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SUMMARY:The Transparency Series - Artificial Intelligence
DESCRIPTION:Presenter\nJohn Keefe\, Quartz \nWorkshop Description\nData\, 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 to audiences are also being reshaped by the abundance of data and accessible software to surface stories. Reporters today have an incredible variety of data to work with – from a spreadsheet of Census data\, to a collection of Tweets\, to frames of videos\, to a compendium of online political ads. This is the raw material of “computational journalism.” The tools for expressing structure in these rich data sources\, for finding and telling stories\, can be grouped under the name “machine learning.” Through this 1-day workshop\, students will work with John Keefe of Quartz to explore the possibilities of Machine Learning as a form of reporting. \nRegister for the Workshop
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/the-transparency-series-artificial-intelligence/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Transparency Series
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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
CATEGORIES:Distinguished Lecture Series
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SUMMARY:Immersive Storytelling - Photogrammetry & Augmented Reality
DESCRIPTION: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 museum spaces\, game design\, and architecture/planning\, journalism has been slow to move beyond 360-degree video and basic implementations of augmented reality. When outlets such as the Washington Post and The New York Times experiment with these technologies\, they have been met with excitement and adoption. Some examples include Ashley Graham Unfiltered\, See How the World’s Most Polluted Air Compares With Your City’s\, and the Economist’s Snapchat Lenses on future food. \nJoin Ziv Schneider\, Creative Technologist at the Brown Institute\, for a two-day weekend to learn about and employ photogrammetry and augmented reality in a storytelling capacity. In the workshop\, students will be introduced to the techniques\, affordances\, and promise of immersive technologies\, and will leave with a working prototype on their personal smartphone/tablet. No prior experience is required. \nThe workshop will take place on Saturday and Sunday\, February 15-16\, from 11AM – 3PM. You must be able to attend both days in order to apply. \nOn Saturday\, participants will learn about 3D capture\, using smartphones to create 3D models for immersive visual experiences. Students will be introduced to basic terminology and will get an up-to-date view into the tools and technologies currently available. On Sunday\, students will take 3D assets developed on day 1 and put them to use\, creating custom augmented reality experiences.  \nSign up at brwn.co/photo-ar. If you have any questions\, contact Ziv Schneider at zs2460@columbia.edu.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/immersive-storytelling-photogrammetry-augmented-reality/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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SUMMARY:Brown Speaker Series featuring Sean Rameswaram\, Host of Vox's Today\, Explained
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is excited to welcome Sean Rameswaram\, host of Today\, Explained\, Vox’s daily explainer podcast. As advertised by Vox\, Today\, Explained is your all killer\, no filler\, Monday to Friday news. Sean\, a veteran of the podcast space\, will discuss Vox’s novel approach to their daily show and will join Brown Institute Director Maneesh Agrawala in conversation about the state of podcasts. Before joining Vox to host its daily news podcast\, Sean was a correspondent for Radiolab’s More Perfect. He has also made radio for the CBC\, NPR\, and WNYC\, where he hosted the fondly remembered Sideshow podcast for Studio 360. \nTuesday\, February 18 – 5pm\nAllen 101x\, Cypress Auditorium \nPaul G. Allen Building\n330 Jane Stanford Way \nRSVP for the Event
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/brown-speaker-series-featuring-sean-rameswaram-host-of-voxs-today-explained/
LOCATION:Cypress Auditorium\, Allen Extension\, 420 Via Palou Mall\, Stanford\, CA\, 94305\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Green New Deal: Shaping A Public Imagination with Kim Stanley Robinson
DESCRIPTION:Can climate fiction help overcome political friction? \nWhen climate change is the focus of both fiction and nonfiction\, dystopia tends to rule. It’s not hard to see why\, given that 30 years of efforts to push past fossil fuels have barely shifted the global energy mix and impacts on humans and nature mount as vulnerable communities encounter off-the-charts climate extremes. A notable exception is the prize-winning work of Kim Stanley Robinson\, one of the planet’s most lauded living novelists of science fiction—and one who builds sweeping visions of profoundly altered\, but functioning\, civilizations on (and off) a deeply disrupted planet.  \nIn a rare stop at Columbia\, Robinson will shift his focus to the present and speak on shaping public imaginations toward an embrace the Green New Deal\, released one year ago. \nHe’ll then have a climate conversation with the audience; Kate Wagner\, architecture critic at the New Republic and contributor to Curbed\, The Atlantic\, and other publications; and Dr. Maureen Raymo\, a paleoceanographer at Columbia’s Earth Institute who studies the history of climate change and sea level rise. The moderator will be Andrew Revkin\, who’s been writing on global warming since the 1980s and is now directing a new Earth Institute initiative on communication and sustainability. \nRegister at brwn.co/kst \n\nAbout our partners\n \nThe Earth Institute Initiative on Communication and Sustainability\, launched in 2019\, is testing and spreading communication and media innovations that can cut climate risk and foster sustainable human progress. For more information\, see sustcomm.ei.columbia.edu.  \nThe Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture was founded in 1982. Its mission is to advance the interdisciplinary study of American architecture\, urbanism\, and landscape. A separately endowed entity within the Graduate School of Architecture\, Planning\, and Preservation\, it sponsors research projects\, workshops\, public programs\, publications\, and awards. For more information\, see buellcenter.columbia.edu.
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/the-green-new-deal-shaping-a-public-imagination-with-kim-stanley-robinson/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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SUMMARY:The Transparency Series - Data Visualization
DESCRIPTION:Presenter\nThe Pudding \nWorkshop Description\nGraphical (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 idea of story telling\, creating new data-driven ways to inform and entertain. In this day-long workshop\, students will review some basic data visualization skills–guiding you through the design process. Students will work with charts and annotation layers and learn to exploit what’s unique about data. During the day\, students will also help you think critically about visualizations\, making them a better consumer of data graphics. \nRegister for the Workshop
URL:https://brown.columbia.edu/event/the-transparency-series-data-visualization/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Transparency Series
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