The FBI demand for access to a locked iPhone by compelling Apple to write new software to undo its security features has sucked the oxygen out of the surveillance-privacy debate over the last few weeks. So much is this the case that coverage of the markup of H.R. 699, the Email Privacy Act, tentatively scheduled for March 22, seems sure to be lost in the oral argument on Apple’s case, which is scheduled to be heard the same day.
Am Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht, Zivilrechtliche Abteilung sind ab dem 1. Juni 2016 zwei Stellen als Studentische Hilfskraft (m/w) mit einer Arbeitszeit von 5 Stunden / Woche zu besetzen.
Die Einstellung ist befristet. Eine längere Zusammenarbeit ist erwünscht.
Die Tätigkeit betrifft die Mitarbeit im Big Data Forschungsprojekt
Phil Howard on 16 March 2016 at 10:57AM The “internet of things” is the expanding network of everyday objects—you can expect some 35 billion connected devices by 2020. The internet won’t be about your mobile phone or laptop anymore, it will be dominated by communication between devices, chips scattered over the natural world, and sensors embedded in our […]
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Aadhaar is set to become mandatory, but the opponents of the scheme are not amused. Concerns about privacy of the Aadhaar number and the authenticity of the biometric data being collected have been expressed by people right from the beginning. But the government has not done much to address these issues.
The article was published in New Indian Express on March 14, 2016. Sunil Abraham was quoted.
Phil Howard on 15 March 2016 at 21:42PM This appeared as “Idea to retire: A closed-platform Internet of Things” on the Brookings Institution’s TechTank blog. The Internet has gone through a major demographic transition: in the year 2015, the number of devices connected by the Internet surpassed the number of people connected by the Internet. Public policy makers need [...]
Paper by Mark Kleinman: “Developments in digital innovation and the availability of large-scale data sets create opportunities for new economic activities and new ways of delivering city services while raising concerns about privacy.
Tracking the institutional response of state and local governments to cyber threats is relatively tough in many cases. Security concerns, rapid changes, and limited transparency all collectively make finding official and primary sources challenging. As such, when there are useful data sources to help understand these issues, they’re worthy of note. One such set of data comes from the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Annual Fusion Center Assessmen
Martin Lundqvist and PeterBraad Olesen at McKinsey: “Government agencies around the world are under internal and external pressure to become more efficient by incorporating digital technologies and processes into their day-to-day operations. For a lot of public-sector organizations, however, the digital transformation has been bumpy.
Springwise: “MyShake is an app that enables anyone to contribute to a worldwide seismic network and help people prepare for earthquakes.
Responsible Data Forum: “Through the various Responsible Data Forum events over the past couple of years, we’ve heard many anecdotes of responsible data challenges faced by people or organizations. These include potentially harmful data management practices, situations where people have experienced gut feelings that there is potential for harm, or workarounds that people have created to avoid those situations.
IBM Center for the Business of Government: “In January 2017, the next administration will begin the hard work of implementing the President’s priorities. Regardless of the specific policies, implementation in many cases will require working across agency boundaries. By taking an “enterprise government” approach – starting in the transition and continuing into the White House – the next administration can deliver on their promises more effectively.
Con una contingente charla dictada por el profesor de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios (FEN), Eduardo Engel, la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas dio la bienvenida a sus nuevos estudiantes.
En la ocasión, su director el prof. Jorge Babul, junto al vicerrector de Asuntos Estudiantiles y Comunitarios, Juan Cortés, y la vicerrectora de Extensión y Comunicaciones, Faride Zeran, dieron la bienvenida a los estudiantes que inician su primer año en la Casa de Bello instándolos a transformarse en líderes de los procesos de cambio. “Deseamos motivarlos a comprometerse activamente en el desarrollo del país, y en la construcción de una sociedad mejor.
Instrumentos existentes en las estaciones sismológicas alrededor del mundo pueden ser utilizados para aumentar la velocidad y la precisión de las alertas de tsunami, según un nuevo estudio que contó con la participación de integrantes del CSN y de la Universidad de Berkeley entre sus autores principales, y que fue aceptado para su publicación en la revista Geophysical Research Letters de la American Geophysical Union (AGU).Las mediciones en tiempo real del Sistema de Posicionamiento Global (GPS) pueden ser utilizadas para mostrar cómo los terremotos importantes desplazan el
Special issue of the International Journal of Sociology: “Interest in the use of “big data” in the social sciences is growing dramatically. Yet, adequate methodological research on what constitutes such data, and about their validity, is lacking. Scholars face both opportunities and challenges inherent in this new era of unprecedented quantification of information, including that related to political actions and attitudes.
