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STUDIO.nano presents: Can machines be creative?—Mar. 19

Prof. Buehler’s lab is pioneering the use of AI agents to design nanoscale materials — systems that reason, self-organize, and generate structures atom by atom. His research opens a profound question: When machines help design matter itself, are they participating in creativity? Join STUDIO.nano for an interdisciplinary discussion exploring AI, scientific discovery, art, and the evolving relationship between human and machine imagination.

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2026 MIT AI Conference — April 14

The conference highlights MIT’s most influential work from the past year and the promising future it is shaping.  The program includes topics such as future AI architectures, AI management and deployment, AI applications, social impact, and policy. Together, these themes offer a forward-looking view of where AI is headed—and how society can prepare.

Presented by the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP)

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CANCELLED: Feb. Seminar: Controlling the direction of light emission in anisotropic perovskite nanoparticles using alignment, fusing, and surface interactions — Feb. 23

Join MIT.nano for our February seminar! Professor Carissa Eisler, Assistant Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Department at UCLA, will present on controlling the direction of light emission in anisotropic perovskite nanoparticles using alignment, fusing, and surface interactions. 

3 p.m. – 4 p.m. ET
Grier Room A (34-401)

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Patent Law Essentials: What Scientists, Engineers, and Entrepreneurs Need to Know—Jan. 10

This IAP workshop, sponsored by the MIT Graduate Student Council, covers the basics of U.S. patent law, including the patent application process, prosecution, litigation, and licensing.

Instructors: Stephen M. Hou, Ryan (Hyunjong) Jin, Julian G. Pymento

Date: Saturday, January 10, 2026, 9:00am-4:00pm
Location: [Register to see exact location @ MIT]
Advance sign-up required: https://engage.mit.edu/GSC/rsvp_boot?id=916767

Industrial Decarbonization — Jan. 8

This webinar brings together leading researchers and industry practitioners to explore concrete pathways toward deep industrial decarbonization and to discuss how innovation, investment, and international cooperation on policy can accelerate the transition to a low-carbon industrial base of the future.

Presented by the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP).

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MIT.nano IAP 2026 offerings

MIT.nano is offering six courses during the 2026 Independent Activities Period (IAP). Join us to make your own chip inside the fab, learn about e-beam lithography and x-ray structural analysis, create 3D models of real world objects, and more!

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Quantum at a Turning Point—Dec. 11

A hundred years since the birth of quantum mechanics — and after more than 40 years of MIT leadership in quantum computing, sensing, and communication — the field is at an inflection point, ready to translate quantum science and technology into practical applications. This webinar, presented by the MIT Industrial Liaison Program (ILP) brings together MIT faculty and innovators driving this transformation, exploring how the field is evolving from fundamental research to scalable, commercially viable systems.

10 a.m. – 11 a.m. ET
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