You're Invited To Cornell Tech Community Conversation "Making Breast Cancer Screening More Effective" With Runway Start Up Postdoc Kendra Batchelder Monday November 18 At Roosevelt Island Public Library

The Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island Community Conversation series resumes Monday evening November 18 with Runway Startup Postdoc Kendra Batchelder discussing:

Making Breast Cancer Screening More Effective

at the Roosevelt Island NY Public Library.

According to Cornell Tech:

Please join us for a Community Conversation with Cornell Tech Runway Postdoc Kendra Batchelder: Making Breast Cancer Screening More Effective.

This event is being held in collaboration with the Roosevelt Island Library. 

What: Cornell Tech Community Conversation

When: Monday, November 18th at 6:30 pm

Where: Roosevelt Island Library, 504 Main Street (in-person only)

Register by clicking on this link

Here's more info on Kendra Batchelder, CEO and Co-founder of Waved Medical

and the Cornell Tech Runway Start Up Postdoc program.

The Cornell Tech Instagram page reports today:

In partnership with the New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC), Cornell Tech hosted tech leaders, startup founders, and investors for a networking breakfast and conversation at Civic Hall in Manhattan this morning. Panelists discussed the current state of the city’s tech economy and the economic impact of Cornell Tech’s campus, startups, and alumni on New York City’s vibrant and growing tech ecosystem....

... By 2030, Cornell Tech is projected to generate $1.5 billion in economic impact per year and 7,000 jobs for NYC annually. The student body has grown to 700 students and Cornell Tech now has 2,300 alumni. The campus has launched 115 startups – 32% of which have been founded by women, above the city and national average. Of these startups, 94% have remained based in NYC, employing over 790 people. The new economic impact report can be accessed here...

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Click here for previous Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island Community Conversations.

You're Invited To Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty Conversation About Mitigating Technology Abuse In Intimate Partner Violence With Professor Thomas Ristenpart Thursday June 1

The Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty Community conversations continue Thursday June 1 with Professor Thomas Ristenpart discussing:

Mitigating Technology Abuse In Intimate Partner Violence

According to Cornell Tech:

Thursday, June 1, 2023

6:30 pm

Bloomberg Center

Cornell Tech, 2 West Loop Road, NY, NY 10044

Light refreshments served

RSVP HERE

Questions? Contact Jane.Swanson@cornell.edu

Learn how Cornell Tech's Clinic to End Tech Abuse helps survivors navigate technology abuse and empowers their use of technology.

As our lives becomes increasingly reliant on digital technologies such as smartphones, email, and social media, the threat of their being used against us looms large. In this talk, Thomas Ristenpart will discuss a context where weaponization of technology against people is tragically routine: intimate partner violence (IPV).

Ristenpart is part of a research group that has studied the role technology plays in IPV situations. Via interviews with survivors and support professionals, online measurement studies, and investigation of malicious software tools purpose-built for abuse, they have documented how abusers exploit technology to control, harass, stalk, and otherwise harm their current or former partner. To help survivors, they work with technology companies and lawmakers to affect positive changes and, more directly, have put into practice a new interventional approach that they call clinical computer security. 

Their Clinic to End Tech Abuse works in partnership with the New York City Mayor's Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence to help survivors navigate technology abuse and, ultimately, empower their use of technology.This talk will cover joint work with a large number of collaborators and clinic volunteers.

Here's a June 2022 presentation on Mitigating Technology Abuse In Intimate Partner Violence by Professor Ristennpart.

Please RSVP here to attend the June 1 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty community conversation.

Learn How The Craft Of Weaving Was Used By Cornell Tech MakerLab As A Communal Data Visualization Tool Bringing Roosevelt Island Organizations Together - You're Invited To Community Loom Project Conversation Wednesday September 28 At NYPL Roosevelt Island Branch

The Roosevelt Island New York Public Library branch (504 Main Street) is hosting a community conversation with the Cornell Tech Maker Lab and local RI organizations to discuss the Community Loom Project on Wednesday September 28 at 6 PM. You're invited to attend.

According to the Roosevelt Island NYPL branch:

Join us at the Roosevelt Island Library to celebrate and discuss our community loom project with the people who conceived the design and making of it in the MakerLAB on Cornell Tech campus. Hear about how the craft of weaving was used as a communal data visualization tool to bring 5 different organizations on this island together.

Rooseevelt Island branch library manager Carlos Chavez adds that PS/IS 217, Carter Burden Network Roosevelt Island Senior Center and Coler Hospital joined in the project with the RI Library and Cornell Tech MakerLab.

Click here to register for the event.

According to Cornell Tech:

The MakerLAB provides easy access to fabrication tools that enable students, faculty, and the campus community to test-build their ideas from initial sketch to refined prototype. The full range of equipment and inclusive atmosphere accommodates everyone from master’s students creating hardware for embedded systems, to Cornell-Weill residents conducting clinical studies in health tech, to K-12 students experimenting with 3D printing for the first time.

Here's more on the Cornell Tech MakerLab.

 Click here to register for the event.

Patrons, look at our amazing community loom! Look at how big it is! Join us for a discussion on this incredible project on Wednesday September 28th at 6pm. Seriously I’m in awe of how awesome this thing is. pic.twitter.com/DBwCQ0mSdX

— RooseveltIslandLib (@LibRoosevelt) September 16, 2022

You're Invited To Learn What Are Blockchains And What Are They Good For At Roosevelt Island Community Conversation With Cornell Tech Professor Ari Juels - Register Now For Wednesday July 20 Virtual Zoom Event

Cornell Tech Assistant Director of Community & Government Relations Jane Swanson reports:

You are invited to the next Community Conversation with Cornell Tech: What are Blockchains and What Are They Good For? This event will be held on Wednesday, July 20th from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm and should be very interesting – and illuminating! Register HERE

Bitcoin and blockchains—the technology that makes cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin possible—have become inescapable phenomena in finance and even popular culture. Despite their rise in popularity, though, there’s considerable bewilderment around blockchains and their capabilities. In this talk, Ari Juels, the Weill Family Foundation and Joan and Sanford I. Weill Professor at Cornell Tech and Co-Director of the Initiative for CryptoCurrencies and Contracts (IC3), will aim to demystify this intriguing technology. He will explain how blockchains mean much more than Bitcoin and indeed how blockchain-based digital apes may be harbingers of our future in leisure and the arts.

We hope to see you at this virtual event.

According to Cornell Tech:

Ari Juels is a Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion. He is a member of the Computer Science field at Cornell University. His interests span a broad range of topics in computer security, cryptography, and privacy, including cloud security, financial cryptography, cybersecurity, user authentication, medical-device security, biometrics, and security and privacy for the Internet of Things....

Watch Professor Juels discussing the Blockchain

and testifying before Congress on the Blockchain in January 2022.

   

Click here to register for the Wednesday July 20 Virtual Conversation with Cornell Tech Professor Ari Juels to learn more about the Blockchain and what it is good for.

Watch these past Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community Conversations with:

• Professor Serge  Belongie on Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality. Watch the video here.
• Professor Nicolai Dell on Creating Tech For Underserved Communities. Watch the video here.
• Professor James Grimmelman on Law, Technology and the Sealand Data Haven. Watch the video here.
• Professor Wendy Hu On Self Driving Cars and Human Interaction With Automation. Watch video here. 
• Digital Life Initiative on Social Media Political Manipulation of Elections and Ad Tracking. Watch video here.

You're Invited To Virtual Roosevelt Island Community Conversation With Cornell Tech Founding Director Of Urban Tech Hub Michael Samuelian Monday Evening December 6 - Learn About Rebooting New York Tech Agenda And Trends In Future Of Cites And Technology, Register Now

Cornell Tech Assistant Director of Government and Community relations Jane Swanson reports:

Please join us virtually for Community Conversations with Cornell Tech: Urban Tech. This event will be held on Monday, December 6th from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm. Register HERE.  

The Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech was established in 2020 to leverage the power of technology to make cities stronger, fairer and more resilient. The mission of the Hub is to be a bridge between industry, government and academia. You will hear from Michael Samuelian, the Founding Director of the Urban Tech Hub, on the latest work of this exciting new initiative at Cornell Tech. In addition, Michael will describe two of the Hub’s latest initiatives, Rebooting New York: An Urban Tech Agenda for NYC and a new 10 Year Horizon Scan which forecasts trends in the future of cities and technology.

Here's more info on the Cornell Tech Urban Tech Hub
 

and the Rebooting NY Agenda. 

Register here for the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community Conversation with Founding Director of the Urban Tech Hub Michael Samuelian.

Some prior Cornell Tech Faculty Community Conversations include:

• Professor Serge  Belongie on Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality. Watch the video here.
• Professor Nicolai Dell on Creating Tech For Underserved Communities. Watch the video here.
• Professor James Grimmelman on Law, Technology and the Sealand Data Haven. Watch the video here.
• Professor Wendy Hu On Self Driving Cars and Human Interaction With Automation. Watch video here. 
• Digital Life Initiative on Social Media Political Manipulation of Elections and Ad Tracking. Watch video here.
  

The Importance Of Being An Informed Consumer, How Digital Disruption Has Changed Market Dynamics - You're Invited To This Virtual Zoom Roosevelt Island Community Conversation With Cornell Tech Faculty Professor Mukti Khaire Tuesday April 20

You're invited to a virtual zoom Roosevelt Island Community Conversation with Cornell Tech Faculty Professor Mukti Khaire.

Cornell Tech Assistant Director of Government and Community Affairs Jane Swanson reports:

Just a reminder if you haven’t done so already to register here for our next community event: Community Conversations with Cornell Tech Faculty: The Importance of Being an Informed Consumer. This virtual event will be held this coming Tuesday, April 20th at 4:30 pm EST. It promises to be a fascinating and informative talk. See details below and please feel free to forward this email to others who you feel would be interested in attending this event. See you on Tuesday!

Click here to register.

You're Invited To Virtual Roosevelt Island Community Conversation With Cornell Faculty Professor Tanzeem Choudhury Tuesday September 22 - Can Precision Technology Shape The Future Of Mental Health?

The Roosevelt Island Community Conversation with Cornell Tech Faculty series continues tomorrow, September 22, but because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, the conversation will be virtual, taking place on Zoom, instead of on the Cornell Tech campus. According to Cornell Tech:

Tanzeem Choudhury: Can Precision Technology Shape the Future of Mental Health? 

DATE: Tuesday, September 22nd, 2020 

TIME: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm EDT 

RSVP: Register at bit.ly/3c4Rsm5 Zoom link to be provided upon registration. 

You may also email Jane.Swanson@cornell.edu or call 646-220-1505.

ABOUT TANZEEM 

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Cornell Tech Postdocs Respond To Covid-19 Pandemic - You're Invited To Join the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community Virtual Zoom Conversation May 26 To Learn More

Cornell Tech continues it's Roosevelt Island Community Conversation series tomorrow, May 26, but because of the Coronavirus Pandemic, the conversation will be virtual, taking place on Zoom, instead of on the Cornell Tech campus. According to Cornell Tech:

Join us for our first virtual Cornell Tech Community Conversation - Runway Postdocs Respond to Covid-19.
DATE: Tuesday, May 26th, 2020
TIME: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm EDT
RSVP: Register at https://bit.ly/36bT3ng
Zoom link to be provided upon registration.

QUESTIONS? Email Jane.Swanson@cornell.edu.

As we work our way through the impact of COVID-19, we’ve been heartened by the enthusiasm and entrepreneurship of our Runway Postdocs working on the front lines of the pandemic—ranging from regular consultation with the CDC to the development of a COVID-19 immunity monitoring test.
Please join us on Tuesday, May 26th for a virtual session featuring three of these extraordinary Runway Postdocs. Q&A to follow. Please register to receive a link to the session via email.

SPEAKERS
Panel discussion led by Fernando Gómez-Baquero, Director of Runway and Spinouts at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and featuring:

• Prathamesh Kulkarni | AwareHealth - AwareHealth is developing an evidence-based and community-focused mental health platform that can give people much needed mental health support during the COVID-19 crisis.
• Server A Ertem and Rebecca Brachman | Katena - Server is working on a COVID-19 immunity monitoring test.
• Davide Schaumann | Spacemate - Spacemate is working on simulation and optimization of spaces to improve social distancing while keeping workplace productivity.

Read more »

Watch Video Of Cornell Tech Digital Life Initiative Roosevelt Island Community Conversation Last Evening - Social Media Political Manipulation Of Elections, Ads Tracking Your Online Habits & More

The Cornell Tech campus location on Roosevelt Island offers residents an opportunity to participate in timely and interesting discussions about important current and future issues concerning technology and society. Last evening, December 16, the Cornell Tech Digital Life Initiative (DLI) hosted:

...  a panel discussion about technology and society, including privacy, social media, behavioral advertising, and media manipulation. Panelists include Helen Nissenbaum, Lee McGuigan, Noa Mor, Yael Eisenstat, and MC Forelle....

Thanks to @HNissenbaum, @mcforelle, @LJamesMcGuigan, @Noa15694733, and @YaelEisenstat for participating on the panel, and to all of the community members who attended!

— Digital Life Initiative @ Cornell Tech (@dlicornelltech) December 17, 2019

Among the issues discussed at last evenings Roosevelt Island Community Conversation were social media political manipulation of elections on Facebook. Responding to a question on this subject from a Roosevelt Island resident, DLI's Yael Eisenstat said:

... when a political advertiser wants to advertise to you, traditionally they would have to on network news or even cable news they can target you by location. They can have different ads run in different markets but they couldn't get as specific as - I want this ad to be shown to women of this certain age who have this certain political leaning who look like they might be voting for this person.

I won't get into all the details on how marketing works but it means that you and you might live near each other but the two of you might be served completely different ads and if that's the case than we're not coming from the same starting point. We don't even have the beginning starting point of where this conversation began because we're each being shown different things.

So for me, the big question, the big debacle around whether or not politicians should be allowed to lie in ads. Again that is a bigger debate about how you feel about freedom of speech versus paid advertising.

My bigger concern is the way we are able to be targeted with those ads and if we allow unchecked lying and political advertising to be hyper-targeted to us. There is no way that's an even playing field or what a democracy means in order to thrive....

Other question included personal targeted advertising by companies and individuals web browsing being tracked online.



Here's the full Cornell Tech DLI Roosevelt Island Community Conversation from beginning to end. Stay tuned for announcement of next Roosevelt Island event.



The Cornell Tech DLI intends to continue the Roosevelt Island Community conversations in 2020.

More information on the Cornell Tech Digital Life Initiative available at their web site.

You're Invited To Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island Community Conversation Monday December 16 - Digital Life Initaitive Discussion, Why Are Those Ads Following Me Around The Internet

You're invited to final 2019 Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island Community Conversation on Monday, December 16 with a Cornell Tech Digital Life Initiative discussion of:

Why are those ads following me around the Internet?

Hot Chocolate and Cookies will be served too.

According to Cornell Tech:

You are invited to Cornell Tech’s final “community conversation” of the year:

Why are those ads following me around the Internet? And other questions about digital life.

In the spirit of the season, hot chocolate and cookies will be served!

Cornell Tech's Digital Life Initiative focuses on the ethics, policy, politics, and quality of life in emerging digital technologies. Join a dynamic panel discussion on big questions about technology and society, including privacy, social media, behavioral advertising, and media manipulation. Panelists include Helen Nissenbaum, Lee McGuigan, Noa Mor, Yael Eisenstat, and MC Forelle.

Date & Time

Mon, December 16, 2019

6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST

Location:

Tata Innovation Center, Cornell Tech

11 East Loop Rd. New York, NY 10044

To RSVP CLICK HERE

FREE & OPEN TO ALL

More info on the Cornell Tech Digital Life initiative at their web site.

Cornell Tech Professor Wendy Ju Talks Self Driving Cars, Human Interaction With Automation, David Letterman/Melinda Gates Campus Visit And You Can Volunteer For Self Driving Car Study On Roosevelt Island

Are you interested in taking a ride around Roosevelt Island in a self driving car as part of a Cornell Tech study?  Here's how you can do it.

According to Cornell Tech:

Participate in a Ride-Share Study!

The Future Autonomy Research (FAR) Lab is looking for participants to take a ride around Roosevelt island!

• Receive a ​$15 Amazon gift card
• This study takes approximately an hour
• Participants will be audio/video recorded and may have to wear wrist mounted physiological sensors
• The entire ride takes place on Roosevelt Island

 If you’re interested, please get in touch with Ilan Mandel at im334@cornell.edu​ or go to
 h​ttps://bit.ly/2lQuI39 to schedule a time to participate.

Cornell Tech Professor Wendy Ju is studying human interaction with automation and self driving cars. During the October 10 Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community Conversation, Professor Ju described her research to a group of very interested residents.

 I asked Professor Ju about the Optimus Ride self driving car pilot project at the Brooklyn Navy Yard



and whether Roosevelt Island could be a location for self driving car experimentation. Professor Ju replied:



Professor Ju also describes a recent visit by David Letterman and Melinda Gates to the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech' campus

Today is the day! Season two of @Letterman's wonderful show is now available for streaming on @netflix. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did—so excited to catch the rest of the interviews. #MyNextGuest pic.twitter.com/mBTsqbEzDS

— Melinda Gates (@melindagates) May 31, 2019

and  Self Driving Car Lab for his Netflix TV interview show.



Here's Professor Ju's full presentation to the Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community Conversation on human interaction with automation, self driving cars and her life here as a new Roosevelt Island resident with her family.

Part 1.



Part 2



Also a very interesting article on possible futures for self driving cars in NY State from City and State NY.

Do self-driving vehicles have a future in New York? https://t.co/oNS7zr8Xvh pic.twitter.com/IJLGC0Ky8Z

— City & State NY (@CityAndStateNY) November 8, 2019

You're Invited To Learn About Human Interaction With Self Driving Cars At Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community Conversation With Professor Wendy Ju Thursday October 10

You're invited to learn about human interaction with self driving cars.

 Image From Cornell Tech

The Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community conversation begins a second year on Thursday October 10 with a presentation by Professor Wendy Ju on:

Interaction With Automation:

According to Cornell Tech

Where did this $^@#$! Autonomous Car Learn to Drive? Addressing Cross-cultural differences in Autonomous Car Design.

About this Event

Today’s autonomous cars are designed to follow the letter of the local law, but do not adapt to regional variations in driving behavior. At scale, this lack of adaptation can cause accidents and cost lives. Wendy Ju will talk about recent and on-going research to understand how cross-cultural differences should inform the design of autonomous cars.

About Wendy

Wendy Ju is an Assistant Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science field at Cornell University. Her work in the areas of human-robot interaction and automated vehicle interfaces highlights the ways that interactive devices can communicate and engage people without interrupting or intruding. Dr. Ju has innovated numerous methods for early-stage prototyping of automated systems to understand how people will respond to systems before the systems are built. She has a PhD in Mechanical Engineering from Stanford, and a Master’s in Media Arts and Sciences from MIT.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

Click here to register.

More about Professor's Ju's work with self driving cars here:

... To date, Ju has carried out most of her experiments around Stanford. She has found that people there are pretty nonchalant when they encounter robots. “A lot of people are very pro-technology and they also work in technology so they’re very much like, ‘Oh yeah, this is happening now,’” she said.

Having recently moved to New York City, she is curious to find out whether people will behave differently or the same way. One of her first projects at Cornell Tech will explore how people interact with a troupe of chair robots -— essentially chairs that can reconfigure themselves in a space. She will also carry out further on-road experiments with ghost drivers....

and this CBS Sunday Morning report on self driving cars.



Buckle up.

The first 2018-19 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty community conversation was with Professor Serge  Belongie on Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality. Watch the video here.

The second 2018-19 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty community conversation was with Professor Nicolai Dell on Creating Tech For Underserved Communities. Watch the video here.

The third 2018-19 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty community conversation was with  Professor Mor Naaman on Tech, Media & Democracy. Don't have video of that presentation.

The fourth 2018 -19 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty community conversation was with Professor James Grimmelman on Law, Technology and the Sealand Data Haven. Watch the video here.

Am very much looking forward to this year's Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech faculty community conversation starting this Thursday.

Part 4 Of Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community Conversation - Watch Law Professor James Grimmelmann Presentation On Sealand/Haven Co, Is Internet Out Of Control, Are Tech Companies Undermining Government Regulation, Is That Good Or Bad?

Cornell Tech has initiated a series of Roosevelt Island Community Conversations between residents and Cornell Tech Faculty. The fourth  conversation took place April 29 with Professor James Grimmelmann presentation on Law & Technology:

Does it seem like the Internet is out of control? Are technology companies undermining government control and freeing people to do absolutely anything they want online? And is that a good thing or a bad thing?

James Grimmelmann studies law and technology. He tries to understand today's digital controversies by looking for times when similar things have happened in the past. He will explain current struggles to regulate technology by telling the unbelievable real-life tale of HavenCo, one of the unlikeliest startups of all time. Its headquarters was an abandoned World War II anti-aircraft platform seven miles off the British coast — and the story just gets weirder from there. It includes pirate radio, machine guns, rampant copyright infringement, a Red Bull skateboarding special, perpetual motion machines, and the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States.

James will use the story of HavenCo as a jumping-off point for a conversation about technology and democracy.

It was a fascinating presentation. Watch it below



followed by equally interesting questions from the audience.

Prof Grimmelmann Sealand HavenCos Presentation

Fascinating video here on HavenCo and efforts to avoid government regulation of data.

The first Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Serge 
Belongie on Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality. Watch the video here.

The second Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Nicolai Dell on Creating Tech For Underserved Communities. Watch the video here.

The third Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with  Professor Mor Naaman on Tech, Media & Democracy. Don't have video of that presentation. 

Am looking forward to future Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty Community Conversations.

You're Invited To Roosevelt Island Community Conversation Tonight With Cornell Tech Faculty On Law, Technology & Democracy Monday April 29 - Is Internet Out Of Control, Are Tech Companies Undermining Government Regulation, Is That Good Or Bad?

The Roosevelt Island Community Conversations with Cornell Tech faculty begun last fall, continues this eveing.  On Monday, April 29, Professor James Grimmelman will speak on Law and Technology.

According to Cornell Tech:

Community Conversations with Cornell Tech Faculty James Grimmelmann: Law and Technology

Does it seem like the Internet is out of control? Are technology companies undermining government control and freeing people to do absolutely anything they want online? And is that a good thing or a bad thing?

James Grimmelmann studies law and technology. He tries to understand today's digital controversies by looking for times when similar things have happened in the past. He will explain current struggles to regulate technology by telling the unbelievable real-life tale of HavenCo, one of the unlikeliest startups of all time. Its headquarters was an abandoned World War II anti-aircraft platform seven miles off the British coast — and the story just gets weirder from there. It includes pirate radio, machine guns, rampant copyright infringement, a Red Bull skateboarding special, perpetual motion machines, and the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States.

James will use the story of HavenCo as a jumping-off point for a conversation about technology and democracy.

About JAMES
James Grimmelmann is a Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Law School at Cornell University. James writes about search engines, social networks, data havens, hackers, trolls, copyright-infringing robots, and magical 3D printers, among other things. He is the author of the casebook Internet Law: Cases and Problems, now in its eighth edition, and of over fifty scholarly articles and essays.

Click here to register for the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community Conversation with Professor James Grimmelmann.

The first Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Serge 
Belongie on Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality. Watch the video here.

The second Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Nicolai Dell on Creating Tech For Underserved Communities. Watch the video here.

The third Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with  Professor Mor Naaman on Tech, Media & Democracy. Don't have video of that presentation.

Fascinating video here on HavenCo and efforts to avoid government regulation of data

You're Invited To Roosevelt Island Community Conversation With Cornell Tech Faculty On Law, Technology & Democracy Monday April 29 - Professor James Grimmelmann On HavenCo, Pirate Radio, Machine Guns, Rampant Copyright Infringement & More

The Roosevelt Island Community Conversations with Cornell Tech faculty begun last fall, continues next week.  On Monday, April 29, Professor James Grimmelman will speak on Law and Technology.

According to Cornell Tech:

James Grimmelmann: Law and Technology

Community Conversations with Cornell Tech Faculty

Cornell Tech

Monday, April 29, 2019 from 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM (EDT)

Does it seem like the Internet is out of control? Are technology companies undermining government control and freeing people to do absolutely anything they want online? And is that a good thing or a bad thing?

James Grimmelmann studies law and technology. He tries to understand today's digital controversies by looking for times when similar things have happened in the past. He will explain current struggles to regulate technology by telling the unbelievable real-life tale of HavenCo, one of the unlikeliest startups of all time. Its headquarters was an abandoned World War II anti-aircraft platform seven miles off the British coast — and the story just gets weirder from there. It includes pirate radio, machine guns, rampant copyright infringement, a Red Bull skateboarding special, perpetual motion machines, and the Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States.

James will use the story of HavenCo as a jumping-off point for a conversation about technology and democracy.

ABOUT JAMES
James Grimmelmann is a Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Law School at Cornell University. James writes about search engines, social networks, data havens, hackers, trolls, copyright-infringing robots, and magical 3D printers, among other things. He is the author of the casebook Internet Law: Cases and Problems, now in its eighth edition, and of over fifty scholarly articles and essays.

Here's more on the Cornell Tech Law Program



and Professor Grimmelmann's essay - The Platform Is The Message.

Click here to register for the Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community Conversation with Professor James Grimmelmann.

The first Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Serge 
Belongie on Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality. Watch the video here.

The second Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Nicolai Dell on Creating Tech For Underserved Communities. Watch the video here.

The third Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with  Professor Mor Naaman on Tech, Media & Democracy. Don't have video of that presentation.

Fascinating video here on HavenCo and efforts to avoid government regulation of data

Part 3 Of Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island Community Conversations With Faculty Members - Connective Media Professor Mor Naaman Presentation On Tech, Media & Democracy Thursday December 6

The 3rd in a 4 Part series of Roosevelt Island community conversations with Cornell Tech Faculty members takes place Wednesday, December 6 with Professor Mor Naaman.

You're invited.

According to Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island Community Conversation event page:

Community Conversations with Cornell Tech Faculty

MOR NAAMAN: Technology, Media, Democracy

CONVERSATION

Mor's lab designs, builds, and studies social systems, with a focus on technology, media and democracy - issues that have never been more relevant to our society than they are today. Mor will break it all down for us in what promises to be an enlightening and thought-provoking presentation.

Date and Time

Thu, December 6, 2018, 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM EST

Location

Tata Innovation Center, 11 East Loop Road, New York, NY 10044

RSVP Click or  Call: 646-220-1505 or

Email: Jane.Swanson@cornell.edu

ABOUT MOR

Mor Naaman is an associate professor of Information Science at the Jacobs Technion- Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech. He is the founder of the Connective Media hub, co-directs the Oath- supported Connected Experiences Lab, and leads the Social Technologies research group.

Professor Naaman described the Connective Media Program



and Technology Media & Democracy initiative



by a consortium of NYC universities.

Associate Professor @informor's innovative course "Tech, Media & Democracy" is a collaboration between six universities in New York City. https://t.co/I6REfh8DVf

— Cornell Tech (@cornell_tech) May 10, 2018

Click here to register for the Thursday, December 6, Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty Community Conversation with Professor Mor Naaman.

The first Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Serge 
Belongie on Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality. Watch the video here.

The second Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Nicolai Dell on Creating Tech For Underserved Communities. Watch the video here.

The final Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community Conversation in this series is with Professor James Grimmelaman on December 11.

The Cornell Tech Community Conversations are very interesting. Try to attend. You'll find it fascinating.

Watch Video Of Second Roosevelt Island Community Conversation With Cornell Tech Faculty - Prof Nicola Dell On Creating Tech For Underseved Communities, Pregnant Kenyan Women, Indian Health Care Workers & NYC Intimate Partner Violence Victims

Cornell Tech has initiated a series of Roosevelt Island Community Conversations between residents and Cornell Tech Faculty. The second conversation took place October 17 with Professor Nicola Dell. According to Professor Dell:

I do research at the intersection of human-computer interaction (HCI) and information and communication technologies for development (ICTD). My high-level goal is to create new technologies that empower underserved populations to overcome global challenges in critical domains like healthcare, security and privacy, accessibility, and more....

Here's the October 17 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community Conversation with Professor Nicola Dell. (Click full screen icon at bottom right of videos for better view)

Part 1 - Cornell Tech Assistant Director of Government and Community Affairs Jane Swanson introduces Professor Dell.



Part 2 - Professor Dell describes her work creating technologies for underserved communities on a global and local basis including here in NYC. Projects discussed are:

• Connecting pregnant women in Kenya with health services,
• Supporting health workers in India through voice and web based feedback and
• Tech, Privacy and Safety In context of Intimate Partner Violence With NYC Mayor's Office

Part 3 - Questions from the Roosevelt Island audience including:

• How projects are chosen,
• Working with policy makers and governments,
• Other NYC projects,
• Cyber bullying in schools and
• Unintended consequences of introducing tech.

The final two Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community Conversations are:

• December 6: Prof. Mor Naaman (rescheduled from November 29) and
• Dec. 11th: Prof. James Grimmelmann

The first Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty conversation was with Professor Serge 
Belongie on Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality. Watch the video here.

The Cornell Tech Community Conversations are very interesting. Try to attend. You'll find it fascinating.

Watch Video Of Roosevelt Island Community Conversation With Cornell Tech Prof Serge Belongie, Computer Vision, Machine Learning & Augmented Reality - Identifying Birds And Self Driving Cars Too

Cornell Tech has initiated a series of Roosevelt Island Community Conversations between residents and Cornell Tech Faculty. The first conversation took place September 25 with Professor Serge Belongie.

Professor Belongie spoke about Computer Vision, Machine Learning and Augmented Reality.

Here's the September 25 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Community Conversation with Professor Serge Belongie. (Click full screen icon at bottom right of videos for better view)

Part 1 - Cornell Tech Assistant Director of Government and Community Affairs Jane Swanson introduces Professor Belongie.



Part 2 & 3 - Professor Belongie explains what brought him to Cornell Tech and Roosevelt Island and describes his Computer Vision research using as an example identifying birds

Image From Merlin All About Birds 

with Visipedia tool.





Part 4 - Augmented Reality.



Part 5 & 6 - Question and answers from residents including deep learning methods identifying music, video, disease as well as future of self driving vehicles (Professor Belongie is very skeptical of self driving cars and would not want to get in one).





On October 17, the second Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community Conversation took place with Professor Nicola  Dell. Will post video of Professor's Dell's presentation soon.

The final two Cornell Tech Faculty Roosevelt Island Community Conversations are:

• Nov. 29th: Prof. Mor Naaman
• Dec. 11th: Prof. James Grimmelmann

The Cornell Tech Community Conversations are very interesting. Try to attend.

Part 2 Of Cornell Tech Roosevelt Island Community Conversations With Faculty Members - Learn About Designing And Building Technologies For Underserved Communities With Prof Nicola Dell Wednesday October 17, More To Come

The second in a 4 Part series of Roosevelt Island community conversations with Cornell Tech Faculty members takes place Wednesday, October 17 with Professor Nicola Dell.

You're invited.

According to Cornell Tech:

Professor Dell will talk about her work designing and building technologies for under-served communities, both in the US and around the world. She will also take questions from the audience.

Community Conversations with Cornell Tech Faculty

MEET: NICOLA DELL

Professor at Cornell Tech & The Cornell Information Science Department

Wednesday, October 17 @ 6:30 - 7:30 PM

Tata Innovation Center
Cornell Tech, 11 East Loop Road
To Register use link: https://bit.ly/nicoladell
or email: Jane.Swanson@cornell.edu or call 646-971-3744

BACKGROUND

Nicola Dell is an Assistant Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and a member of Cornell's Information Science Department. Professor Dell was born in Zimbabwe and received a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the University of East Anglia (UK) in 2004, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington in 2011 and 2015 respectively..

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Professor Dell’s research interests are in human-computer interaction (HCI) and information and communication technologies for development (ICTD). Her main focus is on designing, building, and evaluating novel computing systems that improve the lives of underserved populations in the US and around the world. Professor Dell is broadly interested in understanding the social, technical, and infrastructural challenges faced by diverse populations and creating new technologies to address their uniquely-situated needs. To do this, she partners with numerous NGOs and government ministries to design and deploy novel computing systems that aim to have a positive impact in the world.

COMING UP
• Nov. 27th: Prof. Mor Naaman
• Dec. 11th: Prof. James Grimmelmann

These events are free and open to the public.

A sample of Professor Dell's current research projects are listed here and Professor Dell describes some of her work in this 2015 video, prior to coming to Cornell Tech.



During the August 16 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Construction & Community Task Force meeting,



Cornell Tech Assistant Director of Community & Government Relations Jane Swanson described the upcoming series of community conversation with Cornell Tech Faculty and Roosevelt Island residents.

Register here to attend the October 17 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Faculty Community Conversation.

Cornell Tech Starting Series Of Roosevelt Island Community Conversations With Faculty Members - Learn About Computer Vision, Machine Learning And Augmented Reality With Prof Serge Belongie Tuesday September 25, More To Come

Cornell Tech is starting a series of Roosevelt Island community conversations with  members of their faculty beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, September 25, with Professor Serge Belongie.

You're invited.

According to Cornell Tech:

Community Conversations with Cornell Tech Faculty

Professor Belongie will talk about his research group's work in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Augmented Reality at Cornell Tech. He will also take questions from the audience.

COMING UP

• Oct. 17th: Prof. Nicola Dell
• Nov. 29th: Prof. Mor Naaman
• Dec. 11th: Prof. James Grimmelmann

These events are free and open to the public.

To Register use link: https://bit.ly/2xiqcgJ

Or call 646-971-3744 and leave your name and phone number. (RSVP not required but will make access to the building easier)

Professor Belongie explains computer vision in video below.



During the August 16 Roosevelt Island Cornell Tech Construction & Community Task Force meeting.



Cornell Tech Assistant Director of Community & Government Relations Jane Swanson described the upcoming series of community conversation with Cornell Tech Faculty and Roosevelt Island residents.