Rethinking Audio: Michael Mellody and Liz Gannes, Google News The rise of virtual assistants increasingly allows us to be informed, enlightened and entertained when our hands and eyes are busy.
AI-based Request Augmentation to Increase Crowdsourcing Participation
Authors Junwon Park, Ranjay Krishna, Pranav Khadpe, Li Fei-Fei, Michael Bernstein Abstract To support the massive data requirements of modern supervised machine learning (ML) algorithms, crowdsourcing systems match volunteer contributors
Stanford Welcomes Washington Post’s Director of Engineering
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,
“Democracy Fighters” – Coverage in Mexican Media
On the evening of October 9, Alejandra Ibarra Chaoul unveiled her project “Democracy Fighters” at Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl in Mexico City. The launch event was picked up by news outlets
Stephanie Hankey of Tactical Tech Speaks at Columbia
On October 10, 2019, Brown at Columbia hosted Stephanie Hankey for its inaugural 2019-2020 Distinguished Lecture in Computational Innovation. Stephanie Hankey is a designer, technologist, and social entrepreneur who has
“Democracy Fighters” Opens in Mexico City
On the evening of October 9, the Brown Institute for Media Innovation, the Committee to Protect Journalists, and Article 19 gathered at Casa Refugio Citlaltépetl in Mexico City for the
Stanford Welcomes Wired Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson
On October 8, The Brown Institute at Stanford welcomed Wired magazine Editor-in-Chief Nicholas Thompson who joined Stanford Brown Director, Maneesh Agrawala, for an in-depth conversation about the state of the
Stanford Welcomes Neil Chase, CEO of CalMatters.org
How to Create a Culture of Innovation – especially in a legacy media company? That was the question Neil Chase, CEO of the nonprofit news site CalMatters.org, addressed at Stanford
Video Event Specification using Programmatic Composition
Authors Daniel Y. Fu, Will Crichton, James Hong, Xinwei Yao, Haotian Zhang, Anh Truong, Avanika Narayan, Maneesh Agrawala, Christopher Ré, Kayvon Fatahalian Abstract Many real-world video analysis applications require the