Prof. Bernd Girod today announced on behalf of Stanford University that Prof. Maneesh Agrawala has agreed to serve as the next Director the Brown Institute at Stanford. Prof. Agrawala is currently a faculty member
Countdown to Magic Grant Deadline!
The deadline for Brown Institute Magic Grants and Fellowships is now FIVE DAYS away (March 8)! Recall these are funds that can support you for either a short term (like a summer)
Brown space in Metropolis Magazine
The February issue of Metropolis Magazine features the Brown Institute Space! Its unique program is discussed in detail with the institute’s architect and lighting designers. Last fall, the university opened a
Join us Feb 25 for Terms of Service Book Launch Party!
Please join the Brown Institute in celebrating the book launch of “Terms of Service: Understanding Our Role in the World of Big Data,” a comic novella by J-School alum Michael
Bernd Girod elected to the National Academy of Engineering
Prof. Girod, the East Coast Director of the Brown Institute, has just been elected to the National Academy of Engineering “for his contributions to video compression, streaming and multimedia systems.” At Stanford Prof.
Why should we care about Light Field Displays?
What if your mobile phone’s display would correct your vision deficiency instead of your glasses? Light field display technology can assess and correct user vision. Prof. Gordon Wetzstein will be
BBC visits Brown and Stanford, features Magic Grantee in story
Editors from the BBC visited Stanford last fall armed with questions about the future of news. The BBC spoke to Brown’s leadership team, students and Magic Grantees to learn about
Boots Up! First Brown Institute Base Camp Takes Place
Jan.16-18: They came, they met, they brainstormed, they prototyped, they presented. It was the Brown Institute’s first West Coast Base Camp, designed to bring together 10 students from Columbia and 10
Looking back on 2013-2014!
We are pleased to release the first of our annual reports, describing the work done by the Brown Institute over the previous year. This is essentially an adaptation of a