Design Your Year (Workshop)
Columbia Entrepreneurship Design Studio 490 Riverside Dr., New York, NY, United StatesOPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS The principles of user research, prototyping, and testing have been used by everyone from product designers, entrepreneurs, humanitarians, among many others, to create innovative, human-centered designed products and solutions. Now it’s time to apply human-centered design to your own life! Design Your Year is an interactive way to learn more about […]
Data, Ethics and Decision-Making Lecture Series: Dr. Jeanette M. Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute
OPEN TO ALL ABSTRACT: The Data, Ethics, and Decision-making Speaker Series hosted by the Institute for Social and Economic Research and Policy (ISERP) presents Dr. Jeannette M. Wing, Avanessians Director of the Data Science Institute and Professor of Computer Science in at Columbia University, on "Using Data for Good: What does it mean?". Professor Wing […]
Get Launched with Microchip (Event)
Microchip Technology is bringing the inaugural ‘Get Launched’ event series to New York City! Join Microchip on September 21st for a day of technical exhibits, keynote presentations and workshops designed to help accelerate your product Design For Market cycle. Learn advanced tips and tricks from industry partners: General admissions for is FREE. Complimentary food and […]
VC Deal Fundamentals: A Look Behind the Numbers, Terms & Conditions (Panel)
OPEN TO ALL VC deal fundamentals: A look behind the numbers, terms and conditions So you finally landed a lead investor and have been presented with a term sheet. You’re excited about bringing in the capital you need to grow your company. But with all the accompanying terms and conditions how do you assess the […]
Columbia University Ed Tech Design Challenge 2017 Info Session
SIPA Building 324OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS A partnership of Columbia Entrepreneurship, the School of International and Public Affairs, Center for Development Economics and Policy, and Fundação Lemann. Thursday, September 21 1:00pm to 2:00pm SIPA Room 324 Lunch will be provided! Register Here! Join the Challenge EdTech Design Challenge 2017 is a 7-month innovation initiative designed to help teams […]
Third Thursdays (Keynotes and Networking)
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS. RSVP HERE. Third Thursday is a recurring open forum 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, […]
Data Science Institute Colloquium Series Event: What Can Deep Learning Learn from Linear Regression
OPEN TO ALL ABSTRACT When training large-scale deep neural networks for pattern recognition, hundreds of hours on clusters of GPUs are required to achieve state-of-the-art performance. Improved optimization algorithms could potentially enable faster industrial prototyping and make training contemporary models more accessible. In this talk, I will attempt to distill the key difficulties in optimizing […]
The Transparency Series – Series 1, Polling (Workshop)
OPEN TO COLUMBIA JOURNALISM STUDENTS A unique set of seminars and hands-on workshops that bring new technology and design ideas to the Columbia Journalism community. The goal is simple — help students learn new ways to find and tell stories, new ways to inform and entertain. Each topic will commence with a Friday evening panel […]
APPLICATION DEADLINE: SIPA Dean’s Public Policy Challenge Grant Program
OPEN TO ALL COLUMBIANS, WITH ONE SIPA PARTICIPANT APPLY HERE The program, which is part of the Columbia Venture Competition, invites students to design cutting-edge projects and, if appropriate, prototypes that use ICT and/or data analytics to solve global policy problems. In this round, students are encouraged to develop creative solutions around the below core Sustainable […]
Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Policy in Israel: Turning Liabilities into Assets
A discussion on innovation, entrepreneurship and policy in Israel World-class innovation and government leadership in the 21st century. How do government measures uplift entrepreneurship in Israel? A discussion on innovation, entrepreneurship and policy with Ambassador Prosor, Dean Merit E Janow, SIPA & Eli Noam, Columbia Business School. Ambassador Ron Prosor is the Abba Eban Chair of […]