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Lançamento do livro “Direito Regulatório, Governança e Licenciamento Ambiental”

Lançamento do livro “Direito Regulatório, Governança e Licenciamento Ambiental”18h30O Evento: A FGV Direito Rio, a Juruá Editora e Romilson de Almeida Volotão convidam para o lançamento do livro “Direito Regulatório, Governança e Licenciamento Ambiental”.
 

Local: Livraria FGV, Praia de Botafogo, 190 - Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro
 

ePolicyWorks

About ePolicyWorks: “Launched by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP), ePolicyWorks is a Web-based approach to policymaking that engages citizens and stakeholders in new and innovative ways. The initiative leverages the latest technology to address barriers to employment for people with disabilities and fosters real-time collaboration and communication around key issues.

Pracowni ciąg dalszy!

W połowie czerwca odbyły się drugie warsztaty Pracowni Otwierania Kultury. Mamy ekspresowe tempo – wystartowaliśmy trzy tygodnie temu, a drugie spotkanie zakończyliśmy już z konkretnymi pomysłami na narzędzia webowe i aplikacje mobilne dla każdej z instytucji biorącej udział. Jak to osiągnęliśmy?

Reinvention in Middle America

New report by sparks & honey: “Conventional wisdom suggests that to peer into the crystal ball of America’s future, one should go to Silicon Valley to check out the latest start-up unicorns, or to New York or Los Angeles to scout emerging trends in fashion and food.

AI and the Law: Setting the Stage

Urs Gasser: “Lawmakers and regulators need to look at AI not as a homogenous technology, but a set of techniques and methods that will be deployed in specific and increasingly diversified applications. There is currently no generally agreed-upon definition of AI.

News consumption app helps users diversify their sources

Springwise: “In an era where the term ‘fake news’ has become commonplace, news app Read Across the Aisle by US-based BeeLine Reader is designed to help users break out from the ‘filter bubble’ of media sources they are inclined to read from by offering articles from opposing angles. The app, which is Kickstarter funded, hopes to combat political polarization by allowing readers to see the partisan bias of the news sources they are accessing.

ROUTETOPA User Stories

ROUTETOPA is a European innovation project aimed at improving citizen engagement by enabling meaningful interaction between open data users, open data publishers and open data. Open Knowledge International is one of 12 partners working on the project and our main mandate is to build genuine and active communities around the ROUTETOPA tools. In this blogpost, we share more information on the ROUTETOPA user stories.

Ustawa o reuse – raport na pierwsze urodziny

Wraz z Fundacją ePaństwo postanowiliśmy przyjrzeć się bliżej jak w praktyce funkcjonuje ustawa z dnia 25 lutego 2016 roku o ponownym wykorzystywaniu informacji sektora publicznego, w jaki sposób korzystają z niej wnioskodawcy oraz jak stosują ją podmioty publiczne. Wysłaliśmy 40 wniosków o dostęp do informacji publicznej adresowanych do wybranych instytucji zobowiązanych do stosowania Ustawy w Polsce. Każda z wybranych przez nas jednostek została poproszona o odpowiedź na kilka pytań związanych ze stosowaniem Ustawy o reuse w okresie od 16 czerwca 2016 roku do 24 kwietnia 2017 roku.

Feria Científica llenó de niños y niñas la Plaza Ñuñoa

En una nueva versión de este evento, fueron más de 300 los niños y jóvenes que pudieron informarse y participar en proyectos científicos, a cargo de investigadores y estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile que se encuentran con la comunidad en el espacio público.

Luis Aguirre y Alfredo Lahsen reciben distinción de Profesor Emérito

Familiares, amigos, estudiantes, académicos y autoridades universitarias participaron este miércoles 14 de junio de la ceremonia de entrega del reconocimiento a estos destacados académicos de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM).

A.I. experiments (with Google)

About: “With all the exciting A.I. stuff happening, there are lots of people eager to start tinkering with machine learning technology. A.I. Experiments is a showcase for simple experiments that let anyone play with this technology in hands-on ways, through pictures, drawings, language, music, and more.

Shaping space for civic life: Can better design help engage citizens?

Patrick Sisson at Curbed: “…The Assembly Civic Engagement Survey, a new report released yesterday by the Center for Active Design, seeks to understand the connections between the design of public spaces and buildings on public life, and eventually create a toolbox for planners and politicians to make decisions that can help improve civic pride.

Detecting riots with Twitter

Cardiff University News: “An analysis of data taken from the London riots in 2011 showed that computer systems could automatically scan through Twitter and detect serious incidents, such as shops being broken in to and cars being set alight, before they were reported to the Metropolitan Police Service.

Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy

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Microsoft Research's Social Media Collective and Harvard University's Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcome author Cathy O'Neil

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Please join us for a timely discussion of the role of data science in public life. All are welcome at this free event open to the public!

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The GovLab Index: Collective Intelligence

By Hannah Pierce and Audrie Pirkl

Direito Rio recebe inscrições para edição especial da Cátedra Jean Monnet

Interessados devem se inscrever até 14 de julhoA Cátedra Jean Monnet, da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro, recebe inscrições para a próxima edição do curso de Regionalismo Comparado. Esta edição terá como convidados especiais os professores da Universidade Livre de Bruxelas (Bélgica), Emmanuelle Bribosia, Isabelle Rorive e Erik Van den Haute. O curso é gratuito e não possui pré-requisitos e é aberto aos alunos de graduação e pós-graduação, que têm até o dia 14 de julho para se candidatarem ao processo seletivo.

AI and the Law: Setting the Stage

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We as a society are only beginning to understand the ethical, legal, and regulatory challenges associated with AI, as well as develop appropriate governance models and responses.

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Urs Gasser shares some initial thoughts regarding the role of law in the age of AI:

Examining the Mistrust of Science

Proceedings of a National Academies Workshop: “The Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable held a meeting on February 28 and March 1, 2017, to explore trends in public opinion of science, examine potential sources of mistrust, and consider ways that cross-sector collaboration between government, universities, and industry may improve public trust in science and scientific institutions in the future. The keynote address on February 28 was given by Shawn Otto, co-founder and producer of the U.S.

Café & Chat: Investigações Criminais na Internet e IPs

Dia 20 de junho ocorreu a oitava edição do Café & Chat. O evento fez discutiu os atuais desafios e dificuldades das investigações criminais na Internet, o papel do protocolo IP e as questões envolvendo privacidade, direitos dos usuários e responsabilidade dos provedores. Foi debatido as providências e abrangência das normas do Marco Civil a respeito da guarda de logs para uso em investigações, o problema do esgotamento do IPv4 e a dificuldade de se identificar o usuário final e os benefícios e possíveis riscos da transição para o IPv6.

July 12, 2017: Public lecture by Dr. Michał Kosiński at UdK Berlin

Event: Can Social Media Influence Elections?
Time: July 12, 2017 from 18.30 – 21.00
Place: Universität der Künste, Hardenbergstraße 33, 10623 Berlin
Register: By filling out the form here or send an email to ue.rhicnull@eciffo
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18:30-19:00 Welcome