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Society 5.0 and Artificial Intelligence with a Human Face

On 10 May 2019 Radhika Radhakrishnan attended a stakeholder's roundtable consultation on "Society 5.0 and Artificial Intelligence with a Human Face", organized by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi. The event aimed to chart a roadmap for India’s participation at the G20, under the Japanese Presidency.

Curating Genderlog India's Twitter handle

Shweta Mohandas has been nominated to curate Genderlog's Twitter handle (@genderlogindia).
Shweta Mohandas will be tweeting about topics related to gender and data, more specifically around AI, big data, privacy and surveillance. To view the tweets, click here

“Scholarship Program for ASEAN and NON–ASEAN Countries”, Academic Year 2019

1) Undergraduate Scholarship Program *Not over 4 year (August 2019 to July 2023)
(Not later than May 17, 2019)

Jeden Donnerstag: Die HHU-Zahl der Woche - Heute: Die Mediathek der HHU

Die Grafikreihe "HHU Facts" zeigt kurz und knapp interessante Fakten rund um die HHU auf: Thema heute ist die Mediathek der HHU.
Alle bisher veröffentlichten Motive auf einen Blick finden Sie in der Bildergalerie (in Vorbereitung).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch ein interessantes Statistik-Thema rund um die HHU? Die HHU-Webredaktion ist offen für weitere Motive und freut sich über jede Anregung / Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Prof. Dr. Nikolas Guggenberger wechselt nach Yale

Sehr zum Bedauern des ITM wechselt Prof. Dr. Nikolas Guggenberger, LL.M. (Stanford) im Sommer 2019 von der Universität Münster an die Yale Law School, USA. Professor Guggenberger war seit 2016 als Juniorprofessor der RWTÜV Stiftung am ITM tätig und mit den Forschungsschwerpunkten Blockchain, Smart Contracts und Legal Automation eine wichtige Säule im Kompetenzgefüge des ITM.
Prof. Dr. Nikolas Guggenberger

Killer cars? Autonomous vehicles and criminal liability

Who is criminally responsible when an autonomous car is involved in a car accident such as the accident in Arizona? The immediate suspects include: the user, the software company, the car manufacturer, the car itself and a hacker. In this blogpost Dalit Ken-Dror Feldman takes a closer look at this questions and answers it from…
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Open Data Day: Open Science events in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Costa Rica

This report is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2019. On Saturday 2nd March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.

Will Rudrick on Community Currencies and Grassroots Economics

Will Ruddick is a development economist focusing on currency innovation. After completing graduate school researching high energy physics as a collaboration member at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, he found his analysis skills and passion drawn to alternative economics and development. Since 2008 Will has lived in East Africa and managed several successful development programs in environment, food security and economic development.

Das Junge Rheinland. Gegründet, gescheitert, vergessen?

Die Tagung ist Teil eines zweijährigen Forschungsprojekts zum Jungen Rheinland unter der Leitung von Prof. Dr. Andrea von Hülsen-Esch und findet parallel zur Ausstellung „Zu schön um wahr zu sein - Das Junge Rheinland“ (Museum Kunstpalast, 07. Februar – 02. Juni 2019) statt.

Interview met Jef Ausloos in Campuskrant

Privédata op internet: gegeven is gegeven?

Lebensmittelallergien: Nüsse auf dem Salat

Die aktuelle Düsseldorfer Untersuchung bestätigt ähnliche Studienergebnisse aus anderen Ländern. In der EU regelt die Lebensmittelinformations-Durchführungsverordnung (LMIDV - 2017) die Rechtslage für Gaststätten. Auch bei unverpackten Lebensmitteln müssen sie Informationen darüber vorhalten, in welchen Produkten Zutaten enthalten sind, die möglicherweise Allergien auslösen. In einer Untersuchung mit 300 Mitarbeiter/innen in Düsseldorfer Restaurants fand Priv.Doz. Dr.

Las claves para una educación en cambio climático para niños y jóvenes

La actualización de los docentes, la preparación de herramientas y materiales adecuados y pertinentes, y plantear este fenómeno como un desafío para ser abordado desde una ciudadanía activa y desde el pensamiento crítico, son algunas de las propuestas de representantes de las instituciones organizadoras de la Conferencia Internacional Educación en Cambio Climático "Hacia la formación de una ciudadanía activa", que se desarrollará este 6 y 7 de mayo en la U. de Chile.

Planteles impulsan encuentro de países de la Alianza Asia Pacífico

La Universidad de Chile es parte de las instituciones académicas de México, Colombia, Perú y Chile, cuyos representantes se reunirán la próxima semana en nuestro país para abordar los desafíos de la democracia y educación en América Latina.

U. e Chile arremete con masiva campaña de prevención del VIH

Enfocada especialmente en sus cerca de 40 mil estudiantes, este 16 de mayo la Casa de Bello dará el vamos a su campaña "El VIH no discrimina" con un testeo masivo en el Campus Juan Gómez Millas.

Revision 1.0 – How to Cultivate Empathy in uncertain times?

World Religion has been mostly excluded from the technology discussion so far. But how much do the different Religions, mostly based on ideas of community, interconnection and empathy have in common with the ways we celebrate technology?

Both are often based on devotion and various practices and rituals. Addressing the common grounds we ask what is needed to cultivate empathy and understanding in our uncertain times.

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Internet research in Germany supported by 4.5 Million

The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is pleased to announce a further donation of 4.5 million euros from GFI gGmbH, the institute's previous main sponsor. In addition to the continuation of the HIIG's research programmes, the establishment of an AI & Society Lab is also planned. Berlin, 14. Mai 2019 –…
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IV Curso de Inverno FGV Direito Rio

O que é? O Curso de Inverno FGV Direito Rio é um programa organizado pelos alunas e alunos da graduação, com uma semana de duração, voltado a estudantes de direito de todo o Brasil. Os participantes terão a oportunidade de debater com alguns dos principais docentes da Escola, vivenciar o método participativo de aula e conhecer as linhas de pesquisa da FGV Direito Rio.
 
Quando? 15 a 19 de julho, de 8:30 às 16h
 

Testando os limites do capitalismo de vigilância

Apesar de esta não ser uma resenha de um livro, acredito que a nova publicação de Shoshana Zuboff, The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power, é uma das leituras mais essenciais para a governança da internet em 2019.

Alumni da FGV Direito Rio faz LL.M em Stanford

Curso é na área de Direito AmbientalA ex-aluna da Graduação e do Mestrado em Direito da Regulação da FGV Direito Rio, Julia de Lamare, foi aprovada no LL.M in Environmental Law and Policy da Stanford Law School, nos Estados Unidos. Julia, que sempre atuou na área ambiental, diz que quer aproveitar a oportunidade ao máximo.

An open letter to Extinction Rebellion

“The fight for climate justice is the fight of our lives, and we need to do it right.” By grassroots collective Wretched of The Earth.