The Transparency Series – Artificial Intelligence

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

Presenter John Keefe, Quartz Workshop Description Data, code and algorithms are changing systems of power in our world, often without sufficient critical assessment or accountability. Today’s journalists need to understand how these forces operate, engaging the underlying computational tools and techniques. At the same time, the ways journalists understand the world and communicate their observations

Distinguished Lecture in Computational Innovation – Travis Oliphant

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

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

Immersive Storytelling – Photogrammetry & Augmented Reality

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

From augmented, mixed and virtual reality, to 3D storytelling, immersive technologies provide new opportunities for journalists to broaden their stories and engage readers. While these technologies have been deployed in

The Transparency Series – Data Visualization

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

Presenter The Pudding Workshop Description Graphical (or pictorial) presentations of data have become an almost essential part of journalistic practice. Data visualization helps us see patterns in data, and is an important tool for finding stories. Also, outlets like The New York Times, The Washington Post, and FiveThirtyEight are publishing data visualizations that push the

Magic Grant Information Session (Columbia)

Online Webinar NY

The Brown Institute is pleased to announce our first Magic Grant Information Session taking place virtually for the Columbia side of the Brown Institute on March 10, 2020 at 4:30PM.

Magic Grant Information Session (Stanford)

Online Webinar NY

The Brown Institute is pleased to announce our first Magic Grant Information Session taking place at Stanford Engineering via a virtual webinar on March 12, 2020 at 4:30PM. To join

Magic Grant Information Session (Columbia)

Online Webinar NY

The Brown Institute is pleased to announce our second Magic Grant Information Session taking place virtually for the Columbia side of the Brown Institute on March 26, 2020 at 4:30PM.

Magic Grant Information Session

Zoom Meeting

The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. To join, please use the link below: https://zoom.us/j/911667097 Password: 751054 If

Magic Grant Information Session

Zoom Meeting

The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. To join, please use the link below: https://zoom.us/j/911667097 Password: 751054 If

Magic Grant Information Session

Zoom Meeting

The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. To join, please use the link below: https://zoom.us/j/911667097 Password: 751054 If

The Transparency Series – Political Polling

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

Presenter Dhrumil Mehta, FiveThirtyEight Workshop Description The last workshop in the Transparency Series takes you through techniques for looking at one or more polls over time. Join Dhrumil Mehta who leads Pollapalooza at FiveThirtyEight to get exposed to sources, tools, and strategies for working with polls — starting at the very beginning with simple random

Magic Grant Information Session

Zoom Meeting

The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. To join, please use the link below: https://zoom.us/j/911667097 Password: 751054 If

Magic Grant Information Session

Zoom Meeting

The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. To join, please use the link below: https://zoom.us/j/911667097 Password: 751054 If

Magic Grant Information Session

Zoom Meeting

The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. To join, please use the link below: https://zoom.us/j/911667097 Password: 751054 If

Local Time: A Challenge for Visualization with Johanna Drucker, UCLA

Zoom Meeting

Each year, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their

Data Feminism with Catherine D’Ignazio, MIT and Lauren Klein, Emory University

Zoom Meeting

Each year, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their

Roles for Computing in Social Justice with Rediet Abebe, Harvard and UC Berkeley

Zoom Meeting

Each year, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their