Can we predict political uprisings?
Mohammad Reza Farzanegan at The Conversation: “Forecasting political unrest is a challenging task, especially in this era of post-truth and opinion polls.
Introducing Test+Build – a new tool to help you run your own randomised controlled trial.
Michael Sanders, Miranda Jackman and Martin Sweeney at Behavioural Insights Team: “Work in fraud, error, and debt, and especially tax compliance and collection, has always been a core part of what the Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) does.
Expanding Access to Medicines and Promoting Innovation: A Practical Approach
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Featuring GAiA Co-Founder Quentin Palfrey
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Global Access in Action: Conversations in Global Health, Innovation, & the Digital World
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DeepGreen: Open-Access-Transformation
Supported by the German Research Foundation (DFG), the DeepGreen project aims to transfer academic publications which can be made freely accessible into open access. This process will be automated using... MORE
Presidenta firmó proyecto de ley de universidades estatales
La mandataria recalcó que son los planteles estatales los "llamados a asegurar no solo la libertad de cátedra y de investigación, sino también dar cabida a la diversidad, a la transparencia, a la participación, porque el mandato que ellas tienen es que nadie quede excluido". Desde Estados Unidos, donde se encuentra en un viaje académico, el Rector de la U. de Chile y presidente del Cuech, Ennio Vivaldi, manifestó que "esta acción representa un primer paso, insoslayable, hacia una nueva actitud del Estado al volver a asumir su responsabilidad y compromiso con la Educación Superior".
Plataforma medirá consumo de drogas a través de redes sociales
Un equipo conformado por ingenieros, médicos, lingüistas y sociólogos de nuestro plantel, creó una innovadora plataforma que permite, a bajo costo, medir el fenómeno del consumo de droga en la población chilena.
Café & Chat: Indústria 4.0 e a Produção de Desigualdades
Dia 22 de maio de 2017 aconteceu o Café & Chat: Indústria 4.0 e a Produção de Desigualdades. Ocorreu um debate sobre por que a quarta revolução industrial é tecnologicamente singular, de forma a cumular inovações nos meios físico, digital e biológico. Seus efeitos possíveis variam muito, desde a concentração de renda, o desemprego, até o desenvolvimento de tecnologias sociais e o crescimento econômico.
KU LEUVEN – CITIP IS CONFERENCE PARTNER OF COMPUTERS, PRIVACY & DATA PROTECTION (CPDP) CONFERENCE
25-27 January 2017
Big Mind: How Collective Intelligence Can Change Our World
Book by Geoff Mulgan: “A new field of collective intelligence has emerged in the last few years, prompted by a wave of digital technologies that make it possible for organizations and societies to think at large scale. This “bigger mind”—human and machine capabilities working together—has the potential to solve the great challenges of our time. So why do smart technologies not automatically lead to smart results?
Expanding Access to Medicines and Promoting Innovation: A Practical Approach
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Pharma companies can increase access to medicines and spur new R&D by replicating industry best practices, Harvard team argues in new paper
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Nobody Is Smarter or Faster Than Everybody
Rod Collins at Huffington Post: “One of the deepest beliefs of command-and-control management is the assumption that the smartest organization is the one with the smartest individuals. This belief is as old as scientific management itself. According to this way of thinking, just as there is a right way to perform every activity, there are right individuals who are essential for defining what are the right things and for making sure that things are done right.
The Digital Footprint of Europe’s Refugees
Pew Research Center: “Migrants leaving their homes for a new country often carry a smartphone to communicate with family that may have stayed behind and to help search for border crossings, find useful information about their journey or search for details about their destination.
The final Global Open Data Index is now live
Open Knowledge International: “The updated Global Open Data Index has been published today, along with our report on the state of Open Data this year. The report includes a broad overview of the problems we found around data publication and how we can improve government open data. You can download the full report here.
Seeking a Project Coordinator to advance efforts on the Ethics and Governance of Artificial Intelligence at the Berkman Klein Center
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Seeking a project coordinator to play a central role in building and enhancing research efforts in artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and related technologies
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Please note that applications for this full-time position must be submitted through the Harvard Human Resources website, and will not be collected directly through the Berkman Klein Center.
The final Global Open Data Index is now live
The updated Global Open Data Index has been published today, along with our report on the state of Open Data this year. The report includes a broad overview of the problems we found around data publication and how we can improve government open data. You can download the full report here.
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