[liberationtech] New Course (Fall 2016): Hacking 4 Diplomacy

[Andrés Leopoldo Pacheco Sanfuentes]

No-More-Pizza, especially if it is the Empire kind, a horrible
bastardizatrion of REAL PIZZA and bad for your health


Best Regards | Cordiales Saludos | Grato,

Andrés L. Pacheco Sanfuentes
<alps at acm.org>
+1 (347) 766-5008

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 5:04 PM, Shazad Mohamed <shazad at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Join us
> *Tuesday, September 27, 6:30 PM*
> *Hacking 4 Diplomacy *
> *Info Session + Pizza + Informal Team Formation*
> Tresidder, Oak Lounge West
>
> In Hacking for Diplomacy, students work on developing innovative
> solutions to pressing problems proposed by State Department offices. *These
> are real problems with both humanitarian** and national interests at
> stake. *
>
> hacking4diplomacy.stanford.edu
>
> Students of all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Applications are
> submitted by-team. Preference for class admission is given to graduate
> students with backgrounds from across the social sciences, engineering, and
> the humanities. Qualified undergraduates will be considered.
>
> The course includes an all star teaching team that sits at the
> intersection of diplomacy and entrepreneurship, and includes serial
> entrepreneur *Steve Blank*, *Jeremy Weinstein* (Political Science
> Professor), *Joe Felter* (CISAC Senior Research Scholar), *Steve
> Weinstein *(CEO MovieLabs) and *Zvika Krieger *(State Department).
>
> Review a selection of submitted problems below and attend our *Info
> Session (6:30pm, 9/27/16)*  where you will have a chance to meet the
> Teaching Team, State Department Sponsors, and other interested students!
>
>    - Hacking Violent Extremism Online
>    <http://web.stanford.edu/class/msande298/problem-statements.html#Hacking_Extremism> (Bureau
>    of Counterterrorism)
>    - Steer Clear: Avoiding Space Collisions by Tracking Objects in Orbit
>    <http://web.stanford.edu/class/msande298/problem-statements.html#Steer_Clear> (Office
>    of Space and Advanced Technology)
>    - Tracking Killers: Anticipating Mosquito Vector Threats
>    <http://web.stanford.edu/class/msande298/problem-statements.html#Tracking_Killers> (Office
>    of International Health and Biodefense)
>    - Crowdsourcing Radiation Detection with New or Improved Smartphone
>    Materials
>    <http://web.stanford.edu/class/msande298/problem-statements.html#Radiation_Detect>(Bureau
>    of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance)
>    - Leveraging Blockchain for Anti-Corruption
>    <http://web.stanford.edu/class/msande298/problem-statements.html#Blockchain> (Office
>    of U.S. Foreign Assistance Resources)
>    - Platform for a Coordinated Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis
>    <http://web.stanford.edu/class/msande298/problem-statements.html#Coordinated_Response> (Bureau
>    of Population, Refugees, and Migration)
>
>
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