Other News from Participating Centers

JPMorgan is quietly building an IBM Watson-like platform

Frank Chaparro at BusinessInsider: “JPMorgan’s corporate and investment bank is best known for advising businesses on billion-dollar acquisitions, helping private unicorns tap into the public markets, and managing the cash of Fortune 500 companies.

Citizen science, public policy

Paper by Christi J. Guerrini, Mary A. Majumder,  Meaganne J. Lewellyn, and Amy L. McGuire in Science: “Citizen science initiatives that support collaborations between researchers and the public are flourishing. As a result of this enhanced role of the public, citizen science demonstrates more diversity and flexibility than traditional science and can encompass efforts that have no institutional affiliation, are funded entirely by participants, or continuously or suddenly change their scientific aims.

​NTU President Suresh announces plans and priorities for the University’s next wave of major growth

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​Dyson and NTU launch a joint engineering studio for aspiring technopreneurs

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63° Nexa Lunch Seminar - Power Aware. Lights off, brains on

Page Type: Eventlunch26 settembre 2018
Emanuele Mottola (Politecnico di Torino)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 26/09/2018 - 13:00 to 14:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

Transnationalisms curated by James Bridle at Furtherfield Gallery


Furtherfield Gallery
Saturday 15 Sep until Sunday 21 Oct 2018
Private View: Friday 14 September 18:00 – 20:00 (Register)
Open Sat – Sun, 11:00 – 17:00 or by appointment
Admission Free

Deploying TLS 1.3

Last week saw the formal publication of the TLS 1.3 specification as RFC 8446. It’s been a long time coming – in fact it’s exactly 10 years since TLS 1.2 was published back in 2008 – but represents a substantial step forward in making the Internet a more secure and trusted place.
What is TLS and why is it needed?

UK Co-operative Party releases report outlining plans to double the size of co-op sector

Aaron Fernando: On July 3, the Co-operative Party in the U.K. launched a report at parliament outlining a strategy to double the size of the U.K.’s cooperative sector by 2030.

Nobel Prize winner Stanley B. Prusiner holds lecture at the HHU

By discovering prions, Prusiner provided an explanation to the so-called "Rinderwahnsinn" disease, whose human equivalent is the Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD).

Agências Reguladoras e controle externo

Descrição: Apesquisa envolverá discussões relacionadas à atuação do controle externo exercido pelo TCU sobre a atividade realizada pelas agências reguladoras federais.
Professores Responsáveis: Bruno Dantas e Sérgio Guerra
Participantes: Alexandre Arigony, Eduardo Rodrigues, Evandro Pereira, Fernanda Martins, Filipe Fonseca, Gabriel Esteves, Julia Ribeiro, Luis Roberto Guerra, Pedro Fontoura, Sandro Sabença e Valdecyr Gomes. 

U. de Chile abre nuevas escuelas deportivas para público

A los talleres de actividad física y a las escuelas de natación, fútbol y básquetbol se suma judo, karate y balonmano. Los cursos están disponibles para todo el público y tienen por objetivo vincular a la Casa de Bello con su entorno.El Polideportivo Juan Gómez Millas continúa expandiendo su oferta deportiva de escuelas y talleres de la Universidad de Chile.

IEI impartirá cátedra Juan Somavía en conjunto con la OIT

El entendimiento entre ambas instituciones -que se materializará en cursos, investigaciones y actividades de vinculación con el medio- permitirá enseñar e investigar conjuntamente respecto a políticas públicas de desarrollo y regímenes internacionales. El Rector Vivaldi celebró la iniciativa en una reunión protocolar junto al director de la OIT para el Cono Sur, Fabio Bertranou.

Investigadores de la U. de Chile liderarán crucero científico nacional

La edición 2018 de la trayectoria del buque científico de la Armada "Cabo de Hornos" se extenderá entre el 24 de septiembre y el 18 de octubre entre Puerto Montt y la Península de Taitao, permitiendo el desarrollo de novedosas investigaciones sobre el fondo marino que se espera, se traduzcan en el futuro en una mejor comprensión de diferentes fenómenos geológicos de nuestro país.La posibilidad de nuevas reservas minerales, depósitos de recursos energéticos, y estudios sobre riesgos geológicos, causas, efectos y probabilidad

Miembros de la U. de Chile representarán a Chile en el BID y BM

Vivian Norambuena, académica de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios, FEN, y María Isabel Larenas, egresada de Ingeniería Comercial y Magíster en Economía de la misma facultad, fueron seleccionadas por el ministro de Hacienda, Felipe Larraín, para ocupar cargos de representantes de Chile ante el Banco Mundial y el Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID).El pasado miércoles 1 de agosto Vivian Norambuena, académica del Departamento de Economía de la FEN, asumió como la nueva representante de Chile ante el Banco Mundial, y María Isabel Larenas, asumirá en septiembre como consej

Parkplatz P1 ab sofort wieder frei - geänderte Verkehrsführung

Die Markierungsarbeiten auf Parkplatz P1 wurden zum Freitag, 24.08.2018 plangemäß abgeschlossen: Der gesamte Parkplatz ist ab sofort wieder befahrbar. Dezernat 6.3.1 der HHU weist in diesem Zusammenhang aber darauf hin, dass es jetzt eine neue Verkehrsführung (Einbahnstraßensystem) gebe.Alle Nutzerinnen und Nutzer des Parkplatzes werden gebeten, diese zu beachten.

The Internet Society and Global Scribes Work Together to Amplify Young Voices

On International Youth Day, the Internet Society and Global Scribes partnered to connect youth around the world to let their voices be heard, allowing them to become empowered and engaged global citizens, striving toward a more united and sustainable digital future.
As local and international actors innovate to solve the most pressing issues that we face in the world today, young people are often left out of the equation with little or no participation in important discussions and decision-making processes.

Essay of the Day: A Framework for Assessing Democratic Qualities in Collaborative Economy Platforms

A Framework for Assessing Democratic Qualities in Collaborative Economy Platforms: Analysis of 10 Cases in Barcelona

Project of the Day: Cooperation in Mesopotamia

The following texts are extracted from Mesopotamia.coop
A co-operative revolution is happening in Northern Syria

AfPIF 2018 Day Three: Cloud Infrastructure, Local Content, and More

The growth of cloud infrastructure in Africa has been credited with the growth of local content in many regions, and it holds the key for Africa’s ability to attract content carriers and distribution networks.
The first panel of day three at the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) was dedicated to discussing the current scenario of cloud infrastructure and what it will take to grow the sector further, get the market interested, and eventually grow the level of content hosted locally.

Offene Universität: Gasthörerschaft an der HHU

Die HHU versteht sich als Bürgeruniversität, die ihr Wissen regelmäßig und ohne Vorbedingen mit der Gesellschaft teilen möchte. Eine Gasthörerschaft, also eine Teilnahme an wissenschaftlichen Lehrveranstaltungen der HHU ohne Prüfungen, steht allen offen, die Freude an persönlicher Weiterbildung haben. Es müssen keine Voraussetzungen wie das Abitur erfüllt werden und auch Altersgrenzen bestehen nicht.
Informationsveranstaltung für Gasthörerinnen und Gasthörer Donnerstag, 30. August 2018 von 15:00 Uhr bis 16:00 Uhr Haus der Universität, Schadowplatz 14, 40212 Düsseldorf