The Temptations of Big Data - A Discussion

NEW YORK - May 10, 2013 - PRLog -- Jake Porway is a machine learning and technology enthusiast, who worked as a data scientist in the New York Times R&D Lab, where he explored the relationships between social media and the process of creating and sharing news, developed interfaces for interaction with new devices, and redefined media as we know it. He is the founder and executive director of DataKind, a non-profit committed to using data in the service of humanity.

Jeanette Hofmann’s work focuses on transnational rulemaking, Internet governance, and the development and enforcement of copyright in the digital environment. She is co-director of the newly founded Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin and a researcher at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB).

Enrico Bertini, a teacher and researcher of information visualization and visual analytics at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, will moderate.

Date: May 16 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Location: German Center for Research and Innovation, 871 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY (First Ave., btw. 48th & 49th Streets)

RSVP by May 14, here (http://form.jotformpro.com/form/30994966003965).

About the German Center for Research and Innovation

The German Center for Research and Innovation provides information and support for the realization of cooperative and collaborative projects between North America and Germany. With the goal of enhancing communication on the critical challenges of the 21st century, the GCRI hosts a wide range of events from lectures and exhibitions to workshops and science dinners. Opened in February 2010, the GCRI was created as a cornerstone of the German government’s initiative to internationalize science and research and is one of five German Houses of Research and Innovation (http://www.germaninnovation.info) worldwide. www.germaninnovation.org