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Navigating Theory on Demand: try out our new web platform for reading


Navigating Theory on Demand is a new way of reading, interacting and working with an e-publication. In collaboration with the PublishingLab a new reading platform has been developed for the Theory on Demand series to make the publications easily readable and browsable online. Léna Robin, Josip Batinic and Lucia Dossin have researched, designed and developed the platform in an ongoing design process.

The Reform of the e-Privacy Directive: How to get it right?

Presentation delivered at the public conference organized by the Greens/EFA, 6 April 2016, European Parliament, Brussels.

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How Governments Can Clear the Road for Self-Driving Cars

Author(s): Bryant Walker SmithPublication Date: April 8, 2016Publication Type: Other WritingSo you've decided that your state should have self-driving cars. How, then, do you catch the attention of the Googles, Volvos and Navyas of the world that are developing and even deploying these vehicles?

Apple v. FBI: Feds will continue fight over iPhone in New York case

Date published: April 8, 2016"Legal experts say the government may be forced in the New York case to provide further details about its independent efforts to unlock iPhones, and suggested the Justice Department is pressing forward because it does not want to leave Orenstein's ruling in place for other courts to follow.
"I think this is really about not leaving Orenstein's opinion in place because they hate it," said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at Stanford's Center for Internet & Society."

Rector Vivaldi se reunió con Contralor Jorge Bermúdez

Constituir una comunicación más fluida entre la Contraloría General de la República y las universidades del Estado y la flexibilización del sistema administrativo de estos planteles para optimizar sus procesos internos, fueron algunos de los temas que se trataron en la reunión.Hasta la Contraloría General de la República llegó el Rector de la Universidad de Chile, profesor Ennio Vivaldi este lunes 21 de marzo, para reunirse con el

BANCH regresa a Gran Teatro Nacional de Lima para revivir éxito 2015

"Tengo más de mil años de recuerdos", "Cuarteto" y "Cuéntame la danza", son las obras que el Ballet Nacional Chileno (BANCH) presentará en lo que será su segunda visita a la capital peruana. Las creaciones de Mathieu Guilhaumon, director artístico del BANCH, serán exhibidas ante el público limeño, además de instancias con objetivos educacionales.En marzo del año pasado el Ballet Nacional Chileno (BANCH) se presentó por primera vez en el Gran Teatro Nacional de Lima. La experiencia fue todo un éxito.

Importante descubrimiento sobre radiación de agujeros negros

Tras investigaciones y cálculos, el equipo científico cuantificó la radiación capturada por las nubes que rodean los agujeros negros, mientras éstos se alimentan. El descubrimiento aparecerá el próximo viernes en la revista científica Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.Películas y series de ciencia ficción como "Interestelar" o "Viaje a las Estrellas" han traído a los agujeros negros desde lo más profundo del Universo hasta nuestras ojos.

El cine con mirada de género se toma la pantalla grande en FEMCINE

Este martes 29 de marzo se inauguró este certamen cinematográfico que gratuitamente trae una nutrida oferta de películas, diálogos y actividades de formación, algunas de las cuales se realizarán en la Casa Central de la Universidad de Chile, como el Cine Foro Amanda Labarca. Con esto, el Festival de Cine de Mujeres invita al público a mirar las relaciones de género desde otro punto de vista.

Data and Humanitarian Response

The GovLab: “As part of an ongoing effort to build a knowledge base for the field of opening governance by organizing and disseminating its learnings, the GovLab Selected Readings series provides an annotated and curated collection of recommended works on key opening governance topics.

Interview with Hilde Van den Bulck on Media Policy and Celebrity Activism

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Organizational Routines: How They Are Created, Maintained, and Changed

Book edited by Jennifer Howard-Grenville, Claus Rerup, Ann Langley, and Haridimos Tsoukas: “Over the past 15 years, organizational routines have been increasingly investigated from a process perspective to challenge the idea that routines are stable entities that are mindlessly enacted.

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India's driverless Metro: Unlike cars, robo-trains are hurtling forward

Date published: April 7, 2016"“Tracks – especially dedicated tracks – are an important simplifier that automated road vehicles don't enjoy,” says Bryant Walker Smith, an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, who studies the technology, in an email to The Christian Science Monitor.The Christian Science Monitor

Where Are The Panama Papers? Governments May Pester Amazon, But Good Luck Getting In

Date published: April 7, 2016"“It isn’t a clear-cut answer in terms of who has access to or can compel production of the Panama Papers,” said Albert Gidari, director of privacy at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.International Business Times

India's biometric database crosses billion-member mark

India's biometric database notched up one billion members on Monday, as the government sought to allay concerns about privacy breaches in the world's biggest such scheme.
The news by AFP was published by Daily Mail, UK on April 4, 2016. Sunil Abraham gave inputs.

What Should We Do About Big Data Leaks?

Paul Ford at the New Republic: “I have a great fondness for government data, and the government has a great fondness for making more of it. Federal elections financial data, for example, with every contribution identified, connected to a name and address. Or the results of the census.