TMaC Events:
Here at TMaC, we’re cramming in events before spring break.
As part of our speaker series on AI & the Elections, we have Mutale Nkonde speaking on Wednesday Feb 21 from 2:30 to 3:30pm in IAB 801. Nkonde is the founder of AI for the People and advises the Congressional Black Caucus.
On the 28th from 1-2pm, we have invited Tim Decker from TikTok and the legendary Emily Bell to talk about what TikTok is doing to safeguard elections globally.
Friday, February 23rd—Professor Savita Bailur and I will show you some treasures of the UWS. We will start with lunch at Grain House and then go to the Nicholas Roerich museum with a quick stop at the romantic and tragic Straus park on 103rd st. If you want to join us (from 1-3:30pm), then RSVP to ahw2146@columbia.edu as we only have a couple of slots left.
March 6th at 2:30pm in room 801—Luke Peterson: Data science, communications, and foreign policy nerd will discuss these topics together in the context of disinformation. Luke is Head of Data & Analytics for Consumer PR agency Golin North America, former U.S. State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary under Biden and Trump, and National Data Manager for Obama '08.
The world is doing a lousy job at figuring out how to speak to people with loathsome ideas. More in Common is an NGO which tries to find common ground in polarized societies. They’ve offered to come and give a talk at SIPA. (They came last year to speak to my class on disinfo solutions.) If you’d enjoy lunch or dinner and conversation, let us know so we can look for a date. Thanks to alum Christian König for the introduction.
Two Election-related Hackathons are being planned for April 5th.
Our alum who is now at TikTok, our SIPA student cyber group and Mark Hansen from the Brown Institute for Media Innovation are planning election-related hackathons on April 5th. Stand by for info on where to sign up.
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