Todd Davies

[updated October 14, 2011]

Upcoming Presentations:

    None currently scheduled

Past Presentations:

• "Deme: A Django-Based CMS for Deliberative Content Creation and Control by Users" (with Noam Ben-Avi,  Jimmy Tobin, and Mike Mintz), Silicon Valley Code Camp 2011, Foothill College, October 8, 2011   slides   coding demo [.mov]
  

• "Let's Talk About 'Control by Users'" (Lightning Talk), DjangoCon 2011, Portland, OR, September 8, 2011   slides [.pdf]
  

• "From the Social Web to Public Deliberation: Design Considerations for the Deme Platform", Talks on Computing Systems (TOCS), Carnegie Mellon University - Silicon Valley, June 21, 2011   slides [.pdf]   video
  

• "Intuitive Preference Aggregation: Testing Two Criteria in Arrow's Impossibility Theorem" (joint work with Raja Shah, Renee Trochet, and Katarina Ling), Symbolic Systems Research Seminar (Symsys 280), Stanford University, April 7, 2011   handout/slides [.pdf]

• "Control by Users: A Paradigm for the Social Web", Symbolic Systems Research Seminar (Symsys 280), Stanford University, January 20, 2011   slides [.pdf]
  

• "Labor and Representation at KPFA" (co-moderator with Dorothy Kidd; panelists: Dennis Bernstein, Sabrina Jacobs, Maria Gilardin, and Steve Zeltzer), LaborTech 2010, University of San Francisco, December 12, 2010   video
  

• "Solidarity, Labor, and the Web II" (moderator with panelists Steve Ongerth, Karina Reyes, Pedro Joel Espinosa (translator), Dave Mitchell, Shara Esbenshade, and Alice Sunshine), LaborTech 2010, University of San Francisco, December 12, 2010   video
  

• "Defending The Internet, Democracy and Communication Tools" (panelist with Dorothy Kidd, Chris Witteman, and Bruce Wolf), LaborTech 2010, University of San Francisco, December 11, 2010   slides [.pdf]  
  

• "Social Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Mysterious" (guest lecture and discussion), Introduction to Computing at Stanford (CS 1C, Ernst Fattakhov), Stanford, October 28, 2010   slides [.pdf]

• "Election Validity and Openness", 10th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Moscow, Russia, July 22, 2010   slides [.pdf]

• Introduction, "The View from the White House" (talk by Beth Noveck, with Stephen Coleman as discussant), 4th International Conference on Online Deliberation, Leeds, UK, July 2, 2010   audio
  

• "Why Online Deliberation?" (panelist with Ricardo Blaug, Stephen Coleman, and Laurence Monnoyer-Smith, chaired by Scott Wright), 4th International Conference on Online Deliberation, Leeds, UK, July 1, 2010   slides [.pdf]

• "Megaprojects and the Militarization of Mexico" (workshop with representatives from the Chiapas Support Committee, Beehive Collective, and Latin America Solidarity Coalition), US Social Forum, Detroit, June 24, 2010   slides
  

• Discussant, "Electronic Referrals in the Health Sector in Norway, Challenges on the Road from Standard to High Volume Use" (following presentation by Vigdis Heimly), Session 9C: Doctoral Dissertation Colloquium, The 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2010), Lombard, Illinois, May 19, 2010   slides [.pdf]   target paper [.pdf]

• "Relational Access Control With Bivalent Permissions in a Social Web/Collaboration Architecture" (with Mike D. Mintz), Session 1C: Identity Management, Authentication, and Access Control, The 2010 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems (CTS 2010), Lombard, Illinois, May 18, 2010   slides [.pdf]   paper
  

• "From Exclusion to Autonomy: The Struggles of Indigenous Peoples, Landless Workers, and Immigrant Farmers" (panelist with Jeff Frank, Charlotte Casey, Jose Plascencia, Deborah Yashar, and Brett Melone), event hosted by Farming & Eating for Equality and Diversity (FEED), Stanford, April 13, 2010
  

• "Deme - An Open Web CMS/Framework for Social, Semantic Data" (with Joseph Marrama), OpenWebCamp, Stanford, September 26, 2009   project   slides [.pdf]

• "Deme: Content Management for the Social Web" (with Mike Mintz and Joseph Marrama), OSCamp 2009, San Jose, California, July 22, 2009   slides [.pdf]   demo [.m4v]   project

• "Design Features for the Social Web: The Architecture of Deme" (with Mike D. Mintz), 8th International Workshop on Web-Oriented Software Technologies (IWWOST 2009), Donostia-San Sebastián, June 23, 2009   slides [.pdf]   demo [.m4v]   paper [.pdf]   project
  

• "Thoughts on Symbolic Systems and Practical Advice" (lecture and discussion), Sym Sys: Many Parts, Cohesive Whole (Symbolic Systems 2, Todd Davies, Evan Cox, and Graham Herrli), Stanford, June 2, 2009   slides [.pdf]

• "Formal and Empirical Arguments for Open Web Access to Voting Records" (joint work with Jeffrey Gerard, Reid Chandler, and Gordon Lyon), Annual Meeting of the Public Choice Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 7, 2009   abstract [.pdf]

• "Roots of Global Justice" (radio interview by Wes Brain), Brain Labor Report, KSKQ-lp 94.9 FM, Ashland, Oregon, January 7, 2009   audio [.mp3]
  

• "Internet Telephony, Cell Phones, and Open Source for Labor" (workshop with Eric Goldhagen), The Digital Revolution and Labor Media Strategy (LaborTech 2008), University of San Francisco, December 7, 2008   video [.flv]
  

• "When Do New Social Media and Political Activists Converge/Match?" (introductory remarks with Mayo Fuster Morell, Rob Miller, Darian Rodriguez Heyman, Tim Costello, and Brendan Smith), Networked Politics and Technology Seminar, University of California, Berkeley, December 6, 2008   (audio recording may be available later)
  

• "Intuitive Preference Aggregation: Testing Two Criteria in Arrow's Impossibility Theorem" (joint work with Raja Shah, Renee Trochet, and Katarina Ling), Seminar on Logical Methods in the Humanities: The Logic and Mathematics of Voting Procedures (Eric Pacuit), Stanford University, December 5, 2008   handout/slides [.pdf]
  

• "Deme: Now A Modular CMS, Now in Django" (with Mike Mintz), Silicon Valley Codecamp_08, Foothill College, Los Altos, California, November 9, 2008   slides-Todd [.pdf]   slides-Mike [.pdf]

• "Web Access to Voting Records: Motivations and Issues" (joint work with Jeffrey Gerard, Reid Chandler, and Gordon Lyon), Symbolic Systems Forum (Symbsys 10, Todd Davies), Stanford University, October 30, 2008   slides [.pdf]
  

• "Zapatista Women Touch Our Hearts" (with Mary Ann Tenuto), Chico Peace and Justice Center, Chico, California, September 13, 2008

• "Tools and Participation: Tales from the Trenches", Tools for Participation: Collaboration, Deliberation, and Decision Support (DIAC-2008/OD2008), University of California, Berkeley, June 28, 2008   slides [.pdf]
  

• Remarks, "Say No to Rumsfeld" Rally, White Plaza, Stanford, November 8, 2007   text [.pdf]   video excerpt
  

• "WebOS Platforms and GPLv3/Affero", OSCamp 2007, Portland, Oregon, July 26, 2007   slides [.pdf]
  

• "Behavioral Economics in Technology" (radio interview by David Levine), Hearsay Culture, KZSU 90.1 FM, Stanford, California, taped June 8 (aired July 18), 2007   audio [.mp3]
  

• "Civil Society and Regulation" (Grassroots Discussion Panel #4 with Danny O'Brien, Pete TriDish, and Malkia Cyril, chaired by Seeta Gangadharan), 2007 Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA 2007), San Francisco, May 27, 2007   summary [.pdf]   slides [.pdf]

• "Open Source Collaboration Apps in Rails" (Birds of a Feather session), RailsConf 2007, Portland, Oregon, May 18, 2007   slides [.pdf]

• "Software Not Provided: Challenges, Experiences, and Opportunities in Supporting Communities and Democracy" (with Jerry Feldman), Computer Systems Colloquium (EE 380, Dennis Allison), Electrical Engineering Department, Stanford University, April 18, 2007   slides [.pdf]   video [.asx]

• Screening and discussion of Why We Fight (documentary by Eugene Jarecki, discussion with Elizabeth Tallent), Stanford, April 12, 2007   (screened video)
  

• "Rationality in Political Choice I" (guest lecture), What Is Rational? (Cognitive Science 190/Psychology 269, Evan Heit), University of California, Merced, April 12, 2007   paper [.pdf]

• "Communication Infrastructure and Information as Forms of Private Property: A Behavioral Perspective on Technology Evolution" (part of a panel on "The Technology (R)Evolution" with Cameron Hutchison and David S. Levine, chaired by Amy Landers), I Think I Can, I Think ICANN: Regulating the Internet...or Not, University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, Sacramento, February 23, 2007   slides [.pdf]   video [.wmv]   paper [.pdf]
  

• "Technopolitics Funding Models and Practice" (discussion), Technology and Politics Camp, San Francisco, December 17, 2006   notes [wiki]
  

• "Defense of the Internet and Telecommunications for High Value Content and for Democratic Control" (workshop with Sakura Saunders), The Digital Revolution and a Labor Media Strategy - LaborTech 2006, University of San Francisco, November 19, 2006

• "Open Spectrum: A Primer" (part of a panel on "Labor and Who Controls the Internet" with Chris Witteman, Dorothy Kidd, and Myoung Joon Kim), The Digital Revolution and a Labor Media Strategy - LaborTech 2006, University of San Francisco, November 19, 2006 (presentation repeated at the Technology and Politics Camp, San Francisco, December 17, 2006)   slides [.pdf]   video [.flv]
  

• "Displaying Asynchronous Reactions to a Document: Two Goals and a Design" (interactive poster with Benjamin Newman, Brendan O'Connor, Aaron Tam, and Leo Perry), 20th Anniversary ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW 2006), Banff, Alberta, Canada, November 6, 2006   paper [.pdf]   slide [.pdf]   poster [.pdf]

• "From Messages to Meetings: The Challenge and Promise of Online Deliberation", Towards e-Democracy: Participation, Deliberation, Communities (TED 06), Mantova, Italy, October 24, 2006   slides [.pdf]
  

• "Community Engagement and Online Deliberation" (workshop, with Michael Levin and Laura O'Laughlin), 2006 National Conference on Dialogue and Deliberation, San Francisco, August 6, 2006   slides [.pdf]
  

• "Noncompensatory Rules, Voting, and Welfare", 8th International Meeting of the Society for Social Choice and Welfare, Istanbul, July 14, 2006   slides [.pdf]   paper [.pdf]
  

• "Rewriting/Porting Web Apps to New Frameworks" (discussion), BarCamp San Francisco, June 24, 2006  notes [wiki]

• "Teaching Judgment and Decision Making Through the Rationality Debate" (poster), BDRM2006 Pre-Conference on Teaching Decision Making [.pdf], Santa Monica, California, June 15, 2006  poster (corrected) [.pdf]

• "Exporting Zapatismo" (guest lecture), The Zapatista Rebellion in Chiapas and New Indigenous Movements (Cultural and Social Anthropology 148, George A. Collier) [.pdf], Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University, May 24, 2006

• Welcoming Remarks, Singularity Summit at Stanford, Stanford University, May 13, 2006  text [.pdf]  audio [.mp3]   video [stream]   video [.zip]
  

• "Deme: a Free/Open Source Platform for Online Group Deliberation and Dialogue" (with Brendan O'Connor and Benjamin Newman), CodeCon 2006, San Francisco, February 12, 2006  slides [.htm]

• "Designing for Deliberation", Seminar on People, Computers and Design (CS 547, Terry Winograd), Computer Science Department, Stanford University, January 20, 2006  slides [.pdf]  video [.asx]

• "Intuitive Preference Aggregation: Arrow's Principles and Behaviorally Derived Criteria" (poster presentation with Renee Trochet, joint work with Raja Shah and Katarina Ling), Society for Judgment and Decision Making 2005 Annual Conference [.pdf], Toronto, November 13, 2005
  

• Presenting Remarks, Norbert Wiener Award for Professional and Social Responsibility (given to Douglas Engelbart), CPSR Annual Meeting, October 29, 2005   press release
  

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