A galloping overview
As we have done before, let’s get a bird’s-eye view of the parts of the search process: text comes in and gets processed and stored in a database (called an index); a user submits a query; documents that match the query are retrieved from the index, ranked based on how well they match the query, and presented to the user. That sounds easy enough, but each step hides a wealth of detail. Today we’ll focus on the last part of the step where “text gets processed”—and look at stemming, stop words, and thesauri.

RSVP is required for this free event. December 6, 2018Stanford Law School

You’re invited to hear noted researcher Marion Nestle discuss the intersection of marketing and science in the food industry as she discusses her new book, “Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat.”
With Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor and Professor Emerita, NFS, NYU Steinhardt.

The Future of Democracy Working Group at the Institute for Public Knowledge and the GovLab at NYU invite you to a conversation between César A. Hidalgo and José L. Martí.

The Future of Democracy Working Group at the Institute for Public Knowledge and the GovLab at NYU invite you to join a conversation and lunch with Geoff Mulgan.

The Future of Democracy Working Group at the Institute for Public Knowledge and the GovLab at NYU invite you to a conversation between Audrey Tang and Beth Simone Noveck.

Today, the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance released its fifth annual Email Marketing & Unsubscribe Audit. OTA researchers analyzed the email marketing practices of 200 of North America’s top online retailers and, based on this analysis, offered prescriptive advice to help marketers provide consumers with choice and control over when and what messages they receive.

“The long-held idea of images as proof of reality vanished. Washed away by manipulative practices of image production our hyper-visual media streams have become highly subjective and emotional. Authenticity claims to be the new challenge while power structures shift and users become creators.”

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The third edition of the India School on Internet Governance (inSIG) took place from 13–15 October 2018 at the India International Centre in New Delhi in partnership with the Internet Society Indian Chapters: Delhi, Trivandrum, Mumbai, and Kolkata.  It was supported by the Beyond the Net Funding Programme with the participation of Olaf Kolkman, the Internet Society’s Chief Internet Technology Officer.

Hierfür hat die Künstlerin dreidimensionale Balsaholz-Modelle am Düsseldorfer Klinikum durch einen Computertomographen (CT) gescannt und die Bilder anschließend bearbeitet. Die Ausstellungseröffnung findet am Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2018, ab 18 Uhr im Foyer von ZOM II mit Ansprachen von Prof. Dr. Gerald Antoch, Direktor des UKD-Instituts für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, und Kunsthistoriker Dr.

International and interdisciplinary: a network of 26 Internet research institutes is researching the social challenges of digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). At a conference in Haifa, young researchers will present their results on legal and ethical implications of AI and the ongoing work of the network will be discussed. Berlin, 28 November 2017…

Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß! 
Hier geht es zur kompletten Galerie (Übersichtsseite).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch noch ein interessantes "historisches" Foto der HHU? Die HHU-Bildredaktion freut sich über jede Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Woelki bezeichnete in seiner Begrüßung die Digitalisierung als Kulturrevolution, die Licht und Schatten in sich berge und machte deutlich: „Die Arbeitswelt 4.0 fordert auch den Sozialstaat 4.0.“ Es dürfe nicht sein, dass Menschen durch die Digitalisierung auf der Strecke blieben und ihrer Würde beraubt würden.

Disruptive Innovation Festival – DIF: Imagine if we built an economic system built on abundance rather than scarcity. Taking advantage of the latest digital tools, computational power, material science, biomimicry and a somewhat older idea – the commons – this new system could have the power to transform how we live and work.

Speakers showed how participatory maps were used to bring to light lapses in delivery of civic services.
The article was published by Deccan Chronicle on November 21, 2018.

Despite their merits, connected toys raise a few concerns about data privacy and security.
The article by Abhijit Ahaskar was published in Livemint on November 22, 2018. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Gurshabad Grover and Karan Saini attended the DSCI Bangalore Chapter meet held in Bangalore at 10K NASSCOM Startup Warehouse on November 22, 2018.

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/dsci-bangalore-chapter-meet

En una ceremonia marcada por el rescate de la historia común entre la masonería y la Casa de Bello, el Rector fue distinguido por su aporte a la defensa de la libertad de pensamiento.