The Brown Institute at Columbia is pleased to announce three fellows for 2014-2015. Each has a very different kind of engagement with narrative – from new experiments in longform storytelling, to
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XRay featured in the NYT Bits Blog
The New York Times Bits Blog featured a long piece by Steve Lohr on XRay, “a reverse-engineering machine that models the correlations made by web services.” As you browse the web, shop
Crowdsourcing experts by Michael Bernstein
Michael Bernstein’s work about crowdsourcing expertise and problem-solving is featured on a new video. He shows how to dynamically assemble and manage paid online experts. Bernstein is an Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Stanford,
Our new Columbia home!
Today the Brown Institute moved into its new home at Columbia University. I (Mark Hansen) can report that the space is more lovely than I could have ever imagined. While
The 2014 Computation + Journalism Symposium
Computation+Journalism is a forum for discussing the ways journalism is and should be adapting in the face of the quantitative turn in society. We invite the participation of a broad
Stanford names its 2014-2015 Brown Institute Fellows
Reflecting the growth and broadening scope of the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, Stanford has named five accomplished individuals from diverse backgrounds as its 2014-2015 Brown Fellows. Dr. Tanja Aitamurto has participated in
Columbia student seminar with Latour on Sept. 23
Columbia graduate students are now invited to apply for a seminar led byProfessor Bruno Latour on Tuesday, September 23, 12-3pm. Twenty-five graduate students from throughout the university will be selected to
Fireside Favorites
In the closing days of ITP Summer camp, the Cannabis Wire Magic Grant team of Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian test out the Oculus Rift. The experience is shaping up much as
