September 2017

Artificial Intelligence and Open Data with digital HKS Fellow, Yaso Córdova

digital HKS 2017-2018 Research Fellow Yaso Córdova, will be presenting her work on artificial intelligence (AI) and open data this Wednesday, Sept 27 starting at 12:15PM.

The Serenata de Amor Operation is an initiative that uses artificial intelligence to tackle public-sector corruption in Brazil. During the presentation, Yaso will share:

What the platform does;
What is the "architecture for AI transparency"

Special event with Nandan Nilekani, former Chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India

Indian entrepreneur and politician Nandan Nilekani will be joining us over lunch to discuss the IndiaStack: the vision, the concerns, and the needed policy structure. The event will start at 12:15PM and be located in 1 Brattle Square, 4th floor, room 402.

Nandan Nilekani is the co-founder of Infosys and is currently the Non Executive Chairman of Infosys. He is the former Chairman of the UIDAI (Unique Identification Authority of India) and is credited with creating ...

Meet and Discuss Digital Transformation with Dave Guarino from Code for America

Dave Guarino, Senior Software Engineer, Code for America (@CodeForAmerica) will be joining us for our weekly Monday seminar series. The seminar will start at 4:15PM and located in 1 Brattle Square, 4th floor, suite 470 (...

Listen to Sam Hammar discuss digital civic engagement and org transformation

Sam Hammar, Director of Digital Engagement for the Office of the Treasurer (@MASSTreasury) will be joining us for our weekly Monday seminar series. The seminar will start at 4:15PM and located in 1 Brattle Square, 4th floor, suite 470 (...

Meet our 2017-2018 digital HKS Fellows

digital HKS is excited to announce our cohort of digital HKS Fellows.

The mission of digital HKS is to explore the impact of digital technology on policy, government, governance, and service through ideas, academics, people, and practice. The primary responsibility of each digital HKS Fellow is to participate in the intellectual life of digital HKS and the Harvard Kennedy School at-large. We are are excited for fellows to bring new ideas, energy, and engagement in many forms.

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Meet and Chat with City of Boston, CIO, Jascha Franklin-Hodge

Jascha Franklin-Hodge, Chief Information Officer for the City of Boston, will be joining us today for our first Monday seminar of the 2017-2018 academic year. The seminar will start at 4:15PM and located in 1 Brattle Square, 4th floor, suite 470 (...

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ubiquity75 An audience member just said this was the best panel they’d ever attended at @Harvard. I couldn’t be more honored to share stage w @histoftech, @safiyanoble - brilliant framing and insight from @KhalilGMuhammad and vision to put this together from @vrhinesmith and @hks_digital.
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hks_digital We'd like to thank ⁦@histoftech⁩ ⁦@safiyanoble⁩ @ubiquity75 and @KhalilGMuhammad so much for coming and speaking with us today. We'd also like to thank everyone for attending and taking part in such an important discussion. Be sure to check out the #BeforeAlgorithms thread!
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