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The Space of All Possible Rhythms (And Rhymes) Salon @ MIT

Name: The Space of All Possible Rhythms (And Rhymes) Salon @ MIT
Start: 2026-07-17T16:00:00.000-04:00
End: 2026-07-19T20:00:00.000-04:00
Location: Cambridge, MA

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DETAILS ➡️:

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.
Food and beverages provided!

IMPORTANT‼️:

Come On Time! Doors close at 4:45PM ET Sharp! We won't be able to let you in afterwards as our staff will be inside + participating.
Only Accepted Folks on Luma will be let in (We've got to honor room capacity!), but stay in the loop for future events.

SPEAKERS🎙️:

Professor Elan Barenholtz (FAU Center for Complex Systems + Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab) [X, Substack, YouTube]
Professor Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco (Grammy Winner, Henry Crown Fellow, SOSA IT, Johns Hopkins Peabody Conservatory Visiting Professor, MIT MLK Visiting Professor)
Professor Michael Levin (The Levin Lab @ Tufts) [YouTube, Substack, X]
Addy Cha (O'Shaughnessy Ventures Fellow, FAU Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab/Center for Complex Systems, Ekkolapto.org)

ITINERARY 🗓️:

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

HOSTED + SUPPORTED BY 📣:

Addy Cha (Founder @ Ekkolapto.org, O'Shaughnessy Ventures Fellow, FAU Machine Perception Cognitive Robotics Lab/Center for Complex Systems)
Evan Cole (Founder @ CodeSchool in a Box)
Tori Husain (Building Artistic Experiences that Merge Worlds & Create New Ideas. + International Strategist-Artist + Harvard Divinity MDiv) torihusain.com
Ruben Stephen (MIT Rap Club President)

• Previous Ekkolápto 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 📸:

• 2024 Longevity & Unconventional Computing Research Hackathon at MIT Media Lab, featuring Stephen Wolfram, David Sinclair, Curt Jaimungal, and more: Watch on YouTube

• Past Polymath Salons and discussions are uploaded for you to watch on the Ekkolápto channel: ekkolapto3

• Polymath Salon at UT Austin with Professor Scott Aaronson on the Philosophy of Computational Complexity:

• Polymath Salon at University of Toronto with Michael Levin, Andrés Gómez Emilsson, and Elan Barenholtz on the Binding Problem and Platonic Spaces:

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