NTU Vice President Prof Lam Khin Yong receives Legion of Honour from France
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Russian social network VKontakte temporarily blocked in India for Blue Whale threat
Russian social network Vkontakte, where the suicidal online "game" Blue Whale+ is believed to have originated, was blocked on certain internet service provider networks on Tuesday.
The article by Kim Arora was published in the Times of India on September 12, 2017.
Bate papo com os autores - lançamento dos livros O Direito realiza a Justiça? e Nazismo, Cinema e Direito
Bate papo com os autores - lançamento dos livros O Direito realiza a Justiça? e Nazismo, Cinema e Direito11h00 até 12h00O Evento:
Dia 22 acontece o Bate Papo com os autores dos livros "Nazismo, Cinema e Direito" e "O Direito realiza a Justiça?"
Who serves the poor ? surveying civil servants in the developing world
Worldbank working paper by Daniel Oliver Rogger: “Who are the civil servants that serve poor people in the developing world? This paper uses direct surveys of civil servants — the professional body of administrators who manage government policy — and their organizations from Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan and the Philippines, to highlight key aspects of their characteristics and experience of civil service life.
Want to make your vote really count? Stick a blockchain on it
Niall Firth at New Scientist: “Bitcoin changed the way we think about money forever. Now a type of political cryptocurrency wants to do the same for votes, reinventing how we participate in democracy.
Reforma Tributária: perspectivas para 2017 e lançamento do livro "Tributação e Desigualdade"
Reforma Tributária: perspectivas para 2017 e lançamento do livro "Tributação e Desigualdade"09h00 até 15h00O Evento:
How are Italian Companies Embracing Open Data?
Timi Lewis at The GovLab: “The GovLab and FBK Launch OD200 Italy, the First and Only Comprehensive Mapping of Open Data Use in Italy
Plato and the Nerd. The Creative Partnership of Humans and Technology
MITPress: “In this book, Edward Ashford Lee makes a bold claim: that the creators of digital technology have an unsurpassed medium for creativity. Technology has advanced to the point where progress seems limited not by physical constraints but the human imagination. Writing for both literate technologists and numerate humanists, Lee makes a case for engineering—creating technology—as a deeply intellectual and fundamentally creative process.
Concierto por las universidades del Estado
Este miércoles 30 de agosto la Orquesta Sinfónica Estudiantil y la Big Band de la Facultad de Artes se presentaron en una nueva actividad de la comunidad universitaria, que propone cambios al proyecto de ley sobre universidades estatales presentado por el gobierno. El próximo martes 5 de septiembre la Comisión de Educación de la Cámara de Diputados votará la idea de legislar la propuesta.
Proyecto reúne el aprendizaje de las ciencias con la cultura Rapa Nui
La iniciativa, en la que trabajan conjuntamente el Programa de Enseñanza en Ciencias basado en la Indagación (ECBI) de la U. de Chile y el Programa Experimento de la Fundación Internacional Siemens Stiftung, busca capacitar -de la mano de la cultura local- a los profesores del Colegio Lorenzo Baeza Vega de la isla desde la mirada de la indagación, para la formación científica de los niños y niñas.
Arte, ecología y minería generan cruce disciplinar crítico en el MAC
El análisis del impacto de la minería contemporánea e histórica en los paisajes y las comunidades chilenas es el eje de la exhibición "El Tráfico de la Tierra", elaborada a partir de una investigación del fotógrafo español Xavier Ribas, su homólogo chileno Ignacio Acosta, y la historiadora del arte británica Louise Purbrick.
Estudio U. de Chile comprobó caída en efectividad de franja electoral
La investigación detectó que, en promedio, cada vez menos personas sintonizan y son alcanzadas por dicho espacio informativo. La caída, en términos de rating y alcance, ha sido particularmente acentuada en el grupo de entre 18 y 24 años y en los segmentos de mayores recursos. Además, los autores indicaron que el trabajo corresponde a la primera parte de un esfuerzo por indagar en nuevos modelos de promoción electoral.
Crowdsourcing Accountability: ICT for Service Delivery
Paper by Guy Grossman, Melina Platas and Jonathan Rodden: “We examine the effect on service delivery outcomes of a n
Widzimy się na CopyCampie
W Centrum Cyfrowym zajmujemy się wpływem prawa autorskiego na wiele sfer naszego życia – edukację, naukę, kulturę, rozwój nowych technologii, innowacje, zmiany społeczne. Dlatego też nie mogło nas zabraknąć na tegorocznym CopyCampie – wydarzeniu, które ma na celu stymulowanie dyskusji o społecznych i ekonomicznych aspektach prawa autorskiego w Europie. Stowarzyszenie Communia, którego jesteśmy aktywnym członkiem, jest również oficjalnym partnerem wydarzenia.
Chatbot helps asylum seekers prepare for their interviews
Springwise: “MarHub is a new chatbot developed by students at the University of California-Berkeley’s Haas School of Businessto help asylum seekers through the complicated process of applying to become an official refugee – which can take up to 18 months – and to avoid using smugglers.
Trump’s self-driving car strategy: Don’t regulate self-driving cars
Location
United States
See map: Google Maps
Date published: September 13, 2017Ars Technica""This new policy adjusts the tone but continues much of the substance of last year's document," according to Bryant Walker Smith, a law professor at the University of South Carolina."
How are Italian Companies Embracing Open Data?
The GovLab and FBK Launch OD200 Italy, the First and Only Comprehensive Mapping of Open Data Use in Italy
Are companies embracing the use of open government data? How, why and what data is being leveraged? To answer these questions, the GovLab started a project three years ago, Open Data 500, to map and assess — in a comparative manner, across sectors and countries — the private sector’s use of open data to develop new products and services, and create social value.
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