DLI | Seminar Series

Digital Life Seminar

Date: 2026 Fall Semester

When: Thursdays, 1.25 - 2.40pm. Due to limited space, all guests outside of Cornell Tech are asked to please RSVP beforehand.

Where: Cornell Tech Campus

Convenors: Nava Haghighi, Michael Byrne, James Grimmelmann, and Angelina Wang

Queries: Michael Byrne (mjb556@cornell.edu)

About: The Digital Life Seminar series offers students and guests an opportunity to engage actively with leading scholars and practitioners researching and responding to the development and application of digital technologies.

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DLI Seminars | Fall 2026

Thursday, October 15, 2026 at 1:25:00 PM EDT

Brian A. Smith

Columbia University

Computers as Partners in Human Experience

Much of computing's progress has come from learning how to help with new kinds of problems. Computers can now help us draft essays, navigate unfamiliar places, and stay connected with friends and family. But our deeper goals often require more: becoming confident writers, truly knowing a place, or feeling closer to other people. We still lack a framework for making these deeper forms of help computational. In this talk, I will introduce computing for experience, a new approach inspired by accessibility and psychology.

Thursday, October 22, 2026 at 1:25:00 PM EDT

Jose Sanchez

Cornell Tech

Digital Life Seminar

The Digital Life Seminar series offers students and guests an opportunity to engage actively with leading scholars and practitioners researching and responding to the development and application of digital technologies. Stay tuned for more information soon!