Other News from Participating Centers

Academic Year Internships

New internships are announced as positions open.  Please keep an eye on this page to learn of new opportunities.

Throughout the year, the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society welcomes students and others from all academic backgrounds to join us in our research as interns.

Privacidade e segurança na era digital: desafios e perspectivas para a construção de uma agenda positiva no Brasil

Privacidade e segurança na era digital: desafios e perspectivas para a construção de uma agenda positiva no Brasil09h00 até 18h30O Evento: O evento tem como objetivo apresentar os primeiros passos de uma agenda positiva para a privacidade no Brasil, mapeando os desafios e oportunidades para sua promoção. Nesse sentido, nosso evento contará com a participação e colaboração de representantes dos mais diversos setores para levantar as principais questões.

Sustainable Smart Cities: Creating Spaces for Technological, Social and Business Development

Book edited by Peris-Ortiz, Marta, Bennett, Dag, and Pérez-Bustamante Yábar, Diana: “This volume provides the most current research on smart cities. Specifically, it focuses on the economic development and sustainability of smart cities and examines how to transform older industrial cities into sustainable smart cities.  It aims to identify the role of the following elements in the creation and management of smart cities:

Manuel Antonio Garretón abrió primer Encuentro Temático Transversal

El académico y Premio Nacional de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades estuvo a cargo de iniciar este miércoles 28 de septiembre el primer Encuentro Temático Transversal, uno de los mecanismos de participación del proceso de discusión sobre la Reforma a la Educación Superior al interior de la U. de Chile. Consolidar y hacer crecer la presencia y matrícula de las instituciones estatales fue uno de los puntos abordados en la jornada.

Violencia juvenil: el desafío de establecer nuevas pautas

Las peleas entre escolares no son algo nuevo en los colegios de nuestro país. Sin embargo, el caso dado a conocer hace algunos días de una joven que golpeaba a otras escolares -mientras se grababa la agresión-, causó impacto debido al grado de violencia y la aparente premeditación de los hechos.

Rector Vivaldi participa en encuentro RedEmprendia en España

En el marco de su gira por Europa, la máxima autoridad de nuestro plantel arribó a dicho país donde está participando del encuentro Spin 2016 de la red, que apunta a la promoción de la innovación y el emprendimiento universitario. Previo a esta actividad, el Rector hizo escala en Alemania, donde visitó el Instituto de Educación Médica de la Universidad de Münster, entidad con la que estrechó vínculos para futuras colaboraciones académicas e intercambios, con especial énfasis en el área de la telemedicina y la tecnología médica.

Privacy Preservation in the Age of Big Data

A survey and primer by John S. Davis II and Osonde Osoba at Rand: “Anonymization or de-identification techniques are methods for protecting the privacy of subjects in sensitive data sets while preserving the utility of those data sets. The efficacy of these methods has come under repeated attacks as the ability to analyze large data sets becomes easier.

Participatory Budgeting in the United States: A Guide for Local Governments

International Data Week: From Big Data to Open Data

Report from International Data Week: Research needs to be reproducible, data needs to be reusable and Data Packages are here to help.

​NTU deepens relations with Norway through partnerships in sustainability research

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Comienza la VII edición del Congreso FORUN 2017

Comienza la VII edición del Congreso FORUN 2017
El Congreso FORUN 2017 arrancará el martes 25 de octubre con la mesa redonda: ¿Dónde para el movimiento? 5 destinos. La cita tendrá lugar en el hall del edificio Amigos a las 19 horas.

FOTO: Manuel Castells

11/10/16 10:50
Rocío del Prado

Privacy & surveillance concerns over voice-recognition devices, Google Home & Amazon Echo

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

As License-Plate Tracking Increases, Privacy Advocates Press for More Regulation

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Remote Data Collection: Three Ways to Rethink How You Collect Data in the Field

Magpi : “As mobile devices have gotten less and less expensive – and as millions worldwide have climbed out of poverty – it’s become quite common to see a mobile phone in every person’s hand, or at least in every family, and this means that we can utilize an additional approach to data collection that were simply not possible before….
In our Remote Data Collection Guide, we discuss these new technologies and the:

Un equipo de investigadores de Digitalunav analiza la confianza en un entorno informativo fragmentado

Un equipo de investigadores de Digitalunav analiza la confianza en un entorno informativo fragmentado
Investigadores de la Universidad colaboran con el Reuters Institute y Kantar Media en un estudio cualitativo en España y otros tres países que completa el Digital News Report 2016

10/10/16 18:35

5 and Counting: Russia Vetoes No-Fly-Zone in the Security Council

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

II Seminário Brasil x Noruega – O momento de transição da indústria de óleo e gás brasileira e os desafios da regulação do setor marítimo e offshore

II Seminário Brasil x Noruega – O momento de transição da indústria de óleo e gás brasileira e os desafios da regulação do setor marítimo e offshore09h00 até 13h30O Evento:  
PROGRAMAÇÃO                                         English Program 
8h30 às 9h - Café de Boas Vindas e Credenciamento
 
9h às 10h10 - Sessão de Abertura e Plenária
Presidente da Fundação Getulio Vargas Carlos Ivan Simonsen Leal

Public Impact Fundamentals

The Centre for Public Impact: “… we believe that the touchstone for any government should be the results it achieves for its citizens: its public impact. To help power the journey from idea to impact, we have developed the Public Impact Fundamentals, a systematic attempt to understand what makes a successful policy outcome and describe what can be done to maximise the chances of achieving public impact.

National Cyber Defence Summit 2016

National Cyber Defence Summit – 2016 was organized by the National Cyber Safety and Security Standards in association with State & Central Governments, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, AICTE & Anna University on 30 September and 1 October 2016 in Chennai. Vanya Rakesh attended the summit.

Tech for the blind: How app developers can help end the ‘disturbing touchscreen trend’

At their introduction, touchscreens was so refreshing and how we had rushed to get those touch devices. Meanwhile, there was a separate world that came crashing down with the advent of touch enabled phones. Just like me, I’m sure not many may have thought how touchscreens almost ended the messaging ability of visually impaired. Now, with services moving from phone calls to online (services and apps), it’s getting more difficult.