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DETAILS:

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Join us at \;MIT \;on \;July \;17 \;at \;4PM \;ET \;for an in-person salon + Q&\;A on bridging the worlds of music theory\, complex systems\, and rap as we explore the \;combinatorial space of all possible rhythms and rhymes\, and \;how rhythms are measured and perceived across different kinds of minds \;and languages.
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Food and beverages provided :)
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More info for this event on: \;https://luma.com/rapmit
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SPEAKERS:

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Professor Elan Barenholtz \;(FAU Center for Complex Systems \;+ \;Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab) [X\, \;Substack\, \;YouTube]
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Professor Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco \;(Grammy Winner\, Henry Crown Fellow\, MIT MLK Visiting Professor)
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Professor Nick Montfort \;(MIT + \;TropeTank) [Site]
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Professor Michael Levin \;(The Levin Lab @ Tufts) [YouTube\, \;Substack\, \;X]
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ITINERARY: \; Please arrive ON TIME!

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4PM to 4:40PM: \;Check-in + Networking + Cyphers
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4:40PM to 4:50PM: \;Opening from MIT Rap Club + MIT Verzuz Record Label
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4:50PM to 5:30PM: \;Michael Levin on "The Platonic Space of Music and Language" + Q&\;A [KEYNOTE]
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5:30PM to 7PM: \;Elan Barenholtz\, Nick Montfort\, Wasalu Jaco on "The Space of All Possible Rhythms (And Rhymes)" + Q&\;A [PANEL]
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7PM to 8PM: \;Networking + Discussion
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HOSTED + SUPPORTED BY: \;

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Addy Cha (Founder @ \;Ekkolapto.org\, \;O'Shaughnessy Ventures Fellow\, FAU Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab/Center for Complex Systems)
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Evan Cole (Founder @ \;CodeSchool in a Box)
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Tori Husain \;(Building Artistic Experiences that Merge Worlds &\; Create New Ideas. + International Strategist-Artist + Harvard Divinity MDiv) \;torihusain.com
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MIT Rap Club (Instagram)
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&bull\; \;Previous Ekkolá\;pto hackathons\, salons\, podcasts\, and dinners \;at \;MIT\, \;UT Austin\, \;FAU\, \;Harvard\, \;Augmentation Lab\, \;Frontier Tower SF\, DC/Maryland\, NYC\, \;University of Toronto\, \;Akatos House\, \;University of Waterloo\, \;Harvard St. Commons.

PREVIOUS EVENTS:

&bull\; \;2024 Longevity &\; Unconventional Computing Research Hackathon at MIT Media Lab\, featuring Stephen Wolfram\, David Sinclair\, Curt Jaimungal\, and more: \;https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy5dPSW_KkniuHpoLwlzkYcxhxn50Mn0T

&bull\; Past Polymath Salons and discussions are uploaded for you to watch on the Ekkolá\;pto channel: \;https://www.youtube.com/@ekkolapto3

&bull\; Polymath Salon at UT Austin with Professor Scott Aaronson on the Philosophy of Computational Complexity:

&bull\; Polymath Salon at University of Toronto with Michael Levin\, André\;s Gó\;mez Emilsson\, and Elan Barenholtz on the Binding Problem and Platonic Spaces:

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