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Past Events

Mar 24, 2009 @ 4:00 PM

Community Wireless Mesh Networks, Globally and in Boston

Brian Worobey and Gabriel Fishman of openairboston.net

Brian Worobey and Gabriel Fishman of openairboston.net and Aaron Kaplan of Funkfeuer Austria present a new approach to building citywide WiFi networks from the bottom up,…

Mar 18, 2009 @ 12:00 PM

The Probability of Privacy

Paul Ohm, Associate Professor of Law and Telecommunications, University of Colorado Law School

Two recent, newsworthy events have upended our understanding of the privacy-protecting power of anonymization. America Online and Netflix each released millions of anonymized…

Mar 17, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

The role of non-monetary incentives in crowdsourcing and social production projects

Jeff Howe of Wired Magazine

Jeff Howe of Wired Magazine will present at the Berkman Luncheon Series on non-monetary incentives in crowdsourcing and social production projects.

Mar 17, 2009 @ 5:00 PM

In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace

David Post

David Post will present on his newest book "In Search of Jefferson's Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace."

Mar 10, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

They Know Where You Are: Location Privacy in a Mobile World

Al Gidari, Jr. of Perkins Coie

Mobility Law 101 presented by Al Gidari.

Mar 9, 2009 @ 5:00 PM

The Future of News

Public session of "The Internet: Issues at the Frontiers" seminar

Russ Stanton and Jeff Jarvis will be the guests for a public session of "The Internet: Issues at the Frontiers," a Harvard Law School seminar taught by Professors William Fisher…

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Mar 5, 2009 @ 9:00 AM

The Internet and Democracy: Lessons Learnt and Future Directions

This event, organized in collaboration with the OII and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism brought together leading researchers to assess the current state of…

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Mar 4, 2009 @ 5:00 PM

The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same: Online Audiences and the Paradox of Web Traffic

Dr. Matthew Hindman, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Arizona State University

Many areas of Internet scholarship make strong--and often erroneous--assumptions about patterns of Web traffic. Still, there has been little comprehensive research on how online…

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Mar 3, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

The Tao of the Web: China and the future of the Internet

Rebecca MacKinnon

Most English-language discussions about "the future of the Internet" approach the subject from an Anglo-American and European perspective. But what if you take China - now with…

Mar 2, 2009 @ 1:30 PM

[POSTPONED - new date TBD] The future is in the margins: modern technology, education, and public policy.

David Rose

Dr. Rose's presentation will examine the kinds of political and pedagogical remedies that lie ahead in the era of print's disabilities.

Feb 26, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

Test Driven Development with Ruby on Rails

Jon Yurek & Dan Croak of thoughtbot, inc.

thoughtbot team members Jon & Dan will show us how to use Test Driven Development with Ruby on Rails to write software that works today, works tomorrow, & is easy for teams of…

Feb 26, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

What is the future of open access?

Peter Suber

Peter Suber will talk about what may lie over the horizon for open access to science and scholarship. Come join in some informed speculation on the future of OA journals,…

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Feb 25, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

The "Internet" of the developing world: using GSM networks to secure information

Ashifi Gogo, Dartmouth College

Ashifi Gogo will discuss the growing demand for information services on GSM and the innovative services being developed around mobile phones in the developing world.

Event Series

Law Lab Speaker Series

The Law Lab Speaker Series provides an intersection for multiple disciplines: law, computing, neuroscience, biology, social sciences, technology, and entrepreneurship.

Feb 24, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

Cultural Convergence: Cosmopolitan Communications and National Diversity

Pippa Norris, Harvard Kennedy School

In her newest publication, Pippa Norris addresses issues of "Cosmopolitan Communications and National Diversity" and will discuss her findings at the Berkman Center Luncheon…

Feb 19, 2009 @ 5:30 PM

Harvard-MIT-Yale Cyberscholar Working Group

Cybernetics and Revolution - Eden Medina, Platform Studies and the Atari VCS (Atari 2600) - Nick Montfort, Video Games and Pro-Social Development - Gene Koo

Feb 18, 2009 @ 5:00 PM

Secrecy: Film Screening and Roundtable

Peter Galison, Robb Moss, Jonathan Zittrain, Martha Minow, and Jack Goldsmith

The Berkman Center, Peter Galison, and Robb Moss present a screening of the film "Secrecy," a film about the vast, invisible world of government secrecy, followed by a roundtable…

Feb 17, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

A New Era of Computing: The Opportunities and Challenges of Cloud-Based Software and Services

Lisa Tanzi of Microsoft

Lisa Tanzi of Microsoft will present on the opportunities and challenges of Cloud Computing.

Feb 12, 2009 @ 12:00 PM

Comcast, BitTorrent, and Network Neutrality

Chris Riley, Free Press

Chris Riley, Policy Counsel of Free Press, will give a brief history of the Comcast proceeding and other net neutrality legal efforts and lead a substantive policy discussion of…

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Feb 10, 2009 @ 12:30 PM

Herdict: The Verdict of the Herd

Jonathan Zittrain and the Herdict Team

Jonathan Zittrain and the Herdict Team will present Herdict Web, a tool that seeks to gain insight into what users around the world are experiencing in terms of web accessibility.