Proteins: From Birth to Death

Saturday, July 21 to Wednesday, July 25. A symposium of the
Protein Society. Boston Marriott, Copley Place, Boston. Details.

How do Dolphins Communicate

Thursday, July 26, 1p and 3p. Kathleen Dudzinski. Dolphin Communication Project.
Museum of Science, Gordon stage. Details.

The Navy of the Future

Tuesday, July 3, 3p. Paul Sullivan. Museum of Science, Cahners Theatre.
Details and Abstract.

Cadavers I have Known

Tuesday, July 24th, 7p. Christine Montross will discuss and read from Body of Work, a memoir of her anatomical studies and the cadavers she has known. Brookline Booksmith, 279 Harvard St., Brookline. Details.

Self-organizing traffic lights

Friday, June 29, 2p. Carlos Gershenson.   NECSI, 24 Mt. Auburn St.   Details and Abstract.

Remaking American Medicine: Health Care for the 21st Century

A Series. First Do Harm: Tuesday, June 26; The Stealth Epidemic:
Wednesday, June 27; Hand in Hand: Thursday, June 28.   Kessler Health Education Library, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA.  Details.

The Battle Over the Meaning of Everything

Tuesday, July 10, 6:30p. Gordy Slack discusses his book: The Battle Over
the Meaning of Everything: Evolution, Intelligent Design, and a School Board in Dover, PA.
Harvard Book Store, 1256 Massachusetts Ave.  Details.

4th annual Barnstable Butterfly Count

Saturday, July 28, 9AM-6PM.   Alison Robb, Director, Nature Circle;
Ian Ives, Director,
Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary.   Registration required.
Long Pasture Visitor Center, 345 Bone Hill Rd., Cummaquid, MA.   Details.

Good Birders Don't Wear White

Thursday, July 12, 6p.   Lecture and booksigning by Peter Alden and Robert Braunfield.   Harvard Museum of Natural History, 60 Garden St.   Details.

The First Steps of Star Formation

Thursday, June 28, 4p.  Erik Rosolowsky.   Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Phillips Auditorium, 60 Garden St.   Details.

What Influences Crude Oil and Gasoline Prices?

Wednesday, June 27, 6-7p. An MIT Energy Club Discussion. Key documents are distributed before each discussion. Discussion moderated by discussion leader. Details.

On the development of cybernetic hands for perception and action

Monday, June 25, 3:30-4:40p. Maria Chiara Carrozza. MIT: 3-133. Details and abstract.

One Laptop per Child - Education and Development Group

Monday, June 25, 5:30p.   Berkman Center Conference Room,
23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge, MA.
Details.

Experience with Markov Logic Networks in a Large AI System.

Monday, July 16, 2-3p.  Thomas G. Dietterich.   MIT: Stata Center, Kiva (32-G449).  
Details.

Globalization of Health Care

Thursday, June 21, 5:30-6:30p.   Registration required. (See Details) 
Harvard Medical School:New Research Building, Amphitheatre, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur.   Details.

Universal Healthcare: A Report Card

Tuesday, June 19, 6p-9p. Moderated by Michael Dukakis. Registration required.   Details.

Socialization on Social Network Sites

Tuesday, June 19, 12:30p. danah boyd.   boyd's Blog.   Webcasts and remote participation.   Podcast audio & video.   Lunch provided to those who RSVP by Monday.   Harvard: JFK School, Berkman Center, Conference Room, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge.   Details.

Thursday Blog Discussion Group

Thursday, June 21, 7p. Thursday Blog Discussion Group. Harvard:Kennedy School, Berkman Center, Conference Room, 23 Everett Street, Second Floor, Cambridge. Details

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology in Health and Healing

Monday, June 18, 7-9p.   Museum of Science.   Details.

InvenTeams Odyssey Showcase

9:30a-11a. MIT: Stata Center Student Street. Details.

SWAPFEST

9a-2p. MIT: N4, Albany St. Garage and Lot. Swapfest website. Details.

Trajectories of child and family functioning among families raising a child with ASD

6-8p.   Alice Carter.   MGH: Simches Bldg., Rm 3110, 185 Cambridge St. (Charles River Plaza).   Details.

New Media Lab Bldg.

2-3p. Town meeting to discuss construction of a new Media Lab and School of Architecture + Planning building. MIT:E25-117. Background.   Details.

Non-Profits and Open Source

Friday, 8:30a-5p., "Penguin Day". National Penguin Day website.  
Details.
Saturday, 8:30a-6:30p.   "Grassroots Use of Technology".
Details.
Both events are at UMass, Lowell Campus.   The Saturday event is in the Wannalannclt Bldg.  

The Influence of Genetic Ancestry on Complex Traits and Disease

Wednesday, June 13, 12p.  
Rick Kittles 
Harvard Medical School: New Research Bldg. 350, 77 Ave. Louis Pasteur.  
Details.

Computational Biology of Cancer Pathways

Tuesday, June 12, 4p.  
Chris Sandler, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Institute.  
Dana Farber Cancer Institute: Jimmy Fund Auditorium.  
Details.

Methods in Bioengineering

Thursday, July 12, 8:30a-7:30p; Friday, July 13, 7:30a-12:40p.  
MIT: Kresge Auditorium.  
Details.

Distributed Reinforcement Learning for Self-Reconfiguring Modular Robots

Monday June 11, 10-11a.
Paulina Varshavskaya.
Distributed Robotics Lab
Background Reading
MIT: Stata, Star Conference Rm. (32-D463).  
Details.

Central pattern generators for locomotion control in animals and robots.

Tuesday, Jun 12, 4-5p.
Auke Jan Ijspeert.
Biologically Inspired Robotics Group.
MIT: Stata, Star (32-D463).
Details.

Visual Computing: Case Studies and Research Challenges

Thursday, June 13, 1-2p.
"Visual Computing: Case Studies and Research Challenges."
Chris Johnson.
Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute.
MIT: Stata, Patil (32-G449).
Details.