Other News from Participating Centers

Estudiante FEN obtuvo premio al talento matemático

Giselli Castillo, estudiante de quinto año de la carrera de Ingeniería Comercial con Licenciatura en Ciencias Económicas y del Magíster, fue premiada con el segundo lugar de la novena versión de este certamen organizado por el Colegio de Ingenieros de Chile. Entre los ganadores del concurso, Giselli fue la única estudiante que no pertenece al área matemática.

Ciclo de Pianistas del Teatro Universidad de Chile homenajeará a Arrau

Nueve serán los conciertos a lo largo del año a través de los que talentosos pianistas nacionales y extranjeros interpretarán las 32 Sonatas de Beethoven, en homenaje a quien es considerado el primer gran pianista sudamericano y uno de los más sobresalientes del siglo XX.El destacado músico argentino de origen canadiense, Alexander Panizza, será el encargado de abrir el Ciclo de Pianistas 2018 organizado por el Centro de Extensión Artística y Cultural de la Universidad de Chile (CEAC) en un concierto donde abordará las Sonatas op.2 N°1, N°2

Data Violence and How Bad Engineering Choices Can Damage Society

Blog by Anna Lauren Hoffmann: “…In 2015, a black developer in New York discovered that Google’s algorithmic photo recognition software had tagged pictures of him and his friends as 

The Piikani Cultural and Digital Literacy Camp Program

The Piikani Nation in Southern Alberta, concerned they were in danger of losing their Blackfoot culture and traditions, sought out an innovative way to share it with younger generations. Elders and school officials in Piikani focused on how they could use technology to engage youth and preserve their knowledge and history.

Smarter Crowdsourcing for Anti-Corruption: A Handbook of Innovative Legal, Technical, and Policy Proposals and a Guide to their Implementation

Paper by Noveck, Beth Simone; Koga, Kaitlin; Aceves Garcia, Rafael; Deleanu, Hannah; Cantú-Pedraza, Dinorah: “Corruption presents a fundamental threat to the stability and prosperity of Mexico and combating it demands approaches that are both principled and practical. In 2017, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved project ME-T1351 to support Mexico in its fight against corruption using Open Innovation.

Data Stewards: Data Leadership to Address the Challenges of the 21st Century


The GovLab at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering is pleased to announce the launch of its Data Stewards website — a new portal for connecting organizations across sectors that seek to promote responsible data leadership that can address the challenges of the 21st century — developed with generous support from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation.

Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society Launch the World Intermediary Liability Map 2.0

-- Updated version of online WILMap provides improved functionality in tracking global online liability laws --
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Mehr Transparenz: Uniklinik Düsseldorf beteiligt sich erneut an der „Initiative Qualitätsmedizin“

„Durch die Teilnahme an der Qualitätsinitiative können wir unsere Qualität in der Patientenversorgung kontinuierlich weiter ausbauen“, ist Prof. Dr. Ralf Wasmuth überzeugt: „Mit der gemeinsamen Veröffentlichung leisten die teilnehmenden Kliniken einen wichtigen Beitrag für mehr Transparenz auf diesem Gebiet. Gleichzeitig verändert der Umgang mit den Qualitätsdaten auch die Kultur in den Kliniken und ist eine große Chance, die Versorgung immer weiter zu verbessern.“ Auch in diesem Jahr bestätigt die Auswertung erneut die sehr gute Behandlungsqualität am UKD.

Together Let’s #SwitchItOn and #KeepItOn! The Internet Society Releases Joint Statement with Access Now

This week the Internet Society is at RightsCon, one of the world’s leading conferences on human rights in the digital age. The event brings together business leaders, policy makers, government representatives, technologists, and human rights defenders from around the world.

Using Blockchain Technology to Create Positive Social Impact

Randall Minas in Healthcare Informatics: “…Healthcare is yet another area where blockchain can make a substantial impact. Blockchain technology could be used to enable the WHO and CDC to better monitor disease outbreaks over time by creating distributed “ledgers” that are both secure and updated hundreds of times per day. Issued in near real-time, these updates would alert healthcare professionals to spikes in local cases almost immediately.

Playing Games While Building Savings

Coopyright: at last a reciprocal licence to make the link between Commons and ESS?

One of the pragmatic solutions supported by the P2P Foundation is the CopyFair license, which combines free knowledge sharing, with a demand for reciprocity for the commons’ base, in case of commercialization. Coopify is an example of such a license, developed by the Coop des Communs in France, and association which works on commons-cooperative convergence and wants to use such a license for itself and promote it within the solidarity economy networks in France.

Hullcoin: can blockchain unlock the hidden value in Hull’s economy?

It might come as a surprise – but something innovative is happening in Hull.
Hull is one of those cities, like Swindon and Slough, that’s long been the butt of jokes – like the one about the guy that typed ‘Hell’ instead of ‘Hull’ into his Sat-Nav, but still got there – it’s not that funny, or even really justified.

Google's march to the business of war must be stopped

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United States

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This Is Ajit Pai, Nemesis of Net Neutrality

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United States

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Date published: May 16, 2018Wired"“I’m not saying that Google doesn’t act out of self-interest,” says Andrew McLaughlin, who helped start Google’s public policy operation in Washington. “But that self-interest was the sense that the long-term future of the internet is better off if it’s free and open.”"

Americans Can't Have Audi's Super Capable Self-Driving System

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United States

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Plimsoll Gear, which sells T-shirts with icon, threatens trademark lawsui

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United States

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Farm Bill’s Database on Food Stamp Recipients Stirs Privacy Fear

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United States

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Open government – Open for business?

Dieter Zinnbauer at OGP: “Many activities related to opening government have a demonstrated, empirical potential to create business value, foster broader economic opportunities, and promote a business climate for growth and dynamism. What’s more, opening government plays a highly relevant, if not essential, role for economic stewardship and for putting economies on sustainable, inclusive trajectories of good growth.

Scaling research and impacting change

How do the world’s most powerful internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies treat their users’ freedom of expression and privacy? On 2 May 2018, the Ranking Digital Rights 2018 Corporate Accountability Index European launch event was held at Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG). Kirsten Gollatz, PhD candidate at University of Zurich and Project Manager…