Other News from Participating Centers

50 km/h: el nuevo paso para disminuir accidentes de tránsito

Avanzar en la seguridad vial y disminuir el número de víctimas de accidentes de tránsito, es el objetivo de los nuevos parámetros de velocidad permitidos en áreas urbanas en el país, que se reducen desde 60 a 50 km/h.

Casa de Bello impulsará nueva Dirección de Desarrollo Académico

Según consigna el Informe de Autoevaluación, el 70 por ciento de los 3.825 académicos y académicas de nuestro plantel tienen formación de postgrado y que se ha incrementado la cantidad programas de formación de pregrado y postgrado acreditados.

​Researchers develop irregular-shaped laser to tackle laser instability

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As democracy goes digital, those offline are being pushed out of politics

Renata Avila at the Web Foundation: “Free and fair elections require an informed, active body of citizens debating the electoral issues of the day and scrutinising the positions of candidates. Participation at each and every stage of an electoral campaign — not just on the day of the vote — is necessary for a healthy democracy.

Searching for the Smart City’s Democratic Future

Article by Bianca Wylie at the Center for International Governance Innovation: “There is a striking blue building on Toronto’s eastern waterfront. Wrapped top to bottom in bright, beautiful artwork by Montreal illustrator Cecile Gariepy, the building — a former fish-processing plant — stands out alongside the neighbouring parking lots and a congested highway. It’s been given a second life as an office for Sidewalk Labs — a sister company to Google that is proposing a smart city development in Toronto.

Data-Driven Law: Data Analytics and the New Legal Services

Book by Edward J. Walters: “For increasingly data-savvy clients, lawyers can no longer give “it depends” answers rooted in anecdata. Clients insist that their lawyers justify their reasoning, and with more than a limited set of war stories. The considered judgment of an experienced lawyer is unquestionably valuable.

Codetermination, Allgäu-style

Co-creation, transparency and other forms of employee participation are becoming more and more of a necessity for enterprises – and that goes not only for upstarts, but increasingly for small and medium-sized, family-owned businesses as well. What such participation may look like, and which role enterprise platforms may have to play – that is what…
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Data Publics: Urban Protest, Analytics and the Courts

Article by Anthony McCosker and Timothy Graham in MC Journal: “There are many examples globally of the use of social media to engage publics in battles over urban development or similar issues (e.g. Fredericks and Foth). Some have asked how social media might be better used by neighborhood organisations to mobilise protest and save historic buildings, cultural landmarks or urban sites (Johnson and Halegoua).

Deutsch war „lingua franca“ bei schwedischen Ärzten

Die deutsche Medizin verfügte in den ersten Jahrzehnten des 20. Jahrhunderts über eine große Strahlkraft für schwedische Ärzte. Schwedische Forscher nutzten deutsche Lehrbücher, unternahmen häufig Studienreisen nach Deutschland und präsentierten ihre Forschungsergebnisse auf deutschen Kongressen und in deutschen Fachzeitschriften. Eine neue Studie in Kooperation zwischen der Heinrich-Heine-Universität und der Universität Lund in Schweden, fokussiert die Konjunkturen des Deutschen als Wissenschaftssprache bei schwedischen Ärzten in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts.

Essay of the day: Data by the people, for the people: why it’s time for councils to reclaim the smart city

Republished from City Metric

Tokens as a Labor Model

Two years ago, we published a report on Value in the Commons Economy, in which we analyzed the value regime of a number of pioneering peer production projects such as Sensorica and Backfeed. In that report, we posited a sphere of ‘value sovereignty’, within the sphere of the commons, and a membrane between the commons and the market to govern its interaction.

The Cybersecurity 202: This new FBI cyber official could be a moderating voice in encryption debate

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IRIS oferece representação ao MP-MG sobre prática de coleta de dados em redes de farmácias

Recentemente, tem sido prática comum que redes de farmácias atuantes em  Belo Horizonte e em outras cidades brasileiras solicitem o número do Cadastro Nacional de Pessoas Físicas – CPF dos clientes para realizar qualquer compra em seus estabelecimentos. O fornecimento desse dado de identificação pessoal tem como alegada contraprestação ao consumidor a atribuição de descontos sobre produtos vinculados a uma promoção.

We Must Continue to Advocate Passionately and Fearlessly: An Interview with Our CEO, Kathy Brown

Late November, Kathy Brown announced that she would be stepping down as CEO of the Internet Society. While preparing for her next chapter, she reflected on her time at the Internet Society and shared her thoughts on how the Internet itself has evolved during her tenure.
The Internet Society: What are the biggest changes you’ve seen in the Internet since you joined the Internet Society?

​NTU scientists discover natural plant-based food preservative which is more effective than artificial ones

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Countries Can Learn from France’s Plan for Public Interest Data and AI

Nick Wallace at the Center for Data Innovation: “French President Emmanuel Macron recently endorsed a national AI strategy that includes plans for the French state to make public and private sector datasets available for reuse by others in applications of artificial intelligence (AI) that serve the public interest, such as for healthcare or environmental protection.

Knowledge, Policymaking and Learning for European Cities and Regions: From Research to Practice

Learning About Blockchain, Internet Governance, and Cryptocurrency

My first task as the Internet Society’s Regional Community Manager for the Middle East was to organize three events in a span of a week in three different cities around the Middle East about Blockchain with Dr. Walid Al Saqaf, Internet Society Board of Trustees, as the keynote speaker.
Amman, Beirut, and Dubai

Die HHU trauert um Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Werner Klein

Werner Klein hat die wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät der HHU seit ihrer Gründung im Jahre 1991 maßgeblich unterstützt, insbesondere bei der Einrichtung der „Stiftung Wirtschaftswissenschaften“ sowie dem Aufbau der Düsseldorf Business School. Für seine unternehmerische und wissenschaftsbezogene Lebensleistung wurde Werner Klein in 2004 von der Fakultät mit der Ehrendoktorwürde ausgezeichnet.

HHU-Nostalgia - Marcel Reich-Ranicki bei seiner ersten Gastvorlesung an der HHU, 1991

Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß! 
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