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Sep 06 13
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Aug 28 13
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Speaker:
Dustin A. Smith Host/Chair:
Henry A. Lieberman
Participant(s)/Committee:
Marvin L. Minsky Agustín Rayo Referring expressions with vague and ambiguous modifiers, such as “a quick visit” and “the big meeting,” are difficult for computers to interpret because their meanings are defined in part by context. For the hearer to arrive at the speaker's intended meaning, he must consider the alternative decisions that the speaker was faced with in context. |
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Aug 27 13
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 Speaker:
Tod Machover
Edinburgh International Festival
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Aug 25 13
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 This event is free and open to the public. |
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Aug 09 13
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Media Scores provide a theoretical and technical means to orchestrate multiple modalities in the creation of expressive works of art and performance. New technologies afford numerous opportunities to tell stories and create expressive artworks through a variety of media. However, the tools of planning, composition, design, and creation of these works remain disjoint with respect to the artwork’s constituent disciplines and from the final experience. |
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Aug 08 13
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Speaker:
Charlie De Tar Host/Chair:
Chris Schmandt
Participant(s)/Committee:
Sasha Costanza-Chock Sepandar Kamvar Non-hierarchical, participatory, consensus-based decision making has seen an explosion in popularity in recent years. The traditional techniques of formal consensus, however, are limited to face-to-face meetings, which can limit organizations' capacity due to their time and cost. InterTwinkles is a set of integrated but composable online tools designed to assist small and medium-sized groups in engaging in formal group decision making processes online. |
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Aug 01 13
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 Speaker:
Jack Schulze Host/Chair:
Kevin Slavin
All talks at the Media Lab, unless otherwise noted, are open to the public. Jack Shulze is a Principal at BERG, and co-founded the studio in 2005. He obtained his MA in Interaction Design from the Royal College of Art in 2006, previously running an independent design studio for four years. Jack leads BERG new product development work both for clients and self-initiated work such as the Here & There map. He leads many media design consultancy projects, including previous engagements with Bonnier and the BBC among others. |
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Jul 31 13
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Speaker:
John Moore Participant(s)/Committee:
Mitchel Resnick Pattie Maes David Judge Chronic disease is the most important cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the prevalence is growing at an alarming rate. Half of Americans have at least one chronic disease, and 70% of deaths are attributable to it. The cost is unsustainable at an an estimated $1.65 trillion in the United States alone. It is widely understood that new models of chronic disease management need to be developed to address this epidemic. |
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Jul 31 13
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Speaker:
Benjamin Mako Hill Participant(s)/Committee:
Eric von Hippel Mitchel Resnick Yochai Benkler Thomas Malone Although some examples of Internet-based collaborative "peer production"— like Wikipedia and Linux—build large volunteer communities and high-quality information goods, the vast majority of attempts at peer production, like other forms of collective action, never even attract a second contributor. This dissertation is composed of three essays that describe and test theories on the sources and dynamics of volunteer mobilization in peer production. |
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Jul 26 13
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Speaker:
Ian Eslick Participant(s)/Committee:
Henry Lieberman Peter Szolovits Nearly one quarter of US adults read patient-generated health information found on blogs, forums, and social media; many say they use this information to influence everyday health decisions. Topics of discussion in online forums are often poorly addressed by existing, clinical research, so patients' reported experiences are the only evidence. No rigorous methods exist to help patients leverage anecdotal evidence to make better decisions. |
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