“Muddied Waters: Online rumors, conspiracy theories and disinformation in the context of crisis response”

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

Kate Starbird  Assistant Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington (RSVP) Social media are now an established feature of crisis response. People—including emergency responders, members of the affected community, and remote onlookers—are repeatedly turning to platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat to seek and share information about crisis events. However, there remain significant

Transparency Series Workshop: Polling with FiveThirtyEight

Brown Institute at Columbia 2950 Broadway, New York, NY, United States

The first workshop in the Transparency Series takes you through techniques for looking at one or more polls over time. Join Janie Velencia and Dhrumil Mehta who lead Pollapalooza at

Media Innovation Seminar: Whither VR? with Kate Parsons and Ben Vance

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

Video artist and educator Kate Parsons and VR Veteran Ben Vance explore art and design through emerging technology at FLOAT, a collaborative entity focusing on the intersection of art and

Media Innovation Seminar: Rethinking Audio with Matt Stuart and Micah Collins

Brown Institute at Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

Matt Stuart is Head of Google Home Product Planning and launch for the Google Home product group (Google Home,Home Mini, and Home Max, as well as Chromecast and Google Wifi). Micah Collins is Director of Product Management at Google, overseeing software and hardware teams including Chromecast, Chromecast Audio, Chromecast Ultra, Google Home, GoogleHome Mini, Google

2018-2019 SPEAKER SERIES: FELICE FRANKEL

Cypress Auditorium, Allen Extension 420 Via Palou Mall, Stanford, CA, United States

SCIENCE PHOTOGRAPHER & MIT RESEARCH SCIENTIST On January 30, the Brown Institute welcomes celebrated science photographer and MIT Research Scientist Felice Frankel. She will offer a masterclass on "Image and

Media Innovation Lectures

Gates 174, 353 Serra Hall, Stanford 355 Serra Mall, Stanford, CA

The goal of this series is to introduce students interested in Computer Science, Engineering and Media to what's possible and probable when it comes to media innovation. Speakers from multiple