NYC Media Lab March Newsletter
NYC Media Lab March Newsletter NYC Media Lab open calls and more
So, here’s the good news. The companies we work with, the faculty we collaborate with, the students and startups that we partner with — all have never been more important than they are today. Media is changing and evolving — and it’s not entirely clear where that takes us. But together, it is our mission to drive toward positive change that can foster innovation.
We’re excited you’re here with us. Please reach out with your ideas, feedback, and proactive brainstorming. We’re always here to listen.
Steve Rosenbaum
Managing Director
NYC Media Lab
Steve@NYCMediaLab.org
NYC Media Lab 2020 is off to an exciting start. There’s lots of news to share.
Machines + Media returns to Bloomberg on Thursday, May 6th. Apply to attend today.
AI, machine learning, computer vision and future interfaces — the advance of new technologies and the data sciences continues to change the way media is produced, distributed, consumed and monetized. NYC Media Lab’s fourth annual Machines + Media conference, once again generously sponsored and hosted by Bloomberg, will focus on opportunities and challenges in applying these new technologies in journalism and media.
This year’s program will give special consideration to topics such as how AI in media workflows will alter the way we work, the disinformation industrial complex, in addition to diving into the economics of the streaming market. Join leading speakers and presenters from industry, universities and the global community to explore the latest new trends and best practices.
NYC Media Lab’s network can now apply to attend the event. Please submit your details via the online form linked below. Apply to attend HERE.
NYC Media Lab’s 2019 Machines + Media Conference
NYC Media Lab & ASCAP: Music & Design — Creating, Composing, Experiencing Music with Emerging Tech Challenge
We’re calling upon university teams to help us reimagine and build the future of music composition and experience!
NYC Media Lab and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) are seeking university teams to explore how emerging and spatial tech might unlock new ways to compose and experience music. Teams participating in this 11-week summer prototyping program will receive guidance form, and work alongside, advisors from ASCAP, and build solutions and prototypes that address one of the following topic areas:
Music Composition & Creation: How can immersive platforms or a unique combination of the above technologies unlock new ways to compose and create music? For example:
- How might we reimagine the keyboard in new digital mediums? How might emerging technologies open up new ways to collaboratively compose?
Music Experience: Are there new ways in which we can visualize music? Can new data be attached to music visualization in a way that enhances the experience? For example:
- How might we reimagine the sound wave? How can we experience music through an accessibility lens?
Apply and learn more here.
Sign up for an upcoming virtual info session here.
Questions? Reach out to info@nycmedialab.org with “Music Tech Program” in the subject line.
Join NYC Media Lab at our Spring Open House
on April 29th
During the fall and spring semesters, faculty, graduate students and startups teams from across NYC Media Lab’s consortium work on emerging technology projects in collaboration with the Lab’s member companies.
To celebrate the recent prototyping, applied R&D and entrepreneurship innovation emerging from the Lab, we’re planning a Spring 2020 Open House on Wednesday, April 29th from 9:30am — 12:30pm, hosted at NYU’s downtown Brooklyn campus.
Attend our Spring Open House to meet engineers, designers, data scientists and creative technologists who will show their demonstrations of new technologies and user experiences. Prototypes, applied research projects and startup demos will be available throughout the event — join us to participate in a hands-on exploration of the future of media & emerging technology. RSVP here. New and Noteworthy
NYC Media Lab Combine member Krystal Persaud enters ABC’s Shark Tank.
Persaud is the founder of Grouphug, where she designs ridiculously good looking solar panels that are easy for the average person to adopt. The company raised $70,000 on Kickstarter last year to bring their Window Solar Chargers to market. Do the sharks buy into her mission or do they swim the other way? Tune in on Friday, March 20th at 8pm. You can follow them on instagram, facebook, & twitter.
The New York Times Spatial Computing for News Challenge
The New York Times R&D team seeks to better understand the opportunities that spatial computing might create for the future of journalism. Broadly, this is looking ahead to future scenarios where news organizations like The New York Times exist as an omnipresent, visual layer of journalistic material that help us comprehend the world around us in new ways. Graduate and faculty teams from CUNY, Columbia University, NYU and Parsons are working with mentors from the New York Times’ R&D team to better understand the opportunities that spatial computing might create for the future of journalism.
Havas Lean Venture Studio for Retail Challenge
NYC Media Lab has launched the Havas Lean Venture Studio for Retail, a new program that exposes select Havas clients to innovative solutions developed by startups through a prototyping sprint. Each selected startup team will pitch and prototype a product or solution that helps modernize customers’ retail experiences and infuses new meaning throughout an in-store experience. The participating startups are: Audio Drops, BeYOUtyTech, Inward Space, Perksy and The Call List.
The Estée Lauder Synthetic Beauty Collab Studio Challenge
The Estée Lauder and Parsons Design + Technology MFA Studio program are investigating the implications and possibilities of digital and virtual beauty. Using available animation, rendering and output, machine learning, and XR technologies, graduate students are undertaking projects that ask the following questions: “Can the virtual be more perfect than the real?”, “Do we want it to be?”, and “How does this relate to the world we live in?”
These projects and more will be participating in the Spring Open House on Wednesday, April 29th at NYU. RSVP here.
Opportunities and Events
IDM Summer Program for High School Students
Do you know a young student with a passion for technology, VR or game design? Our friends at IDM are looking for creative high schoolers who want to get hands-on exploring the future of media design — its artistic potential, emerging technologies, and how art + tech work together to power connection and storytelling. Students will spend 2 weeks at NYU Tandon in June, July or August learning how to make innovative experiences in wearable tech, game design, or virtual reality. Prospective students can learn more and apply HERE.
Veterans Future Lab Apex Program
Veterans Future Lab is accepting applications to its Apex program — a 1-year, no-cost, equity-free incubator for early-stage businesses led by those with military ties past and present. Along with a host of resources, Apex offers free housing to 6 accepted founders relocating to NYC from outside the TriState area. Applications close: March 10th
Data Science Day 2020
Hosted by The Data Science Institute at Columbia University
Attend the Data Science Institute’s flagship annual event on March 31st from 8AM-6PM. The conference will host presentations from leading voices in data-driven innovation, lightning talks from Columbia University faculty, and a pavilion of interactive technology demonstrations and research posters. Eric Schmidt, Technical Advisor to the Board, Alphabet Inc., and Pat Bajari, Chief Economist and Vice President of Core AI, Amazon, will deliver this year’s keynote addresses. Register here today to connect with 800+ attendees from across academia, industry, and government. NewsLab ’20 Wrap-Up
Hosted by NYC Media Lab with support from Knight Foundation, NewsLab ’20 was a participant-led, interactive event for 150 technologists, journalists, entrepreneurs, and newsroom innovators who are crucial to telling the story of their communities.
Over the course of two days, attendees engaged in hands-on working groups and strategy sessions focused on defining the challenges faced by local newsrooms, while working together to imagine possible futures. The feedback we’ve gotten from attendees has been overwhelmingly positive.
You can check out the gathering with a few videos gathered at the event.
- Ethics and Artificial Intelligence / View here.
- AI Inspiration / View here.
- NewsLab ’20 Trust / View here.
And a fantastic article, written by the Local Media Association’s Jay Small here.
NYC Media Lab 2020 reaches out…
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