In this conversation, Gideon Lichfield, Editor-in-Chief is the MIT Technology Review, explores issues raised in the Review’s fall issue: “Technology is threatening our democracy: How do we save it?” Lichfield
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Whither VR? Kate Parsons and Ben Vance
Video artist Kate Parsons and VR veteran Ben Vance talk about innovations in VR and their work with FLOAT, a collaborative entity that focuses on the intersection of art, interactivity,
NYT & FiveThirtyEight Talk Election Polls at Brown
On October 12 & 13, the Brown Institute kicked off its 2018-2019 Transparency Series with a deep dive into polling and election polls. The event commenced with a seminar by
J. Nathan Matias: Innovating in the Public Square
J. Nathan Matias, associate research scholar at Princeton University in psychology, the Center for Information Technology Policy, and sociology, also is the founder of CivilServant, a nonprofit that organizes citizen behavioral science and behavioral
Slack’s Ceci Stallsmith on “Tech Trends for Media”
Ceci Stallsmith, Slack’s Director of Platform Marketing, says that spotting trends and frameworks are “calculated art, not science.” In 2012, three years before she joined Slack, it was just one
Watch Beyond “I agree”: Cory Doctorow with Jad Abumrad
Beyond “I agree”: A democratic technology, without Big Tech A lecture and conversation with Jad Abumrad, host of WNYC’s Radiolab September 27, 2018 – 5:00-6:30pm The Lecture Hall in Pulitzer
Matter’s Corey Ford kicks off Stanford’s Media Innovation Seminar Series
Corey Ford, Managing Partner of Matter.vc, joined the Brown Institute at Stanford on Tuesday Sept. 25, 2018 to kick off the Institute’s fall Media Innovation seminar. Ford discussed key shifts
Office Hours announced for CJS Students
The Brown Institute is pleased to announce appointment-based office hours for students needing help in all things digital. This includes (but is not limited to) students seeking assistance with data,
Bjarne Stroustrup kicks off Distinguished Lecture Series
C++ is one of the key foundations of our software. It is invisible to most people because they use it only indirectly. It’s in your computer and your phone. It’s