Essay by Charles Ess at Javnost: “In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the emerging internet and World Wide Web inspired both popular and scholarly optimism that these new communication technologies would inevitably “democratise”—in local organisations, larger civic and political institutions, and, indeed, the world itself.
In October 2015, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. One of the primary concerns of this petition was to decide on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, which has since been upheld. Other similar petitions, concerned with the legitimacy of […]
Paper by Oskar Josef Gstrein and Gerard Jan Ritsema van Eck: “Various smartphone apps and services are available which encourage users to report where and when they feel they are in an unsafe or threatening environment. This user generated content may be used to build datasets, which can show areas that are considered ‘bad,’ and to map out ‘safe’ routes through such neighbourhoods.
Ramy Ghorayeb at Medium: “…Why can’t governments move fast like the private industry? We have seen the rise of big corporations and startups adapting and evolve with the needs of their customers. Why can’t the governments adapt to the needs of their population? Why is it so slow?
„Mit dem Marathon-Trikot wollen wir uns bei Oberbürgermeister Thomas Geisel für seinen Einsatz für die Düsseldorfer Palliativmedizin bedanken“, erklärt Martin Neukirchen. „In der Palliativmedizin der Uniklinik geht es uns darum Lebensqualität zu verbessern und die Selbständigkeit der Patienten so lange wie möglich zu erhalten. Unser Förderverein ermöglicht es uns dort zu unterstützen, wo die medizinische Regelversorgung aufhört.
Springwise: “Beam is a new crowdfunding website that has been launched to try and help homeless people based in London get back into work. The idea behind the website is that people donate money online to homeless individuals, which will then be used to give them the qualifications and training that they will need to become fully employed and therefore able to also get themselves secure in their own accommodation.
A través de un sistema cada vez más eficiente, que permite a los estudiantes hacer el trámite de matrícula totalmente en línea, este año el proceso ha sido notoriamente más ágil y expedito que en años anteriores, mostrando resultados nunca antes vistos. Así, a la 01:00 hrs. de este 19 de enero, tan solo una hora después de abiertas las matrículas, la U. de Chile ya contaba con sus primeros mil nuevos hijos de Bello entre sus filas. Todo un récord en la historia de nuestro plantel. El proceso de matrícula ha marcado números inéditos este 2018 para la U.
Según datos entregados esta jornada por el Sistema Único de Admisión del CRUCH, de las 10 carreras a las que más postularon los jóvenes chilenos dentro de todo el sistema, las cuatro primeras corresponden a programas de la U. de Chile: Ingeniería, Derecho, Ingeniería Comercial y Medicina, respectivamente. A esto se suma que por primera vez los convocados a matricularse en la Casa de Bello superan los 7 mil cupos.
Un reciente estudio de Líderes Educativos y del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE) sobre trayectorias de directores de escuelas chilenas, pone una señal de alerta al sistema educativo de nuestro país.
(This proposal of mine was first published at per-cloud.com in February 2017. It is now published again here, on invitation by M. Bauwens. For more context and details, I strongly suggest to also read, before or after this proposal, the posts from my own blog linked at the bottom)
Preface
A percloud (permanent/personal cloud) is my own vision of a “REALLY usable, all-in-one alternative to Facebook, Gmail, Flickr, Dropbox…”.
Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things. Our gross national product, […] if we judge the United States of America by that — counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl.
Dreizehn solcher Tumorkonferenzen gibt es am UKD – zwölf davon spezialisiert auf einzelne Krebsarten, wie Brustkrebs, Hautkrebs oder Kopf-Hals-Tumoren, und eine weitere Konferenz für Patienten deren Krebserkrankung schwer zuzuordnen oder besonders kompliziert ist. Von der Bündelung der Kompetenzen profitiert vor allem der Patient: Tumorkonferenz-Patienten bekommen häufig die modernsten Therapien, zum Teil im Rahmen von klinischen Studien.
Fernanda Marin: In the last few years, a couple of multi-billion dollar companies – initially marketed as part of a new sharing economy – devoured people’s attention. After these giants discredited the concept, many thought the ideas behind it were too naive and unrealistic to begin with. The forces of capitalism, neoliberalism, and our human nature are too strong to try to change them, some believed.
Reality is a bit more complex…
Seit 2011 leitete Hans-Dieter Weckmann (65) das Dienstleistungs- und Kompetenzzentrum für alle Aspekte der digitalen Informationsversorgung, -verarbeitung, Kommunikation und Medien der HHU. In den vergangenen Jahren hat er mit seinem Team eine Vielzahl von Projekten umgesetzt.
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featuring Jon Lovvorn (HLS), Jeff Kerr (PETA), and a panel of experts on copyright, cyber law, and intermediary liability issues
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Can non-human animals own copyrights? Can artificial intelligence machines? Join the Berkman Klein Center, the Harvard Law School Animal Law & Policy Program, and the HLS Student Animal Legal Defense Fund for a discussion of the “Monkey Selfie” case and the issues it raises around untraditional definitions of who can be considered a creator under the law.
Parent Event
Over the past decade or so, the use of personal and big data has changed the way many businesses and governments operate. Regulators and legislative bodies have been struggling to keep up with the changes in technology, and increasing concerns about what it means for the privacy of individuals. In India, we have worked with […]
2017 was a year when the voice of women resonated around the world. Global women’s marches, hashtags such as #MeToo and #TimesUp, record numbers of women entering politics – all together a global call for action that signaled women were tired of not being heard.
It’s been a year that’s left many in the western world asking how we got here and how we can make sure we never go back. A big reason for this is because of what the Internet helps us do. We can reach further, speak louder, and come together like never before.
Kyle Chard et al in PeerJ Computer Science: “We describe best practices for providing convenient, high-speed, secure access to large data via research data portals.