Free ebook by Jonny Schneider: “Highly touted methodologies, such as Agile, Lean, and Design Thinking, leave many organizations bamboozled by an unprecedented array of processes, tools, and methods for digital product development. Many teams meet their peril trying to make sense of these options. How do the methods fit together to achieve the right outcome? What’s the best approach for your circumstances?
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featuring Dr. Ian Bogost, Professor of Interactive Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, in conversation with Professor Jeffrey Schnapp, Professor of Romance Languages & Literature, Harvard Graduate School of Design
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Two decades of technological optimism in computing have proven foolhardy. Let’s talk about new ways to anticipate what might go right and wrong, using a technology that has not yet mainstreamed—autonomous vehicles—as a test case.
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New (Open Access) Book by Francois van Schalkwyk, Stefaan Verhulst, Gustavo Magalhaes, Juan Pane & Johanna Walker (eds): “The Social Dynamics of Open Data is a collection of peer reviewed papers presented at the 2nd Open Data Research Symposium (ODRS) held in Madrid, Spain, on 5 October 2016.
MIT Technology Review (The Download): “If you have ever dealt with sexual harassment in the workplace, there is now a private online place for you to go for help. Botler AI, a startup based in Montreal, on Wednesday launched a system that provides free information and guidance to those who have been sexually harassed and are unsure of their legal rights.
Paper by Regina Lenart‑Gansiniec: “Crowdsourcing is a relatively new notion, nonetheless raising more and more interest with researchers. In short, it means selection of functions which until present have been performed by employees and transferring them, in the form of an open on‑line call, to an undefined virtual community. In economic practice it has become amegatrend, which drives innovations, collaboration in the field of scientific research, business, or society.
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At the Berkman Klein Center and MIT Media Lab
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We are thrilled to announce the 2018 cohort for the Assembly program at the Berkman Klein Center and MIT Media Lab! Read more to learn about the twenty-one individuals who will be joining us in January 2018 to tackle challenges and opportunities in artificial intelligence and its governance.
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Paper by Katz, Daniel Martin and Bommarito, Michael James and Blackman, Josh: “Scholars have increasingly investigated “crowdsourcing” as an alternative to expert-based judgment or purely data-driven approaches to predicting the future. Under certain conditions, scholars have found that crowd-sourcing can outperform these other approaches.
Für die Politik-Sendung von hochschulradio düsseldorf haben die Studierenden unterschiedliche Perspektiven auf das wissenschaftliche Konzept „Populismus“ verständlich aufbereitet. Dafür haben sie unter anderem mit Politikwissenschaftlern der Heinrich-Heine-Universität sowie mit Wählerinnen und Wählern gesprochen. „Wir wollten einen emotionalen und viel diskutierten Begriff wissenschaftlich korrekt, aber gleichzeitig verständlich erklären“, sagte Maximilian Rieger nach der Preisverleihung.
Die Sammlung bedeutet mit ihren fast 6.000 Originalgraphiken einen reichen Schatz für die wissenschaftliche Lehre und Forschung. Durch Veröffentlichungen, Vorträge und insbesondere durch Ausstellungen wird sie stetig einem möglichst breiten Publikum zugänglich gemacht. In diesem Sinne möchten wir an dieser Stelle zu Spenden aufrufen, um den Ankauf eines Totentanzzyklus von Horst Meister (*1937) zu ermöglichen.
Sara Holoubek in the Lab Report: “Prize competitions have long been used to accelerate innovation.
Die AWO Familienglobus gGmbH ist ein gemeinnütziger Verein, der mit zahlreichen Einrichtungen der stationären Kinder- und Jugendhilfe, mit Erziehungs- und Beratungsstellen und einem internationalen Frauenhaus zur Seite steht.
Beschenkt werden Kinder im Alter von 2 Monaten bis 17 Jahren aus Familien die den AWO Familienglobus gGmbH aufsuchen. Sie freuen sich übergut erhaltene Spielsachen, Süßigkeiten (ohne Gelatine) oder Schulsachen.
The dream of the Internet is dying. Killed by its children. We have barely noticed its demise and done even less to save it.
It was a dream of openness, of unprecedented technological and social freedom to connect and innovate. Whilst expressed in technology, it was a dream that was, in essence, political and social. A dream of equality of opportunity, of equality of standing, and of liberty. A world where anyone could connect and almost everyone did.
No-one controlled or owned the Internet; no one person or group decided who got on it or who didn’t. It was open to all.
Peter Rubin at Wired: “At the time of this writing, the opening sentence of Larry Sanger’s Everipedia entry is pretty close to his Wikipedia entry.
Aku Kwamie at The Conversation: “The big question is: how can countries strengthen their health systems to deliver accessible, affordable and equitable care when they are often under-financed and governed in complex ways?
Was vor zwölf Jahren als ein kleines Studentenprojekt begann, hat sich mittlerweile zum größten Kunstevent für junge Kulturinteressierte in Düsseldorf entwickelt.
Auch in diesem Jahr lockt die JUNGE NACHT mit einem spannenden Programm der Extraklasse: Neben der Sammlung sind die Ausstellungen „Axel Hütte. Night & Day“ und „Beauty is a rare thing- Kunst im Gleichgewicht von Buchheister bis Serra“ zu sehen.
Zudem sorgen angesagte Künstler/innen aus der Region mit Live Musik, Improvisations-Schauspiel, Lesungen, Tanz und Film für einen unvergesslichen Abend.
ETC Group, Biofuelwatch and Heinrich Böll Foundation have released “The Big Bad Fix: The Case Against Geoengineering”. The report warns that political and economic elites in key emitting countries are turning to geoengineering as a would-be technological fix for the climate crisis, at the same time they refuse to break with an economic model based on fossil fuels and high emissions.
Holo is helping to grow a more human Internet — where you control your personal data and choose how your applications work. With Holo, you share your computer’s spare capacity to help others connect to peer-to-peer apps. When people use the apps you host, you can get rewarded in cryptocurrency by the app’s creators. Connect your HoloPort to the network. Choose what apps you want to host. Help take back the Internet.
A menos de tres semanas de las elecciones presidenciales, el Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile (Cuech), a través de su presidente, el Rector Ennio Vivaldi, hizo público un cuestionario de cinco preguntas dirigido a Alejandro Guillier y Sebastián Piñera, con el fin de que los dos candidatos presidenciales en carrera definan sus posiciones en materia de educación pública.En el contexto de las sesión mensual del Consorcio de Universidades del Estado de Chile (Cuech), efectuado en la Universidad de la Frontera, los rectores hicieron un llamado a re