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Achim Koh started the topic Data Through Design @ New Lab (NYC Open Data Week) in the forums: Digital Humanities Initiative, New Media Lab - Forum, CUNY GC ITP Program - Forum.

I will exhibit a small piece in Data Through Design which opens on the evening of Mar 1 at New Lab in Brooklyn, as part of the NYC Open Data Week. Come say hi!

http://2019.datathroughdesign.com/
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Achim Koh started the topic Workshop session on machine learning’s opacity in the forum Digital Initiatives at the CUNY Graduate Center via email 2 years, 4 months ago

Hi everyone,
(sorry if you are getting duplicate messages)

I will be hosting a workshop next Wednesday evening where we sit and talk
about what people mean when they say machine learning algorithms are like
black boxes. We will also look at what some people out there are doing
about it. Anyone interested, feel free to RSVP or contact me…[Read more]
Achim Koh commented on the post, Bridge digital and conventional history, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 2 years, 9 months ago

Eduard, these are important questions you are raising. Correct me if I misunderstood your intent, but I think that “almost entirely digital” sources is less about where the information comes from more about the […]
Achim Koh commented on the post, Final Project – Edit Swap, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 2 years, 9 months ago

Hi Gregory, you may know about this but just throwing in a link to Lang-8, a “language-exchange social network” as they define themselves: http://lang-8.com/
Achim Koh commented on the post, Final Project – Radical Reading Room, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 2 years, 9 months ago

Hi Carolyn, I enjoyed your follow-up. Looking at the Library of Resistance list (and formatting rules) being compiled in real time is very interesting! On one hand I feel that a familiar, shared document platform […]
Achim Koh commented on the post, How Twitter can influence the reading of a text, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 2 years, 9 months ago

Hi Iuri, nice work! The idea of using Twitter as a participatory reading platform is fascinating. Personally, I find that platforms offering collaborative annotations like the one used for Debates in the DH […]
Achim Koh created the site Hashtag Feminism 2 years, 9 months ago
Achim Koh wrote a new post, CryptoParty @Eyebeam, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 2 years, 9 months ago

I visited the Secure and Resist! CryptoParty at Eyebeam on Dec 3. CryptoParties are events, usually consisting of a series of workshops, that aim to introduce cryptography and related tools (like the ones used by […]
Achim Koh commented on the post, code, data, around dh in 80 days, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 2 years, 9 months ago

@tlewek thanks for the feedback and sorry for the late reply.

I do think that as you pointed out, the materiality of data is sometimes overlooked. And that can be a way of distinguishing between the human […]
Achim Koh wrote a new post, CUNY IT Conference, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 2 years, 9 months ago

Last Friday I attended the 15th Annual CUNY IT Conference. IT here standing for both Information Technology and Instructional Technology, the conference was a diverse mix of students, faculty- and […]
Achim Koh replied to the topic Internet Privacy Party? in the forum Digital Humanities Initiative 2 years, 9 months ago

Hi Sara,

I was feeling the need for such an event for a while and I’m glad that you’ve brought it up! I can’t say I am too experienced with event organization but I am definitely interested. I also plan to visit the CryptoParty at Eyebeam (http://eyebeam.org/events/secure-resist/) this Saturday, so I might have more to talk about after that.
Achim Koh commented on the post, Data Project: (A Selection From) On Kawara's Time Series, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 2 years, 9 months ago

I really liked the Guggenheim exhibition and so this project is very exciting to me! Personally I felt that the laborious ritual that the artist undertook, which is apparent when one faces the exhibited series […]
Achim Koh started the topic JOB: TT job at Stony Brook for a media artist in the forum Digital Humanities Initiative 2 years, 11 months ago

Hello,

The job posting below may be of interest:

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https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1262963/assistant-professor-digital-art-and-emerging-media/

The Assistant Professor will be an artist whose practice engages one

or more of the following things: animation, digital design, creative

coding, physical computing,…[Read more]
Achim Koh started the topic JOB: TT job at Stony Brook for a media artist in the forums: CUNY GC ITP Program - Forum, New Media Lab - Forum.

Hello,

The job posting below may be of interest:

—

https://careers.insidehighered.com/job/1262963/assistant-professor-digital-art-and-emerging-media/

The Assistant Professor will be an artist whose practice engages one

or more of the following things: animation, digital design, creative

coding, physical computing, data-based art, social…[Read more]
Jojo Karlin and Achim Koh are now friends 3 years ago
Achim Koh wrote a new post, Hacking Web Archives, on the site Digital Praxis Seminar 2016-2017 3 years ago

Lisa’s note: The first PressForward post I want to share comes from Jefferson Bailey, who discusses the various ways in which library and archive datasets have been encouraging researchers to use their datasets. I […]
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Achim Koh

Visiting Assistant Professor @ Pratt Institute School of Information