Columbia Entrepreneurship

Data Science Institute Poster Session: Financial & Business Analytics
2018-11-26 18:00 - 20:00 UTC
OPEN TO ALL

REGISTER HERE

Mudd Hall, 500 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: 407 (Data Science Institute)

The Data Science Institute invites you to poster session that will highlight some of the recent and current research done by our centers. Open to the public an larger Columbia community. Light refreshments provided.

Event Contact Information:
Data Science Institute
212-854-5660
datascience@columbia.edu

Studio Hours at the Design Studio (Open Collaboration Time)
2018-11-27 14:00 - 16:00, 2018-12-04 14:00 - 16:00
OPEN TO ALL IN THE COLUMBIA COMMUNITY
Do you have an idea and want to get personal design thinking feedback from the Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio? During Studio Hours, teams or individuals are invited to discuss their projects or ideas one-on-one with human-centered designers in the Studio. Teams of Columbia affiliates are also welcome to use the studio space for working independently on their entrepreneurial projects.

Data Science Institute Poster Session: Computing Systems
2018-11-28 18:00 - 20:00

FutureHealth2018: A Digital Health Symposium
2018-11-29
OPEN TO ALL
REGISTER HERE
Join this one-day event on the future of digital health.
FutureHealth2018 is an interactive day hosted by Columbia Business School Executive Education and digital health testing center HITLAB, offering a unique opportunity to network, collaborate, and exchange ideas with professionals across the life science industry.
Hear more than a dozen speakers from academia and industry speak on a variety of digital health topics, including:

The Patient Perspective: Design Thinking and Patient Centricity
The Hospital and Physician Perspective: Digital Challenges
Chief Digital Officers: Recommended Revisions in Future Digital Health Strategies

DATE
Thursday, November 29, 2018
LOCATION
Nestlé Skin Health | Shield Center
430 East 29th Street
New York, NY 10016
Learn More
For any questions about the event, please contact success@hitlab.org.

Columbia Welcomes USPTO Director Iancu
2018-11-29 12:10 - 13:30
OPEN TO ALL
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Thursday, November 29, 2018, the new Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Andrei Iancu will be visiting Columbia University. From 12:10 – 1:30 pm, Director Iancu will be hosting a discussion on intellectual property, the importance of patents throughout U.S. history to corporate and startup innovation, and the recent and upcoming changes to the U.S. patent system. Co-hosted by Columbia Law School, Columbia Business School, Columbia Technology Ventures, the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science, and Columbia School of Public and International Affairs, this event is open to students, faculty, and the public.

Exploring Future Reality
2018-11-29 13:00 - 18:00
OPEN TO ALL

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Join Exploring Future Reality, NYC Media Lab’s annual XR event (#ExFR18). Thursday, November 29th at NYU Kimmel Center
Timeline: Doors Open at 1PM, Close at 6PM
Exploring Future Reality is NYC Media Lab’s annual event focused on XR and future interfaces. Through discussions, startup pitches, interactive demos, and hands-on workshops, attendees will explore the impact of future interfaces on industry and society, including best practices for storytelling, prototyping, and distribution.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: The Combine (Accelerator)
2018-11-30
OPEN TO: Faculty and students at an accredited university located in NYC are eligible to apply. Students must be currently affiliated with an NYC university at the time of application to be eligible.
APPLY AND LEARN MORE HERE
NYC Media Lab Combine seeks to coordinate the community of faculty, students, entrepreneurs and media executives and technologists that participate in the Lab to build a ‘spinoff engine’ focused on commercializing media technologies from universities. The program is supported by funding from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, the New York City Economic Development Corporation, and through the support of NYC Media Lab’s corporate membership.
The goal of the Combine is to match new technologies emerging in university labs with a program and resources to commercialize them. Key to the proposition is mentorship and market access from technologists and executives at NYC Media Lab member companies.
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Time Commitment: The program’s in-person curriculum sessions run from January through April 2019 on Friday mornings.
Info sessions:
Oct 16
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Parsons School of Design
Nov 6
9:30 AM – 10:30 AM
NYU Tandon School of Engineering
Awards: Participating teams will receive mentorship from leading media and technology executives and investors from NYC Media Lab Member Companies and $10,000 in funding.
Eligibility: Faculty and students at an accredited university located in NYC are eligible to apply. Students must be currently affiliated with an NYC university at the time of application to be eligible.

Application Deadline: Global Social Venture Competition (GSVC)
2018-12-03
Eligibility Guidelines available here.
Apply here.
Calling all social entrepreneurs! Applications for the 2019 Global Social Venture Competition are now open. If you have a young startup aiming to make a difference in the world and are using technology for good, apply by December 3rd! All entries are reviewed by leading experts in the fields of social entrepreneurship, innovation, and impact investing.Top teams from across the globe will compete for $80,000 at the Global Finals at UC Berkeley, April 3-5, 2019, so apply now to turn your idea into impact. Learn more at www.gsvc.org.

IGNITION: Media, Technology, and Transformation (Conference)
2018-12-03 08:00 - 2018-12-04 17:00
OPEN TO ALL
REGISTER HERE
Business Insider’s flagship conference on media and technology. As seismic shifts in our industry continue to rock the globe —not to mention the global markets — IGNITION is the place to explore the implications of those shifts for business, society, and culture.
Now in its ninth year, the event brings together an engaged community of next-generation leaders and change-makers from all around the world.

Columbia Women Inventors Network - Golden Seeds Info Session
2018-12-03 12:00 - 14:00
OPEN TO ALL
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About Golden Seeds
It is well documented: Women are starting businesses at record levels, with the ideas, skills and talents to build great companies. But like all early-stage entrepreneurs, they need capital to fuel their growth. Golden Seeds, one of the nation’s largest and most active investment groups, focuses squarely on this high-potential segment.

Our investment thesis rests on the extensive research that concludes that gender diverse teams produce better return on equity. By seeking companies where women hold leadership positions and own substantial equity, we are funding companies that are likely to have diverse perspectives that will contribute to ultimate success.
Since 2005, Golden Seeds’ members – today over 280 strong – along with its venture funds, have invested over $100 million in nearly 150 women-led enterprises. Golden Seeds has active chapters in New York City, Boston, Silicon Valley, Atlanta, Dallas and Houston – and active members throughout the country.

Application Deadline: TigerLaunch (Pitch Competition)
2018-12-07
Check website for eligibility or contact team@tigerlaunch.com
Sponsored by the Princeton Entrepreneurship Club, TigerLaunch will be hosting five regional events for the 2019 competition season in Seattle, Chicago, NYC, London and Paris! Teams that advance from regional competitions will compete at the Finals Competition at Princeton for $30,000+ in prize money and an opportunity to pitch to top VC firms, like Sequoia Capital. TigerLaunch combines networking, mentorship and funding opportunities to craft a distinct experience that competitors can carry with them far beyond the event.

Spark Workshop - Using Video Technology to Create Partnerships between Refugees and Investors
2018-12-11 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
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HereO Ventures: Using Video Technology to Create Partnerships between Refugees and Investors
Facilitated by Ignacio Inda ’06SIPA
Tuesday, December 11th, 2018
6-8 p.m.
Refreshments included with RSVP
Uris Hall, Room 329
3022 Broadway
New York, NY
OVERVIEW
Vulnerable populations in post-conflict situations often experience feelings of isolation from the international community, difficulty accessing basic sources of income, and a lack of both full-time job opportunities and a favorable environment to launch their own businesses.
At the same time, individuals in developed countries also often feel helplessness related to the refugee crisis, and struggle to find meaning in their lives and their investments while finding a better return on their capital.
HereO Ventures is a two-sided for-profit social enterprise creating an online video platform to supply emotional support, peer-to-peer microfinance, and mentoring services to refugees and populations in post-conflict situations.
AREAS FOR DISCUSSION

What are the benefits of such a video platform for both investors and refugees?
Which aspects of the platform are most beneficial?
How important is it to match refugees and investors based on commonalities?
What features of the platform could make it easily scalable and attractive to customers on both sides of the platform?

SPEAKER BIOGRAPHY
Ignacio Inda is a bilingual investment banking professional with a 12-year career in La Paz, London, Madrid, and New York. He advises clients, finances, and restructures renewable energy, PPP/Infrastructure, and water transactions. His emerging markets banking experience is complemented by experience as a strategy consultant for internet start-ups, and as a non-profit corporate fundraiser.
Ignacio’s education includes a Master’s in International Finance & Development from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs funded through a two-year Fulbright scholarship, a graduate degree in Social Impact Strategy from UPenn, and an MSc/BSc in industrial engineering from Universidad Pontificia Comillas’s ICAI School in Spain.
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Spark Workshops provide social entrepreneurs with an opportunity to explore resources, connections, and potential solutions to help their social ventures. These workshops tap into the collective knowledge within Columbia University and the larger entrepreneurial and social impact community.
Workshops are open to all who are willing to bring their ideas, experience, and connections to help solve social and environmental challenges that these social innovators aim to address.

Deadline: Female Founders in FinTech Innovation Competition
2018-12-17
SEE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA BELOW
APPLY HERE
The Female Founders in FinTech innovation competition is accepting applications from women-led startups with market-ready solutions that address key technology opportunities in the financial services industry. Qualified startups from around the world which have women founders, co-founders, or C-Suite leaders are encouraged to apply online through December 17, 2018.
Three winners will be awarded a combined $75,000 in cash prizes along with legal services, financial planning education, mentorship from industry executives, and opportunities to collaborate with competition sponsors including: presenting sponsorWells Fargo; supporting sponsor Fidelity Investments; contributing sponsors Shearman & Sterling LLP and Royal Bank of Canada; and strategic partner PayPal.

Regulators, Rent Seekers and Revolutionaries: What Every Startup Needs to Know About Regulated Markets
2019-01-10 18:30 - 20:00 | The Italian Academy – 2nd Floor Teatro, 1161 Amsterdam Ave., New York, 10027, United States
Regulators, Rent Seekers, and Revolutionaries: What Every Startup Needs to Know About Regulated Markets
To survive as a startup looking to disrupt existing businesses in a regulated market, you need a strategy to beat the vested interests who want to put a chokehold on innovation.

Join Evan Burfield, author of Regulatory Hacking; and Bradley Tusk, author of The Fixer; along with Columbia Senior Fellow for Entrepreneurship Steve Blank. Together they’ll look at what regulated markets are, how they work, and how startup founders can devise a strategy for disrupting them.
Mansueto Ventures CEO, Eric Schurenberg and Columbia SIPA Professor, Sarah Holloway
The conversation will be introduced by SIPA Professor, Sarah Holloway and moderated by Eric Schurenberg, CEO of Mansueto Ventures who oversees the operations of both Inc. and Fast Company.
(L to R) Steve Blank, Bradley Tusk author of The Fixer, and Regulatory Hacking author Evan Burfield
Evan Burfield is the author of Regulatory Hacking, published by Portfolio | Penguin and named by Inc. Magazine as one of the 10 Best Business Books of 2018. Evan is a General Partner of 1776 Ventures and the cofounder of the 1776 incubator network, where he works with startups in education, health, energy, transportation, food, and financial services. As an angel investor and venture capitalist, Evan has invested in more than 40 startups with world changing ideas, from Silicon Valley to Nairobi. Evan received a First Class degree in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford.
Entrepreneur-turned-educator Steve Blank is the Father of Modern Entrepreneurship. Credited with launching the Lean Startup movement, he’s changed how startups are built; how entrepreneurship is taught; how science is commercialized, and how companies and the government innovate. Steve is the author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany, The Startup Owner’s Manual — and his May 2013 Harvard Business Review cover story defined the Lean Startup movement. He teaches at Stanford, Columbia and Berkeley; and created the National Science Foundation Innovation Corps — now the standard for science commercialization in the U.S. His Hacking for Defense class at Stanford is revolutionizing how the U.S. defense and intelligence community can deploy innovation with speed and urgency, and its sister class, Hacking for Diplomacy, is doing the same for foreign affairs challenges managed by the U.S. State Department.

DEADLINE: Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize
2019-01-11
Application and eligibility guidelines can be found here.
You still have time to submit your winning idea to improve the food and agriculture system! The Rabobank-MIT Food and Agribusiness Innovation Prize has extended its application deadline to January 11, 2019.
The Prize supports ideas along the entire food and agriculture value chain. Finalists will receive mentoring with an expert, and the first and second place winners will receive $20,000 and $10,000, respectively, plus mentorship and support from Rabobank.
Ready to take your idea to the next level? Submit your application here by January 11, 2019 at 11:59pm EST. To learn more about the prize and eligibility, visit the MIT Food & Agriculture Club website.

Creating the Future 101
2019-01-18 16:30 - 18:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIA STUDENTS
RSVP HERE
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.”
– Robert Swan
The primary objective of this event is to provide a platform for aspiring impact entrepreneurs and sustainable engineering enthusiasts to network with potential investors from the corporate and facilitate discussions on global issues that can be addressed through social entrepreneurship.
We have invited 5 – 8 members from the corporate who will share their insights on achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals and CSR initiatives related to impact investing.
If you have a business idea or a project that promotes sustainable development and want to present at this event, send us your pitch decks to ceecsolutions@gmail.com.
Networking session and refreshments have been arranged.
The event will be useful for Columbia students with ideas and solutions for social impact and interest in entrepreneurship, and will not be limited to SEAS students alone.
Bring the following with you to check-in:

Eventbrite Ticket
Valid Columbia University ID

Please note: you must be a SEAS Grad or Columbia University student with valid ID.

Third Thursday: Immigration and Entrepreneurship
2019-01-24 17:30 - 19:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
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Please join Columbia Engineering for its January Third Thursday, focused on Immigration and Entrepreneurship.
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Third Thursday is a recurring open forum and networking and info session for the Columbia University entrepreneurship community. It provides students, faculty, staff, and alumni the opportunity to hear ideas from across campus, form teams, and explore career options. You’ll hear from Columbia alumni and other experts on their experiences working in the field, how they’ve applied their Columbia experience in their careers, and more.
Thursday, January 24) will feature Megan Kludt, Partner at Curran, Berger & Kludt LLP.
Megan is very knowledgeable on visa options for students after graduation, and specializes in complex immigration cases in the areas of business, academia, scientific research, and the arts. Additionally, she was selected by the American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) to provide emergency legal aid to children at the US/Mexico border and was honored as one of AILA New England’s Pro Bono Champions in 2016.

DEADLINE: Design Your Future
2019-01-28 17:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
APPLY HERE
The future can feel uncertain, so we’ve created Design Your Future as a three-session program where attendees learn to apply design to their careers and to life after graduation. The goal of this program is to help you to better navigate your career and life choices in the face of uncertainty.
This can be both an exciting and unnerving time.
What if you discover that your new job isn’t for you?
What happens if you start to drift away from the things you feel passionate about?
What trajectory is right for you?
In these interactive, emotive, and highly engaging sessions you will use design principles to prototype potential life trajectories.
APPLY HERE
Important Dates & Times:
Applications Open: January 14th at 8am
Applications Close: January 28th by 5pm.
Accepted Applicants Notified: January 30, by 5pm
Design You Future Launch: February 6, 11am-1pm
Design Your Future will start on Wednesday, February 6th, from 11am-1pm followed by two consecutive weekly sessions on Wednesday morning, ending on February 20th.

Deadline: Design Your Venture
2019-01-28 17:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS
APPLY HERE
Are you an entrepreneurial Columbia student?
Is there a specific challenge or a problem you are passionate about solving?
Do you want to be part of an incredible cohort of change-makers?
Do you want to develop practical approaches that will lead to sustainable solutions?
The Design Your Venture program will work with a limited number of highly motivated teams to tackle an issue they’re passionate about using design to solve. Over the course of the semester, teams will dive into each phase of the design process together and receive one-on-one coaching from the Design Team.
Throughout the program you will:
* Interview and research real users and stakeholders in the community you are designing for.
* Design an innovative solution for your challenge.
* Have a coherent market, value proposition, and workable prototype by the end of the program.
This program is a deep dive into creating a venture based on user-feedback and testing so it will be particularly useful for students applying for any of the entrepreneurship fund challenges in their respective schools. You will be joining an impressive community: a number of teams who have been through this program have gone on to receive investment, win the Columbia Venture Competition, and earned seats in the Columbia Startup Lab.
APPLY HERE

Important Dates & Times:
Applications Open: January 14th
Applications Close: January 28th by 5pm.
Accepted Applicant Teams Notified: February 1, by 5pm
Design You Venture Launch: February 6, 2pm-3:50pm
Design Your Venture will start on Wednesday, February 6th, from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm followed by three consecutive weekly sessions on Wednesday afternoons, ending on February 27th. If you are applying as a team you only need to fill out one application.

How We Turned $120,000 Into a Billion-Dollar Eyeglass Brand - Warby Parker
2019-01-28 18:00 - 20:00
OPEN TO ALL

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When: Monday, January 28, 2018
Where: IAB 1501
Time: 6:00PM to 8:00PM EST

Warby Parker is a transformative lifestyle brand that offers designer eyewear at a revolutionary price, while leading the way for socially-conscious businesses. Their social claim? – Almost 15% of the world’s population lacks access to glasses, which means they cannot effectively learn or work. To help address this problem, Warby Parker partners with non-profits like VisionSpring to ensure that for every pair of glasses sold, a pair is distributed to someone in need. Neil will talk about conceiving, growing and scaling a social impact business.

This event is sponsored by SIPA Management Specialization, in partnership with USP, TMAC, Entrepreneurship and Policy Initiative @ SIPA and Columbia Entrepreneurship. To sign up, click here.

Learning Engines for Healthcare: Using Machine Learning to Transform Clinical Practice and Discovery
2019-01-29 13:00 - 14:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS

Lecture in Precision Medicine: Mihaela van der Schaar

“Learning Engines for Healthcare: Using Machine Learning to Transform Clinical Practice and Discovery”

Prof. Mihaela van der Schaar, John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Medicine, University of Cambridge

January 29, 2019

1:00PM – 2:00PM
William Black Building, Alumni Auditorium,
650 W. 168th Street, New York, NY 10032

Professor van der Schaar is John Humphrey Plummer Professor of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence and Medicine at the University of Cambridge and a Turing Faculty Fellow at The Alan Turing Institute in London, where she leads the effort on data science and machine learning for personalized medicine. Prior to this, she was a Chancellor’s Professor at UCLA and MAN Professor of Quantitative Finance at University of Oxford. She is an IEEE Fellow (2009). She has received the Oon Prize on Preventative Medicine from the University of Cambridge (2018). She has also been the recipient of an NSF Career Award, 3 IBM Faculty Awards, the IBM Exploratory Stream Analytics Innovation Award, the Philips Make a Difference Award and several best paper awards, including the IEEE Darlington Award. She holds 33 granted USA patents. Her current research focus is on data science and machine learning for medicine and education.

The overarching goal of her research is to develop cutting-edge machine learning, AI and operations research theory, methods, algorithms and systems to understand the basis of health and disease; develop methodology to catalyze clinical research; support clinical decisions through individualized medicine; inform clinical pathways, better utilize resources & reduce costs; and inform public health.

To do this, she is creating what she call Learning Engines for Healthcare (LEH’s). An LEH is an integrated ecosystem that uses machine learning, AI and operations research to provide clinical insights and healthcare intelligence to all the stakeholders (patients, clinicians, hospitals, administrators). In contrast to an Electronic Health Record, which provides a static, passive, isolated display of information, an LEH provides dynamic, active, holistic & individualized display of information including alerts.

Application Deadline: Innovation Cup 2019
2019-01-31
Applications are open for the Biopharma Innovation Cup 2019 from November 1st 2018 to January 31st 2019.
Applications are invited from postgraduate students in the life sciences working towards a PhD in biology, medicine, biotech, bioinformatics, computer science, data science, biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacy, engineering or related fields. Postdoctoral students are also welcome to apply, as are advanced MBA students or recent MBA graduates with an interest in the pharmaceutical business and a background in life sciences.
Learn more about eligibility and apply here.

#OpioidSolutionsNY Demo Day
2019-01-31 14:00
OPEN TO ALL
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Interested in solutions to curb the local + national opioid epidemic?
Register to attend the Empire State Opioid Epidemic Demo Day to witness innovators pitch solutions that have the potential to curb the local + national opioid epidemic. All teams have made remarkable progress towards commercialization and impact since September. An expert panel of judges will select a grand prize winner of $10K and acceleration support through the CAMTech Accelerator Program (CAP).
Empire State Opioid Epidemic Demo Day
January 31, 2019
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Columbia University Davis Auditorium Schapiro Hall/CEPSR
530 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027
http://bit.ly/OpioidSolutionsNYDemoDay
Demo Day is the last leg of the Empire State Opioid Epidemic Innovation Challenge and an opportunity for teams to present progress made 90 days after co-creating innovations to curb the epidemic at the Challenge Summit + Solutions Sprint.
In September 2018, the Challenge Summit convened over 200 clinicians, government representatives, public health experts and affected community members to facilitate a discussion of challenges and provide critical insight into the opioid epidemic. Following the Challenge Summit, the Solutions Sprint served as an open-innovation platform for innovators to co-create solutions over a 48-hour period.

DSI Health Analytics Center
2019-02-01 15:30 - 17:30
OPEN TO ALL

The Data Science Institute invites you to poster session that will highlight some of the recent and current research done by our centers. Open to the public and larger Columbia community. Light refreshments provided.

Friday, February 1, 2019
3:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Mudd Hall, 500 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: 407 (Data Science Institute)

Almaworks Accelerator Info Session
2019-02-01 19:00
Learn more about Almaworks at this Info Session!
Date and Time: February 1, 2019, 7pm
Location: Lerner 477
Almaworks is the startup accelerator built by and for Columbia students. We take no equity and aim to help early-stage startups run by NYC student entrepreneurs achieve significant, sustainable growth. Our 45 startup alumni have collectively raised more than $12m in seed funding and enrolled in programs like TechStars, Y Combinator and more.
At the info session on Friday, learn how to apply to the Spring 2019 cohort or check out eligibility and apply now:
http://alma.works/apply

E-Team Grant Program (Deadline)
2019-02-06
VentureWell is seeking student-led teams with science and engineering-based inventions that address the world’s biggest problems.
Apply now: E-Team Grant Program
Teams can receive an E-Team grant and get training through our early-stage innovator training program. The program provides peer networking, expert coaching, national recognition, and hands-on workshops to move your innovation forward.
Program Information

Deadline to apply: February 6
E1 Workshop Dates: April 25-27
E2 Workshop Dates: May 9-11
Workshop Location: Boston, MA

Who Should Apply?
We are looking for student-led teams with inventions that have the potential to positively impact the world. Some technology examples that we fund include, but are not limited to, medical devices, clean energy technologies, and technologies for low-resource settings.
Interested in learning more about the program?
Attend a webinar or office hour and get your questions answered by VentureWell staff. Find a date and sign up here or click the button below to learn more.

Computational Social Science Poster Session
2019-02-06 18:00 - 20:00
The Data Science Institute invites you to poster session that will highlight some of the recent and current research done by our centers. Open to the public and larger Columbia community. Light refreshments provided.

Wednesday, February 6, 2019
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Mudd Hall, 500 W. 120 St., New York, NY 10027
Room/Area: 407 (Data Science Institute)

Event Contact Information:
Data Science Institute
212-854-5660
datascience@columbia.edu

Application Deadline: Almaworks Spring 2019
2019-02-08
The Spring ’19 Cohort for Almaworks, the startup accelerator created by and for Columbia students, is now open – apply now!
Almaworks take no equity and aim to help early-stage startups run by NYC student entrepreneurs achieve significant, sustainable growth.
Its 45 student startups have collectively raised more than $12m in seed funding and enrolled in programs like TechStars, Y Combinator or Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator.
Eligibility
Startups applying should have:
○ 1-4 founders, at least half of whom should currently be an undergraduate, graduate, or recent alumni (at most two years out of school) of Columbia University. Dropouts of college-age will be considered.
○ A burning passion for the product and at least some domain expertise
○ A desire to prioritize growth over everything else for eight weeks (especially schoolwork).
○ At least some progress with market validation and efforts to find initial product-market fit

FDT Center for Intelligent Asset Management - FinTech Lecture Series
2019-02-08 15:30 - 17:00
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS

FDT Center for Intelligent Asset Management – FinTech Lecture Series

“Fair Algorithms for Machine Learning”

Michael Kearns

Friday, February 8, 2019

Davis Auditorium
3:30 pm lecture followed by 4:30 pm reception

Michael Kearns is a professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania, where he holds the National Center Chair. He is also Head of Research in Morgan Stanley’s AI Center of Excellence. At Penn, Kearns has secondary appointments in the Department of Economics, and in the departments of Statistics and Operations, Information, and Decisions in the Wharton School. He is the founding director of the Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences and the founder and former director of Penn Engineering’s Networked and Social Systems Engineering Program. His research interests includes topics in machine learning, artificial intelligence, algorithmic game theory and quantitative trading and finance. Kearns is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Science, the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. He has consulted widely in the technology and finance industries, and on a variety of related regulatory and legal matters.
