Other News from Participating Centers

Crowdsourcing: It Matters Who the Crowd Are

Paper by Alexis Comber, Peter Mooney, Ross S. Purves, Duccio Rocchini, and Ariane Walz: “Volunteered geographical information (VGI) and citizen science have become important sources data for much scientific research.

Research Handbook on Digital Transformations

Book edited by F. Xavier Olleros and Majlinda Zhegu: “The digital transition of the world economy is now entering a phase of broad and deep societal impact. While there is one overall transition, there are many different sectoral transformations, from health and legal services to tax reports and taxi rides, as well as a rising number of transversal trends and policy issues, from widespread precarious employment and privacy concerns to market monopoly and cybercrime.

Prof. Dommering’s new book: Het verschil van mening: Een geschiedenis van een verkeerd begrepen idee

Op 7 september 2016 vond in de Rode Hoed in Amsterdam de boekpresentatie plaats van:   Het verschil van mening: Geschiedenis van een verkeerd begrepen idee Prof. E.J. Dommering         Lees hier de inleiding die Prof. Dommering tijdens deze avond gaf. Media: Interview met Prof. Dommering in het radioprogramma Met het oog […]

World leaders must invest in better data on children

Press Release: “UNICEF is calling on world leaders to invest in better data on children, warning in a new analysis that sufficient data is available only for half of the child-related Sustainable Development Goals indicators. 

Payadores volvieron a la U. de Chile luego de 62 años

El conversatorio "Reencuentro de la Paya con la Universidad", se realizó este jueves 1 de septiembre congregando en la Casa Central a artistas, académicos y autoridades en torno a este arte. La actividad tiene como antecedente el Primer Congreso Nacional de Poetas y Cantores Populares de Chile, realizado en la Casa de Bello el año 1954. El Salón de Honor de la Casa Central alojó esta actividad donde luego de 62 años los artistas del canto a lo poeta retornaron a la Casa de Bello..

Rafael Epstein es nombrado prorrector de la U. de Chile

Este viernes 2 de septiembre el Consejo Universitario aprobó por unanimidad la propuesta del Rector Vivaldi de nombrar al profesor Rafael Epstein Numhauser como prorrector de nuestro plantel, sucediendo al profesor Sergio Jara Díaz.

Estudio revela cómo la localización geográfica influye en acceso

El trabajo, realizado por el Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación de la U. de Chile detectó que en el Gran Santiago más del 40 por ciento de los niños tiene menos de 50 por ciento de probabilidad de acceder a escuelas efectivas. Asimismo, en Antofagasta, el Gran Valparaíso y San Antonio, Cartagena y Santo Domingo más de la mitad de estudiantes de los grupos socioeconómicos D y E se ubican en zonas de bajo acceso a este tipo de establecimientos.

India's Aadhaar mandate for smartphone makers may rile global firms

They are unlikely to oblige to request to make changes in their operating system and devices to ensure Aadhaar authentication is done securely on smartphones.
The article by Alnoor Peermohammed was published in the Business Standard on September 14, 2016. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Enhancing How Governments Assess Awareness of Zika

On August 31st, twenty-four experts from ten countries joined two dozen public officials from four Latin American countries in the first of six two-hour online conversations. In this first session, we focused on identifying novel strategies that governments can use to understand what different groups within the population do and do not understand about Zika. With limited resources for combatting Zika, governments the world over are eager for more evidence-based approaches.

Data Love: The Seduction and Betrayal of Digital Technologies

Book by Roberto Simanowski: “Intelligence services, government administrations, businesses, and a growing majority of the population are hooked on the idea that big data can reveal patterns and correlations in everyday life. Initiated by software engineers and carried out through algorithms, the mining of big data has sparked a silent revolution. But algorithmic analysis and data mining are not simply byproducts of media development or the logical consequences of computation.

Putting the brakes on traffic violations in China

Springwise: “When it comes to public awareness and behavior change campaigns, it’s always interesting to see how organizations effect change. Last year, we covered a Russian nonprofit which uses hologram projections of disabled drivers to ward off those tempted to take disabled parking spaces.

Change your brain – change the game

Martina Dopfer, a PhD-candidate at the HIIG, investigates business model innovation of startups and incumbent firms. She is also a passionate yoga teacher and meditates regularly. That passion also raised... MORE

Ciclo de Palestras sobre Protecção de Dados e Cibersegurança

Ciclo de Palestras – Protecção de Dados e Cibersegurança

Combining Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning to Predict Poverty

From the sustainability and artificial intelligence lab: “The elimination of poverty worldwide is the first of 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals for the year 2030. To track progress towards this goal, we require more frequent and more reliable data on the distribution of poverty than traditional data collection methods can provide.

National Transit Map Seeks to Close the Transit Data Gap

Ben Miller at GovTech: “In bringing together the first ever map illustrating the nation’s transit system, the U.S. Department of Transportation isn’t just making data more accessible — it’s also aiming to modernize data collection and dissemination for many of the country’s transit agencies.

More African governments are enacting open data policies but still aren’t willing to share information

Joshua Masinde at Quartz Africa: “Working as a data journalist and researcher in Uganda, Lydia Namubiru does not remember a moment she had an easy time accessing official government data in the execution of her work. She has had to literally beg for such information from officials with little success.

Policy, Law, and Technology in the Current Crypto Wars

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Stanford Cryptography Policy Project, we are holding an afternoon event highlighting our research and accomplishments over the past year. As our keynote speakers, it is our pleasure to welcome the Honorable Stephen W. Smith, Magistrate Judge of the Southern District of Texas, and Paul S. Grewal, former Magistrate Judge of the Northern District of California.November 2, 2016Paul Brest Hall - Stanford University

Europejczycy zasługują na dobre prawo autorskie

Reforma prawa autorskiego, zaprezentowana dzisiaj przez Komisję Europejską, nie odpowiada na potrzeby użytkowników, biznesu, środowiska edukacyjnego i naukowców. Zamiast wzmocnienia gospodarki opartej na wiedzy propozycja koncentruje się na zachowaniu status quo.
Unii brakuje wizji prawa autorskiego w cyfrowej rzeczywistości 

Europejczycy zasługują na dobre prawo autorskie

Reforma prawa autorskiego, zaprezentowana dzisiaj przez Komisję Europejską, nie odpowiada na potrzeby użytkowników, biznesu, środowiska edukacyjnego i naukowców. Zamiast wzmocnienia gospodarki opartej na wiedzy propozycja koncentruje się na zachowaniu status quo.
Unii brakuje wizji prawa autorskiego w cyfrowej rzeczywistości 

Recent Developments in Open Data Policy

Presentation by Paul Uhlir:  “Several International organizations have issued policy statements on open data policies in the past two years. This presentation provides an overview of those statements and their relevance to developing countries.
International Statements on Open Data Policy