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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lecture in Computational Innovation - Travis Oliphant
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute and the Foundations for Research Computing program welcomes Travis Oliphant\, CEO at OpenTeams and Quansight\, founder of Anaconda\, and creator of NumPy\, to deliver a Distinguished Lecture in Computational Innovation at the Brown Institute on February 13th\, 2020. \nAbout Travis Oliphant \nTravis E. Oliphant is a Founder and CEO/CTO of Quansight\, an innovation incubation company that builds and connects companies with open-source communities to help both gain actionable\, quantitative insight from their data. In 2019\, Travis Co-founded OpenTeams\, a partner company of Quansight\, which aims to enable sustainable funding opportunities for open source software. Travis previously co-founded Anaconda Inc. and is still a Director. Since 1997\, he has worked in the Python ecosystem\, notably as the primary creator of the NumPy package and as a founding contributor of the SciPy package. Travis also started the Numba project and organized and led the teams that built Conda\, Dask\, Bokeh\, and XND. Travis has a Ph.D. from the Mayo Clinic and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from Brigham Young University.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/distinguished-lecture-in-computational-innovation-travis-oliphant/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation featuring Stephanie Hankey\, Tactical Tech
DESCRIPTION:“Go to The Glass Room. If Black Mirror Had a Showroom\, This Would Be It.” – Baratunde Thurston \nNearly 150\,000 people in 30 countries have visited the Glassroom; an interactive public intervention reflecting on the impact of technology on society. As the doors of the Glassroom open in San Francisco\, its co-curator Stephanie Hankey gives a sneak preview of the conversation they expect to have as they bring this critical exhibition to the home of Big tech. Digging inside some of the issues presented there\, she will talk about Tactical Tech’s groundbreaking work investigating over 350 companies who sell personal data for political influence and why we should care. She will share insights from their latest work ‘Efficiency and Madness’ critiquing blindspots in technology design\, as well as their struggle to answer the most commonly asked question of all\, ‘what can we do?’. \nRegister to attend at brwn.co/tactical-tech \n  \nAbout Stephanie Hankey\nStephanie Hankey is a designer\, technologist\, and social entrepreneur who has worked internationally at the intersection of technology and human rights for the past 20 years. She is the co-founder and Executive Director of Tactical Tech\, a Berlin-based NGO that since 2003 has worked with millions of people worldwide\, helping them better understand how to control their data\, digital privacy and security. She is the co-founder of the creative agency Tactical Studios and the co-curator of the exhibition Nervous Systems and the traveling exhibition: The Glass Room. She teaches\, writes and consults to companies\, NGOs and governments on the ethical design of technology\, has a degree in Design History\, and an MA in Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art. She was a visiting fellow at the Berkman Klein Centre for Internet and Society at Harvard and a Visiting Industry Associate at the Oxford Internet Institute at Oxford University. \n\nThe Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series highlights programmers\, data scientists\, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python\, C++\, and the Open Source Initiative. The events\, which take place over the fall and spring semesters\, include a presentation\, Question & Answer session\, and networking reception. All Columbia University students\, faculty\, postdocs\, and administrators are welcome to register and attend these events. The Brown Institute for Media Innovation is proud to partner with the Foundations for Research Computing program and the Data Science Institute for the Distinguished Lectures series. \n 
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/steph-hankey/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190509T160000
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Dr. Fernando Perez
DESCRIPTION:At 4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (2nd Floor\, Pulitzer Hall)\, the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series will highlight programmers\, data scientists\, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python\, C++\, and the Open Source Initiative.  \nThis lectures features Dr. Fernando Perez\, Assistant Professor of Statistics\, University of California at Berkeley Faculty Scientist\, Department of Data Science and Technology\, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory \nThe event will include a presentation\, Question & Answer session\, and post-event networking reception. All Columbia University students\, faculty\, postdocs\, and administrators are welcome to register and attend these events. The Foundations for Research Computing program is proud to partner with the Data Science Institute and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation for this Distinguished Lectures \nRegister Here
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/distinguished-lectures-in-computational-innovation-dr-fernando-perez/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T160000
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Dr. Gina Helfrich
DESCRIPTION:Join or Die: The Future of Computational Innovation and the End of the Academy as We Know It \nAcademia presently faces an existential crisis. Tenure-track positions are shrinking. Adjunct positions are on the rise. Scientific and technical fields are losing talent to lucrative industry jobs\, while humanities programs graduate a glut of doctorates whose career prospects in the field are slim. In this lecture\, Dr. Helfrich will argue that the rise of networked technologies and their spread into virtually every area of life and business pose a challenge to the existing structure of advanced degree programs in the United States. The future depends on the ability of academics to meet these challenges by breaking down research silos and coming together to leverage our collective strengths.About  \nAbout Gina Helfrich \nDr. Gina Helfrich is Director of Communications and Culture at NumFOCUS\, a non-profit that supports better science through open code. \nDr. Helfrich holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Emory University with a specialization in ethics and critical social theory. She is also the former Director of the Harvard College Women’s Center. After teaching and leading culture change programs at Harvard\, Dr. Helfrich moved to Austin\, Texas\, where she began working in the technology industry managing strategic programs and communications. She was co-founder of recruitHER\, a women-owned recruiting & consulting firm committed to making the tech industry more inclusive and diverse. At present\, she consults on diversity and inclusion for rapidly growing organizations\, in addition to her work for NumFOCUS. Dr. Helfrich is a vocal advocate for inclusion and diversity in tech and business and a frequent speaker on this subject; she has been a selected speaker at South By Southwest Interactive (SXSW) and the Texas Conference for Women. Despite having left academia\, Dr. Helfrich continues to engage with questions of ethics and technology as a practitioner in the tech industry. \nAbout the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation\n \nAt 4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (2nd Floor\, Pulitzer Hall)\, the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series will highlight programmers\, data scientists\, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python\, C++\, and the Open Source Initiative. \nRegister Here
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/distinguished-lectures-in-computational-innovation-dr-gina-helfrich/
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Runa Sandvik\, New York Times
DESCRIPTION:‘Protecting High-Risk Users at The New York Times’ \nRuna Sandvik joined The New York Times in 2016 to build a security program dedicated to the newsroom\, putting the focus on the security maturity of the newsroom; the desks; and individual reporters. In doing so\, Sandvik built on experience from her time at The Tor Project\, Freedom of the Press Foundation\, consulting for established media organizations and working closely with independent freelancers around the world. In this presentation\, Sandvik will share lessons learned while building this program\, talk about the challenges reporters are facing both online and offline\, and discuss ways in which we can empower security teams elsewhere to support their high-risk users. \nRuna Sandvik is the Senior Director of Information Security at The New York Times\, focusing on defense\, incident response\, and innovative solutions for journalistic security. Sandvik loves to travel and has spoken at numerous conferences around the world. She is a former developer with The Tor Project\, a technical advisor to the Freedom of the Press Foundation and a member of the review board for Black Hat Europe. She tweets as @runasand. \nRegister at brwn.co/sandvik.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/distinguished-lectures-in-computational-innovation-tbd-2/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture Series,Transparency Series
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Dr. Eric Xing
DESCRIPTION:At 4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (2nd Floor\, Pulitzer Hall)\, the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series will highlight programmers\, data scientists\, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python\, C++\, and the Open Source Initiative.  \nThis lecture features Dr. Eric Xing\, Professor\, Department of Machine Learning\, Carnegie Mellon University; Founder\, Chief Executive Officer\, and Chief Scientist\, Petuum\, Inc. \nThe event will include a presentation\, Question & Answer session\, and post-event networking reception.  \nDr. Eric P. Xing is Founder\, CEO and Chief Scientist at Petuum Inc. He is a Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He is also the Associate Department Head for Research of the Machine Learning Department and the Founding Director of the Center for Machine Learning and Health at CMU. For his distinguished contributions in AI/ML\, he was elected a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). \nDr. Xing is a thought and innovation leader in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. His principal research interests are in the development of machine learning and statistical methodology and large-scale computational system and architectures\, for solving problems involving automated learning\, reasoning\, and decision-making in high-dimensional\, multimodal\, and dynamic complex systems. His pioneering research has created numerous AI/ML foundational techniques\, such as the Parameter Server\, distance metric learning\, distributed network inference\, dynamic networks\, dynamic nonparametric Bayesian models\, spectral graphical models\, and variational inference. He has authored or co-authored over 300 publications\, while receiving multiple Best Paper Awards. \nDr. Xing is a board member of the International Machine Learning Society\, program chair and general chair of the International Conference of Machine Learning (ICML)\, and a former member of the U.S. Department of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Science and Technology (ISAT) Advisory group. He is the recipient of numerous awards including: The National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Award; Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship in Computer Science; United States Air Force Office of Scientific Research Young Investigator Award; and the IBM Open Collaborative Research Faculty Award. \nRegister Here
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/distinguished-lectures-in-computational-innovation-dr-eric-xing/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Dr. Lorena Barba
DESCRIPTION:At 4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (2nd Floor\, Pulitzer Hall)\, the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series will highlight programmers\, data scientists\, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python\, C++\, and the Open Source Initiative.  \nThis lecture features Dr. Lorena Barba\, Associate Professor\, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering\, George Washington University Member\, Board of Directors\, NumFOCUS. \nThe event will include a presentation\, Question & Answer session\, and post-event networking reception.  \nLorena A. Barba is an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at the George Washington University in Washington\, DC. She holds a PhD in aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology and BSc/PEng degrees in mechanical engineering from Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María\, Chile. Her research includes computational fluid dynamics\, high-performance computing\, computational biophysics\, and animal flight. \nAn international leader in computational science and engineering\, she is also a long-standing advocate of open source software for science and education\, and she is well known for her courses and open educational resources. She was a recipient of the 2016 Leamer-Rosenthal Award for Open Social Sciences\, and in 2017\, was nominated and received an honorable mention in the Open Education Awards for Excellence of the Open Education Consortium. \nProf. Barba received the NSF Faculty Early CAREER award (2012)\, was named CUDA Fellow by NVIDIA Corp. (2012)\, is an awardee of the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) First Grant program (2007)\, is an Amelia Earhart Fellow of the Zonta Foundation (1999) and a leader in computational science and engineering internationally. She is a member of the Board of Directors for the NumFOCUS non-profit\, and a member of the editorial board for IEEE/AIP Computing in Science and Engineering\, The Journal of Open Source Software\, and The ReScience Journal.  \nRegister Here
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/distinguished-lectures-in-computational-innovation-dr-lorena-barba/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation: Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup
DESCRIPTION:At 4:00 p.m. on the second Thursday of each month in the Brown Institute for Media Innovation (2nd Floor\, Pulitzer Hall)\, the Distinguished Lectures in Computational Innovation series will highlight programmers\, data scientists\, and other practitioners from the private sector who lead cutting-edge technology initiatives such as Python\, C++\, and the Open Source Initiative. \nThe first of the Distinguished Lecture series features Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup\, Managing Director\, Technology Division\, Morgan Stanley; Visiting Professor\, Department of Computer Science\, Columbia University who will discuss C++: An Invisible Foundation. \nC++ 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 in the machines that manufacture\, your computer\, and your phone. It’s in most cars\, including all the self-driving ones. It’s on Mars\, and in deep sea-robots. It’s what runs your Java virtual machine and your Python AI/ML scripts. \nIn this Distinguished Lecture\, Dr. Stroustrup will briefly explain what technical aspects of C++ makes it so useful. He will focus on design principles\, but also touch upon resource management and what it takes to be efficient in various contexts. Finally\, he will comment on the challenges facing the C++ community. \nThe event will include a presentation\, Question & Answer session\, and post-event networking reception. All Columbia University students\, faculty\, postdocs\, and administrators are welcome to register and attend these events. The Foundations for Research Computing program is proud to partner with the Data Science Institute and the Brown Institute for Media Innovation for this Distinguished Lectures series. \nRegister Here \n\nAbout Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup \nDr. Bjarne Stroustrup is the designer and original implementer of C++ as well as the author of The C++ Programming Language (Fourth Edition)\, A Tour of C++\, Programming: Principles and Practice using C++ (Second Edition)\, and many popular and academic publications. Dr. Stroustrup is a Managing Director in the technology division of Morgan Stanley in New York City as well as a visiting professor in Columbia University’s Department of Computer Science. He is a member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering\, and an IEEE\, ACM\, and CHM fellow. He received the 2018 Charles Stark Draper Prize\, the IEEE Computer Society’s 2018 Computer Pioneer Award\, and the 2017 IET Faraday Medal. His research interests include distributed systems\, design\, programming techniques\, software development tools\, and programming languages. He is actively involved in the ISO standardization of C++. He holds a master’s degree in mathematics from Aarhus University\, where he is an honorary professor\, and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Cambridge\, where he is an honorary fellow of Churchill College.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/distinguished-lectures-in-computational-innovation/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
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