- -: Google Faculty Summit 2009: Frontiers in Systems Research
October 2, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Google Tech Talk July 30, 2009 ABSTRACT Google Faculty Summit 2009: Global Connection: Inform and Empower The Desktop: Frontiers in Systems Research, Presented by Brad Chen Each year Google hosts leading academics from universities across the globe though our Faculty Summit program. Faculty S...
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- -: Google Faculty Summit 2009: Book Search
October 3, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Google Tech Talk July 30, 2009 ABSTRACT Google Faculty Summit 2009: Global Connection: Inform and Empower Google Book Search, Presented by Daniel Clancy. Each year Google hosts leading academics from universities across the globe though our Faculty Summit program. Faculty Summits are designed...
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- -: Nick Felton: Tracing Our Lives
February 23, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Graphic designer Nicholas Felton is obsessed with data. He knows how many songs hes listened to and how much it costs him per mile to fly. Felton visualizes these numerous details in personal Annual Reports. At PopTech 2009, Felton examines what a weeklong-snapshot of New York Times front pages r...
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- -: Nick Bilton: Smart Content
March 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Nick Bilton, Lead Technology Reporter for The New York Times Bits blog, says that digital media has resulted in a "new form of storytelling." Bilton, who is also a designer and user interface specialist, is co-founder of NYC Resistor, a hacker collective in Brooklyn, and is currently writing a bo...
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- -: Tony Hey: Citizen Science
March 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)As Corporate Vice President of External Research for Microsoft, Tony Hey is responsible for public-private partnerships with scientific and engineering communities, government agencies, and industry partners worldwide. At PopTech 2009, Hey discussed the critical role of citizen scientists in unde...
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- -: PopTech 2009: Erica Williams
March 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Erica Williams is a Washington, D.C.-based activist and commentator who currently serves as the Deputy Director of Campus Progress, a project of the Center for American Progress. In this riveting Poptech talk, Williams discusses how the Millennial generation—todays 18-30 year olds—are re-imaginin...
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- -: PopTech 2009: Alec Ross
March 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Senior Advisor on Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Alec Ross, says it's time to reboot US diplomatic efforts abroad. Ross calls for 21st century statecraft based on the innovative use of new media. Previously, Ross co-founded One Economy, a nonprofit devoted to closing the digita...
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- -: Anthony Doerr's Am I Still Here?
March 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Fiction writer and memoirist Anthony Doerr is the author of three books: The Shell Collector, a novel, About Grace, and Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World. Here, the award-winning writer shares a story about how networked technologies can...
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- -: Anthony Doerr's Butterflies
March 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Fiction writer and memoirist Anthony Doerr is the author of three books: "The Shell Collector", "About Grace", and "Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World". In this moving story ("Butterflies on a Wheel"), the award-winning writer shares a ch...
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- -: Robert Guest: On U.S. Power
March 5, 2010 (about 14 years ago)Robert Guest is a Washington correspondent and the Lexington columnist for The Economist, covering American news and politics. Despite some predictions otherwise, Guest suggests that America is uniquely positioned to continue as the world's leading superpower thanks to its unparalleled ability to...
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