September 2018
An Introduction to Public Data
The Brown Institute is proud to host a day devoted to public data. It is designed for students in journalism, statistics and data science -- essentially anyone who has an interest in understanding their neighborhoods, their cities, their state and even the nation through data.
Find out more »Adrianna Bagnall-Munson – What a Mediminder Does: Arranging Autonomy Through Technologies of Care
Adrianna Bagnall-Munson (Columbia University) will present research findings as part of the Science, Knowledge, and Technology workshop (SKAT) series.
Find out more »Food, Farming, and Sustainability Conference
International Affairs Building, Kellogg Center (Room 1501), Columbia University 420 West 118th Street, New York UPDATE 9/13: SEATS AT THE CONFERENCE ARE AVAILABLE. PLEASE CHECK IN AT THE REGISTRATION DESK. The morning sessions will be streamed live. The Environmental Sciences and Humanities Research Cluster at the Center for Science and Society invites you to "Food, Farming, and Sustainability." With approximately 815 million people around the world currently undernourished and the global population expected to grow by 2 billion by 2050, two of the…
Find out more »Colin F. Camerer – Using Visual Salience in Game Theory
Dr. Colin Camerer (California Institute of Technology) will discuss using visual saliency in game theory.
Find out more »Jeannette M. Wing – Data for Good (or Scary AI and Other Dangers of Big Data)
In this talk, under the acronym FATES, Wing will focus on these aspects of the responsible use of data: fairness, accountability, transparency, ethics, safety and security.
Find out more »Claudio Benzecry – The World at Her Fit: Scale-Making, Uniqueness and Standardization
Claudio Benzecry (Northwestern University) will present research findings as part of the Science, Knowledge, and Technology workshop (SKAT) series.
Find out more »Catherine Monk – Opposite to a Halo Effect? Impacts of Variants of Uncertain Significance on Parental Perceptions of Children after Prenatal Chromosome Microarray Testing
Catherine Monk (Columbia) will speak as part of the Seminar on Ethical, Legal and Social Implications of Genetics series.
Find out more »From the Faculty Lounge: Biology and the Sexes
Alison Pischedda, assistant professor of biology, and Rebecca Jordan-Young, associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, come together for an intriguing conversation.
Find out more »Nick Chater – The Mind is Flat: Thought as Case-Law Not Naïve Science
Join Columbia Business School as Dr. Nick Chater argues the mind is analogous to case-law---in which each new case is addressed by finding links with past cases.
Find out more »Art, Film, and Feminist Futures
Please join us for a special evening of artist talks and a collective conversation with Chitra Ganesh, Shai Heredia, and Priya Sen who are coming together in New York this month in conjunction with Ganesh's exhibition, Her Garden, A Mirror, opening at the Kitchen.
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