tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/292034680 2008-04-18 12:46:42 -0400 MIT Sloan Making the move from a career in the military to management school starts with one critical step: leaving the military. That decision is more complex than a civilian might think, particularly given the intense commitment and teamwork that bonds soldiers so strongly. As they get ready to embark on the next phase of their lives and careers, Veterans Club members Ryan Gilchrist and Victor Mroczkowski talk about transitioning from fatigues to business suits and compare the leadership philosophies of the military and MIT Sloan. 1307 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/292013160 2008-12-31 15:08:22 -0500 Convergence Culture Consortium Moving lives online, creating conversations across geography, connecting with consumers - how is social media defining the current entertainment landscape? As people not only put more content online, but conduct more of their daily lives in networked spaces and via social networking sites, how are social media influencing how we think of audiences? What are the implications for privacy, content management, and identity construction of social media? How have they impacted notions of civic engagement? 6641 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/291981520 2009-05-22 12:12:49 -0400 hibur lectures Mobile WiMAX 4G, a.k.a. IEEE 802.16 is a cellular, IP based broadband wireless access network enabling mobile internet devices and applications, currently in early stage of worldwide deployment. The talk includes an introduction of the technology, an overview of main PHY and MAC properties, and a discussion of WiMAX evolution with respect to other mobile broadband networks. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WiMAX 3930 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/291955040 2009-07-02 17:10:44 -0400 RLE Professor Muriel Medard of MIT discusses research and education in her group, and the intellectual challenges facing engineers at the frontiers of communications, networks, and coding. 306 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/291933560 2009-08-27 14:51:13 -0400 MIT CTL The world is smaller than ever thanks to technology, trade and globalization and yet there are still hundreds of millions of people in need. Dr. Prashant Yadav, Professor of Supply Chain Management at the MIT-Zaragoza International Logistics Program will discuss how supply chain principles from the commercial sector can be applied to private/non-profit and governmental/NGO medical and food distribution networks to help address those needs. 2449 tag:techtv.mit.edu,:Array/291911820 2009-10-02 12:12:52 -0400 The Community Innovators Lab Watch the <a href="http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/colab/videos/3907-colab-leveraging-the-stimulus-panel-91409">full</a> panel discussion to see the whole conversation. In the summer of 2009, MIT CoLab deployed student staff to organizations in <a href="http://www.belovedcommunitycenter.org/">North Carolina</a>, Mississippi, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Los Angeles, among others, to collaborate with communities interested in using stimulus money in especially innovative ways. The common stimulus dispute CoLab's community partners face looks like this: the City wants to spend its stimulus money on new boilers for City Hall, with a one-time installation done by an established contractor. Community groups, however envision something more like this: (1) a job skills training program for unemployed youth and former felons, including a leadership development component, which trains folks how to weatherize and retrofit buildings, and also how to start a small business. (2) newly trained workers get paid to to the work in their own neighborhoods. (3) With this experience, they could potentially start their own businesses. (4) Meanwhile, their neighborhoods would use energy savings from their now weatherized homes to engage in a collective mortgage reduction program, or as savings towards a community center building. 83