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Miriam Cohen et Silviana Cocan reçoivent le Prix Louise-Dandurand du Fonds de recherche du Québec

Le CRDP est heureux d’annoncer que la professeur Miriam Cohen et Silviana Cocan ont remporté le Prix Louise-Dandurand du Fonds de recherche du Québec, secteur Société et cult

The rise of AI sandboxes in the USA

As artificial intelligence (AI) rapidly reshapes economies and societies, regulators and innovators alike face a challenge: how to test bold new technologies without putting people or markets at risk. One tool gaining momentum in the United States is the sandbox, a controlled environment where emerging technologies can be tested under supervision, with rules that are flexible but not absent. Sandboxes allow experimentation while preserving trust, helping decision-makers learn what works (and what doesn’t) before changes are rolled out at scale.

La guerre des idées au XXIe siècle | Partenariat GREDEP et QG le média libre


Le Groupe de recherche en droit et économie politique et le Centre de recherche en droit public vous invitent à assister à l’enregistrement de trois entretiens menés par la journaliste Aude Lancelin avec le journaliste Stéphan Bureau (29 septembre), l’historien Blake Smith (1er octobre) et la philosophe Barbara Stiegler (2 octobre). Ces entretiens auront lieu au Laboratoire de Cyberjustice (B-2215).

Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations

UPDATE – 12 September 2025: The Wikimedia Foundation will not appeal the UK High Court’s decision to dismiss our challenge to the UK’s Online Safety Act (OSA) Categorisation Regulations. The Foundation will continue to monitor how the Court’s guidance is followed, and Wikipedia is protected as the OSA moves forward.

A New Chapter in Internet Fragmentation

22.9.2025 Hypertextes #31 Yves Winkin

La communication au long cours. Conversations sur les sciences de la communication, 22 sept. 2025, 16h à 17h.
L’article 22.9.2025 Hypertextes #31 Yves Winkin est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Forschen, tüfteln, staunen: Aktionstag der Maus an der Uni Würzburg

Seit über zehn Jahren führt der Aktionstag „Türen auf mit der Maus“ Kinder bundesweit hinter die Kulissen von Unternehmen, Universitäten und Forschungslaboren. Heuer ist auch die Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg mit dabei: Am 3. Oktober gibt es spannende Mitmachangebote aus der Mathematik, der Mikrobiologie und der Physik.
Unter dem Jahresmotto „SpielZeit“ sind Kinder dazu eingeladen, selbst zu experimentieren, zu knobeln und Wissenschaft hautnah zu erleben.
Die Angebote an der Uni Würzburg im Überblick

Einblicke in die Welt der Phagen und Bakterien

Zusammenfassung Phagen sind Viren, die Bakterien befallen. Im Kampf gegen antibiotikaresistente Krankheitserreger könnte ein therapeutischer Einsatz von Phagen äußerst nützlich sein. Doch sind die molekularen Interaktionen zwischen Phagen und Wirtsbakterien bislang nicht hinreichend verstanden.

New library acquisitions in September

The ‘Zillow ban’ makes searching for homes more complicated. But is it illegal?

Join us for a GloCo online lecture!

You are invited to join the online lecture by GloCo on the 26th of September, 2025! 
MORE INFORMATION COMING SOON!
 
 
Der Beitrag Join us for a GloCo online lecture! erschien zuerst auf University of Klagenfurt.

Thinking Face Emoji season 1 is out!

We are excited to share all of the episodes of Thinking Face Emoji, a podcast miniseries by The Hmm, in collaboration with the Institute of Network Cultures, and supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL.

Conférence-midi «Le droit à l’alimentation au Québec: Survol et perspectives d’avenir» | COMRADES

La Communauté de recherche-action sur les droits économiques et sociaux (COMRADES) vous invite à la Conférence-midi «Le droit à l’alimentation au Québec: Survol et perspectives d’avenir».
Date : 25 septembre 2025
Heure: 11h30 à 13h
Lieu: Salle 2413, pavillon Charles-De Koninck (hybride)

Droit et jeux vidéo | Colloque

Le CRDP, en collaboration avec le Laboratoire de cyberjustice et la Chaire Wilson, vous invite au colloque « Droit et jeux vidéo ».

Open Licensing and Data Trust for Personal and Non-Personal Data: A Blueprint to Support the Commons and Privacy

Yaniv Benhamou, Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, IIC, 2025.
L’article Open Licensing and Data Trust for Personal and Non-Personal Data: A Blueprint to Support the Commons and Privacy est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

187° Mercoledì di Nexa – L’Era dei Tecno-stati: USA e Cina nella battaglia per la supremazia tecnologica

8 ottobre 2025 | PAOLO GERBAUDO (Università Complutense di Madrid)
The post 187° Mercoledì di Nexa – L’Era dei Tecno-stati: USA e Cina nella battaglia per la supremazia tecnologica appeared first on Nexa Center for Internet & Society.

Flying to victory with the best drones

aau/MüllerGilbert Tanner is part of the SAPIENCE team at the University of Klagenfurt, a group consisting of six young students and researchers who are working on new approaches to the use of drones in search and rescue operations. However, the student, who is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Robotics & Artificial Intelligence, is not only launching drones into the air, but also striving for lofty goals himself: he will soon complete his studies in the shortest possible time and will then move on to pursue a Master’s degree programme at ETH Zurich.

Team from the University of Klagenfurt wins drone competition in Huntsville, USA

University of Huntsville/AlabamaExploring and mapping an environment, locating objects and people in need, and finally bringing them first aid kits: these are the tasks set in three competitions in the SAPIENCE project. Four research teams from four universities compete against each other in these competitions in order to learn from each other. The team led by Luca Di Pierno achieved its first victory in the competitions, which took place in Huntsville, USA.

Making better use of energy thanks to optimisation methods: new MSCA doctoral network ALMOA approved

SupanzALMOA (Advances in Large-scale, Multilevel, and Hierarchical Optimisation for Challenging Applications) is set to be launched in January 2026. It is the first doctoral network coordinated by the University of Klagenfurt that is funded by the EU through Horizon Europe as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Action. Thirteen doctoral students will be conducting research on mathematical optimisation issues at thirteen European universities.

Slop Cinema: The Work of Art in the Age of Computational Hallucination

Infidels claim that the rule in the Library is not ‘sense;’ but ‘non-sense;’ and that ‘rationality’ (even humble, pure coherence) is an almost miraculous exception. They speak, I know, of ‘the feverish Library, whose random volumes constantly threaten to transmogrify into others, so that they affirm all things, deny all things, and confound and confuse all things, like some mad and hallucinating deity.’ Jorge Luis Borges, The Library of Babel