En el siglo XXI múltiples procesos rutinarios como encontrar pareja, trabajo, reconocer rostros, tomar fotos, construir -y manejar- autos y enviar emails, entre otros servicios entregados por aplicaciones móviles, se basan también en el uso de algoritmos; y Chile no está ajeno al avance científico y matemático en torno a ellos.Una secuencia de instrucciones ordenadas y bien definidas para realizar una tarea determinada es la definición de algoritmo, término que se originó a mediados del siglo IX cuando el matemático Mohammed Ibn Musa-al-Khwarizmi desarrolló fórmulas para re

Las experiencias de las universidades de Chile, Autónoma de México y de Buenos Aires, fueron compartidas en el foro "Impacto y Trascendencia de la Universidad Pública en América Latina y el Caribe: Hacia un modelo de universidad pública regional de cara a los procesos sociales emergentes", realizado este viernes 21 de abril en Casa Central.

The petition filed against the Delhi High Court’s ruling on the challenge to WhatsApp’s privacy policy was heard by a bench of five judges of the Supreme Court last week. This decision upheld the updated policy, subject to a few restrictions. At the last hearing, the Court had directed the petitioners to frame questions of […]

Dia 18/4/17 foi instalado o Comitê de Representação do Fórum Técnico Startups em Minas – A Construção de uma Nova Política Pública, na Assembleia Legislativa de Minas Gerais, o Vice-Diretor do IRIS, Lucas Anjos, é um dos participantes Comitê. O projeto de lei tem como objetivo estimular o desenvolvimento de startups ligadas a tecnologia e inovação. Abaixo você encontra uma reportagem sobre o assunto, com a participação do Lucas Anjos.

The arguments in the case challenging the constitutionality of s. 139AA of the Income Tax Act (IT Act) continued for the fifth day today. Summaries of arguments advanced on the first four days can be accessed here. Today, the Central Government concluded its submissions and the petitioners commenced their rejoinder arguments. Due to the Attorney […]

Initiée en 2010, l’Aadhaar est désormais la plus grande base de données d’empreintes et d’iris au monde. Carte d’identité destinée aux 1,25 milliard d’Indiens, elle sert aussi de moyen de paiement. Mais la sécurité du système et son utilisation à des fins de surveillance posent question.
The article was published by Liberation on April 27, 2017. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Article 19 had put out a call for applications for its Internet of Rights Fellowship in February 2017. Vidushi has been selected to be part of the 2017-2018 cohort.

CIS report says Aadhaar numbers leaked through government databases could be 100-135 million and bank accounts numbers leaked about 100 million.
The article by Komal Gupta was published in Livemint on May 2, 2017.

The research report looks at four major government portals whose poor information security practices have exposed personal data including bank account details.
The article was published in the Wire on May 1, 2017.

A report by The Centre for Internet and Society claimed that around 13 crore Aadhaar numbers and 10 crore bank account numbers were easily accessible on four government portals built to oversee welfare schemes. The document, released on Monday, pointed out that though it is illegal to reveal Aadhaar numbers, the government portals examined made it easy for anyone to access them, as well as other data about beneficiaries of welfare schemes including in many cases their bank account numbers.

The lack of information security practices in key government websites which hosts Personally Identifiable Information (PII) has left citizens of the country more vulnerable to identity theft and financial fraud, a research paper has argued.
The article by Akram Mohammed was published by the New Indian Express on May 2, 2017.

At least 13 crore Aadhaar numbers and 10 crore bank account numbers are readily accessible on government portals, a report claims.
The blog post by Anusha Ravi was published in Oneindia on May 2, 2017.

In yet another shocking report of personal data breach in India, it has emerged that Aadhaar data of 13 crore people was put out on websites of four major government projects in the country. The leaked data include bank account details of over one crore people linked to Aadhar numbers under the direct benefit scheme. Over eight crore people lost their private data on the national job guarantee scheme website alone.

New Publications on Comparative Research, Science Communication, Media Economics, and Privacy

“A collection of essays from technologists and scholars about how machines are reshaping civil society” in the Atlantic:” Technology is changing the way people think about—and participate in—democratic society. What does that mean for democracy?…

This blog post is part of our summer series featuring chapter updates from across the Open Knowledge Network and was written by the team of Open Knowledge Finland.

Springwise: “Apps that measure a user’s exercise have been 10-a-penny for some years, but Go Jauntly is set to offer something brand new and leans much more into crowdsourcing than its rivals. Launched by a new start-up of nature-loving digital experts, and co-developed with Transport for London, Go Jauntly is a community-based initiative that’s as much about exploration and sharing with fellow jaunt-lovers.

The Global Open Data Index has changed a lot this year, from our methodology to our software. This has been a community effort.

"Poesía del Otro" es el nombre de la obra que se presentará en el marco del primer ciclo de este año, dedicado a las Mujeres Inspiradoras, pieza que se estrena el sábado 22 de abril a las 20 horas en el Teatro Universidad de Chile. La obra, según explica el director artístico de la compañía, Mathieu Guilhaumon, tiene como punto de referencia la figura de la escultora Camille Claudel, ligada a su vez a Auguste Rodin.

"No existe otro espacio capaz de contribuir al desarrollo de disciplinas de las que no se espera nada más que enriquecer el alma de un país", manifestó la Presidenta sobre el rol de las universidades del Estado en La Moneda, hasta donde llegaron los representantes de las más de 30 universidades públicas que participan de esta cita internacional, encabezados por el Rector Ennio Vivaldi.“Gracias por hacernos el honor de recibirnos como presidenta de la nación, lo que impulsa mucho más el compromiso de los líderes latinoamericanos con la educación pública”.