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Past Events

Mar 2, 2009 @ 1:30 PM

[POSTPONED - new date TBD] The future is in the margins: modern technology, education, and public policy.

David Rose

Dr. Rose's presentation will examine the kinds of political and pedagogical remedies that lie ahead in the era of print's disabilities.

Feb 26, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

What is the future of open access?

Peter Suber

Peter Suber will talk about what may lie over the horizon for open access to science and scholarship. Come join in some informed speculation on the future of OA journals,…

Feb 26, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

Test Driven Development with Ruby on Rails

Jon Yurek & Dan Croak of thoughtbot, inc.

thoughtbot team members Jon & Dan will show us how to use Test Driven Development with Ruby on Rails to write software that works today, works tomorrow, & is easy for teams of…

Event Series

Law Lab Speaker Series

The Law Lab Speaker Series provides an intersection for multiple disciplines: law, computing, neuroscience, biology, social sciences, technology, and entrepreneurship.

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Feb 25, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

The "Internet" of the developing world: using GSM networks to secure information

Ashifi Gogo, Dartmouth College

Ashifi Gogo will discuss the growing demand for information services on GSM and the innovative services being developed around mobile phones in the developing world.

Feb 24, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

Cultural Convergence: Cosmopolitan Communications and National Diversity

Pippa Norris, Harvard Kennedy School

In her newest publication, Pippa Norris addresses issues of "Cosmopolitan Communications and National Diversity" and will discuss her findings at the Berkman Center Luncheon…

Feb 19, 2009 @ 5:30 PM

Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group

Cybernetics and Revolution - Eden Medina, Platform Studies and the Atari VCS (Atari 2600) - Nick Montfort, Video Games and Pro-Social Development - Gene Koo

Feb 18, 2009 @ 5:00 PM

Secrecy: Film Screening and Roundtable

Peter Galison, Robb Moss, Jonathan Zittrain, Martha Minow, and Jack Goldsmith

The Berkman Center, Peter Galison, and Robb Moss present a screening of the film "Secrecy," a film about the vast, invisible world of government secrecy, followed by a roundtable…

Feb 17, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

A New Era of Computing: The Opportunities and Challenges of Cloud-Based Software and Services

Lisa Tanzi of Microsoft

Lisa Tanzi of Microsoft will present on the opportunities and challenges of Cloud Computing.

Feb 12, 2009 @ 12:00 PM

Comcast, BitTorrent, and Network Neutrality

Chris Riley, Free Press

Chris Riley, Policy Counsel of Free Press, will give a brief history of the Comcast proceeding and other net neutrality legal efforts and lead a substantive policy discussion of…

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Feb 10, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

Herdict: The Verdict of the Herd

Jonathan Zittrain and the Herdict Team

Jonathan Zittrain and the Herdict Team will present Herdict Web, a tool that seeks to gain insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of web accessibility.

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Feb 3, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

ISTTF: Enhancing Child Safety and Online Technologies

John Palfrey, danah boyd, Dena Sacco, Laura DeBonis

John Palfrey, danah boyd, Dena Sacco, Laura DeBonis, directors of the recently concluded Internet Safety Technical Task Force, discuss the findings and recommendations from the…

Jan 31, 2009 @ 8:00 PM

Information Superhighway Four

Information Superhighway is Boston's monthly party gathering hackers, activists, artists, designers, nonprofits, startups, academics and general geekery to hang out and connect…

Jan 28, 2009 @ 5:30 PM

Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group

This month's installment of Cyberscholars will feature "Youth online: designing for participation and collaboration" - Andrés Monroy-Hernández (MIT) / "Participatory Media for…

Jan 27, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

Mapping Globalization

Ethan Zuckerman, Berkman Fellow

Berkman Fellow Ethan Zuckerman presented on how understanding globalization requires new kinds of maps - maps of flow of bits, atoms and ideas.

Jan 20, 2009 @ 12:45 PM

The Long Tail of Gadgets - How Open Source Hardware is Enabling Bottom Up Innovation in Electronics

Peter Semmelhack of Bug Labs

Peter Semmelhack of Bug Labs will present on open source hardware and innovation...

Jan 13, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

Enterprise 2.0: How Organizations are Exploiting Web 2.0 Technologies and Philosophies

Andrew McAfee, Harvard Business School

In this talk Andrew will give examples of Enterprise 2.0, folding them into a simple model intended to communicate the different categories of benefits conferred.

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Dec 23, 2008 @ 12:30 PM

Watching Google AdWords: The Mysterious Mechanization of Meaning in the Google Brain

Hal Roberts

Google's AdWords system serves ads alongside about a quarter of all web traffic. In the process of serving those ads, Google actively processes the user browsing data in order to…

Dec 16, 2008 @ 12:30 PM

The Open Knowledge Commons

Maura Marx, Executive Director of the Open Knowledge Commons

This talk with Maura Marx, Executive Director of the Open Knowledge Commons, will introduce the OKC, a new organization born out of the Open Content Alliance and dedicated to…

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Dec 12, 2008 @ 6:30 PM

The Commons: Celebrating accomplishments, discerning futures

Jamie Boyle, Lawrence Lessig, Joi Ito, Molly S. Van Houweling, and Jonathan Zittrain

Creative Commons and the Berkman Center for Internet & Society present "The Commons: Celebrating accomplishments, discerning futures" tonight.