RSVP HERE What would a news organization look like if it was optimized for user trust? Getting there will take innovation, but not primarily the kind that involves new tech. Jay Rosen will spell out what he means by "optimizing for trust," and suggest the kind of innovation required, much of which involves new forms
Corey Ford, Managing Partner and Founder of the bicoastal media accelerator Matter, joins the Brown Institute for a discussion about upcoming media/tech trends and what it takes for media organizations to build a culture of innovation.
Industry-shifting opportunities come along about every five-to-ten years. In this conversation with Stanford's Brown Institute, Slack's Head of Platform Ceci Stallsmith, outlines ways to detect platform shifts before it's too late to jump on a trend.
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 FiveThirtyEight to get exposed to sources, tools, and strategies for working with polls — starting at the very beginning with simple random samples, and leading
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 interactivity. They will share tips on how their team creates evocative, nuanced art experiences using cutting-edge VR technology.
Gideon Lichfield is Editor-in-Chief of the MIT Technology Review. In this conversation, he will discuss issues at the intersection of technology, ethics and democracy.
Josh Haner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer and Senior Editor for Photo Technology at The New York Times. In this talk Josh will discuss the latest innovations in computational photography, including the use of drones.
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
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 Meaning" and discuss her new book "Picturing Science and Engineering" (MIT Press) in which she offers a guide for creating science images that are both
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 disciplines and industry will discuss a range of topics in the context of evolving media with a focus on the technical trends, opportunities and challenges
Stanford welcomed Jeremy Bowers, Director of Engineering, at The Washington Post. Bowers and his team are ramping up for the 2020 election, focusing on political data projects including election restyles, congressional votes and campaign finance. Bowers spoke on October 15 to an interdisciplinary group of Stanford students (compute science, engineering and business, among others). He
