Paper by Dennis Broeders in Philosophy & Technology: “Who can still keep a secret in a world in which everyone and everything are connected by technology aimed at charting and cross-referencing people, objects, movements, behaviour, relationships, tastes and preferences?
Guilo Quaggiotto at Nesta: “If you were looking for the cutting edge of the development sector, where would you go these days? You would probably look at startups like Premise who have predicted food trends 25 days faster than national statistics in Brazil, or GiveDirectly who are pushing the boundaries on evidence – from RCTs to new ways of mapping poverty – to fast track the adoption of cash transfers.
Open Reblock: “In the developed world, we take it for granted that every home or place of work has access to basic services. This includes clean water, electricity, sanitation, and access for emergency vehicles in case of need, such as ambulances or fire trucks. But this is far from being the rule in most developing cities and is a particularly stark challenge in informal settlements (slums), home for over 1 billion people around the world.
“GIS Research Methods: Incorporating Spatial Perspectives shows researchers how to incorporate spatial thinking and geographic information system (GIS) technology into research design and analysis. Topics include research design, digital data sources, volunteered geographic information, analysis using GIS, and how to link research results to policy and action.
Responsible Data Forum: “The engine room is excited to release new adaptations of the responsible development data book that we now fondly refer to as, “The Hand-Book of the Modern Development Specialist: Being a Complete Illustrated Guide to Responsible Data Usage, Manners & General Deportment.”
Temperatura, presión y humedad relativa de la atmósfera capitalina son algunos de los datos que entregará el equipamiento instalado por el Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia (CR)2 de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas en la azotea del Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, en el marco de la entrada en vigencia de los nuevos planes de descontaminación atmosférica para cuatro ciudades del sur del país.
“Crowdcrafting is a web-based service that invites volunteers to contribute to scientific projects developed by citizens, professionals or institutions that need help to solve problems, analyze data or complete challenging tasks that cant be done by machines alone, but require human intelligence. The platform is 100% open source – that is its software is developed and distributed freely – and 100% open-science, making scientific research accessible to everyone.
Ivan Oransky and Adam Marcus at StatNews: “While some — namely, journal editors and publishers — would like us to consider it the opposable thumb of scientific publishing, the key to differentiating rigor from rubbish, some of those very same people seem to think it’s good for nothing.
Date published: April 16, 2016"Geoffrey King, director of the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Technology Program, said the AFP’s actions were “obviously outrageous”.
“This should not be happening. But it is the inevitable result of mandatory data retention and mass surveillance, which is neither necessary nor proportional to any threat,” King said. “It doesn’t line up with the values that we all adhere to, to good counter-terrorism strategy, and it certainly doesn’t line up with a free and open society where journalists can do their jobs.”"
ICANN recently announced the successful evaluation of four additional proposed IDN (Internationalized Domain Names) ccTLD strings for India. This was done through a fast track process that was approved by the ICANN Board in 2009. After the successful evaluation of the four new IDN strings (Malayalam, Kannada, Bengali and Oriya), the next step will be string […]
La Facultad de Comunicación presenta en Madrid su Grado en Marketing
Encuentro con Marcos de Quinto, máximo responsable de marketing en The Coca-Cola Company, entrevistado por el profesor Xavier Oliver
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Álvaro Pérez Arieta
Blogpost at Kluwer Copyright Blog, 14 April 2016.
W tygodniu, w którym w Krakowie trwa Open Education Global Conference, piszemy o najnowszej decyzji rzecznika generalnego Trybunału Sprawiedliwości UE w sprawie linkowania, badaniu poświęconemu procedurze notice and take down i nowych pozwach o plagiat w muzycznym świecie. Zachęcamy również do lektury listu, którego jesteśmy jednym z sygnatariuszy, nawołującego Komisję Europejską do ambitnej reformy europejskiego prawa autorskiego oraz do obejrzenia filmu nt. geoblockingu.
Date published: April 15, 2016"In an e-mail to Ars regarding the reconsideration request, EFF lawyer Daniel Nazer pointed out that Garfum already argued this application was relevant to its case, and that was rejected by the judge.Ars Technica
Author(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: April 15, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingThe latest Crypto War is being fought on multiple fronts: behind closed doors, in thecourts, and now in Congress. On April 13, Sens.
Date published: April 15, 2016""They're related, as far as we know, only by the fact that they're city employees," said Richard Forno, assistant director of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Center for Cybersecurity. "There's still not enough to go on to say the city is to blame here.""
The Baltimore Sun
Date published: April 15, 2016"This lawsuit comes on the heels of the Apple case, in which Tim Cook and Apple stood up to the FBI. As in the Apple case, this suit goes to show that in the cloud-computing age “we need to be able to rely upon digital intermediaries in order to protect our civil liberties,” Washington University law professor Neil M.
Preguntas sobre el financiamiento estatal a la educación privada, sobre el rol de la educación pública en el desarrollo y el gasto en materia educativa como inversión estratégica fueron algunos de los temas que marcaron la cuarta sesión del "Seminario Permanente: una mirada internacional de la Educación Superior Estatal", en el que expusieron los destacados académicos estadounidenses Martin Carnoy y Henry Brady.“Es cierto que el sistema educacional debe dar opciones a quienes no están de acuerdo con lo que el Estado le está proporcionando como educación, la gran pre
CONTROVERSIAL CYBER CRIME BILL APPROVED BY NA, PAKISTAN HERALD On April 13, Pakistan’s National Assembly approved the Prevention of Electronic Crimes Bill, which has been criticized by IT industry and civil society for restricting human rights. If it passes the...