienup, alyi, assistant professor of media arts and the heart of MIT life, and Luis Berrios- Berrios-Negron said. and Marc Graham, all graduate students sciences and Negron’s vision of capturing that spirit in “My biggest, heartfelt critique of in mechanical engineering, with advisor Benesse Career Development Profes- a design contest and major party will be MIT is that we have the best resources Meejin Yoon, assistant professor of design sor of Research in Education. realized this Friday night at MIT’s First and talents on the planet, but because of at MIT School of Architecture. Other unuseless finalists competing Unuseless Beaux Arts Awards Ball, to our cloistered lab practices, we are miss- Graham, a poet and veteran of the 2.007 on Friday night include “Boomerun,” a be held in R&D Common, Stata Center, ing out on amplifying collaboration. The contest, is working on the machine design boomerang that won’t ever come back, fourth floor, at 8 p.m. Unuseless Competition is a low-browed, for “Catsup.” designed by Liz Burow and Elliot Felix, Berrios-Negron, a graduate student in light-hearted, small-scale programmatic “Chindogu is a bit different from my graduate students in architecture, with architecture, organized the “unuseless” effort to place art and the creative process usual routine, and it is a delight to design advisor Mark Jarzombek, head of history contest back in the fall of 2004 with the in the province of the everyday,” Berrios- something without having to focus on a theory and criticism, architecture; “Spike” Graduate Student Office and the Archi- Negron said. customer, patent or competition. The proj- by Mat Laibowitz, Kelly Norton, gradu- tecture Student Council. He was inspired Five “unuseless” teams of finalists were ect is definitely fun, but not more fun than ate students in media arts and sciences, by MIT’s “geeky, yet ultra-cool ‘hack’ cul- selected in April and awarded $100 each to the daily grind. Fortunately, I love what I and Mimi Liu, graduate student in elec- ture” and a series of popular books on manufacture prototypes of their designs. do so much that the daily grind results in a trical engineering and computer science, “chindogu,” the Japanese art of the use- The winner will be determined by audi- daily high,” said Graham. with advisor Bill Mitchell, academic head, less invention, examples of which include ence applause-o-meter at Friday night’s Graduate students Brian Chan, in media arts and sciences, and professor of little puff-mops that attach to a cat’s paws ball. mechanical engineering, and David Hu, in architecture; and “Hairy Bike,” by Coryn to facilitate dusting. “Chindogu” means, Each unuseless invention has met math, will bring a readymade trifecta to the Kempster, graduate student in architec- literally, “odd or distorted tool.” chindogu tenets including: it must exist, it unuseless awards. They designed a “Will- ture, with advisor Margaret Crawford, pro- The “hack” spirit and the chindogu tra- must not be cruel, its humor must be inci- Powered Chair” that automatically pushes fessor at the Harvard Graduate School of dition combine in a contest in which teams dental and it cannot be patented. the diner away from dinner, a “Humane Design. PHYSICS Policy in works

Continued from Page 1 and Ida Green, Neil (E.E. MIT is working to formulate a policy ‘64) and Jane Pappalar- on demonstrations and leafleting at Com- vide a focus for the department’s activities do, Virgil Elings (phys- mencement and other large campus that will enhance interactions among fac- ics Ph.D. ‘66) and Jim events, according to Chancellor Phillip L. ulty, students and staff. People will meet (physics S.B. ‘53, Ph.D. Clay. each other frequently when they use the ‘57) and Sylvia Earl—is The idea, which originated within the undergraduate or graduate student com- about to make the Green Commencement Committee, is to accom- mon rooms or the variety of conference Center a reality.” modate the free expression of ideas while and seminar rooms, and the center will The Main Group assuring that such important community bring most of our theoretical physicists Master Plan was devel- events as Commencement run smoothly. together, close to the administrative and oped in 2002. In addition A working group headed by Clay has for- educational activities of the department,” to providing a central mulated a draft policy that includes the fol- said Kastner. location for the Depart- lowing principles: The 3rd and 4th floors of the Green ment of Physics, the pro- • Commencement exercises require Center will house the Center for Theo- gram will continue first- complex and precise planning and the retical Physics, the Center for Condensed floor renovations of the coming and goings of guests must be free Matter Theory, administrative offices, a Department of Materials of obstruction or interference. Junior lab and a reading room. Science and Engineering • MIT is committed to providing ven- “Physics is about interactions, not only (DMSE), provide major ues for demonstrations and leafleting and between particles, but also between scien- renewal of Spectroscopy will designate several specific and visible tists. The Green Center will allow students, Lab spaces on the sec- IMAGE COURTESY / PAYETTE ASSOCIATION spots for these activities at Commence- postdocs and faculty to come together in a ond floor and basement ment. central place to share ideas and discover levels and construct A model shows sunlit walkways connecting Building 6 with • MIT relies on a tradition of collabo- collaborations,” said Wolfgang Ketterle, new, flexible high-bay the planned new structure. ration in addressing sensitive community professor of physics, 2001 Nobel Laureate research space on the issues and prefers colleagues to treat dem- and MacArthur Fellow. first floor of the infill. benefits for the Institute. Our construc- onstrations as a community matter—not, The Bosworth Buildings, known The program will include significant tion manager will do its best to minimize in the first instance, as a law enforcement on campus as the Main Group, were infrastructure renewal, through expan- inconvenience to the community. The matter. Individuals designated by the com- designed by William Welles Bosworth. sion of life safety systems in Buildings 4, town meeting on May 12 will describe the mittee—faculty, staff and students—will Most were completed in 1916. They are 6 and 8 as well as mechanical, electrical project, how it fits in context with the Main be available to address issues should they connected by the Infinite Corridor and and plumbing capacity for all of Buildings Group Master Plan, and the construction arise. include Buildings 4, 6 and 8. Renovations 4 and 8 and the north halves of the three impacts that are anticipated,” said John In addition to Clay, the working group in these buildings for the current project buildings. Construction is scheduled to be Hawes, senior project manager. includes Senior Advisor to the President will affect almost 80,000 square feet of lab complete in November 2006. Effective June 13, physics’s faculty, Kirk Kolenbrander; Professors Eric Grim- and office space. The project also entails replacement of students and staff currently housed in son, John Belcher and Les Norford; Gayle Kastner commented, “The design takes the windows in the courtyard surround- Building 6 will move to the fourth floor Gallagher, executive officer for commence- advantage of the best features of the won- ed by Buildings 2, 4, 6 and 8 as well as of NE25. This group includes everyone ment; and students Rohit Gupta and Barun derful old Bosworth buildings, and will be some other windows in areas to be reno- from the Center for Theoretical Physics Singh. a model for their future renovation. We vated. These 90-year-old windows will be and the non-education staff of the depart- The chancellor is seeking input from have been trying to create a focus for the replaced with a modern efficient window ment’s administration. Information on the the community on this issue before final- department for 40 years, so we are espe- system that respects the historical signifi- new office locations can be found on the izing the policy, which he hopes to do cially grateful that the generosity of depart- cance of the Main Group. physics department’s website, web.mit. before Commencement. Send comments ment’s friends—especially Cecil (E.E. ‘23) “The project will provide long-term edu/physics. to [email protected]. CLASSIFIED ADS

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Science/ Performance Architecture/ Humanities Spring Pottery/ “Piled Higher Harold “Forced Labor “The Clipper Technology Planning Ceramics Sale and Deeper” & Arlene in the Global Ship Era” 9 a.m.–4 p.m. (PhD) Schnitzer Prize Economy.” 19th-century Lobby 10. 253- Jorge Cham, in the Visual NPR and lithographs, rare 7019. creator of The Tech’s Arts Award Winners BBC World will air live plans, photos, clipper comic strip about (non) Exhibit debates presented by ship cards and excep- Music Exhibit Reading Special “Hidden life in grad school. 4:30 Through June 30. 24 MIT Program on Human tional models. Exhibition Interest Jewels of Our p.m. Room 26-100. Book hours. Wiesner Student Rights and Justice and focuses on the design, Community Art signing: 5:30 p.m. Stata Art Gallery. 253-7019. Center for International construction, speed and Exhibit” Student Street. Studies. 8:45 a.m.–noon. social experience of the Works by spouses and 4th Annual Kresge Auditorium. 253- clipper ship era. Noon–5 partners of MIT graduate Artist Talk: Pappalardo 1965. p.m. MIT Museum. 253- Business/ Film Sports Featured students. 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Sturtevant Fellowships 4444. Money Event Room 10-105. 253- Presented in in Physics Walking 1614. conjunction Symposium Tour of Stata MIT Swapfest with “Sturtevant: The Talks by five Pappalardo Center MIT’s electron- EAPS Brutal Truth.” 6 p.m. List Fellows. 2–5 p.m. MIT A landscape ics and ham Department Visual Arts Center. 253- Faculty Club. 253-4800. tour of the Stata Center radio flea mar- Lecture Series 4680. presented in conjunction ket. $5. 9 a.m.–2 p.m. Talk by MIT Chamber with “Constructing Stata: Albany Street Garage. Benjamin Lane, “Detailed IFILM Seminar Music Society Photographs by Richard 253-3776. Studies of Extrasolar Movie based Student Sobol” at the Compton Planets.” 4 p.m. Room on Marguerite Concert Gallery through June 15. International 54-915. 253-3382. Duras’ Nielsen’s Quintet and Meet at Stata informa- Folk Dancing “L’Amant.” 8–10 p.m. other works. 5 p.m. tion desk at 2 p.m. 253- (participatory) Opening Room 4-237. Killian Hall. 253-9800. 5297. 8 p.m. Lobdell Reception: Dining Hall. 253-FOLK. “Sturtevant: “Composing Shakespeare MIT Ballroom The Brutal a Life: Ensemble End of School “Celebrate 350: Truth” Explorations Scene Night: Dance Jewish Life in Reception for the Paris- of Self Battle of the Evening of America” based American artist. Through Photography, Sexes social dancing including Exhibit chroni- 5:30–7:30 p.m. List Art and Writing” Scenes from ballroom and latin danc- cles history, accomplish- Visual Arts Center. 253- Mixed media autobiog- “Cymbeline” and “Henry es, along with favorites ments of American Jews. 4680. raphies by Experimental VI” by Shakespeare, such as salsa, hustle and Hillel, W11 Dining Room Study Group students, and “Rivers of China” merengue. 8 p.m. Morss Gallery. 253-2982. self-portrait in books and by Alma de Groen. May Hall. 686-0823. clothes by senior Teal 13–14. 8 p.m. Kresge ‘bYOB’ Guidici. Weisner Gallery, Rehearsal Room A. 253- Guari Nanda’s ‘bYOB’ (Build Your Own Bag) will be part Stratton Student Center 2903. of ‘Seamless: Computational Couture,’ a multimedia second floor. runway show of innovative clothing designs. May 20 at 8 p.m. in the Media Lab (Building E15).

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MIT CHAMBER COURSE 2.007 UNUSELESS BEAUX MUSIC SOCIETY May 11 COMPETITION May 12 ARTS AWARDS BALL May 13 Students perform Brahms, “Tic Tech Toe.” MechE “Hairy bike,” “Boomerun” and Dohnanyi and Turina. Killian Hall machines fling blocks at a Johnson Athletic other laughably logical inven- R&D Pub, Center Ice Rink Stata Center 253-9800. 7 p.m. mini replica of Simmons tions in the spirit of chingodu. Hall. Finals May 13. 6:30–9 p.m. Winners picked by applause. 8–11 p.m. 452-2275. $5, proceeds to charity.

MIT EVENT HIGHLIGHTS MAY 16–22

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY May 16 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 Photographs RECOMB 2005 Artist Behind CAVS “Read- “Seamless: MITHAS MITHAS From the Multidsciplinary the Desk In” Computational Celebration of Celebration of Arlette and conference Brazilian music Time out for Couture [the Indian Music Indian Music Gus Kayafas for the latest performed by group read- sigtronic Presented by Presented by ’69 Collection research in bioinformatics, Alecia Batson of the ing of arts publications collection of runway MITHAS (MIT Heritage MITHAS (MIT Heritage of Collection of 15 photo- computational biology. 9 Office of the President. collected for Travelling fashion]” of South Asia). Deepak South Asia). Tara Anand, graphs including works a.m.– 5 p.m. May 14–18. Noon. Killian Hall. 253- Magazine Table. 6:30–9 Large-scale multimedia Ram, flute; Jerry Leake, vocal; K.V.S. Vinay, mri- by the renowned archi- Kresge Auditorium. 9821. p.m. Room N52-390. runway show of innova- tabla. $20, MIT stu- dangam. $20, MIT stu- tectural photographer 452-2484. tive clothing designed by dents free. 1 p.m. Wong dents free. 1 p.m. Wong Ezra Stoller. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Spring Book Gallery Talk: A students & alums of MIT, Auditorium. 258-7971. Auditorium. 258-7971. 253-4400. Buyback Walk Through MIT Gamelan Harvard. RISD. 8 p.m. 9:30 a.m.–6:30 the Muse Galak Tika Media Lab. 452-5308. “Sturtevant: MITHAS “Rock Paper p.m. MIT Coop at Deborah World premiere The Brutal Celebration of Scissors” Kendall Square. 499-3201. Douglas, MIT Musuem of ‘Gringsing’ MIT Anime Truth” Indian Music Projects by curator of science and by renowned Balinese Club Weekly List Curator Bill Presented by Meejin Yoon, A Visit to the technology, conducts composer Dewa Ketut Showing Arning discusses this MITHAS (MIT Heritage assistant professor, archi- Galapagos a tour of main gallery Alit. 8 p.m. Kresge The MIT Anime Paris-based American of South Asia). T.M. tecture. 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Interactive exhibitions. Noon. MIT Auditorium. 253-9800. Club shows the best of artist known for her repli- Krishna, vocal; R.K. Room 7-338. 253-2825. exhibits built Museum. 253-5297. both recent and clas- cations of famous works Sriram Kumar, violin; K. by terrascope students MIT Tea Time sic Japanese animation. in a gallery talk on 2 p.m. Arunprakash, mridangam; “The World is in 1.016. 10 a.m.–6 p.m. “Seeing the Jack Derby Room 6-120. 7 p.m. List Visual Arts Center. B. Purushottam, ghatam. Flat” Lobby 13. Landscape: (founder $20, MIT students free. Talk and book Richard Serra: of Derby Vesak Day MITHAS 4 p.m. Wong Auditorium. signing by col- Astrophysics Tuhirangi Management) will talk Celebration Celebration of 258-7971. umnist Thomas Friedman Colloquium Contour” about writing a business Singaporeans Indian Music of The New York Times. 4 p.m. Room Documentary about the plan and incorporating and non- Presented by International 4–6 p.m. Room 10-250. 37-252. sculptor’s massive earth- your company. 5:30–8:30 Singaporeans celebrate MITHAS (MIT Heritage Folk Dancing 452-3621. works by Alberta Chu. p.m. Room 66-168. Vesak Day, a Singapore of South Asia). $20, with live music Contra Dance 7 p.m. Bartos Theater. holiday. 7–10 p.m. MIT students free. (participatory) Kokikai Aikido for All 253-4400. Karaoke Night Student Center PDR 1. Padma Talwalkar, khyal; 8 p.m. Lobdell Dining Kokikai is 8 p.m. Student at the Thirsty Sudhanshu Kulkarni, Hall. 253-FOLK. a modern Center. American Jiu- Ear LiveMusic@the harmonium; Satyajit Japanese Jitsu Must be 21+. EAR Talwalkar, tabla. 4 p.m. martial art that teaches QWiLLTS Sushi Practical I.D. required. 8 p.m. The Must be 21+. Wong Auditorium. 258- coordination of mind Study Break self-defense. Thirsty Ear Pub, Ashdown I.D. required. 7971. and body. Beginners 6:30–8:30 Beginners welcome, House. Doors: 8 p.m., show: welcome. 7:15–9 p.m. p.m. Rainbow especially on Mondays 9p.m.–1 a.m. The Thirsty DuPont (W32) Wrestling Lounge. and Wednesdays. DuPont Ear Pub, Ashdown Room. (W32) Wrestling Room. House. 9–11 p.m.