World Bank: “Congestion in metropolitan Manila costs the economy more than $60 million per day, and it is not atypical to spend more than 2 hours to travel 8 km during the evening commute there. But beyond these statistics, until recently, very little was actually known about Manila’s congestion, because the equipment and manpower required to collect traffic data has far exceeded available resources. Most cities in developing countries face similar issues.

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Erna Ruijer, Stephan Grimmelikhuijsen, and Albert Meijer in Government Information Quarterly: “Open data platforms are hoped to foster democratic processes, yet recent empirical research shows that so far they have failed to do so.

Larissa Fast and Adele Waugaman at Global Innovation Exchange: What can be learned from the use of data, information, and digital technologies, such as mobile-based systems and internet connectivity, during the Ebola outbreak response in West Africa? What worked, what didn’t, and how can we apply these lessons to improve data and information flows in the future?

Francis Fukuyama in Project Syndicate: “One of the more striking developments of 2016 and its highly unusual politics was the emergence of a “post-fact” world, in which virtually all authoritative information sources were called into question and challenged by contrary facts of dubious quality and provenance.

Nicholas B. Adams at SSRC Parameters: “It is now abundantly clear to librarians, archivists, computer scientists, and many social scientists that we are in a transformational age. If we can understand and measure meaning from all of these data describing so much of human activity, we will finally be able to test and revise our most intricate theories of how the world is socially constructed through our symbolic interactions….

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Author(s): Beth Van SchaackPublication Date: January 13, 2017Publication Type: Other WritingWe have covered on these pages the legal and moral issues surrounding the use of human shields in contemporary armed conflict situations.

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Book by Christopher Brinton and Mung Chiang: “What makes WiFi faster at home than at a coffee shop? How does Google order search results? Why do Amazon, Netflix, and YouTube use fundamentally different rating and recommendation methods—and why does it matter? Is it really true that everyone on Facebook is connected in six steps or less? And how do cat videos—or anything else—go viral?

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Cómo lograr impacto en salud; cómo diseñar ensayos clínicos de fase 3; cómo manejar la complejidad del estudio de exposiciones ambientales que causan cáncer son algunos de los temas que abordarán los cursos ofrecidos por profesores internacionales de reconocida trayectoria en la Escuela Internacional de Verano que organiza la Escuela de Salud Pública U. de Chile durante enero.“En América Latina, generalmente se vive un diálogo de sordos.

Tras una alta convocatoria en sus tres versiones anteriores, la cuarta edición del curso en línea "Nuevas miradas sobre género y etnicidad" comenzará el próximo 3 de enero. Diseñado por la académica Sonia Montecino, Premio Nacional de Humanidades, y generado por un equipo multidisciplinario especialmente para un público general, el curso dura 5 semanas y cuenta con la participación de destacados académicos y profesionales de la U.

We’re extending the deadline to apply for 17-18 Berkman Klein Center fellowships through our open call!  The new deadline is Tuesday January 31, 2017 at 11:59 p.m. ET.

CSV,Conf,v3 is happening! This time the community-run conference will be in Portland, Oregon, USA on 2nd and 3rd of May 2017. It will feature stories about data sharing and data analysis from science, journalism, government, and open source. We want to bring together data makers/doers/hackers from backgrounds like science, journalism, open government and the wider software industry to share knowledge and stories.

CSV,Conf,v3 is happening! This time the community-run conference will be in Portland, Oregon, USA on 2nd and 3rd of May 2017. It will feature stories about data sharing and data analysis from science, journalism, government, and open source. We want to bring together data makers/doers/hackers from backgrounds like science, journalism, open government and the wider software industry to share knowledge and stories.

Tom Saunders and Geoff Mulgan at Nesta: “This paper provides an introduction to collective intelligence in government. It aims to be useful and relevant to governments of countries at very different levels of development. It highlights the ways in which governments are better understanding the world around them, drawing on ideas and expertise from their citizens, and encouraging greater scrutiny of their actions.

W pierwszym w tym roku numerze Kserokopii piszemy przede wszystkim o tym, o jakie dzieła powiększyła nam się domena publiczna – bo to zawsze bardzo nas cieszy. A poza tym polecamy kolejne odsłony dyskusji o prawie pokrewnym wydawców oraz odpowiedzialności pośredników za treść.  Zastanawiamy się też, jaki będzie wyrok Sądu Najwyższego w sprawie zasad ochrony wizerunku policjanta.

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W pierwszym w tym roku numerze Kserokopii piszemy przede wszystkim o tym, o jakie dzieła powiększyła nam się domena publiczna – bo to zawsze bardzo nas cieszy. A poza tym polecamy kolejne odsłony dyskusji o prawie pokrewnym wydawców oraz odpowiedzialności pośredników za treść.  Zastanawiamy się też, jaki będzie wyrok Sądu Najwyższego w sprawie zasad ochrony wizerunku policjanta.

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In this first part of his startup and technology trends 2017 series, HIIG researcher Robin Tech discusses advances in the fields of AI, food delivery, and autonomous vehicles. Continue reading... MORE