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| Professor Joe Haldeman | | Professor Joe Haldeman | ||
| September 06? | | September 06? | ||
| "I'd love to come, but will have to put it off till fall." (currently in Florida) | | "I'd love to come, but will have to put it off till fall." (currently in Florida) | ||
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+ | | Professor Tom Leighton, Co-founder of Akamai | ||
+ | | 09/17/08 | ||
+ | | Discussed Akamai, its functions, and Course 6 in general. | ||
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| Senior Advisor Kirk Kolenbrander | | Senior Advisor Kirk Kolenbrander | ||
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| Night of Formal Cocoa | | Night of Formal Cocoa | ||
| Talked about 4e way back, discussed grad school, looked at Max's AI research | | Talked about 4e way back, discussed grad school, looked at Max's AI research | ||
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+ | | Prof. Classy | ||
+ | | 03/06/2009 | ||
+ | | Got him to sit in front of the Sadoway poster. | ||
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| Richard M. Stallman | | Richard M. Stallman | ||
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| Cory Doctorow | | Cory Doctorow | ||
| 02/13/06 | | 02/13/06 | ||
| Regretfully declined and now residing in London. | | Regretfully declined and now residing in London. | ||
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+ | | The Dalai Lama | ||
+ | | 04/23/09 | ||
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+ | | Professor Noam Chomsky | ||
+ | | By 10/20/07 | ||
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+ | | Eric Lander | ||
+ | | By 10/23/07 | ||
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+ | | President Susan Hockfield | ||
+ | | By 11/01/07 | ||
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+ | | Anne M Hunter | ||
+ | | By 11/09/07 | ||
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+ | | Weird Al Yankovic | ||
+ | | Contacted via Ask Al, database error? | ||
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| Professor Charles Vest | | Professor Charles Vest | ||
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===To Be Invited=== | ===To Be Invited=== | ||
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* Dean Larry Benedict | * Dean Larry Benedict | ||
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* Max Van Kleek | * Max Van Kleek | ||
* Professor Derek Walcott (BU) | * Professor Derek Walcott (BU) | ||
+ | * Weird Al Yankovic | ||
+ | * Richard M. Stallman | ||
+ | * Brad Neely | ||
+ | * XKCD | ||
+ | * Professor James K. Roberge | ||
+ | * Eric Lander | ||
+ | * Professor Hazel Sive | ||
Please add anybody else to this list if you would like to invite them to Special Cocoa. | Please add anybody else to this list if you would like to invite them to Special Cocoa. | ||
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+ | ==See Also== | ||
+ | *[[Cocoa]] |
Latest revision as of 23:29, 25 August 2015
Contents
Accepted Invitation
Notable Invitee(s) | Scheduled Cocoa | Comments |
Professor Jeremy Wolfe | 02/21/06, 8 p.m. | SUCCESS!!! |
Harmonix Software Developers | 02/27/06, 7 p.m. | Discussed startups and the future of the gaming industry. |
Dr. Geoffrey A. Landis and Dr. Mary A. Turzillo | 03/13/06, 7 p.m. | SPECTACULAR!!! |
Dr. Robert Granetz | First week in April | "candy, you say?" |
Markos Hankin | Pending ... | Mark A. has details... |
Professor Joe Haldeman | September 06? | "I'd love to come, but will have to put it off till fall." (currently in Florida) |
Professor Tom Leighton, Co-founder of Akamai | 09/17/08 | Discussed Akamai, its functions, and Course 6 in general. |
Senior Advisor Kirk Kolenbrander | 04/11/06 | Discussed East vs West at MIT, benefits of a hall environment, rush, hacking. |
Electronic Max, 6.034 TA | Night of Formal Cocoa | Talked about 4e way back, discussed grad school, looked at Max's AI research |
Prof. Classy | 03/06/2009 | Got him to sit in front of the Sadoway poster. |
Richard M. Stallman | 09/20/06 11 p.m. | |
Joe Sousa, electrical engineer at Linear | 1/17/06 9 p.m. |
Declined Invitation
Notable Invitee(s) | Date Contacted | Comments |
Cory Doctorow | 02/13/06 | Regretfully declined and now residing in London. |
The Dalai Lama | 04/23/09 | Too busy during his visit to MIT |
Waiting for Response
Notable Invitee(s) | Date Contacted |
Professor Noam Chomsky | By 10/20/07 |
Eric Lander | By 10/23/07 |
President Susan Hockfield | By 11/01/07 |
Anne M Hunter | By 11/09/07 |
Weird Al Yankovic | Contacted via Ask Al, database error? |
Professor Charles Vest | 01/--/06 |
Strong Bad | 01/16/06 |
Professor Max Tegmark | 01/31/06; 02/02/06 |
Professor Eric Lander | 02/13/06 |
Professor Noam Chomsky | 02/22/06 |
To Be Invited
People we want to invite for Cocoa - invite any of these people and move them to the above table:
- Dean Larry Benedict
- Professor Junot Diaz
- Professor Suzanne Flynn
- Professor Sheldon Glashow (Harvard/BU)
- Professor Alan Guth
- Senator Ted Kennedy (D-MA)
- Senator John Kerry (D-MA)
- Andrew Ryder
- Professor Alex Slocum
- President Larry Summers (Harvard)
- Professor Gerald Jay Sussman
- Professor Alar Toomre
- Max Van Kleek
- Professor Derek Walcott (BU)
- Weird Al Yankovic
- Richard M. Stallman
- Brad Neely
- XKCD
- Professor James K. Roberge
- Eric Lander
- Professor Hazel Sive
Please add anybody else to this list if you would like to invite them to Special Cocoa.