Alec Resnick
working to start a different kind of university

BostonCHI hosts Matt Boch of Harmonix Software at IBM Cambridge on June 14, 2011. Matt Boch, Senior Designer, Harmonix Music Systems Play Control Abstract:   Over the past few years of console gaming we've witnessed a rise in unique input/output devices. Generic controllers have given way to an incredible diversity: motion wands, voice...

Let it be known that this is the most notice I've given for any event I've ever organized in my entire life. It's that big of a deal.

Come to my motherf*cking birthday party.

It will take place on a bouncy castle floating down the Charles in broad daylight. See included picture for an example.

If there is enough interest, there...

The theme for this month's sprout spaghetti dinner is Food in the City.

When we think about the origins of food, we might see images of hunter gatherers or yeoman farmers or industrial agriculture. As city dwellers in the 2010s, what are the politics of the food we eat? Where does it come from? How does it get here? How much choice do we...

Engaging with Quantitative Thinking

Bio: A former elementary school teacher and student and translator of Jean Piaget, Duckworth is interested in the experience of learners and teachers of all ages, both in and out of schools. She applies Piaget's pioneering
observations on intellectual development directly to her research on the development...

When: Monday, Feb 07, 2011. 3:30pm - 5:00pm; refreshments served Where: IBM Research, 1 Rogers St, Cambridge MA 02142 Free and open to the public with RSVP at http://ctr4sslessig.eventbrite.com Discounted parking at Galleria Mall, next to IBM. Bring parking ticket for validation. Join us at the IBM Center for Social Software for a talk with...

Wendy Kopp (CEO and Founder of Teach For America) will be promoting her new book, A Chance to Make History. She will be giving a brief talk, Q&A, and book signing.

The book will be available at the event to purchase and have signed by Ms. Kopp.

Students from all across Harvard and TFA corps members and alumni are encouraged to attend.
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The Innovation in Healthcare Symposium will gather a multidisciplinary set of leading experts to discuss opportunities to drive innovation in healthcare. Globally, healthcare is one of the great societal and economic challenges of the 21st century. With healthcare spending approaching nearly one-fifth of the global economy, access, quality, and the...

What Should an Educated Person Know about Computers?
Brian Kernighan, Department of Computer Science, Princeton University

All of us are affected by computing, in ways we may not even realize. Some of the technology is highly visible, like laptops, cell phones and the Internet; most is invisible, like the processors in everything from gadgets to...

As microelectronic devices scale down to the level of molecular assemblies, the resulting circuits and systems do not behave like the precisely chiseled machines with tight tolerances. Modern computing is ignorant of the variability in behavior of underlying components from device to device, chip to chip, its wear over time, or the environment in...

# why I'm going
This guy managed to bend Tony Blair's ear in the UK re: education (he
was Education advisor and got his "Sir" for his work) and has worked
with lots of schools to attempt reform. I don't think the reforms are
very interesting but I'm curious about:
+ how working with the school systems in a consulting...

Visions of democracy imply not only government of, by, and for the people; but also the creation of culture of, by, and for the members of our communities.

As tools made to support creativity and production become cheaper and more widely available and people begin to rediscover existing methods of production, we are seeing home-made and DIY...

The Boston Radical Reference Collective (BRRC), Artists in Context (AIC), and sprout & co invite you to participate in an evening of conversation, information-sharing, and connection between artists and researchers.

We'll begin the evening with snacks and time to meet-and-greet, followed by a presentation by local Radical Reference...

The theme for this month's dinner is Citizens & Prisons, looking at a few initiatives started by individuals--as opposed to organizations--that interface with the prison system.

Our performers will include ::

+ Jenny Romaine, a NYC-based performer, won't be able to be with us, but will share a toy theater and video project made...

Community organizers, dancers, stilters, puppeteers, bicyclers, hoopers, movers and shakers, roller-skaters, color guards, cheerleaders, business owners, union members, and neighbors –

We invite you to participate in this year's HONK! Parade, which will take place on Sunday, October 10, starting at noon from Davis Square and traveling, as...

It’s the fifth annual Fluff festival in Somerville and our madcap celebration continues to grow! "What the Fluff? A Tribute to Union Square Invention" honors Fluff creator, Archibald Query who invented the gooey sticky stuff right here in Union Square in 1917. Join our madcap tribute for all ages that includes musical, and theatrical...

Abstract: Nature uses decentralized mechanisms that can often scale and self-adapt better than human-engineered ones. Certain types of software systems share requirement and resource properties with nature and may benefit from nature-inspired mechanisms. For example, large, highly distributed Internet systems resemble biological bodies with...