------------ Stop: W91 Name: Happy fun server room Status: Confirmed Org/Dept/Grp: DOST Location: W91 Length: ~30 minutes, not including any of the walking Size: 30 is probably ideal. It gets hard to hear what's going on when you get much above that number. (I wouldn't actually recommend splitting a group and having half go to a different stop unless it was significantly more than 50 or so, but you should be aware that it does get hard to hear). If both of the people who have done it in the past are available next year, having two groups going through in different directions might help. Contact-name: Karen Fortoul Contact-email: fortoul@mit.edu (dost@mit.edu) Contact-notes: Karen Fortoul is the Team Leader for the Data Center Operations Team. Stop: W92 Name: Happy fun server room Status: Confirmed Org/Dept/Grp: Ops Location: W92 Length: ~30 minutes, not including any of the walking Size: 30 is probably ideal. It gets hard to hear what's going on when you get much above that number. (I wouldn't actually recommend splitting a group and having half go to a different stop unless it was significantly more than 50 or so, but you should be aware that it does get hard to hear). Contact-name: Camilla Fox, Garry Zacheiss Contact-email: cfox@mit.edu, zacheiss@mit.edu Contact-notes: Stop: N42 Name: Accounts & Helpdesk Status: Confirmed Org/Dept/Grp: Accounts/Helpdesk Location: N42 Length: ~20 minutes Size: pretty much indefinite Contact-name: Laura Baldwin Contact-email: boojum@mit.edu Contact-notes: This stop is convenient because it's more or less between W91 and 32/media lab. It's not as interesting, though, since as one of the frosh mentioned, it's "more cubicles." It should probably get less time than the other stops. Stop: Wearables Group Name: Wearables Group Status: Confirmed Org/Dept/Grp: Media Lab Location: Media Lab Length: ~20 minutes Size: probably 20 max Contact-name: Michael Sung Contact-email: msung@media.mit.edu, wearop@media.mit.edu Contact-notes: This group was really good at responding, and was flexible with scheduling. Unfortunately, we got confused, and didn't go to this stop this year. Stop: Intelligent Room Name: Intelligent Room Status: Confirmed Org/Dept/Grp: CSAIL Location: 32, 8th floor Length: There's currently no actual intelligent room because of the move from NE43, but they're working on getting that set up. We watched videos this year, learned about sketching, and also looked at some robots from a different CSAIL group. Size: 20 is possible but a touch crowded Contact-name: Max Van Kleek Contact-email: max@mit.edum, aire-contact@csail.mit.edu Contact-notes: This group was really hard to get in touch with. After sending several messages to hes@csail.mit.edu, and aire-contact@csail.mit.edu, I finally got a response from max. He was on vacation, so it's not surprising he didn't respond immediately, but nobody else did either. Howard Shrobe is the head of the project. Stop: Stories and Food Name: Stories and Food Status: Confirmed Org/Dept/Grp: Location: Whatever room you reserve (4-231 in this case) Length: Indefinite (people hung out until after midnight this year) Size: depends on the room you reserve Contact-name: Jeff Schiller (guest speaker) Contact-email: jis Contact-notes: