The March 2016 edition of NYC Media Lab’s newsletter.
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Top of Mind:
The Verizon Connected Futures Research and Prototyping Challenge, in partnership with NYC Media Lab, supports development of new media and technology projects from universities across New York City, linking students and faculty with industry experts. $250,000 in funding has been awarded to fourteen teams from Columbia University, Cornell Tech, The New School, New York University and Pratt Institute for work focusing on connected devices, journalism, and virtual & augmented reality. View the full press release here.
Calling all designers, developers, and creative technologists! Coming April 15–16, NYC Media Lab presents The Future of Listening Hackathon, sponsored by Audible. At the hackathon, teams will prototype new audio media experiences with the new Audible API. Apply today with a team to attend the hackathon. For more information please contact Amy Chen at amy.chen@nycmedialab.org.
Take advantage of early bird pricing for upcoming NYC Media Lab events:IoT Media Mash on June 8th, and our annual summit, NYC Media Lab ’16 onSeptember 22nd.
R+D:
Columbia University Computer Science Professor Shree Nayar and Makoto Odamaki, a visiting scientist from Ricoh Corporation, have developed Cambits, a modular imaging system that enables the user to create a wide range of computational cameras.
U.S. News & World Report features the wearable technology studio class taught by Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman, adjunct associate professor of industrial design and fashion, and Pratt’s ongoing wearable technology collaboration with NASA.
Columbia’s Roxana Geambasu presented FairTest, a method for discovering unwarranted associations in data-driven applications, at the Federal Trade Commission’s PrivacyCon.
An NYU research project led by Ken Perlin wants to make virtual reality less lonely.
RevEx, a data visualization tool for finding stories in millions of reviews online by NYU Tandon’s Enrico Bertini, was awarded $35,000 in funding from Knight Foundation.
Around Town:
On Friday, March 4th from 2:00–6:00 PM is the Technology, Privacy, and the Future of Education symposium hosted by NYU’s department of Media, Culture, and Communication. The symposium brings together educational specialists, journalists and academics to open a dialogue around the pedagogical, legal and ethical repercussions of the use of new technologies in educational environments. RSVP here.
On Monday, March 7th from 12:00–1:00 PM NYC Media Lab, in partnership with 92 St Y’s 7 Days of Genius Festival, presents Making AI More Human: A Conversation with Gary Marcus. RSVP here.
On Tuesday, March 8th from 7:00–8:00 PM join representatives from Audible and NYC Media Lab for an info session at Columbia University to learn more about the Future of Listening Hackathon.
On Wednesday, March 9th from 6:00–8:30 PM the Daily News Innovation Lab, in collaboration with Google News Lab and NYC Media Lab, presents VR in Immersive Storytelling: What’s Worked and What’s Next. Use code NYCMEDIA25 for 25% off. Register here.
Wednesday, March 16th — Thursday, March 17th is the SEVC/Fusion Conference, which highlights the most promising high-growth technology companies from the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Register here and use code NYCLAB for $50 off your ticket.
Thursday, March 24th is The Economist’s Marketing Unboundconference. Carve out time to expand your skills and learn from the successes and failures of modern chief marketing officers, who evolve and innovate. Use NYC Media Lab’s 15% discount on tickets with the code NYCML15. Register here.
On Wednesday, April 6th from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM is the second annual Data on a Mission event at Columbia University’s The Data Science Institute. Tickets available here.
Opportunities:
NYC Media Lab is pleased to issue a call to students and faculty from NYC universities to share augmented and virtual reality journalism projects to be demo’d on Wednesday, March 9th, at “VR in Immersive Storytelling: What’s Worked and What’s Next”. This event is presented by the Daily News Innovation Lab in collaboration with Google News Lab and NYC Media Lab. Apply now to demo your project to this audience of media executives, researchers, and fellow journalists. Up to five projects will be selected.
MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), the interactive and mobile division of Major League Baseball, is looking for a Data Scientist to join the team in New York. Apply here.
Noteworthy:
The New York City Economic Development Corporation and CUNY announced anew visa program intended for immigrant entrepreneurs. The IN2NYC program will help 80 entrepreneurs gain access to the visas they need to grow businesses in New York City.
New York State selects the NYU Game Center for a $450,000 grant to develop the New York games industry.
The New School hosted a discussion on the future of news products featuring featuring The Guardian’s Aron Pilhofer; Vox Media’s Trei Brundrett; BuzzFeed’s Stacy-Marie Ishmael, and Heather Chaplin, chair of The New School’s Journalism + Design program.
NYU Wireless director Ted Rappaport sees 5G coming sooner than you might think, based on promising developments in industry.
NYC Media Lab’s Justin Hendrix reports for TechCrunch on how Barriers To Augmented Reality Are Holding Us Back From The Holodeck,summarizing a paper on the subject by Columbia’s Steven Feiner and several collaborators around the world.
Media moguls better work on their poker faces: emotion detection software can read CEO moods and predict stock market performance.
