Our last speaker, Behnaz Farahi, professor in the MIT Media Lab's Critical Matter Group, examines the connection between intelligence, the body, and physical media, presenting her latest explorations into perception and contemplation.
A Q&A session with Harry Allen, a journalist and MIT visiting professor and scholar, investigates pop culture, outer space, and launching a hip-hop time capsule into the galaxy.
A Q&A session with Paul Liang, a professor in EECS and the MIT Media Lab’s Multisensory Intelligence group, explores the integration between AI and the senses and highlights the potential to capture smell and touch using multisensory AI.
Pat Pataranutaporn, professor in the MIT Media Lab Cyborg Psychology research group, designs technology to support human psychology, including a digital twin to connect individuals with a simulated older version of themselves.
Pascal Le Boeuf, Grammy award-winning composer and Professor of Music Composition, goes against the grid of musical rhythms through an exploration of metric irregularity, asymmetrical beats, and variable subdivisions.
Nina Petulla, an MIT senior studying biology and chemistry, shares insights from her profound experience with Camp Kesem, a summer camp for children of cancer patients, and reflects on the importance of community and connection.
Nikhil Behari, a graduate student in the MIT Media Lab Camera Culture group, designs new AI systems that can see more from pictures and turn a photo’s shadows and reflections into insights about the surrounding world.
Hari Balakrishnan, MIT Professor in CSAIL and EECS, presents Glia, an AI architecture using large language models to shape the future of systems design and optimization.
Debbie Douglas, the Director of Collections and Curator of Science and Technology at the MIT Museum, rediscovers Harold Eugene “Doc” Edgerton, an MIT professor, entrepreneur, and pioneer of high speed photography.
David Ewing Duncan, American journalist and author, tells the story of his “Experimental Man Project,” an exploration of his genes, immune system, brain, and body to finally answer the question: “Who am I?”
Clay Lewis, an MIT undergraduate senior studying music and computer science, showcases the artistic talent of MIT through a selection of film scores from his portfolio, including the styles of animation, action, and drama.
Next, Victor Wang, a pianist and PhD student in AI and economics, presents two compositions inspired by his fascination with the connections between musical expression and scientific discovery.
Starting off TEDxMIT’s Music x Technology event, Aly Mohamed, Founder of Vound, takes a closer look at the world’s first hearing-aid technology to visualize sound through augmented reality.
Our final speaker, Victory Yinka-Banjo, a senior at MIT majoring in CS & Molecular Biology, talks about creating a model of homegrown science to build a biotech future in Nigeria.
Debbie Douglas, Director of the MIT Museum, presents on a fascinating electromechanical maze with a mechanical mouse, created by Claude Shannon to showcase how information travels in a telephone system.
Lauren Davis, an undergraduate senior studying biological engineering and brain and cognitive science, took a deep dive into models to accelerate the drug development process.
Lily Janjigian, a graduate student studying computer science and machine learning, spoke about her current research in computer vision for agriculture mapping.
