When South by Southwest 2018 convenes in Austin, TX March 9-18, many of the speakers taking the stage will be members of the Media Lab Community. Here are details on the Lab faculty, researchers, Director's Fellows, and alumni scheduled to appear:
Faculty, students, and researchers
Cynthia Breazeal: OK Computer, What Do I Need to Know?
Hugh Herr: Extreme Bionics: The Future of Human Ability
Joe Paradiso: Technology + Buildings: Creating a New Experience
Nicole L’Huillier: Breaking Forms
Neha Narula: Cryptocurrencies: A New Future for Money
Michael Casey: Bitcoin and the New World of Programmable Money
Director's Fellows
Gabriella Gomez-Mont: The Experimentalists: Cities, Political Imagination, and Social Creativity
Arielle Johnson: The Restaurant of the Future
Leland Melvin: Earth vs. Mars: The Future of Exploration
Alaa Murabit: The Politics of Consent
Céline Semaan: Beyond Fashion Tech
Advisory Council
Megan Smith: Democratizing AI for Individuals & Organizations
Alumni
Nadav Aharony: Product Science: Creation & Evaluation Principles
Wesley Chan: Getting and Making Angel Investments
Elliott Hedman: Why “Just Add Games” Doesn’t Boost Engagement
Daniel McDuff: Augmented Minds
Amanda Parkes: Sustainability and Ethics in Fashion Technology
Alexander Reben: AI Creativity in Art, Neuroscience, and the Law
Alex Simoes: Data-Driven Storytelling
Amy Yu: Data-Driven Storytelling
Former Visiting Lecturer