March 2012 Blog Posts (4)

I am currently working on an evaluation of Tech@State with Anne-Marie Slaughter at Princeton University. The evaluation will be presented to Alec Ross at the State Department later this spring. 

In order to demonstrate that the program is valuable and produces benefits for its attendees, I am trying to track and assess the outcomes and impacts of the Tech@State conferences.  

If you made meaningful connections at a Tech@State conference, stayed in touch with new…

Virginia Tech National Capital Region

April 2, 2012 8:30-10:30 am

at the VT NCR Research Building in Ballston (910 Glebe Rd)

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In the face of the data deluge and increasingly distributed teams, prior strategies toward information infrastructure and user interfaces are clearly insufficient, even quaint. It is critical that decision and policy makers are aware of the technological and historical context surrounding the development of these…

Continuous broadcast of news covering death, destruction and chaos is leading to a much radicalized – intolerant society.

Rukhsana, mother of a 6 year old, I met at the airport says her daughter knows what a terrorist is, and what a terrorist does. I…