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Past Events

May 11, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

Openness: How Increasing Accessibility and Responsiveness Can Transform Processes and Systems

Elliot E. Maxwell, Fellow of the Communications Program at Johns Hopkins University and a Distinguished Research Fellow at the eBusiness Research Center of Pennsylvania State University

The term "open" has been used in many contexts: open source, open standards, open access, open architecture, open spectrum, open innovation, and open educational resources. …

May 5, 2010 @ 11:45 AM

CRCS Seminar: Would a ‘Cyber Warrior’ Protect Us? Exploring Trade-offs Between Attack and Defense of Information Systems

Allan Friedman, CRCS Fellow

CRCS Fellow Allan Friedman will discuss "Would a ‘Cyber Warrior’ Protect Us? Exploring Trade-offs Between Attack and Defense of Information Systems".

May 5, 2010 @ 6:00 PM

Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group

At this installment of cyberscholars, Jeffrey Warren will talk about "Grassroots Mapping Projects"; Nicholas Bramble will discuss "A Diverse and Antagonistic Information Age?";…

May 4, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

My Way: Youtube Performance and Remaking

Amie Siegel, Harvard Visual and Environmental Studies

Artist Amie Siegel will discuss and show works from her "My Way" series. Her videos appropriate amateur performance videos posted on Youtube, reconstructing how image posting and…

Apr 30, 2010 @ 9:00 AM

ROFLCon II

Back in April 2008, there was ROFLCon -- the first internet culture conference devoted to discussing what makes memes work, why they work, and where it's all going. ROFLCon II…

Apr 29, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

Taming Multiplicity in the Post-Print Era: Law Librarians, Legal Scholarship, and Access to the Law

Richard A. Danner, Senior Associate Dean for Information Services and Archibald C. and Frances Fulk Rufty Research Professor Of Law at Duke Law School

Professor Richard Danner has been at the forefront of the open access to legal scholarship movement and has also recently written about the role of academic law librarians in…

Apr 28, 2010 @ 6:00 PM

The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, Can Set Big Things in Motion

David Weinberger in conversation with John Hagel III

Join us for a discussion on The Power of Pull, a new book from authors John Hagel III, John Seely Brown, and Lang Davison on how "pull" can be more systematically used to shape…

Apr 27, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

Human Computation

Luis von Ahn, Carnegie Mellon University

This talk is about harnessing human time and energy to address problems that computers cannot yet solve.

Apr 21, 2010 @ 11:45 AM

A New Understanding of Prediction Markets Via No-Regret Learning

Jenn Wortman Vaughan, Harvard CRCS

Jenn Wortman Vaughan, Harvard CRCS, will discuss "A New Understanding of Prediction Markets Via No-Regret Learning.

Apr 20, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

Open Standards and Patents - A Start-up Perspective

Mikko Välimäki, is CEO of Tuxera Ltd, adjunct professor at Helsinki University of Technology, Finland

Mikko will discuss the inner meaning of the politically hot term "open standard" and the practical implications of having more and more patents in information technology standards…

Apr 17, 2010 @ 6:15 PM

Future Social Science On and With Digital Media

at HASTAC 2010

In this virtual panel, five scholars will comment for five minutes each on emerging research problems, opportunities, and methods in social science both with and about digital…

Apr 15, 2010 @ 5:30 PM

Building a More Diverse and Inclusive Legal Profession: A Call to Action

Brad Smith, General Counsel of Microsoft

In this speech, Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith will make the case for more rapid progress for diversity in the legal profession, outline the types of practical steps that…

Apr 13, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

Educating the Many, Not the Few: A Digital Model for Change

Shai Reshef, University of the People

Harnessing the free exchange of information online and multiple pedagogical models, including eLearning and peer-to-peer learning, Shai Reshef will discuss University of the…

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Apr 9, 2010 @ 9:00 AM

Symposium: Journalism's Digital Transition: Unique Legal Challenges and Opportunities

The Berkman Center's Citizen Media Law Project and Cyberlaw Clinic are pleased to announce a one-day symposium and CLE program to celebrate the launch of the Online Media Legal…

Apr 6, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

The Television Cannot Be Revolutionized

Christian Sandvig, Berkman Fellow

Christian will discuss recent developments on sites like YouTube, Hulu, and Fancast as well as research about how audiences watch online video both suggest a retrenchment of…

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Apr 5, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

Old Habits Die Hard: Can Technology Change Deception?

Jeff Hancock, Cornell University

In this talk, Jeff will consider some of the myths commonly held about deception, and use the intersection of technology and deception to surface and rethink our assumptions about…

Mar 30, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

The Values of Technology

Michael Slaby, Chief Technology Strategist for TomorrowVentures

Most of the discussion of Obama for America (OFA) and the use of technology in the 2008 Presidential campaign has focused on the tactics deployed and the metrics produced. While…

Mar 23, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

The Why in DIY Book Scanning

Daniel Reetz, founder and steward of the DIY Book Scanner community

The DIY Book Scanner community (founded in June 2009) has produced a diverse ecosystem of book scanning hardware and software to address a wide range of human needs, both…

Mar 23, 2010 @ 6:00 PM

Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group

At this installment of Cyberscholars, Berkman Fellow Christian Sandvig will present on "Alien Infrastructures: Learning from Unusual Arrangements of Information and Communication…

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Mar 22, 2010 @ 12:30 PM

Transforming the Last Mile State

How Vermont can leapfrog a technology generation and lead the nation in connectivity, transparency and innovation.

Matt Dunne, former State Senator, Head of Community Affairs for Google and current candidate for Vermont Governor will share his vision for Vermont becoming the first truly 21st…