In December, the Stanford side of the Institute played host to a livel discussion on the future of journalism. As reported in The Daily Dish, “To a room full of journalists
Two Brown Fellows Defend Ph.D. Research
Congratulations to Brown Fellows David Chen and Sam Tsai who successfully defended their Ph.D. research in November. Both went to the studio afterwards for a clean recording of their presentations. You
ACM’s Multimedia Grand Challenge
Congratulations to 2012-2013 Magic Grant team members Brendan Jou, Hongzhi Li, Joseph G. Ellis and faculty advisor Shih-Fu Chang for winning the Grand Challenge 1st Place Award at ACM Multimedia. Their paper, “Structured
Digital security panel, October 28th
Revelations about how much of our online activity is under surveillance have left many people wondering what’s left for digital security- or where the next frontier is. But digital security is
Magic Grant Ensemble launches Arrowhead
The Human-computer Interaction group at Stanford University presents Arrowhead, a story that will be collaboratively written by Tom Kealey (Jones Lecturer of the Creative Writing department), Chris Baty (founder of NaNoWriMo), and people
HGB’s Trust Donates $15 Million for College Prep
From the NY Times ArtsBeat Blog: “Helen Gurley Brown didn’t care only about the Cosmo girl. She was also concerned with underserved children in New York City. As a result, her
Brown Institute “All Hands” Meeting, Columbia University
Both halves of the Brown Institute met at Columbia University for its quarterly “All Hands” meeting. It was a day of presentations and discussions. A full house, with grants and
The Declassification Engine in Poynter
Poynter has just posted a fantastic writeup of one of this year’s Magic Grants, the Declassification Engine. Co-funded by the Tow Center for digital Journalism, the Declassification Engine will “create a critical