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Bringing together the United States of data

“The U.S. Data Federation will support government-wide data standardization and data federation initiatives across both Federal agencies and local governments. This is intended to be a fundamental coordinating mechanism for a more open and interconnected digital government by profiling and supporting use-cases that demonstrate unified and coherent data architectures across disparate government agencies.

Mercedes Medina, nueva directora de Communication & Society

Mercedes Medina, nueva directora de Communication & Society
Sustituye al frente de la revista científica de la Facultad de Comunicación al profesor Carlos Barrera

Mercedes Medina.
FOTO: Manuel Castells

Carlos Barrera.
FOTO: Manuel Castells

30/09/16 18:12
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Crowdsourcing Tolstoy

 at the NewYorker: “When Leo Tolstoy’s great-great-granddaughter, the journalist Fyokla Tolstaya, announced that the Leo Tolstoy State Museum was looking for volunteers to proofread some forty-six thousand eight hundred pages of her relative’s writings, she hoped to generate enough interest to get the first round of corrections done in six months.

Programação do II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet

Está pronta a programação final do II Seminário Governança das Redes e o Marco Civil da Internet, que ocorrerá nos dias 26 e 27 de Outubro na Faculdade IBMEC, em Belo Horizonte. Confira aqui a programação com detalhes e aproveite para se inscrever. As vagas são limitadas!
 
 
 
 

Data governance: a Royal Society and British Academy project

Call for Evidence from The British Academy and the Royal Society: “…The project seeks to make recommendations for cross-sectoral governance arrangements that can ensure the UK remains a world leader in this area. The project will draw on scholars and scientists from across disciplines and will look at current and historical case studies of data governance, and of broader technology governance, from a range of countries and sectors.

Laura Venzal y Loreto Garrido, nuevas delegada y subdelegada de la Universidad

Laura Venzal y Loreto Garrido, nuevas delegada y subdelegada de la Universidad
Han sido elegidas por los representantes de las distintas facultades y escuelas de la institución

Laura Venzal (izquierda) y Loreto Garrido.
FOTO: Manuel Castells

30/09/16 12:25

Digital Switchover in Pakistan

This report is the first in a series that will examine the challenges of digital switchover in Pakistan by providing an in depth assessment of the prevailing market trends on the adoption of digital TV, its policy making and regulation in the country.

Researchers file for access to court orders that force companies to break their own encryption

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United States

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Dirty Picture Project: Pink

by Suniti Sampat and Aditi Prakash as part of the Dirty Picture Project. With Pink, Bollywood has made a bold attempt at making a movie about women and the way society treats them. In a lot of ways, women’s lives in most parts of India have been circumscribed by the dangers the sex faces. Should […]

Evaluación del CSN a un año del terremoto de Illapel

Este 16 de septiembre a las 19:54 hrs. se cumplieron 12 meses del terremoto magnitud 8.4, con epicentro en las cercanías de Illapel, Región de Coquimbo.

U. de Chile brindará atención odontológica a vecinos de Santiago

Este 21 de septiembre el decano de la Facultad de Odontología, Jorge Gamonal, y la alcaldesa de Santiago, Carolina Tohá, suscribieron un convenio de colaboración para poner en marcha el Centro de Especialidades Odontológicas, que se ubicará a un costado de la Plaza Pezoa Véliz.

"Animas de día claro" recorrerá el país en la III Caminata Teatral

Este miércoles 21 de septiembre -y como parte de las conmemoraciones de su aniversario 75- se realizará la función oficial de lanzamiento de la gira de la obra del Teatro Nacional Chileno por seis localidades del norte y sur del país. Entre el 2 y el 20 de octubre, la obra escrita por Alejandro Sieveking tendrá funciones en Alto Hospicio, Tocopilla, Antofagasta, Puerto Mont, Curaco de Vélez y Ancud.

Académicos participaron de conversatorio sobre convivencia

Reflexionar, dialogar y llegar a consensos en torno a la convivencia universitaria, con el fin de ir avanzando hacia una política institucional respecto al tema, fueron los ejes del conversatorio "La Convivencia en el Ámbito Académico de la Universidad de Chile", organizado por la Vicerrectoría de Asuntos Estudiantiles y Comunitarios (VAEC).Tras el Lanzamiento de la Iniciativa de Convivencia Universitaria de la Vicerrectoría de Asuntos Estudiantiles y Comunitarios, efectuado en el mes de mayo en Casa Central, este miércoles 21 de septiembre se desarrolló en

Trade Secrets e sua possibilidade de utilização no Direito Brasileiro

Apesar de carecer de conceituação legal no Brasil, o Trade Secret vem atraindo cada vez mais a atenção nas discussões sobre propriedade intelectual. Chamado por aqui também de Segredo de Negócio, o trade secret pode ser qualquer fórmula, método de negócio, compilação de dados, métodos de organização de informação, know how, modelo de negócio, que por ser mantido em sigilo, tenha valor. O valor aqui é medido pela vantagem competitiva dessa empresa no mercado em virtude do seu segredo de negócio.

Sign up for JuryX: Deliberations for Social Change

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In this free online course taught by Berkman Klein Center founder Charlie Nesson, you'll learn to deliberate emotionally charged issues with your peers online without fear or rancor, and experience a system by which a jury, or any community, can move from a place of deep division to agreement and action.

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Direito Rio recebe convidado internacional para apresentar Programa de LL.M. da New York Univeristy

Evento será realizado no dia 18 de outubroA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio) promove no próximo dia 18 de outubro, às 13h, a palestra “NYU Law Information on LL.M. Program”. A sessão informativa será ministrada em inglês por Lauren Goslin, responsável pelo processo de admissão da divisão de pós-graduação (Graduate Admissions) da faculdade de direito da New York University (NYU Law).

Stanford Researchers Seek Court Documents Ordering Companies to Help Government Defeat Encryption

Researchers at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society (CIS) filed a petition yesterday seeking to unseal judicial records in San Francisco federal district court. Their goal is to reveal how the federal government uses U.S. law to obligate smartphone manufacturers and Internet companies to decrypt private user data, turn over encryption keys, or otherwise assist law enforcement with digital surveillance.
Location

United States

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Innovations in Open Grantmaking

New Report by Andrew Young, Andrew Miller and Beth Simone Noveck at GrantCraft: “Of its $4.1 trillion fiscal year 2016 budget, the U.S. federal government and its grantmaking agencies will give out billions of dollars in the form of grants to states, localities, and individuals, supporting a dizzying array of activities, from scientific research and economic development to arts, culture, and education.

Facebook, World Bank and OECD Link Up to Gather Data

Paul Hannon in the Wall Street Journal: “Social media potentially offers cheaper and more timely way to survey firms and gauge the economy…Facebook has teamed up with the World Bank and the OECD to launch a new measure of business sentiment based on questioning companies that use their Facebook pages to connect with customers.

Violence against Women: Et tu, Internet?

In its beginnings, it was hoped that the internet would transcend the biases and discrimination that characterize offline spaces- to emerge as a frontier for gender equality. In line with the “cyborg manifesto” put forth by the feminist scholar Donna Haraway- identities on the internet were to become sexless or genderless, paving the way for […]