SIPB's 50th anniversary celebrations have been funded from SIPB's annual budget. If you'd like to make a donation to support the event, please donate at our Giving fund.

For the last 50 years, the Student Information Processing Board has addressed the computing needs of the MIT Community. The services we have provided throughout the years have improved the lives of those around us. The policies we have advocated for helped shape the digital landscape of MIT. The classes and cluedumps we organize have opened doors for countless students.

It is important for us as a community to reflect on the impact we made here at MIT and beyond. Please join us in celebrating our history and discussing our future on the weekend of September 28th and 29th, 2019. This event is open to any and all interested members of the MIT Community. Please RSVP below to let us know you're coming.

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You can watch archived videos from SIPB50 at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWwWW7rc6eKhNcXO65Fj7VuWAzldMVUEC

All of the talks and panels will be taking place in 34-101. Events with food will take place in the R&D Common, on the 4th Floor of Stata Center (Building 32), with the exception of the SIPB Game Night, which will take place in our Office (W20-557, 84 Mass. Ave.).

The following list is composed of confirmed talks and panels. All talks and panel events take place in 34-101 More people/events will be added as they are confirmed to be available for each time slot.

• Saturday

• 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Modern SIPB Panel
  Angel Alvarez, Cel Skeggs, Emma Batson, Lizhou Sha, Miguel Young

• 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM History of SIPB Panel
  Keith Winstein, Dan Halbert, Bob Frankston, Liana Lareau, (Additional speakers pending confirmation)

• Sunday

• 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM The Age of Software
  Bob Frankston

• 11:00 AM - 11:30 AM Grepping for genes: how SIPB turned me into a scientist
  Liana Lareau

• 11:30 AM - 12:00 PM How to save the world as a computer scientist
  Valentin Churavy

• 1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Physical Computing
  Dan Halbert

• 2:30 PM - 3:00 PM SIPB in the Business World, Q&A
  Jeff Arnold

• 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM The Small Human Factors of Great Things
  Sam Hartman

• 3:30 PM - 4:00 PM See Multics Run
  Stan Zanarotti

• 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Hacks and Other Hacks + Q&A
  Keith Winstein

• 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Future of Computing Talk
  Max Shulaker

This section is still a work in progress. We are trying to find information about the best accomodations for those traveling to attend. If you would like to help us fill in the section, please reach us with the contact info below.

If you would like more information or help with accomodation, you can contact the coordinators at sipb50@mit.edu. If you want to be involved in planning, join that list and let us know. If you would like to help us with planning or coordination day of, please let us know.

If something on the website breaks, you can email alvareza@mit.edu or the list above.