 History Book Club Discussion: Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah Vowell
Thursday, February 22, 2018 Santa Barbara Central Library - Faulkner East Public event Get Involved Attend the next history book club meeting, Mar 25 at the Santa Barbara Central Library. The read is 1491, New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann. More Info >>
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 Artist Discussion with Cameron Carpenter
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 UCSB Elings Hall Public Event Cameron Carpenter met with community members, students and faculty from the UCSB Media Arts and Technology program, where students of diverse artistic background integrate new media into their practices. Moderated by faculty member Joanne Kuchera-Morin, chief designer of the AlloSphere, the conversation covered Carpenter’s perspectives on the history of the organ, the role of the digital organ in contemporary musical culture, and the technology used to create and design the instrument.  Q&A with Seth Stephens-Davidowitz: All the World's a Lab - Analyzing Data to Understand What Customers Want
Tuesday, February 13, 2018 Carrillo Recreation Center Ballroom Public event “Big Data” expert Seth Stephens-Davidowitz met on February 13, 2018 with 30 local business people and other community members for an A&L Thematic Learning Initiative afternoon session (75 minutes). Attendees included members of The Impact Hub, Women’s Economic Ventures, Sonos, Chamber of Commerce and the Santa Barbara Downtown Organization. Participants found Davidowitz’s research and analysis of GoogleTrends and GoogleAd data bases fascinating as he described how clues in the data were useful in predicting consumer behavior, differentiating customer intentions vs. actions, managing survey factions, translating results, buying patterns, search engine power and human intuition. He shared algorithm factors that could aid in recognizing both physical and mental health tendencies and spoke of Google cooperating with the Centers for Disease Control in an effort towards improving public health outcomes. The audience engaged Davidowitz on data assessment, ethical responsibilities, filtering and privacy amongst other issues. |