Volume 49 – Number 29 Wednesday – June 1, 2005 TechTalk S ERVING T HE M I T C OMMUNITY MIT readies for 139th Commencement Sasha Brown alumnus (S.M. 1957 and Sc.D. 1959), will ate study and a first faculty position at science/master of science; bachelor of sci- News Office deliver the principal address. President MIT, has changed countless lives, not only ence/master of engineering; and advanced Susan Hockfield will charge the graduates. through invention and entrepreneurship, degrees in the School of Science, the Other speakers will include Barun Singh, but also through remarkable support of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and MIT’s 139th Commencement exercises president of the Graduate Student Council, secondary math and science education, the Whitaker College of Health Sciences will be held on Friday, June 3, at 10 a.m. in and Rohit Gupta, president of the Class of and of the arts,” said Hockfield. “We are and Technology. Provost Robert A. Brown Killian Court. During the ceremony, 2,177 2005, who will present the class gift. Hindu honored and delighted that he is returning will award advanced degrees in the Schools undergraduates and graduate students Chaplain Swami Tyagananda will deliver to MIT to inspire our graduates and their of Architecture and Planning; Engineering; are scheduled to receive 1,094 bachelor’s the invocation. families, and to share his unique perspec- Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences; and degrees, 1,078 master’s degrees, 257 doc- Jacobs is known as an innovative entre- tive on technology and education.” in the Sloan School of Management. torates and 12 engineer degrees. preneur and engineer who greatly values San Diego-based Qualcomm holds Following the exercises, a reception Admission for ticketed guests begins at research. He advocates improving U.S. nearly 1,400 patents and has more than will be held for graduates and their guests 7:30 a.m. Graduates will robe and assem- math and science education. 2,000 patents pending. The company has on the West Campus Plaza. ble in the Johnson Athletics Center, on the “The extraordinary technological been compared to a think tank with thou- A special hooding ceremony for Ph.D. second floor, at 7:30 a.m. contributions of Irwin Jacobs have trans- sands of employees. Irwin M. Jacobs, co-founder, chairman formed global telecommunications. Dr. Hockfield will present the following See CEREMONY and CEO of Qualcomm Inc. and an MIT Jacobs’ career, which began with gradu- degrees: bachelor of science; bachelor of Page 4 Institute MIT fulfills Professor dreams for Cohen dies Kazakh grad Sarah H. Wright Sasha Brown News Office News Office

Morris Cohen, a world-renowned met- When Vitaliy Pereverzev dons his allurgist and MIT institute professor who cap and gown on Friday, June 3, he will received both the National Medal of Sci- be fulfilling a dream that began seven ence and the Kyoto Prize for Advanced years ago when he first emigrated from Technology, died May 27 at his home in Kazakhstan to play tennis and study in Swampscott, Mass. He was 93. the United States. Cohen made major contributions to the “Growing up I looked up to my understanding of the structure of matter father,” said Pereverzev whose father and the ways in which materials such as holds a Ph.D. in physics. “My dream iron and steel can became to go to MIT.” be processed. His Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in work has been cen- 1981, Pereverzev spent most of his child- tral to the develop- hood either playing tennis or studying. ment of modern By the time he graduated from high high-strength steels. school at 16, he was both the valedicto- “This gracious rian and a junior champion tennis player. gentleman trans- In the spring of 1998, Pereverzev decid- formed the disci- ed to pack up, leave his family behind in pline of metallurgy Kazakhstan and go to the Palmer Tennis via his intellect, Academy in Florida. vision and personal With very little English, Pereverzev effort into modern struggled during his first months in the Morris Cohen materials science United States. After spending the sum- and engineering. mer back home, Pereverzev returned to The modern catholic view of materials sci- Florida even more determined. Eventu- ence and engineering he fostered at MIT ally, he became one the top 10 juniors in continues to influence the materials field Florida. worldwide to this day,” said Edwin L. Thom- While playing at Palmer, Pereverzev as, the Morris Cohen Professor of Materi- was living with a host family and enrolled als Science and Engineering and director of in a local high school. He quickly rose to the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies. the top there as well, graduating as vale- A native of Chelsea, Mass., Cohen dictorian for the second time. When he became interested in metals as an out- started to think about schools, his host growth of his family’s business in produc- family encouraged him to look at MIT. ing and refining the lead-based alloys used “They told me MIT was the best,” in type and solders. said Pereverzev. “I knew it was for me. Cohen received the S.B. and Sc.D. I thought one day God would give me a degrees in metallurgy from MIT in 1933 chance, and I would be able to get in.” and 1936, respectively. In the meantime, Pereverzev focused He joined the MIT faculty in 1936, his search on state schools with strong becoming a full professor of physical met- PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY tennis programs. He was accepted at the allurgy in 1946. He retired in 1987. “MIT is favored with many great intel- Vitaliy Pereverzev has come a long way from his childhood in Kazakhstan to achieve See GRAD See COHEN success in tennis and, finally, at MIT. The electrical engineering and computer science major will graduate Friday. Page 5 Page 6 NEWS RESEARCH ARTS

COUNCIL ON AGING PAIRED FOR LIFE POPS PREMIERE Joseph Coughlin of MIT’s AgeLab gets a Bush A new algorithm could save lives by optimizing Tech Night features ‘Jeux Deux’ by Media Lab’s Tod appointment. kidney matches. Machover. Page 2 Page 2 Page 7

HONORED BY PEERS DOUBLE AGENTS BEYOND ORIGINALITY Mathematician Isadore Singer wins the Killian Cells that aid in healing also help cancer tumors Sturtevant’s artworks challenge the artist’s role. Faculty Achievement Award. grow. Page 7 Page 3 Page 6 PAGE 2 June 1, 2005 NEWS MIT Tech Talk AgeLab chief gets Bush post Faculty elects slate President George W. Bush has select- With more than 76 million baby boom- ed Joseph F. Coughlin, director of MIT’s ers turning 50 at a rate of one every seven AgeLab, to serve as a member of the seconds, the stakes are high. of new officers Advisory Committee to the 2005 White “We may not have enough time to intro- House Conference on Aging. duce a number of the innovations already Sasha Brown The conference, which only occurs developed,” Coughlin said. For example, News Office once every 10 years, provides recom- new technology designed to adapt cars to mendations to the president and Con- the needs of older drivers can be applied gress to help shape aging policy for the in two to three years by automakers, but Elections were held for officers as well as for members of the next 10 years. Past conferences have led it may take a further 10 years for these standing committees as the faculty gathered in Kirsch Auditorium to the passage of Medicare and Medic- changes to percolate through the national for their last meeting of the academic year on May 18. aid, the Supplemental Security Income fleet, he said. The meeting also included reports on both the proposed faculty program and the Older Americans Act. Coughlin, who joined MIT’s Center for Joseph Coughlin housing program and on the advising and mentoring of undergradu- The 22-member Advisory Committee Transportation and Logistics and Engi- ates. Institute Professor Isadore Singer was named MIT’s James R. will advise the president and Congress on a vari- neering Systems Division in 1997, is also director Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement Award winner for 2005-2006 (see ety of policy areas, including technology, economic of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s New story, Page 3), and retiring faculty members were recognized. security, transportation, housing, health care and England University Transportation Center. Associate Professor Bruce Tidor was elected associate chair other issues of concern to the nation’s aging pop- The first research facility of its kind, the Age and Associate Professor Diana Henderson was elected secretary. ulation. Committee members were appointed on Lab brings together the public and private sectors Professor Lorna Gibson, who has been serving as chair-elect this May 13. to craft solutions for an aging population. year, will become chair effective June 15. The slate for the officers and for all but three of the standing committees was approved by voice vote. Because additional nominations for three of the committees were Math optimizes submitted after last month’s presentation of the slate by the Nomina- tions Committee, the election for these committees was done by bal- lot. Although the Rules and Regulations of the Faculty allows for bal- loting, this was the first time in memory that that provision was used. kidney matches For more details, please visit the faculty meeting web site at web. mit.edu/dept/libdata/libdepts/d/archives/facmin/050518/050518. Elizabeth Thomson html. Details will be available by June 6. News Office Professor Hazel Sive presented the report on advising and men- toring on behalf of the Committee on Student Life, which she chairs, and the Committee on the Undergraduate Program. Many more people could get kidney transplants She used a fabric metaphor to describe the current state of upper- thanks to new mathematical techniques designed class undergraduate advising and mentoring. “The fabric of the sys- to optimize a novel matching program at the tem is a little thin,” she explained. While there is some excellent national level, according to MIT graduate student advising going on at MIT, she said the system as a whole could be Sommer Gentry and her husband, a transplant sur- strengthened and the faculty could “weave in stronger threads and geon at Johns Hopkins. new colors.” More than 60,000 patients are awaiting kidney The report recommends advisor training on both the Institute transplants in the United States. About one-third and department level, and suggests the faculty “think about advising of patients with willing live donors will be excluded in formal and informal ways,” said Sive. Additionally, departments from the surgery because of blood type and other PHOTO / DORRY SEGEV may wish to consider limiting the number of advisees per advisor to incompatibilities. MIT doctoral student Sommer Gentry and her allow for better relationships. Gentry, who will receive the Ph.D. from MIT husband, surgeon Dorry Segev, are working to On the Institute level, the committee recommended advising peri- this month in electrical engineering and computer improve the system of matching kidney donors with ods—times when students would be encouraged to meet with their science, her husband, Dr. Dorry Segev, and Johns recipients. advisors—and more recognition for those advisors who go above Hopkins colleagues have demonstrated that a and beyond for their students. “Presently, advising and mentoring national matching program for kidney paired dona- national KPD program, the health-care system are not taken into account in the tenure review process,” said Sive. tion, or KPD, would ensure the best possible kid- could save as much as $750 million,” he said. The faculty accepted the report and will hear during next year’s May ney for the greatest number of recipients who have The team’s new algorithm for making the meeting about the steps taken and progress achieved in improving incompatible donors. Currently KPD is practiced most—and best—KPD matches is based on a tech- advising and mentoring. only on a local or regional level. nology called optimization. Optimization, a part of Later in the meeting, Associate Provost Claude Canizares gave Key to the work is a new algorithm they devel- Gentry’s thesis work, has already proved success- an update on the faculty housing program presented during the oped to optimize the selection process. The work ful in facilitating such tasks as airline scheduling March 16 meeting. This program is intended to help faculty pur- was reported in the Journal of the American Medi- and online driving directions. chase homes in the Greater Boston area. The program is not limited cal Association. “Dorry came to me with just a description of the to a particular period of time. KPD provides organs to patients who have a problem and a notion that there must be an optimi- Since the March meeting, several faculty members have offered willing, designated donor who is not compatible. zation procedure in it somewhere,” Gentry said. advice and comments on the proposed program, said Canizares. A kidney from such a donor is matched to—and The team then tested the new algorithm against Based on those comments, the plan will now offer a 10-year Contin- transplanted into—the recipient of a second incom- the algorithm currently used to match KPD gent Interest Mortgage Program for junior faculty up to $100,000. patible donor-patient pair and vice versa. The trans- patients. After applying each to simulated pools of Additionally, faculty hired or tenured after July 1, 2000, who were plants are performed simultaneously. incompatible donor/recipient pairs, they found that first-time homebuyers will have two years of special eligibility to refi- “Our findings demonstrate that a national pool a national KPD program using the new algorithm nance using one of the options. of kidney donors and recipients, combined with would indeed result in more transplants, better Canizares noted that three-quarters of MIT faculty using the cur- new mathematical techniques for sorting through matches and more transplanted kidneys surviving rent Housing Assistance Loan Program (HALP) will qualify for the them to find the best possible organ matches, will at five years. new program. For the remaining quarter, there is a refinance option. not only allow more people to get the transplants The researchers have developed an interactive The changes were based on the feedback from the past two months. they need, but will dramatically cut health-care web site, www.OptimizedMatch.com, that provides “It was very helpful to have the faculty comments,” said Canizares. costs, reduce disruptive and unnecessary travel for more details and interactive demonstrations of the The Corporation Executive Committee will now review the plan. patients, and ensure that transplanted kidneys have algorithm and its use in transplantation. Retiring faculty the best possible chance of survival,” said Segev, The research was funded by the American Soci- lead author of the paper. ety of Transplant Surgeons and a Computational Attendees applauded the following colleagues who are retiring “Even if only 7 percent of patients awaiting kid- Science Graduate Fellowship to Gentry from the this year: Professors Paul L. Penfield and Henry I. Smith of electri- ney transplantation participated in an optimized U.S. Department of Energy. cal engineering and computer science; John B. Vander Sande of materials science and engineering; Kenneth Keniston of science, technology and society; William B. Watson of history; Lotte Bailyn of management; A. Nihat Berker, Jerome I. Friedman and Jeffrey Gold- Chemical spill spurs brief evacuation stone of physics; Alan Davison of chemistry; Robert D. Rosenberg of biology; and Jeffrey Hamilton and Gordon Kelly of athletics, physical MIT Campus Police, the MIT Environment, glass container of the acid slipped off a cart and education and recreation. Health and Safety Office and the Cambridge Fire broke on a third-floor hallway of E25. Department evacuated Building E25 following a Hazardous materials teams from EHS and the Ex officiis faculty chemical spill around 1 p.m. on Wednesday, May Cambridge Fire Department evacuated the build- The faculty also approved the following individuals as ex offi- 25. There were no injuries, and no significant ing and monitored the initial cleanup of the spill. ciis members for 2005-06: Jeffrey A. Meldman, associate dean in medical effects were reported. There was a bad Occupants returned to their offices during the the Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education; Robert M. odor. afternoon. Randolph, senior associate dean for students; Mary P. 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Roger Donaghy MIT Tech Talk NEWS June 1, 2005 PAGE 3 Isadore Singer wins faculty Killian Award Sasha Brown Academy of Sciences was that the highest honor awarded by Bôcher Prize from the American Mathe- News Office ‘probably no other living Ameri- the faculty and administration at matical Society in 1969. can mathematician has made MIT. In 2000, Singer was awarded the Steele basic contributions in so many A member of the American Prize for Lifetime Achievement, also from Institute Professor Isadore Singer, a fields,’” said Thompson, read- Academy of Art and Sciences, the AMS. Previously, Singer won the world-renowned mathematician known ing from the committee’s cita- the American Philosophical Eugene Wigner Medal (1988) and the for his work covering a broad spectrum of tion. “[Singer] is one of the rare Society and the National Acad- National Medal of Science (1983). geometry, analysis and algebra, is MIT’s mathematicians who are able emy of Sciences (NAS), Singer Despite his many achievements outside James R. Killian Jr. Faculty Achievement to communicate with theoreti- has served on the Council of the Institute, Singer has always retained Award winner for 2005-2006. cal physicists in their own lan- NAS, the Governing Board of “his pedagogic itch,” the Killian Committee “His work is fundamental in differen- guage, and engage with them in the National Research Council said in its citation. “He is perhaps the only tial geometry, topology, in function and genuine collaborations.” and the White House Science American mathematician to hold a Dis- operator algebras and in partial differen- Smiling, Singer thanked his Council. tinguished University Professorship who tial equations,” said Music and Theater fellow faculty. “MIT is an amaz- Isadore Singer In 1992 he received the regularly teaches ordinary (as opposed to Arts Professor Marcus Thompson, chair ing institution for faculty as well AMS’s Award for Distinguished honors) first semester calculus.” of the Killian Award Committee. Thomp- as students,” he said. During his time at Public Service. The citation recognized his In addition to Thompson, members son announced the award during the May MIT, Singer said he has been most grate- “outstanding contribution to his profes- of this year’s Killian Award Committee 18 faculty meeting. ful for “the support and enthusiasm from sion, to science more broadly and to the were Dimitrius J. Bertsimas, the Boeing Established in 1971 as a tribute to both my colleagues and the institution, public good.” Professor of Operations Research in the MIT’s 10th president, the Killian Award and I am sure that will continue.” Last year, Singer was awarded the Abel Sloan School of Management; Magnet Lab recognizes extraordinary professional Born in Detroit in 1924, Singer received Prize, a mathematics award often likened Director Robert G. Griffin, professor of accomplishment by an MIT faculty mem- his undergraduate degree from the Uni- to the Nobel Prize, for a series of papers chemistry; Erich P. Ippen, the Elihu Thom- ber. The winner is asked to deliver a lec- versity of Michigan in 1944. After obtain- he co-authored with Michael Atiyah. The son Professor of Electrical Engineering ture in the spring term. ing his Ph.D. from the University of Chi- Atiyah-Singer index theorem was a crown- and professor of physics; and Associate “One comment on [Singer’s] work at cago in 1950, he joined the faculty at MIT. ing achievement built on more than 100 Professor Rosalind Picard of the Program the time of his appointment to the National In 1987, he was named Institute Professor, years of ideas. The papers also earned the in Media Arts and Sciences. DuPont funds MIT alliance with $25 million MIT President Susan Hockfield and Provost Rob- ert A. Brown joined DuPont Chief Technology Officer Thomas M. Connelly Jr. on May 18 to announce con- tinued funding of the DuPont MIT Alliance (DMA), a research program focused on creating innovative, next- generation materials. Originally funded in 2000 with a five-year, $35 million investment, the alliance will receive another $25 million from DuPont to continue funding through 2010, Con- nolly announced. This 10-year, $60 million commitment makes the DMA the largest corporate R&D investment at MIT. “The successes and experiences of the alliance war- rant our continued funding,” Connelly said. “In 2000, we asked MIT scientists to give us their best ideas on science that could enhance our everyday lives. The response and resulting research has led to significant scientific achievements. These first five years focused on inventing new materials using nature and biology as the design roadmap.” In this second stage, the alliance will expand beyond bio-based science to work with nano- PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY composites, nanoelectronic materials, alternative energy Provost Robert A. Brown cited historic academic developments and extraordinary change in campus life in his remarks at technologies, and next-generation safety and protection the State of the Institute Forum, held May 23 in Kresge. materials, he said. “Here at MIT, we are very proud of our long tradi- tion of strong working relationships with world leaders in key industries. The DuPont MIT Alliance takes such Forum celebrates Institute’s strengths partnerships to a new level, providing a model of suc- cessful university-industry collaboration not just for our Sasha Brown said she is intrigued by the new areas mon space, citing the opening of the two organizations, but nationally as well,” Hockfield said. News Office of study and research involving a con- Stata Center as a perfect example and “The DuPont MIT Alliance is an example of academ- vergence of engineering and the life the “extraordinary change that has ic-industry collaboration at its best, with MIT faculty and sciences. She predicted that this con- occurred by building truly common DuPont colleagues working together to define exciting The Institute is enjoying a period vergence will have the same kind of space in our midst.” research opportunities, to create wonderful new science of renewed strength in many different transformational effect as occurred One of the most exciting projects and technology, and to educate graduate students in sci- areas, MIT’s administrative team told with the incorporation of physical sci- on the horizon is the new Green ence and engineering in the midst of the excitement the hundreds of people who gathered ence into engineering 50 years ago. Center for Physics, which will be generated by the collaboration,” Brown said. in Kresge Auditorium for the State of The president also noted that MIT anchored by an “infill” structure the Institute Forum on May 23. has a unique role to play in energy in the Building 6 courtyard. The Research showcase Sponsored by the Administrative research—a critical issue for the four-story building will have 50,000 Four top DMA research programs were showcased Advisory Committee, the forum con- nation and the world—by bringing square feet connected to Buildings 4 on May 18 to demonstrate the goals of the alliance: to sisted of an hour-long talk—roughly together expertise across the whole and 6 on the third and fourth floors advance basic science; to create commercial potential 20 minutes each for President Susan spectrum from science and engineer- by walkways and by a two-story-high for novel scientific applications; and to develop enabling Hockfield, Provost Robert Brown ing to public policy, international rela- research lab on the ground floor. technologies that directly relate to the strategic direction and Executive Vice President John tions and urban planning. She and the Currently, the physics department is of DuPont research and development. The featured MIT Curry—followed by an hour of ques- provost are working with faculty to spread across 13 different buildings, scientists and their programs were: tions and answers. launch a new Institute-wide initiative including Building 6. —Professor Gregory Stephanopoulos: next-gen- Just five months into the job, in this area. John Curry spoke of the budget eration advances in metabolic engineering, including Hockfield spoke of the future of aca- “I feel enormously optimistic,” she woes that MIT had weathered over genome-wide analyses and modeling for the production demics at the Institute. “I feel fortu- said. the past couple years and the promise of chemicals and intermediates from renewable bio-feed- nate to have arrived at MIT at a time The provost commented on three of the future. “We made some hard stocks; when there is great Institute-wide new areas of study that are indicative choices, but are now better positioned —Professor Mriganka Sur, head of the Department strength, and so much promise in of the cross-cutting initiatives in the to move forward and we can, there- of Brain and Cognitive Sciences: an early stage research new areas that cut across disciplines,” educational realm: the chemical-bio- fore, steer a more normal course,” he program to develop a novel biopolymer-based nervous she said. logical engineering major offered by said. system implant that could replace nonfunctional brain During the economic downturn of the Department of Chemical Engi- The Institute is moving apace tissue following traumatic brain injury; the past two years, administrators had neering, the biological engineering toward electronic transaction process- —Professor Linda Griffith, director of the Biotechnol- to make some tough choices, Hock- major offered by the Biological Engi- ing and eliminating paper as “we con- ogy Process Engineering Center: a device for tissue-like field said. Now that the economy is neering Division slated to start this tinuously upgrade administrative IT,” culturing of liver cells, designed to provide early assess- stronger, MIT is “positioned very well fall and the undergraduate minor in said Curry. “For example, the web- ment of the toxicity of new pharmaceuticals; going forward,” she said. She noted management also starting this fall. based Employee Self Service system, —Professor Michael Rubner, director of the Center she sees several challenges ahead for These are all indicators that show the which allows MIT employees to input for Material Science and Engineering: a novel material MIT, including declining federal sup- Institute is undergoing historic aca- demographic data as well as track and similar to the naturally water repellent surface of the port for research and greater compe- demic developments, said Brown. change their benefits, is now used by lotus leaf. Potential applications include self-cleaning tition from peer institutions. “We do As the academic programs con- nearly all employees. A new payroll fabrics, water-repellant windshields, or plumbing that face competition for the very best fac- tinue to evolve, the campus itself system will go live in January of 2006. resists the growth of harmful bacteria by preventing ulty and students,” said Hockfield. must evolve to meet new needs. There are several other projects on water from accumulating on its surface. A life scientist herself, Hockfield Brown noted the importance of com- the horizon as well,” Curry said. PAGE 4 June 1, 2005 COMMENCEMENT MIT Tech Talk Alumnae, grads look back at MIT CEREMONY Continued from Page 1 Sarah H. Wright Joan Griffin (S.B. 1980) majored in civil advisor for three years. News Office engineering and is now a senior vice presi- “McCormick was a great experience, recipients will take place on Thursday, dent at the Royal Bank of Scotland in New and I would do it again in a heartbeat. The June 2, at 1 p.m. in the Johnson Athlet- York City. She credits her advisor, the late dorm creates an atmosphere that encour- ics Center. Chancellor Phillip L. Clay will Alumnae celebrating their 25th reunion Professor Frank Perkins, with being the ages women at MIT to pursue the tough- preside. year on Friday did problem sets in a dif- “greatest influence on me while at MIT est challenges and to be the best at what- ferent world from those graduating today. and afterward; he suggested I think about ever they choose,” she said. New policy The Class of 1980 was 16 percent women; business school.” “When I was accepted to MIT, many A new policy on the protocol for dem- in 2005, the graduating class is 42.5 per- A mother of three, Griffin also noted, boys were surprised that a girl could get onstrations at Commencement and other cent women, and Susan Hockfield is MIT’s “One of the first things I taught my 10-year accepted to this institution. Many even academic exercises has been finalized. president. old daughter to say was, ‘Girls are good in said that the reason I got in was because I The policy is designed to accommodate The Class of 2009 is expected to be 49 math!’ ” was a girl,” she said. the free expression of ideas while ensur- percent women. As this new generation of Like Griffin, Catherine White (S.B. But Sitaraman found encouragement ing that Commencement runs smoothly. MIT women prepares to walk the Infinite 1980) recalls her mentor, Pat Melaragno, to “excel in any field,” she said. “My four Commencement exercises require com- Corridor for the first time, current and for- who was coach of the MIT Varsity Pistol years here have been absolutely wonder- plex and precise planning and the coming mer women students offered some high- Team, as especially helpful. She has also ful in terms of helping me grow as an indi- and goings of guests—as well as the cer- lights from their experiences. stayed in contact with her teammates. vidual, and I leave this place with many emony itself—must be free of obstruction Most often, they focused on an inspir- “Joining the pistol team was the best fond memories.” or interference. ing and thoughtful advisor or the help of thing I did at MIT. A sport that I had never Women critical of aspects of MIT cred- In accordance with this policy, Killian labmates or teammates. previously tried became a lifelong avoca- ited the courage and tenacity of faculty Court will only be accessible to members Katherine C. Lin, a senior majoring in tion. My pistol team friends have pretty women who spoke up to improve things. of the graduating class, faculty, stage civil and environmental engineering, said much remained friends. We get together For Karen Sachs, graduate student in assembly and ticket-holders. Access to Jenny Jay, her supervisor in the Ralph M. once a year in April at the varsity vs. alum- biological engineering, the MIT faculty Johnson Athletics Center, where robing Parsons Laboratory, was both the “listen- ni match,” said White, a tax accountant. who inspired her are the “brave awesome will occur, will also be limited. ing ear I really needed” and the scientific For California native Sandhya Sitara- women who worked hard and took the For more specific details, please see the guide who helped her see how “what I man, a brain and cognitive sciences major flak” for the 1999 report on the status of Statement by the Chancellor’s Committee studied in the classroom and the laborato- graduating this week, life at MIT was all women in science. Their work “caused a on Protocol for Demonstrations at Com- ry could be relevant to the world outside,” about the women’s dorm, McCormick ripple effect in the science world and tangi- mencement and other Academic Exercis- she said. Hall, where she was a resident academic bly improved things for women,” she said. es at: web.mit.edu/commencement/2005/ ProtocolforDemonstrations.html. Ques- tions regarding locations for demonstra- tions may be directed to Gayle Gallagher, Executive Officer for Commencement, at [email protected]. For those unable to get into Killian Court, a live online webcast of the Com- mencement exercises will be available on and after June 3. Parking For guests attending the Commence- ment exercises on Friday, complimentary parking will be available in the West Park- ing Garage on Vassar Street. Paid park- ing will also be available in the Marriott Hotel Parking Garage (entrance at cor- ner of Ames Street and Broadway) and the Technology Square Parking Garage (entrance on Broadway) on Thursday and Friday. Following Commencement, the MIT Community Service Fund will host its annual fund-raising sale of the plants displayed on the Commencement podi- um and surrounding stage at 3 p.m. on Killian Court. Proceeds from sales of the plants, which are made available by the Office of Conference Services and Spe- cial Events, support service to the local community by MIT staff and student vol- unteers. In the event the Commencement exer- cises in Killian Court are canceled due to severe weather conditions, the speeches will be held in Rockwell Cage for the stage assembly and graduates only. Guests may view the speeches on closed-circuit televi- sion at various campus locations. PHOTO / L. BARRY HETHERINGTON Complete Commencement informa- tion, including the complete schedule, Officers, from left, Robert Molino, Kevin O’Connor and William Smith represent the MIT Campus Police Honor Guard at President Hockfield’s is available at web.mit.edu/commence- inauguration. 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Honor guard marches with pride Erratum Sarah H. Wright Kevin O’Connor, Duane Keegan, Mark “try to practice once a month, with more News Office Kelleher, Robert Molino, Brian Sousa, Sgt. the week before an event,” said Smith. Due to a production error, the fol- Cheryl Vossmer, Det. Willard Boulter, Sgt. Costa, a former Marine Corps drill lowing awards do not appear in their Michael Carey and Lt. Daniel Costa. instructor and a former member of the entirety in the preprinted Institute The Campus Police Honor Guard will “We take great pride in representing not Massachusetts State Police drill team, has Awards pullout. Tech Talk regrets lead the procession through Killian Court only the men and women of the department coached the MIT honor guard team since the error. on Commencement morning, exhibiting but MIT as a whole. We have been very 2002. one of MIT’s newer traditions for the sec- fortunate to march in various big parades From their very first Commencement, Urban Studies and Planning ond time this spring. throughout the state and have been very Costa said, the team “looked sharp” and Marsha Ritzdorf Award—for the Five of the 11 drill team members will well received by all. The great thing about had “determination and enthusiasm.” best student work on diversity, social guide members of the Class of 2005 to being in the honor guard is meeting the Of course, precision drilling isn’t mas- justice and the role of women in plan- their seats. Two will carry M1 rifles as people and other honor guards,” said tered overnight. The team uses “close ning the other three carry flags of the United Smith, a founding member of the team. order marching, which means we’re shoul- – Tara Kumar, M.C.P. 2004, States, Massachusetts and MIT. Members’ The team’s off-campus appearances der to shoulder, and the challenge is keep- Columbus, Ga. uniforms feature a cross belt and garrison have included Memorial Day parades in ing in step,” said Smith. hat designed especially for the team. Cambridge, Patriot’s Day parades in Lex- “For me, the biggest challenge is some Chemistry The honor guard also participated in ington and St. Patrick’s Day parades in of the drills. When we’re told to ‘glide,’ it’s ACS Analytical Chemistry the inauguration of President Susan Hock- Boston. much harder than it looks,” said Vossmer. Award—for achievement by a junior field on May 6. Vossmer enjoys both the MIT and off- The final product—an honor guard in analytical chemistry The guard is a source of pride to the campus experiences, she said. that moves as one and glides through its – Sarah Mahlstedt ’06, chemis- group and to the Institute, and that’s exact- “It is so awesome to hear comments maneuvers—symbolizes more than any try, Boulder, Colo. ly what MIT police Chief John DiFava had like ‘That’s MIT? Wow!’ or I didn’t know single event, no matter how exciting or in mind when he supported forming the they had an honor guard’ or, after a funer- solemn. Brain and Cognitive Sciences team in 2002. al, to have people thank us for our profes- “As you see the police, fire and mili- Dean’s Educational and Stu- The guard gives participants and the sionalism,” Vossmer said. tary honor guard units pass by you in a dent Advising Award police department as a whole “a positive When the team was first formed, they parade—applaud! It is due to the dedi- – Monica Linden G, brain and sense of unity and identity,” DiFava said. practiced rifle drills and flag presentation cation of the men and women in these cognitive sciences, Fort Lauderdale, The 2005 team members, all volun- twice weekly at the Black Falcon Terminal careers that America is such a wonderful Fla. teers, are Patrol Officers William Smith, in South Boston. With experience, they and safe place to live,” Vossmer said. MIT Tech Talk COMMENCEMENT June 1, 2005 PAGE 5 Tech Day spotlight is on bioengineering Nancy DuVergne Smith ogy Day topic, “Bioengineering at MIT: study that fuses molecular and cellular bio- build new devices using biological compo- MIT Alumni Association Building Bridges Between the Sciences, science with engineering. “MIT has built a nents?” Engineering and Medicine,” will begin 9 new curriculum based on modern molecu- This research is improving the practice a.m. in Kresge Auditorium with an over- lar life sciences with application to a range of medicine, according to Gray, a medical MIT’s expertise in measuring, chang- view by Douglas Lauffenburger, director of problems in pharmaceuticals, health and electrical engineering specialist who ing and designing biological systems at of MIT’s Biological Engineering (BE) care, environment and biology-based syn- focuses on diagnosis and treatment of the molecular level has ushered in a new Division. Three division faculty will intro- thesis of new technologies,” said Griffith, arthritis. era for engineering the building blocks duce their work: Linda Griffith, a mechani- chair of the undergraduate BE committee. “In an idealized world, medical strate- of life. At Technology Day this Saturday, cal and biological engineering specialist Thomas Magnanti, dean of the School gies are built on a full understanding of June 4, leading bioengineering faculty will who works on tissue engineering; Angela of Engineering, noted that the molecu- the underlying molecular/cell/tissue/ explain the Institute’s role in developing Belcher, a materials chemist who focuses lar and genomic revolutions have placed organ-level physiology, so problems or breakthroughs from creating liver tissue on the interfaces of materials; and Ram biology as a new foundational science for potential problems can be unambiguously to challenging the drug resistance of can- Sasisekharan, who studies the role of sug- engineering, joining physics, chemistry diagnosed and a preventative or therapeu- cer cells. ars in cell functions. Martha Gray (Ph.D. and math. “At MIT, engineers are working tic strategy specifically targets the prob- The audience for Technology Day, ’86), director of the Division of Health Sci- with their counterparts in MIT’s renowned lem,” Gray said. the intellectual core of Tech Reunions, ences and Technology, will describe how biology department to meld biology with In addition to Technology Day, the 3,000 includes MIT graduates and guests from emerging biomedical technologies are a design-oriented engineering approach,” alumni and reunion guests can choose the classes of 1930 to 2000 on campus June changing medicine. Magnanti said. “The new bioengineering from more than 100 activities, including 2-5 to reconnect with friends and learn The moment is ripe for exploring bio- looks at the problem and asks: What if we the traditional Tech Night at the Pops on about MIT advances. engineering since MIT is launching the could regenerate living tissue itself? Or Thursday. The 50th class reunion group Discussions on this year’s Technol- nation’s first biological engineering field of develop innovative gene therapeutics? Or will lead the Commencement procession. Faculty members awarded tenure The Corporation’s Executive Committee approved 25 faculty members for promotion to tenure on May 16. Those who received tenure, all associate professors unless otherwise noted, are Eran Ben-Joseph of urban studies and planning; David L. Darmofal of aeronautics and astronautics; Scott R. Manalis and Bevin P. Engelward of biological engineering; Bernhardt L. Trout of chemical engineering; Charles F. Harvey and Martin F. Polz of civil and environmental engineering; Krste Asanovic, Isaac L. Chuang and Muriel Medard of electrical engineering and computer science; David Autor and Victor Chernozhukov (promoted from assistant professor) of economics; Emma J. Teng of foreign languages and literatures; Chappell Lawson of political science; Georgia Perakis, Antoinette Schoar, Andreas S. Schulz, Jesper B. Sorensen and Ezra W. Zuckerman Sivan of the Sloan School of Management; Michael B. Yaffe of biology; Jianshu Cao, Catherine L. Drennan and Andrei Tokmakoff of chemistry; Andras Vasy of mathematics; and Max Tegmark of physics. Individual photos and profiles, including any additional members of the faculty who receive tenure before the end of the academic year, will appear in a fall issue of MIT Tech Talk. Additionally, the following 22 have been promoted from associate professor with tenure to full professor: Mark Jar- zombek and Terry W. Knight (effective Sept. 1, 2004) of architecture; Rosalind Wright Picard of media arts and sci- ences; David Ben Schauer of biological engineering; Bruce Tidor of biological engineering and electrical engineering and computer science; Paul I. Barton of chemical engi- neering; Heidi M. Nepf of civil and environmental engi- neering; William T. Freeman, Daniel N. Jackson, Franz X. Kaertner and Steven B. Leeb of electrical engineering and computer science; Angela M. Belcher of materials sci- ence and engineering and biological engineering; George Haller and Douglas P. Hart of mechanical engineering; Peter T. C. So of mechanical engineering and biological PHOTO / DONNA COVENEY engineering; Ronald G. Ballinger of nuclear engineering; James Buzard of literature; David Mindell of science, tech- Burst of color nology and society; Dan Ariely of Sloan School of Man- A rhododendron blossom makes the most of May showers to brighten up an otherwise gloomy day last week. agement; Edward Gibson of brain and cognitive sciences; Pavel I. Etingof of mathematics; and Krishna Rajagopal of physics. Twenty-four faculty members were promoted from assistant professor to associate professor without tenure: John E. Fernandez, Wendy Jacob, Heghnar Watenpaugh and J. Meejin Yoon of architecture; Cynthia Breazeal of GRAD media arts and sciences; Balakrishnan Rajagopal of urban studies and planning; Zoltan S. Spakovszky and Karen E. accepted as a transfer student. He received need-based Continued from Page 1 Willcox of aeronautics and astronautics; Michael J. Collins, federal, state and MIT scholarships that have almost fully Erik D. Demaine, Michael D. Ernst and Pablo A. Parrilo of University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he funded his education. electrical engineering and computer science; Leonid A. received a full athletic scholarship. Over the course of his years at MIT, Pereverzev Mirny of health sciences and technology; Yoel Fink, Nico- During his sophomore year at North Carolina, Per- became the first tennis player from MIT to advance to the la Marzari and Christopher A. Schuh of materials science everzev learned of the Diversity Visa Lottery, a program national semifinals. Now he is the assistant head coach of and engineering; George Barbastathis and Samir Nayfeh through the U.S. Immigration and Nationalization Service the MIT tennis team. “MIT pushed me to the horizons of of mechanical engineering; Xavier Gabaix of economics; committed to diversifying the country. His mother entered my ability,” he said. “I found the limits, and now I know Noel B. Jackson of literature; Patricia Tang of music and the lottery and her name was drawn. The interview for how much I can carry on my plate.” theater arts; Peter D. Wysocki of the Sloan School of Man- acceptance into the program was scheduled for January His interests expanded as well. During his first year at agement; Julian P. Sachs of earth, atmospheric and plan- 2001 and in December 2000, Pereverzev headed home for MIT, Pereverzev took a management psychology class, etary sciences; and Igor Pak of mathematics. Christmas. which sparked an interest in business. That interest con- All promotions will take effect on July 1, 2005, unless A couple weeks into his break, Pereverzev learned that tinued to grow as he spent two summers at internships otherwise noted. the interview had been rescheduled for May 2001 and that in New York City, first at Deutsche Bank in institutional he and his family were not allowed to return to the United equity sales and then at Access Industries Inc., a private States until then. While detained, he missed a semester of equity firm. school and a full season of tennis. At the beginning of May, the electrical engineering and Back in North Carolina, his coach and academic advi- computer science major learned that he had been accepted Fourth wins Fulbright sors began a letter writing campaign to get him back into to Harvard Business School. Eventually, he would like to the country. Finally, in August 2001—just one month shy work on Wall Street in investment banking or credit risk. MIT has a fourth winner of a U.S. Fulbright Fellowship, of the Sept. 11 attacks—Pereverzev and his family were Always true to his roots, Pereverzev plans to go back Marc Schwartz, a second-year graduate student in media allowed in. “Had it been just one month later, we never to Kazakhstan eventually to use his skills to help his home arts and sciences. As a Fulbright Fellow, Schwartz will do would have been allowed back in the country,” he said. country. “I feel very fortunate and I have to share it with research next year at the Keio University Center for For- Once his family was with him, and he had permanent others,” he said. eign Language Education in Japan, on ways to provide an resident status, Pereverzev decided to pursue his dream Every opportunity has been a blessing, said Perever- Internet-based, peer-to-peer element in English language of coming to Cambridge and to MIT. “It was the perfect zev. “I am extremely grateful to MIT for letting me know acquisition programs. opportunity.” where my boundaries are,” he said. “I promise to keep The other three winners were announced in a story in In May 2002, Pereverzev learned that he had been expanding them as far as I can.” the May 19 issue of Tech Talk. PAGE 6 June 1, 2005 NEWS MIT Tech Talk Healing cells aid cancer’s growth InvenTeams David Cameron with cancer cells to promote the tumor’s tumor can now access the nutrients pres- event slated Whitehead Institute growth. ent in the host’s circulating blood and can What could a team of high school stu- “It turns out the cancer cells are not then grow unchecked. dents invent with $10,000? How about a acting alone,” said Weinberg. “These stro- “Essentially, these stromal cells oppor- robotic tennis ball retriever or children’s Scientists have known for the last mal cells play an important role in help- tunistically exploit the normal wound-heal- soap dispenser? Students and teachers decade that a link exists between wound ing these cells, and therefore tumors, to ing process to benefit the tumor,” said from the 2005 Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams healing and cancer. Now scientists led grow.” Weinberg. will come to MIT for the InvenTeams by MIT Professor Robert Weinberg, a Orimo found that a particular protein Orimo plans to further investigate this Odyssey, an event to highlight their work. member of the Whitehead Institute, have produced by the stromal cells, called SDF- process by disturbing the interactions Through the Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams discovered the process by which tumors 1, is a key player in helping tumors grow. between the stromal cells and the cancer initiative, 13 teams of high school students hijack normal wound-healing processes SDF-1 interacts with a class of cells called cells, work that may yield new therapeutic nationwide received grants of up to $10,000 for their own purposes. endothelial precursor cells. insights. to address a problem of their choosing The research, reported in the May Found primarily in the blood, endothe- Additional co-authors of the Cell paper during the 2004-2005 school year. 6 issue of the journal Cell, began when lial cells travel throughout the body and are from the Brigham and Women’s Hos- Teams will display and demonstrate Akira Orimo, a postdoctoral scientist in aid wounded tissue by enabling new blood pital, Harvard Medical School, Massachu- inventions on Thursday, June 9, from 10 Weinberg’s lab, investigated the nature of vessels to form, a process called angiogen- setts General Hospital, Baylor College of a.m. to noon at Stata Center Student Street. stromal cells in breast cancer tumors. esis. Medicine and the Institute Pasteur. Presentations on the invention process will Stromal cells form the connective tissue The stromal cells in the breast cancer This work was funded by Merck/MIT, be given on Thursday, June 9, from 1:30 to in a mammal’s organs and glands. They tumor produce SDF-1, which in turn per- the National Institutes of Health, the Lud- 5 p.m. in Room 34-101 and on Friday, June also form the connective tissue inside suades these endothelial precursor cells to wig Trust, the Breast Cancer Research 10, from 9 a.m. to noon in Room 34-101. tumors, which are composed mostly of enter the tumor. Once they do, they help Foundation, Uehara Memorial Foundation, Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams is an out- cancer cells and stromal cells. Research- the tumor to form its own robust network Sankyo Foundation of Life Science and a reach component of the Lemelson-MIT ers wondered if the stromal cells simply of blood vessels, weaving a circulatory U.S. Army Predoctoral Breast Cancer Fel- Program. For more information, visit www. hold the tumor together or if they work system throughout the tumor mass. The lowship. inventeams.org.

COHEN OBITUARIES Continued from Page 1 Morris Cohen Professorship in Materials ANDREA NICHOLS plications of Parkinson’s disease. The Science and Engineering, announced at Andrea Nichols, shutdown coordina- Weston resident was 78. He was an MIT lects and people who impact the world. the department’s centennial celebration in tor in facilities, died May 20 after col- employee for 25 years, retiring in 1993. Morris Cohen was both. He was a very June 1988. lapsing at work. She was 64. Nichols He leaves his wife of 55 years, Beverly modest person, and one who has had enor- An oil portrait of Cohen, which hangs in started her career at MIT in the Plan- (Hastings) Shepherd; a daughter, Debo- mous impact on the field,” Thomas said. the Chipman Room (8-314), also reminds ning Office. She joined the repair and rah; a son, David; four grandchildren; Cohen paved the way for materials sci- the MIT community of his contributions maintenance staff in 1996. She is sur- a sister, Jeanne Carroll; and a brother, ence and engineering to emerge from its to science and education. Commissioned vived by her mother, of Arizona, and Robert. A memorial service will be held roots in metallurgy, thanks to the influen- by the materials science and engineering her sister, Marsha Breiteneicher of East Saturday, June 25, at 11 a.m. in the Epis- tial report, “Materials and Man’s Needs,” department and painted by Marblehead Braintree. Memorial donations may be copal Parish of the Messiah, 1900 Com- which he wrote for the National Acade- artist Anthony Iarrobino, the portrait made to: Animal Hospital, 300 Broad- monwealth Ave., Auburndale, Mass. my’s Committee on the Survey of Materi- shows Cohen with items of personal signifi- way, Route 1, North Saugus, MA 01906 Donations may be made to the Parkin- als Science. cance in the background—a bust of Moses or an animal shelter of your choice. son’s Research Fun, Massachusetts His faculty colleagues recognized his Maimonides, the 12th-century Hebrew General Hospital Department of Neurol- achievements by awarding him a Ford pro- scholar; a crystal structure of cementite; EDWARD E. HUNT ogy, c/o Dr. John Growden, 15 Parkman fessorship in 1962; an Institute professor- and a text on martensite, a hardening Edward E. Hunt, an engineer at St., Suite 830, Boston, MA 02114. ship, the faculty’s highest honor, in 1974; material of steel that Cohen studied. MIT’s Lincoln Laboratory for 18 years, WALTER VECCHIA and the James R. Killian Faculty Achieve- Cohen’s wife, Ruth (Krentzman) died May 13 at his home in Northbor- ment Award in 1974. Cohen, and a daughter, Barbara (Cohen) ough, Mass., after a long illness. He Water Vecchia, a retired project The Killian selection committee Nordwind, predeceased him. was 83. He retired in 1984. He leaves manager at Lincoln Laboratory, died described Cohen as a “major force” whose He is survived by a son and daughter- his wife of 59 years, Esther M. (Prada) April 15 after a long battle with pancre- place in science history was “ensured.” in-law, Joel and Sara Cohen of San Rafael, Hunt; three sons, Daniel, James and atic cancer. He was 74. He was hired He received numerous national and Calif.; two sisters, Louise Plansky of Los David; a sister, Louise Waldron; seven in 1952 and retired 46 years later. He is international awards and honors during Angeles and Charlotte Freed of Chestnut grandchildren; and one great-grandson. survived by his wife of 48 years, Matilda his career. The National Medal of Science, Hill, Mass.; three grandchildren and five He was predeceased by his son Geof- (DeMartino) Vecchia, of Saugus, and this country’s most prestigious scientific great-grandchildren. frey. three daughters: Marie-Elena DeLuca, award, was presented to Cohen in 1976. Cohen was a founder and past president who also works at Lincoln Lab, Janine He was awarded the Kyoto Prize, Japan’s of Temple Sinai in Marblehead, Mass. THOMAS E. SHEPHERD JR. Leach and Cynthia Doucette. Memo- highest scientific honor, in 1987. Memorial week will be held at his late Thomas E. Shepherd Jr., former rial donations may be made to Massa- Cohen was an inspiring figure to all residence through Sunday. Donations associate director of the Physical Plant chusetts General Hospital Cancer Fund, who knew and worked with him. In cel- in Cohen’s memory may be made to the (now called the Department of Facili- Development Office, 165 Cambridge St., ebration of his 75th birthday, individual Jewish Federation of the North Shore, 21 ties), died May 7 in Wayland from com- Cambridge, MA 02114. and corporate donors established the Front St., Salem, MA 01970.

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So, we added a Mac Mini computer A. taken from the pianist playing sec- HyperPiano and orchestra composed by were interested in having something excit- to the Yamaha Disklavier that does all the tions of this piece and turned into a reper- Media Lab Professor Tod Machover, at ing and fun, that used interesting new software processing, and a parallel visual toire of colors, lines and shapes that can Tech Night 2005 on Thursday, June 2, at technology, that was about 15 minutes system that translates the music and the morph in and out of representation much 8 p.m. in Symphony Hall. Keith Lockhart long and that would not be too hard to performer’s movements into image. as the music mutates in and out of tex- will conduct. rehearse. I decided on a concerto because tural focus. As with Marc’s recent collab- Machover is a world-renowned com- this allows for extra rehearsal with a solo- Does the music have regular nota- orations with prominent choreographers poser of innovative music that synthe- ist, who can then easily fit into the orches- Q. tion? such as Merce Cunningham, Bill T. Jones sizes acoustic and electronic sound. “Jeux tra. I decided on piano so I and Trisha Brown, the “image choreogra- Deux” was commissioned by the Pops to could use one of Yamaha’s The piece is notated phy” always suggests and relates to what celebrate MIT’s 108th Tech Night with new generation Disklavier A. fairly traditionally, is being performed live, but often in subtle the Pops this year. The title is a playful 9-foot concert grands, which which is essential if one and mysterious ways. reference to Debussy’s “Jeux” and a near are magnificent instruments wants to have efficient translation from the French for “two-per- with computer playback and orchestral rehearsals. Will “Jeux Deux” have a life after its son game.” recording built in. I wanted There are several “Mini- Q. Pops performances? Machover’s concerto will feature pianist the piece to be purely acous- Cadenzas” and “Textures” Michael Chertock, who will play a Yamaha tic—but also wanted to use where the piano soloist has Just as I wanted “Jeux Deux” to be Disklavier grand instead of a traditional next-generation hyperin- a certain amount of latitude A. relatively easy to rehearse and to piano, and it will include live images pro- strument technology to add and where I use freer nota- work equally well on Pops and non-Pops jected onto a large screen above the Pops to the soloist’s virtuosity. tion. Besides the Diskla- concerts, I also wanted it to be as simple orchestra. vier, there is a second small as possible technically while still pushing Media Lab graduate student Marc How will the Diskla- two-octave keyboard on the the sophistication of our hyperinstruments Downie produced the images using video Q. vier become a “hyper- piano, easily accessible to to the next level. This should make it close-ups of Chertock’s fingers and hands piano”? the pianist’s left hand. The extremely easy to bring the piece to other that morph into colorful, abstract forms or pianist plays silent notes venues, and there is already significant recognizable human shapes depending on Yamaha—a longtime Tod Machover on this keyboard at specific interest in performing the piece both here changes in the music. The result is a real- A. sponsor and col- moments of the piece in and abroad. time illustration of the dialogue between laborator—is providing the order to change the state of piano and orchestra and between soloist Disklavier piano from their New York stu- the hyperinstrument software. This allows Tech Night at Pops is sold out, as tickets and “hyperized” piano. dio. The “hyper” part is ours. Mike Fabio the whole technical aspect of the piece to were purchased by this year’s graduates and Lynn Heinemann of the Office of the (SB ’04, and poised to become a Media be completely controlled by the soloist, alumni returning to campus for reunions Arts talked to Machover about his latest Arts and Sciences master’s student) has using music keyboards instead of alphanu- and Tech Week. Machover’s “Jeux Deux” composition. designed a hyperinstrument software meric ones. will also be performed at Boston Pops con- system that analyzes what the pianist is certs on Wednesday, June 22, and Thursday, How did the Pops commission come playing and transforms and enhances Describe the visual component of the June 23. Q. about? various parts—sometimes monumentally Q. piece. List exhibit spotlights Sturtevant’s artwork With “Sturtevant: The Brutal Truth,” ‘appropriation,’ the refocusing of history, the List Visual Arts Center presents MIT’s or the death of art, or the negative ques- first comprehensive museum exhibition tioning of originality,” Sturtevant said in a by the Paris-based American artist Elaine catalog essay by Christine Leigh. “Rather, Sturtevant. just the opposite. It involves the power Sturtevant’s work, which replicates and autonomy of originality and the focus other artists’ work, is said to have caught and pervasiveness of art.” the eye of the late Andy Warhol for its Sturtevant is involved in all stages of exacting technique. When someone asked her art production and often teaches her- the pop art guru about his own copying self different artistic techniques to create process, he supposedly replied, “I don’t the “originals.” She initially focused on know. Ask Elaine,” according to a 2004 works by such American artists as Roy article in the Village Voice. Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Johns and List Visual Arts Center staff members Warhol. will conduct a series of gallery talks about In the late 1960s, Sturtevant concentrat- the exhibition. LVAC Curator Bill Arning ed on replicating works by Joseph Beuys will lead a talk today (June 1) at noon; and Duchamp. Since the early 1980s, she LVAC Education and Outreach Coordina- has focused on the next generation of art- tor Hiroko Kikuchi will conduct tours on ists, including Robert Gober, Anselm Kief- June 5 and June 26 at 2 p.m.; and on June er, Paul McCarthy and Gonzalez-Torres. 29, LVAC Director Jane Farver will lead a “The Brutal Truth” at the List Center talk at noon. consists of selections from the original Sturtevant, a former visiting professor larger exhibition in Frankfurt, Germany. in the MIT Visual Arts Program, is known The MIT community will see “Lichtenstein professionally simply as “Sturtevant.” Hot Dog” (1965/66), “Duchamp Ralâche” She has produced replicas of works (1967), “Johns Flag Above White Ground” of art by Marcel Duchamp, Jasper Johns, (1967/68), “Warhol Flowers” (1990) and Felix Gonzalez-Torrez and Warhol. Her “Gonzalez-Torres Untitled (Go-Go Danc- goal in duplicating the efforts of others, ing Platform)” (1995). she has said, is to expand the definitions The show is accompanied by a set of PHOTO COURTESY / MUSEUM FÜR MODERNE KUNST, FRANKFURT AM MAIN of originality and authorship, to widen catalogs designed by Sturtevant and will ‘Gonzalez-Torres Untitled (Go-Go Dancing Platform)’ (1995) is one of several Sturtevant the role of the creator and to broaden the be on view through July 10. works on display at the List Visual Arts Center. Dancing hours are limited. meaning and purpose of art. For more information, call 253-4680 or “My work has nothing to do with visit web.mit.edu/lvac/www. Check it out in New York Clay Ward, program coor- Checks,” and his medium is dinator of MIT’s Student Art personal bank checks signed Association, is the only Ameri- with stitches, rather than ink. can among 18 artists in a New “Every check (except for York show examining the one) was honored by the bank power, ubiquity and legitimacy even though some of them got of personal identity systems. caught in the machine that was The show, “ID Troubles— used to process them,” said US Visit,” will be on view at Ward. Ward is selling each can- the NURTUREart Gallery and celled check for its face value. Emerging Curators’ Resource Center, 475 Keap St., in the Wil- NURTUREart Gallery is ded- liamsburg section of Brooklyn, icated to nurturing the careers New York, until June 24. The of emerging artists and cura- show opened May 20 tors from around the world. For Ward’s installation for more information, visit www. Clay Ward used stitches instead of ink to sign personal checks for his installation ‘Sewn Checks,’ now “ID Troubles” is titled “Sewn nurtureart.org. on exhibit in a New York gallery as part of a show titled ‘ID Troubles—US Visit.’ PAGE 8 June 1, 2005 CALENDAR MIT Tech Talk

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Science/ Performance Architecture/ Humanities “COLLISION- “Constructing Commence- Screening Gallery Talk by Technology Planning box” Stata: ment of Three of Hiroko Kikuchi Exhibit mix- Photographs Reception Robert Breer’s Hiroko Kikuchi ing art and of Richard Reception animated films will be leading technology with a duo of Sobol” for graduates and Three playful and humor- a tour of MIT List Visual interactive video-based A collection of unpub- guests. Following ous cartoons explore the Arts Center’s exhibition, Music Exhibit Reading Special displays. $5, free with an lished photographs cap- Commencement, simple delights of life. 24 “Sturtevant: The Brutal Interest MIT ID. MIT Museum. 10 tures the construction approximately 1:30 p.m. hours. Media Test Wall, Truth.” 2-3 p.m. MIT List a.m.-5 p.m. 253-4444. process that brought MIT West Campus Plaza. Whitaker Building 56. Visual Arts Center. and the world the Frank 253-4400. Gallery Talk by Gehry-designed Stata MIT Anime International Bill Arning Center (Building 32). 9:30 Club Weekly Eastgate Yard Folk Dancing Business/ Film Sports Featured Tour of MIT a.m.-5 p.m. Room 10- Showing Sale (participatory) Money Event List Visual 150. 253-4444. Showings of Furniture, baby Dances from Arts Center’s exhibition, the best of both recent items, electron- Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, “Sturtevant: The Brutal “Schizo and classic Japanese ics, household applianc- Romania, Serbia, Croatia Truth.” Noon. MIT List (Redux)” animation. 7 p.m. Room es and goods. 9 a.m.-3 and others) as well as Visual Arts Center. Swiss art- 6-120. p.m. Eastgate front yard other parts of Europe and EDITOR’S CHOICE ist Christoph and playground. Rain the world (Israel, France, Angel Groups Draeger merges Gus location: Eastgate pent- Russia, even England TECH NIGHT in Action: Van Zandt’s 1996 color house lounge. and the United States). 8 AT POPS June 2 Funding film “Psycho” with Alfred p.m. Room 5-217. 253- Early Stage Hitchcock’s black-and- FOLK. Generations of MIT Innovation white original (1960) Boston Symphony MIT Enterprise Forum so that correspond- alumni, guests, degree Hall Inc. presents an insider’s ing scenes are aligned candidates and fami- look into angel investing. directly on top of each lies come together for $20-$30 in advance, free other. 7 p.m. Bartos 8 p.m. for students. 5:30 p.m. Theater. 253-4400. an exclusive concert Kresge Auditorium. 253- conducted by Keith 0015. Lockhart. MIT EVENT HIGHLIGHTS JUNE 6–12 139th MIT COMMENCEMENT MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY June 3 June 6 June 7 June 8 June 9 June 10 “Sweeney “Sturtevant: Introduction to Karaoke Night MIT Anime Irwin Jacobs, Killian Court Todd” The Brutal Self-Defense at the Thirsty Club Weekly Auditions Truth” Jiu-Jitsu pre- Ear Showing Qualcomm’s co-founder Seating: 7:30 a.m. Auditions for Paris-based pares a person Must be 21+. The best of and CEO is the guest Musical Theatre Guild’s American artist known for any situation, includ- I.D. required. 8 p.m. both recent and classic speaker. summer 2005 production for her replications of ing stand-up and ground The Thirsty Ear Pub, Japanese animation. 7 of “Sweeney Todd.” 7-9 works. Noon-6 p.m. List fighting, knife attacks Ashdown House. p.m. Room 6-120. p.m. Twenty Chimneys, Visual Arts Center. 253- and multiple attacks. 7 TECHNOLOGY DAY Student Center. 253- 4680. p.m. Dupont Wrestling 6294. Room, Building W32, June 4 Arbor Day Second Floor. Trivia Night at Contra Dance “Bioengineering at the Thirsty Ear Music by Apple Kresge Auditorium MIT: Building Bridges Host: Tim Crisp. $5, MIT/ Graves. Must Wellesley students free. Go Online! For complete events listings, Between the Sciences, 9 a.m.–12:45 p.m. be 21+. I.D. required. 8-10:30 p.m. Sala de Engineering and 9 p.m.-11:30 p.m. The Puerto Rico. 354-0864. see the MIT Events Calendar at: http://events.mit.edu. Medicine.” 253-8243. Thirsty Ear Pub, Ashdown Go Online! Office of the Arts website at: http://web.mit.edu/arts/office. House.

NEWS BRIEFS MISTI experiences span the globe Sigrid Berka In Asia, MIT-China’s Bates milestone MIT-Germany Program pilot OpenCourseWare Center for International Studies project, launched last sum- At 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 31, the mer at Qinghai Univer- 31-year use of the Bates Linear Accel- sity, has been expanded to erator as a national nuclear physics include four teams intro- user facility under the sponsorship of This summer, the MIT International Sci- ducing OCW and MIT the Office of Nuclear Physics of the ence and Technology Initiatives (MISTI) iCampus subjects at Tsin- U.S. Department of Energy came to will again be sending students abroad to ghua, Xi’an Jiaotong and an end. The Middleton, Mass., facili- get hands-on experience in how science is Qinghai universities and at ty had been used by an international created and applied worldwide. About 200 Dalian University of Tech- collaboration of scientists for frontier students will fan out to seven countries on nology. Team member research in electromagnetic physics. three continents. Salvatore Scaturro said, “I Negotiations are in the final stages “I will be spending my summer in am certain that OCW will for transferring the Bates facility Munich, working with the autonomous change the face of educa- from DOE to MIT, which might use intelligent systems group at Siemens Cor- tion around the world. It the accelerator for a new interdisci- porate Technology,” said Gireeja Ranade, has already begun to do plinary center. a sophomore in EECS who is going abroad through the MIT-Germany Program. “In so.” addition to the technical thrill, what is most PHOTO / DANISH S. KHATRI More than 30 students Animal care concerns exciting for me is that I will be sharing a As an intern in the MIT-Japan Program, Danish S. Khatri, will work at national and Vice President for Research and flat with three German artists, two musi- a graduate student in electrical engineering and computer multinational companies Associate Provost Alice Gast and cians and an actress, in a more alterna- science, worked on the ‘Robovie’ project at the Advanced across Japan thanks to the the chairman of the Committee on tive part of the city. I’ll be able to explore Telecommunications Research Institute in Keihanna, Japan, MIT-Japan Program. The Animal Care are once again solicit- Munich and the culture from a perspective in 2003. program is also planning ing any information that would aid I never would have gained on my own.” a weekend trip to Kyoto, MIT’s effort to maintain the humane More than 40 students will be heading and participate in various cross-cultural where interns will get a glimpse of ancient care of animals used in research. to Germany, most of them working in such retreats before their departure. MISTI Japanese arts and culture. The committee was established companies as BMW, Bosch, Lufthansa, has country programs in China, France, Of the 24 students going with the MIT- to ensure that all MIT researchers Porsche and Siemens. Others will engage Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Mexico and India Program this year, seven are gradu- working with animals comply with in research. Singapore. ate students working at premier research federal, state, local and institutional “I will help design, build and test a new The MIT-Italy Program will be sending and educational institutes such as the regulations on animal care. To that biomedical device for the treatment of a dozen interns to a variety of research Indian Institute of Technology in Madras. end, it inspects animals, animal hydrocephalus, a disorder where excess centers and companies. Terry Gaige, Others will be doing internships at such facilities and labs, and reviews all cerebrospinal fluid causes elevated brain a 2004 graduate who will return to MIT corporations as Hikal Pharmaceuticals and research and teaching exercises pressure and mental dysfunction,” said as a graduate student in September, is DaimlerChrysler. For the first time, some that involve animals before experi- Spencer Szczesny, a recent recipient of completing his internship at the Citta’ students will also work in health care and ments are performed. an M.S. in mechanical engineering who dell’Arte, a foundation created by inter- education. If you have information about will work as a research assistant within the nationally renowned artist Michelangelo MISTI’s newly launched MIT-Mexico inadequate animal care or any infor- Helmholtz Institute for Biomedical Tech- Pistoletto. Gaige has been working on Program arranged internships for some of mation that would help the commit- nology at RWTH Aachen University. alternative transportation possibilities, its first 11 students at Banco de México, tee fulfill its responsibilities, contact MISTI offers intensive three- to 12- especially airships for passenger trans- the Comision Federal de Electricidad, Met- the committee at 253-9436 or call month internships as well as study abroad portation, and the use of ethanol in refor- alsa and Macimex. Some students will do Gast at 253-1403. All concerns about opportunities, so undergraduate and grad- mulated gasoline. research at the U.S.-Mexico Foundation for animal care will be handled confi- uate students from all fields can access MIT-France Program interns will do Science, and at the prestigious Tecnologico dentially and will be investigated by advances in science and technology else- research at the famous Institut Pasteur de Monterrey. the committee. where in the world. MISTI students take and Institut Curie in Paris or work at com- For more information, visit web.mit. intensive language and culture courses panies such as Air Liquide and Renault. edu/misti.