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SUMMARY:Investigations in 3D with Shourideh Molavi (Forensic Architecture)
DESCRIPTION:Shourideh C. Molavi is a writer and scholar in specializing in critical state theory\, migration\, and border studies. She has over 15 years of academic\, legal\, and fieldwork experience in the Middle East—focusing on Israel/Palestine—on the politics of space\, citizenship\, and statelessness\, and with an emphasis on the relationship between the law\, violence\, and power. She is the Lead Israel-Palestine Researcher at Forensic Architecture in London.\nphoto from Triple Chaser\, courtesy of Shourideh Molavi \nRegister to Attend \n\n\nAbout the Volumetric Reporting series \nThe Brown Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Volumetric Reporting\, supported by a Provost Teaching and Learning Grant for Emerging Technology\, a seminar and training series which will explore the affordances of volumetric capture and its applications in journalism. The series will begin with talks by Francesca Panetta\, formerly of The Guardian and the MIT Advanced Virtuality Lab and Shourideh C. Molavi of Forensic Architecture — who will introduce applications of volumetric capture for reporting and storytelling. Talks will be followed by two workshops introducing students to the technology and then creating 3D spaces from images using photogrammetry. \nMore events in the series  \n 
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/investigations-in-3d-with-shourideh-molavi-forensic-architecture/
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SUMMARY:Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day\, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election\, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true\, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story\, an increase in observation and measurement\, in data\, helped us understand little more about our current situation and predict where things might go. Statistics\, the science of data and inferences we make from data\, was and is at the center of these stories. The Brown Institute will be hosting a series of “Statistics Breakfasts” to introduce CJS students and alumni to provide a basic grounding in statistics reasoning. We assume no background whatsoever — this material is not difficult\, but is extremely important for journalists to understand. Interested? Please contact Mark Hansen\, markh@columbia.edu. Also\, if there are topics you’d like to see covered please drop me an email — if there is enough interest\, we can run the breakfasts for longer than 4 weeks. Perhaps you can be a presenter as well\, bringing your questions that the group can help to reason through.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/statistics-breakfast-with-mark-hansen-3/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210304T073000
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SUMMARY:Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day\, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election\, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true\, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story\, an increase in observation and measurement\, in data\, helped us understand little more about our current situation and predict where things might go. Statistics\, the science of data and inferences we make from data\, was and is at the center of these stories. The Brown Institute will be hosting a series of “Statistics Breakfasts” to introduce CJS students and alumni to provide a basic grounding in statistics reasoning. We assume no background whatsoever — this material is not difficult\, but is extremely important for journalists to understand. Interested? Please contact Mark Hansen\, markh@columbia.edu. Also\, if there are topics you’d like to see covered please drop me an email — if there is enough interest\, we can run the breakfasts for longer than 4 weeks. Perhaps you can be a presenter as well\, bringing your questions that the group can help to reason through.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/statistic-breakfast-with-mark-hansen/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210226T110000
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SUMMARY:Immersive Journalism\, with Francesca Panetta
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is pleased to announce the launch of Volumetric Reporting\, supported by a Provost Teaching and Learning Grant for Emerging Technology\, a seminar and training series which will explore the affordances of volumetric capture and its applications in journalism. The series will begin with talks by Francesca Panetta\, formerly of The Guardian and the MIT Advanced Virtuality Lab and Shourideh C. Molavi of Forensic Architecture — who will introduce applications of volumetric capture for reporting and storytelling. Talks will be followed by two workshops introducing students to the technology and then creating 3D spaces from images using photogrammetry. \nImmersive Journalism\, with Francesca Panetta \nRegister \nAdvances in sensing hardware and computer vision algorithms have enabled common smartphone and tablet devices to be able to see and understand the world in more ways than ever before. Not only are these devices able to display 3D content\, but they are quickly being equipped with technologies that allow for 3D capture. Applications have flooded the app stores for consumers to play with this technology — allowing living rooms to be filled with Pokémon for kids\, and furniture and wall-color paint samples for adults. In addition to these more playful applications\, this type of capture and display also provides new opportunities for journalists and storytellers. In this lecture series\, we’ll be bringing professionals working with immersive technologies to talk about their work and share their learnings.  \n\n  \n \nAbout Francesca Panetta \nFrancesca Panetta is an immersive artist\, director\, and journalist. She uses emerging technologies to innovate new forms of storytelling that have social impact. She was XR Creative Director at MIT’s Center for Advanced Virtuality where she made flagship work such as In Event of Moon Disaster. Before that\, she worked at the Guardian for over a decade pioneering new forms of journalism\, including setting up and running the in-house virtual reality studio. Her works have won critical acclaim – receiving awards around the world\, and touring the White House\, Tribeca\, Cannes\, Sundance\, and more. She was a 2019 Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. \n  \nphotograph from Limbo 
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/immersive-journalism-with-francesca-panetta/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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SUMMARY:Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day\, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election\, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true\, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story\, an increase in observation and measurement\, in data\, helped us understand little more about our current situation and predict where things might go. Statistics\, the science of data and inferences we make from data\, was and is at the center of these stories. The Brown Institute will be hosting a series of “Statistics Breakfasts” to introduce CJS students and alumni to provide a basic grounding in statistics reasoning. We assume no background whatsoever — this material is not difficult\, but is extremely important for journalists to understand. Interested? Please contact Mark Hansen\, markh@columbia.edu. Also\, if there are topics you’d like to see covered please drop me an email — if there is enough interest\, we can run the breakfasts for longer than 4 weeks. Perhaps you can be a presenter as well\, bringing your questions that the group can help to reason through.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/statistics-breakfast-with-mark-hansen-2/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210219T094500
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SUMMARY:C + J Symposium 2021: Data Journalism in an Expanded Field
DESCRIPTION:C+J 2021 — A virtual gathering \nFrom the outset\, 2020 looked like it would be a year of data and computation in journalism. Think of the events that were planned — from the 2020 Presidential Election to the decennial census\, to the Summer Olympics\, to the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Each of these stories had rich possibilities for collaborations between journalism and the computing and data sciences. Tragically\, as we know well\, an even bigger story dominates the news\, COVID-19. As the full force of the pandemic continues to unfold\, we see that it is a story also told in data\, in models\, and in predictions — helping the public make critical decisions about the health of their families and communities. \nThe Computation+Journalism (C+J) conference is a venue where journalists and researchers meet. It is a setting where news organizations can learn about new methods to source\, produce and distribute their journalism\, and where researchers in the computational and social sciences learn about important open questions that news organizations are struggling with\, from business models to database technologies\, to new frameworks for data visualization. \nLike most meetings of its kind\, C+J has historically been an in-person affair. And the COVID-19 outbreak gives us two choices — cancel the conference or expand it in ways that were previously unthinkable. The program committee has decided on the latter. \nREGISTER HERE
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/cj2021_data_journalism_in_an_expanded_field/
LOCATION:Online Webinar\, NY
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SUMMARY:Statistics Breakfast with Mark Hansen (Thursdays in February and March 2021)
DESCRIPTION:Some of the biggest stories of 2020 were statistical. We tracked exponential curves as COVID-19 spread across the country. On the 50th anniversary of Earth Day\, we reassessed the pace of climate change. And after the 2020 Election\, the country debated whether any of the then-President’s claims about voter fraud could be true\, attempting to estimate the true number of missing or incorrectly counted ballots. In each story\, an increase in observation and measurement\, in data\, helped us understand little more about our current situation and predict where things might go. Statistics\, the science of data and inferences we make from data\, was and is at the center of these stories. The Brown Institute will be hosting a series of “Statistics Breakfasts” to introduce CJS students and alumni to provide a basic grounding in statistics reasoning. We assume no background whatsoever — this material is not difficult\, but is extremely important for journalists to understand. Interested? Please contact Mark Hansen\, markh@columbia.edu. Also\, if there are topics you’d like to see covered please drop me an email — if there is enough interest\, we can run the breakfasts for longer than 4 weeks. Perhaps you can be a presenter as well\, bringing your questions that the group can help to reason through.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/statistics-breakfast-with-mark-hansen/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Trainings
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210129T150000
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SUMMARY:The Brown Institute Virtual Mixer
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute offers grants\, fellowships and unique internships. Our granting program\, the so-called Magic Grants\, have supported numerous alumni from the school — read about our current cohort here.  You’ll see powerful investigative projects (one appearing on the front page of the New York Times this weekend) as well as grants that support new technologies for reporting or telling a story. We support great journalism and great tech and the mixture of the two.  Our internships are equally unique — last year three grads spent the fall looking into “participatory journalism” with Consumer Reports. Come and learn about Brown\, or programs and how we can help you during your time at Columbia and after.\nJoin us at https://ohyay.co/s/Brown-Institute-Mixer.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/spring_2021_virtual_mixer/
LOCATION:Virtual
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210122T140000
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SUMMARY:Roles for Computing in Social Justice with Rediet Abebe\, Harvard and UC Berkeley
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up\, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism\, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their approaches to data and computation. \nRoles for Computing in Social Justice \nRegister to attend the lecture \nRecent scholarship in AI ethics warns that computing work has treated problematic features of the status quo as fixed\,  failing to address and even exacerbate deep patterns of injustice and inequality. Acknowledging these critiques\, we ask: what roles\, if any\, can computing play to support and advance fundamental social change? We articulate four such roles — computing as a diagnostic\, formalizer\, rebuttal\, and synecdoche — through an analysis that considers the opportunities as well as the significant risks inherent in such work. We then discuss how these insights may be used to support advocacy work aimed at fostering more equitable and just systems. \n\nAbout Rediet Abebe \n \nRediet Abebe is a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and an incoming Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of California\, Berkeley. Abebe holds a Ph.D. in computer science from Cornell University and graduate degrees in mathematics from Harvard University and the University of Cambridge. Her research is in artificial intelligence and algorithms\, with a focus on equity and justice concerns. Abebe is a co-founder and co-organizer of the multi-institutional\, interdisciplinary research initiative Mechanism Design for Social Good (MD4SG). Her dissertation received the 2020 ACM SIGKDD Dissertation Award for offering the foundations of this emerging research area. Abebe’s work has informed policy and practice at the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Ethiopian Ministry of Education. She has been honored in the MIT Technology Reviews’ 35 Innovators Under 35 and the Bloomberg 50 list as a one to watch. Abebe also co-founded Black in AI\, a non-profit organization tackling representation issues in AI. Her research is influenced by her upbringing in her hometown of Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/roles-for-computing-in-social-justice-with-rediet-abebe-harvard-and-uc-berkeley/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201204T140000
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SUMMARY:Data Feminism with Catherine D'Ignazio\, MIT  and Lauren Klein\, Emory University
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up\, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism\, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their approaches to data and computation. \nData Feminism\n \nJoin Now! \nAs data are increasingly mobilized in the service of governments and corporations\, their unequal conditions of production\, their asymmetrical methods of application\, and their unequal effects on both individuals and groups have become increasingly difficult for data scientists–and others who rely on data in their work–to ignore. But it is precisely this power that makes it worth asking: “Data science by whom? Data science for whom? Data science with whose interests in mind? These are some of the questions that emerge from what we call data feminism\, a way of thinking about data science and its communication that is informed by the past several decades of intersectional feminist activism and critical thought. Illustrating data feminism in action\, this talk will show how challenges to the male/female binary can help to challenge other hierarchical (and empirically wrong) classification systems; it will explain how an understanding of emotion can expand our ideas about effective data visualization; how the concept of invisible labor can expose the significant human efforts required by our automated systems; and why the data never\, ever “speak for themselves.” The goal of this talk\, as with the project of data feminism\, is to model how scholarship can be transformed into action: how feminist thinking can be operationalized in order to imagine more ethical and equitable data practices. \n\nAbout Catherine D’Ignazio\n \nCatherine D’Ignazio is a scholar\, artist/designer and hacker mama who focuses on feminist technology\, data literacy and civic engagement. She has run reproductive justice hackathons\, designed global news recommendation systems\, created talking and tweeting water quality sculptures\, and led walking data visualizations to envision the future of sea level rise. With Rahul Bhargava\, she built the platform Databasic.io\, a suite of tools and activities to introduce newcomers to data science. Her 2020 book from MIT Press\, Data Feminism\, co-authored with Lauren Klein\, charts a course for more ethical and empowering data science practices. Her research at the intersection of technology\, design & social justice has been published in the Journal of Peer Production\, the Journal of Community Informatics\, and the proceedings of Human Factors in Computing Systems (ACM SIGCHI). Her art and design projects have won awards from the Tanne Foundation\, Turbulence.org and the Knight Foundation and exhibited at the Venice Biennial and the ICA Boston. D’Ignazio is an Assistant Professor of Urban Science and Planning in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT. She is also Director of the Data + Feminism Lab which uses data and computational methods to work towards gender and racial equity\, particularly in relation to space and place. \nAbout Lauren Klein\n \nLauren Klein is an associate professor in the departments of English and Quantitative Theory & Methods at Emory University\, where she also directs the Digital Humanities Lab. She works at the intersection of data science\, digital humanities\, and early American literature\, with a research focus on issues of race and gender. She has designed platforms for exploring the contents of historical newspapers\, recreated forgotten visualization schemes with fabric and addressable LEDs\, and\, with her students\, cooked meals from early American recipes—and then visualized the results. In 2017\, she was named one of the “rising stars in digital humanities” by Inside Higher Ed. She is the author of An Archive of Taste: Race and Eating in the Early United States (University of Minnesota Press\, 2020) and\, with Catherine D’Ignazio\, Data Feminism (MIT Press\, 2020). With Matthew K. Gold\, she edits Debates in the Digital Humanities\, a hybrid print-digital publication stream that explores debates in the field as they emerge. Her current project\, Data by Design: An Interactive History of Data Visualization\, 1786-1900\, was recently funded by an NEH-Mellon Fellowship for Digital Publication.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/data-feminism-with-catherine-dignazio-mit-and-lauren-klein-emory-university/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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SUMMARY:Local Time: A Challenge for Visualization with Johanna Drucker\, UCLA
DESCRIPTION:Each year\, the Brown Institute sponsors talks that explore the intersection between media and technology. This year we have three virtual presentations lined up\, each challenging us to think about data and computation in new ways. Each talk is by researchers outside of journalism\, and yet we have a great deal to learn from their approaches to data and computation. \nLocal Time: A Challenge for Visualization\nRegister\n \nThe term “local” usually suggests a specific geographical spot\, but it also has applications to temporal systems—and to data visualisation. Yanni Loukissas developed the idea “local data\,” to insist on connection to conditions of production. This talk takes up the concept of “local” in relation to conventions for visualizing historical chronology\, time\, and temporal phenomena in news\, narrative\, and individual human experience. The notion of “local time” conflicts with the use of uniform graphic standards such as clock time and calendar dates presented on an x-axis. Conventional timelines and chronologies need to be modified through additional approaches to visualization—as well as to the data structures behind them. Using three areas of focus—historical chronologies\, experiential timelines\, and narrative theory\, this discussion suggests some alternative approaches for visualizing “local” time. \n\nAbout Johanna Drucker \n Johanna Drucker is the inaugural Breslauer Professor of Bibliographical Studies in the Department of Information Studies at UCLA. She is internationally known for her work in the history of graphic design\, typography\, experimental poetry\, fine art\, and digital humanities. In addition\, she has a reputation as a book artist\, and her limited edition works are in special collections and libraries worldwide. Her most recent titles include SpecLab: Digital Aesthetics and Speculative Computing (Chicago\, 2009)\, and Graphic Design History: A Critical Guide (Pearson\, 2008\, 2nd edition late 2012). She is currently working on a database memoire\, ALL\, the online Museum of Writing in collaboration with University College London and King’s College\, and a letterpress project titled Stochastic Poetics. A collaboratively written work\, Digital_Humanities\, with Jeffrey Schnapp\, Todd Presner\, Peter Lunenfeld\, and Anne Burdick is forthcoming from MIT Press.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/local-time-a-challenge-for-visualization-with-johanna-drucker-ucla/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Panels & Seminars
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SUMMARY:2020 Brown Institute Showcase
DESCRIPTION:Join the Event! \nThe event features a unique mix of journalists and technologists\, all funded through the 2019-20 Magic Grant program — this is their moment to show off a year’s worth of work. The event will take place on a unique virtual platform allowing visitors to mingle with directors and staff\, and meet individually with grantees while they demo their projects. \nThe projects this year are incredibly strong. Each one addresses an important contemporary question\, be it political\, cultural or technical — from a tool that can assist in analyzing the last ten years of 24/7 TV news coverage; to a solutions journalism approach to tracking and reporting on maternal mortality in Nigeria; to a new tool that securely transforms a smartphone into a socially-minded diagnostic device offering insights into digital behavior; to the first comprehensive database of human rights violations in Pakistan.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/2020-brown-institute-showcase/
LOCATION:Virtual
CATEGORIES:Receptions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200514T163000
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. \nTo join\, please use the link below:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/911667097\nPassword: 751054 \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at browninstitute@columbia.edu. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-12/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. \nTo join\, please use the link below:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/911667097\nPassword: 751054 \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at browninstitute@columbia.edu. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-11/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200430T163000
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. \nTo join\, please use the link below:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/911667097\nPassword: 751054 \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at browninstitute@columbia.edu. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-10/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200425T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200425T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20190917T211858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200408T143032Z
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SUMMARY:The Transparency Series - Political Polling
DESCRIPTION:Presenter\nDhrumil Mehta\, FiveThirtyEight \nWorkshop Description\nThe last workshop in the Transparency Series takes you through techniques for looking at one or more polls over time. Join Dhrumil Mehta who leads Pollapalooza at FiveThirtyEight to get exposed to sources\, tools\, and strategies for working with polls — starting at the very beginning with simple random samples\, and leading to the detailed models that are employed today. All the while\, the workshop will emphasize how to find and tell interesting\, novel stories with polls. No prior experience in statistics or data analysis is needed. \nRegister to Attend
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/the-transparency-series-political-polling/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Transparency Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200423T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200406T144055Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200406T144055Z
UID:5792-1587659400-1587663000@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. \nTo join\, please use the link below:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/911667097\nPassword: 751054 \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at browninstitute@columbia.edu. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-9/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200416T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200416T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200406T144003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200406T144003Z
UID:5789-1587054600-1587058200@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. \nTo join\, please use the link below:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/911667097\nPassword: 751054 \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at browninstitute@columbia.edu. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-8/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200409T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200409T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200406T143710Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200406T143710Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is hosting virtual Magic Grant Information Sessions taking place each Thursday on Zoom at 4:30PM EST. \nTo join\, please use the link below:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/911667097\nPassword: 751054 \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at browninstitute@columbia.edu. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-7/
LOCATION:Zoom Meeting
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200326T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200306T190757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200308T234007Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session (Columbia)
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is pleased to announce our second Magic Grant Information Session taking place virtually for the Columbia side of the Brown Institute on March 26\, 2020 at 4:30PM. \nTo join\, please click the link below:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/861228398 \nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16468769923\,\,861228398# or +16699006833\,\,861228398#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 900 6833\nWebinar ID: 861 228 398 \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at browninstitute@columbia.edu. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-6/
LOCATION:Online Webinar\, NY
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200312T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200312T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200306T191348Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200309T151530Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session (Stanford)
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is pleased to announce our first Magic Grant Information Session taking place at Stanford Engineering via a virtual webinar on March 12\, 2020 at 4:30PM. \nTo join the meeting\, please visit stanford.zoom.us/j/249681708. \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at brown_institute@stanford.edu. \nWe hope you can join!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-stanford-2/
LOCATION:Online Webinar\, NY
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200310T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200310T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200306T190624Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200308T233840Z
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SUMMARY:Magic Grant Information Session (Columbia)
DESCRIPTION:The Brown Institute is pleased to announce our first Magic Grant Information Session taking place virtually for the Columbia side of the Brown Institute on March 10\, 2020 at 4:30PM. \nTo join\, please click the link below:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/900839288 \nOr iPhone one-tap :\nUS: +16468769923\,\,900839288# or +16699006833\,\,900839288#\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\nUS: +1 646 876 9923 or +1 669 \nIf you’re interested in learning more about our Magic Grant offerings\, come to our upcoming information session where you can find out: \n\nThe types of projects we’re interested in supporting\nThe various types of support we offer to grantees & fellows\nEligibility guidelines\nHow our staff can help you develop your proposal\nHow to apply\n\nIf you have any questions\, write us at browninstitute@columbia.edu. \nWe hope to see you there!
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/magic-grant-information-session-5/
LOCATION:Online Webinar\, NY
CATEGORIES:Info Sessions
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200229T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200229T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20190917T211906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T204445Z
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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.stanford.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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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200131T205553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200131T205553Z
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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.stanford.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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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200218T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200218T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200205T202949Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200207T162438Z
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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.stanford.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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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Stanford":MAILTO:brown_institute@stanford.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200216T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20200127T191038Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200127T191038Z
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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.stanford.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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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200213T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20191212T205848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191212T205911Z
UID:5290-1581609600-1581616800@brown.stanford.edu
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.stanford.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
ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200201T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200201T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20190917T211913Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T211913Z
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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.stanford.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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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191123T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20190917T211921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T211921Z
UID:4395-1574503200-1574528400@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:The Transparency Series - Reporting on Twitter
DESCRIPTION:Presenter\nCraig Silverman\, BuzzFeed \nWorkshop Description\nTwitter is not just a source of updates from friends and happenings in the local community. Instead\, it is a dense network embedded with narratives of how the world is structured\, including how information flows and spreads\, both within and outside of communities. The platform is host to policy announcements from the President of the United States\, and demonstrated in the previous election to be a hotbed of mis-/dis-information. Therefore\, it is imperative that we\, as journalists\, know how to effectively question and interrogate the platform. This workshop will spend the day teaching students how to report on Twitter\, understanding the network\, individuals\, communities\, and how information propogates and trends. \nRegister for the Workshop
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/the-transparency-series-reporting-on-twitter/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Transparency Series
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191118T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T191734
CREATED:20190911T155103Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190911T155103Z
UID:4350-1574071200-1574082000@brown.stanford.edu
SUMMARY:Points Unknown Mapping Module III: Web Maps / Mapbox.js
DESCRIPTION:News unfolds in places and every newsworthy event is shaped by the details of location. Those details might include the specifics of a neighborhood as it is today or of the history leading to its current configurations. Alongside the development of web technologies\, journalistic organizations have incorporated web-based maps to enhance reader engagement with stories. But these interactions haven’t always been easy to produce. \nPoints Unknown will train journalism students in GIS and mapping techniques\, and will prompt them to ask questions such as: What data are made public? What do they say about life in the city? How are neighborhoods rendered in data and what are the consequences of those representations? What undiscovered stories can be found in visualizing geographies of data? The module will focus on introducing core methods to engaging with / producing both static\, annotated\, and web-based maps — and will provide an introduction to spatial data. Spatial training paired with journalism can serve as a missing “integrator” of data and the real world—providing lessons that travel beyond the boroughs of New York. \nIn Fall 2019\, the Brown Institute will conduct a set of four workshops focused on introducing mapping as a tool for discovery and expression. Details of each of the sessions can be seen below: \nWeek 1 – Intro to Mapping / QGIS\nWeek 2 – Intro to Annotated Maps / Illustrator\nWeek 3 – Intro to Web Maps / Mapbox.js\nWeek 4 – Intro to Satellite Imagery / Google Earth Engine \nYou are not required to attend all sessions\, but it is strongly encouraged as many of the core concepts travel across the technologies. For more information about the program\, see https://pointsunknown.nyc. \nRegister at brwn.co/fall19-map.
URL:https://brown.stanford.edu/event/points-unknown-mapping-module-iii-web-maps-mapbox-js/
LOCATION:Brown Institute at Columbia\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Trainings
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ORGANIZER;CN="Brown Institute @ Columbia":MAILTO:browninstitute@columbia.edu
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