Management Science and Engineering

How algorithms can be used to give more voice to the people

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A group of engineering scholars are exploring how to spur participatory democracy.

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A group of engineering scholars are exploring how to spur participatory democracy.

What do "the people" want? | REUTERS/Larry Downing

Politicians always vow to fight for what “the people” want, but knowing exactly what they want is like making sense out of the Tower of Babel. Voters are often deeply polarized, and even individuals wrestle over competing and contradictory goals.

Last modified Wed, 9 Mar, 2016 at 16:05

What Is the Secret to a Successful Chinese Startup?

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An engineering professor shows why an innovative product isn't always enough.

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What Is the Secret to a Successful Chinese Startup?
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A professor shows why an innovative product isn't always enough.

Charles Eesley | Photo by Rod Searcey

From humble beginnings known for its fruit orchards, Silicon Valley has transformed into the heartland of entrepreneurship and innovation in the United States. Each year hundreds of budding entrepreneurs from all over the world descend on Silicon Valley in search of the secret sauce. What makes this environment ripe for creativity and innovation? Can the environment be replicated in another country?

Last modified Fri, 4 Mar, 2016 at 9:53

What Matters to Me & Why - Sidney and Persis Drell

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

Common Room, Center for Inter-Religious Community, Learning and Experiences (CIRCLE), Old Union, 3rd Floor  Map

Open to all

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Wednesday, May 4, 2016. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
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Common Room, Center for Inter-Religious Community, Learning and Experiences (CIRCLE), Old Union, 3rd Floor
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dianea1@stanford.edu
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Free, open to all

Last modified Wed, 2 Mar, 2016 at 14:44

HCI Student Project Presentations

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Stanford CS 194H Student Project Presentations

11:30 AM – 1:30 PM, Thursday, March10th

The rest of the details and RSVP form can be acccessed here.

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Thursday, March 10, 2016. 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
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RSVP

Last modified Thu, 25 Feb, 2016 at 16:05

Empathic Media: The Case of Gaming

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12:00 pm, Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Building 200, Lane Hall, Rm2 (Rodriguez Lecture Hall)    Map

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016. 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Sponsors: 
Bio-X Program, mediaX

Last modified Thu, 25 Feb, 2016 at 8:39

Women's Seminar - Barbara Karanian, Founder, Design Entrepreneuring Studio

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The ME Graduate Women's Group has offered ME/ENGR 311A: Women's Perspectives, a 1-unit credit seminar, every year since the group's inception in 1998. For credit or not, everyone is welcome to come! Speakers are asked to address the factors, experiences, and lessons that have been particularly important to their success in industry, academia, and... life. 

Learn To Lead, Lead to Learn

4:15pm Social | 4:30pm Seminar starts

The seminars are every Thursday, January 7 - March 10, 2016

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Thursday, March 3, 2016. 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
Sponsors: 
Sandia National Laboratories, General Motors, AT&T, Lockheed Martin, the Vice Provost of Engineering Education, and the School of Engineering Alumni Relations Progra
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Free, open to the public

Last modified Mon, 22 Feb, 2016 at 13:59

Next-Generation Wind Energy - John Dabiri

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Opportunities and Challenges for Next-Generation Wind Energy

4:30 - 6 pm

Tuesday, April 26, 2016

Arrillaga Alumni Center, Fisher Conference Center  Map

 

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016. 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
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Arrillaga Alumni Center, Fisher Conference Center

Last modified Mon, 22 Feb, 2016 at 9:28

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - Minnie Ingersoll, Co-founder and COO, Shift

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Wednesday, February 25, 2016
4:30pm
NVIDIA Auditorium, Huang Engineering Center  Map
    
Date/Time: 
Wednesday, March 2, 2016. 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Sponsors: 
Department of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students
Admission: 
Free, open to the public

Last modified Fri, 19 Feb, 2016 at 16:19

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - Federica Marchionni, CEO of Lands’ End

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Wednesday, February 25, 2016
4:30pm
NVIDIA Auditorium, Huang Engineering Center  Map

ETL Seminar Series, Wednesdays, 4:30 pm

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016. 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Sponsors: 
Department of Management Science & Engineering, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students
Admission: 
Free, open to the public

Last modified Fri, 19 Feb, 2016 at 16:21