2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Stories and Fables
2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Stories and Fables
Stories and Fables - June 18, 2012 Panel: Ethan Zuckerman-ModeratorLaura Amico-Homicide Watch DCMichael Poffenberger-resolve.orgKeith Oatley-University of TorontoBenjamen Walker-WFMUSam Gregory-WitnessRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media ...
2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Turning Data into ...
2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Turning Data into Narrative
As media makers and members of the public, we increasingly have access to rich data sets that contain information about our communities, our politics and our government. Our panelists explore their strategies for finding and sharing stories embedded within sets of ...
2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Welcome and ...
2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: Welcome and Introduction
Welcome and Introduction by Joi Ito, Ethan Zuckerman, and John BrackenRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
A Policy on Leadership
A Policy on Leadership
03/31/2010 12:00 PM Wong AuditoriumEdmund (Ted) F. Kelly, PhD '70, Chairman, President & CEO; Liberty Mutual Description: Ted Kelly walks a Sloan audience through the process of turning around a failing company. His formula? Develop two key things: a fact based analytical organization, and ...
A Social-Media Decoder
A Social-Media Decoder
New technology deciphers-- and empowers--the millions who talk back to their televisions through the Web.
Aaron Koblin
Aaron Koblin
While the 2010-11 Abramowitz Artist in Residence, infographics wizard Aaron Koblin gave a public lecture entitled "Crowds and Clouds: Data, Sheep, and Collaboration in the Works of Aaron Koblin" at the Ray and Maria Stata Center on Sept. 30, 2010. This video includes excerpts from that talk ...
Aaron Koblin at MIT
Aaron Koblin at MIT 2010-2011
Koblin discusses data trails and our changing relationship with data.
ASSET4 ESG: Using the Company Level Template
ASSET4 ESG: Using the Company Level Template
This video demonstrates how to access a sampling of company-level environmental, social, and governance data using ThomsonReuters' Datastream.
Calculate area in ArcMap
Calculate area in ArcMap
Part of the MIT Libraries video tutorial series. This video demonstrates how to calculate the area of polygons in ArcMap.
Civic Media and the Law
Civic Media and the Law
11/04/2010 5:00 PM E14-633Micah Sifry, Founder, Editor, Personal Democracy Forum; Daniel Schuman, Policy Counsel, Sunlight Foundation; David Ardia, Fellow, Berkman CenterDescription: While these panelists diverge on the precise metaphor -- 'picking through a minefield,' 'hacking through the ...
"What's Your Information Diet?"
Civic Media Session: "What's Your Information Diet?"
If we are what we eat, does it hold that we are also what we read and watch? You've made a New Year's Resolution to eat healthy, but do you ever consider what you feed your brain?
Create a shapefile in ArcMap
Create a shapefile in ArcMap
Part of the MIT Libraries video tutorial series. This video demonstrates how to create a new shapefile in ArcMap.
Create buffers in ArcMap
Create buffers in ArcMap
Part of the MIT Libraries video tutorial series. This video demonstrates how to create buffers of a constant distance around features in ArcMap.
Critical Issues and Grand Challenges
Critical Issues and Grand Challenges
06/15/2009 10:15 AM Wong AuditoriumJames A. Champy, '63, SM '65, Chairman of Consulting Perot Systems Corporation; Life Member, MIT Corporation; John Reed, Retired, Chairman, Citigroup, Inc.; Denis Cortese, CEO, Mayo Clinic; Steven E. Koonin, PhD '75, Undersecretary for Science, U.S. ...
Crowds and Clouds: Data, Sheep, and Collaboration in the ...
Crowds and Clouds: Data, Sheep, and Collaboration in the Works of Aaron ...
09/30/2010 6:30 PM 32"141Aaron Koblin, Abramowitz Artist in Residence, MITDescription: Where others see just data points and fodder for bar graphs, Aaron Koblin visualizes dynamic systems where information assumes forms both abstract and familiar. In this talk, Koblin ...
Cryptography " Science or Magic?
Cryptography " Science or Magic?
10/01/2001 34"101James L. Massey, SM '60, PhD '62, Professor Emeritusknowledge proofs. Host(s): School of Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Data Transfer at Light Speed
Data Transfer at Light Speed
At Intel Research Day, the company demonstrated some of its silicon photonics technology for the first time. The goal of this work is to speed data transfer by replacing today's electrical wiring with faster, more efficient fiber-optic connections.
Data-driven Traffic Modeling, Prediction, and Planning
Data-driven Traffic Modeling, Prediction, and Planning
03/15/2011 4:00 PM 3"270Daniela Rus, MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Associate Director of CSAIL; Description: Some professors work primarily in labs, and others mainly at desks. Daniela Rus conducts her research on the bustling streets of Singapore, ...
Determination of Drivers of Stock-Out Performance of Retail ...
Determination of Drivers of Stock-Out Performance of Retail Stores using ...
Khalid UsmanResearch Fest 2008This project utilizes data mining techniques to determine the drivers of stock-out performance. Best performing and worst performing clusters of stores were identified using data clustering techniques. Furthermore, Logistic regression and ...