Whenever your “information device”… computer, pad computer, smart phone, video streaming device, etc. … is connected to a network of any sort… home network, office network, the internet, etc. … by either a wired or wireless ...
Neil Gershenfeld is director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
Does your laptop or desktop computer contain sensitive data – such as social security numbers, credit card numbers, protected health information, proprietary research data, or confidential legal data? If so, MIT policy and Massachusetts regulations require that ...
EMC TV is putting the spotlight on CSAIL’s new initiative bigdata@CSAIL, in a 30-minute piece on the station’s IT Insider show. Professor and CSAIL Principal Investigator Sam Madden chronicles the challenges and opportunities presented by the field and new research underway at ...
From "Politics and Popular Culture"
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 ...
And Now for Something Completely Different A showcase of some of the more unexpected and provocative directions news and civic media may be taking in the future. Panel: Lorrie LeJeune- MIT, Moderator Larry Birnbaum-Northwestern University/Knight News Innovation Lab ...
Civic Action On and Offline: IRL + RT FTW! Activists, theorists, media makers and researchers are all struggling to understand the relationship between the recent global cycle of protests and the new media ecology. This panel takes a look at how civic action moves ...
Internet Native News Networks If we were to start CNN today, it might look more like one of the networks featured in this panel. We take a whirlwind tour of new news networks and new models for reporting and sharing information in our connected age. Panel: Christina ...
Moments of Profundity, with Michael Maness Read more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
Open Gov_What's Gone Wrong, What's Gone Right? What's gone wrong and what's gone great? As we near the end of the (first term of) the Obama presidency, it's an appropriate time to review the successes, failures, and lessons learned in local, state and national efforts ...
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
MIT Civic Ignite - A Way Fast MIT Project Show-And-TellBecky HurwitzRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
MIT Civic Ignite - A Way Fast MIT Project Show-And-TellCharlie DeTarRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
MIT Civic Ignite - A Way Fast MIT Project Show-And-TellDan SchultzRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
MIT Civic Ignite - A Way Fast MIT Project Show-And-TellHuan SunRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
MIT Civic Ignite - A Way Fast MIT Project Show-And-TellLeo BurdRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
MIT Civic Ignite - A Way Fast MIT Project Show-And-Tell Matt Stempeck and Nathan MatiasRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
MIT Civic Ignite - A Way Fast MIT Project Show-And-TellMIT Civic Ignite- Nathan MatiasRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012
MIT Civic Ignite - A Way Fast MIT Project Show-And-TellMIT Civic Ignite- Pablo ReyRead more about the 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference: http://civic.mit.edu/conference2012