Confused by data visualisation? Here’s how to cope in a world of many features
Matt Escobar in
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.
Fue una de las medidas más importantes de los primeros gobiernos de la Concertación en materia educativa y planteaba entre sus objetivos mejorar la calidad de la enseñanza - aprendizaje a través de la ampliación de los horarios de clases y el mejoramiento de la infraestructura, entre otros puntos. ¿Se cumplieron esas metas? Académicos de la U. de Chile entregan sus visiones. Mejorar la calidad y corregir las desigualdades existentes en materia educativa.
La directora del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE) y Profesora Titular de la U.
Con el objetivo de otorgar nuevas alternativas de alimentos saludables, académicos de la U. de Chile y de la Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa de México ya ratificaron la viabilidad de producir esta planta en nuestro país, que se caracteriza por sus diversas propiedades nutricionales. Hoy se encuentran en la etapa de creación de prototipos de productos a base de este vegetal que ya se consume masivamente en otras partes del mundo.
El anuncio de la existencia de siete planetas similares a la Tierra en el sistema TRAPPIST-1 por parte de la Administración Nacional de la Aeronáutica y del Espacio de Estados Unidos (NASA), ha generado gran expectativa ya que tres de ellos podrían contener agua líquida, condición indispensable para la vida como la conocemos.
Beth Noveck at BrinkNews:”…These myriad open data success stories, however, depend on the political will to be transparent and collaborative.
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.
When you belong to a worldwide community such as the Open Knowledge Network, travelling to other countries means you can meet like-minded people by just knocking on the door of a local branch. That is exactly what I did last year when I lived in Brussels. I signed up as a volunteer for the Open Belgium 2016, a yearly community-driven conference.
European Data Portal Report: “…the second in a series of annual studies and explores the level of Open Data Maturity in the EU28 and Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein – referred to as EU28+. The measurement is built on two key indicators Open Data Readiness and Portal Maturity, thereby covering the level of development of national activities promoting Open Data as well as the level of development of national portals.
University of the Witwatersrand organized a talk by Sumandro Chattapadhyay on Derugulation by Code on March 8, 2017 in Johannesburg.
The Global Unconference of the Internet Freedom Communities took place at Valencia in Spain from March 6 to 10, 2017. The event was organized by the IFF. Vidushi Marda on behalf of CIS took part in the event.
This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2017. On Saturday 4 March, groups from around the world organised over 300 events to celebrate, promote and spread the use of open data.
The workshop was organized by the Inter University Centre for IPR Studies in association with Cochin University of Science and Technology from February 8 to 10, 2017 in Cochin. Pranesh Prakash was the resource person for a copyright workshop for LL.M. students.
Pranesh led and guided student discussion on:
Vanya Rakesh was a speaker at a Google hangout discussion held on Friday, March 24th, 2017 on "Technology and Jobs" as part of a project that ICRIER is doing with World Bank headquarters and several institutions across the world, titled “Jobs for Development”.
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For more details visit http://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/google-hangout-on-technology-and-jobs
Can an algorithm hurt? Polish experiences with profiling of the unemployed
By Jędrzej Niklas, March 2017
A CIHR fellow explains how an algorithm is used by Polish job centres to sort the unemployed into three profiles. He analyses how lack of transparency of the algorithm and safeguards against errors of the system creates tension with the human and social rights of the unemployed.
Las profesoras Medina, Herrero y Urgellés publican un libro sobre la competencia en los mercados televisivos
FOTO: Manuel Castells
29/03/17 10:22
Blanca Lara
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Date: Wed, 03/29/2017