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Hot Topics in Computing: Fireside Chat with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Date: December 9, 2020
Time: 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Location: Online
Presented by MIT SCC & CSAIL
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Neil deGrasse Tyson is the head of the Hayden Planetarium and a research associate of the Department of Astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. He has received the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, the highest award given by NASA to a non-government citizen. Most recently, Tyson hosted Cosmos: Possible Worlds with a strong emphasis on a hopeful future.