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Alta participación marca nueva edición de la Escuela de Temporada

Este viernes culmina este evento universitario organizado conjuntamente por las universidades de Chile y Tarapacá y el Consejo Nacional de la Cultura y las Artes, con un carnaval cultural con música, danza y la intervención de la académica María Emilia Tijoux. Jóvenes, profesionales de la educación, estudiantes universitarios y representantes de organizaciones sociales han sido parte de este encuentro que reúne a los ariqueños con el mundo académico para reflexionar sobre temas de interés local.

Académicas del INTA lanzan cuarta edición de destacado volumen médico

En una ceremonia encabezada por la directora del Instituto de Nutrición y Tecnología de Alimentos Dr. Fernando Mönckeberg Barros (INTA), Verónica Cornejo, se presentó la cuarta edición del volumen "Errores Innatos en el Metabolismo del Niño", cuyas autoras principales son -además de la Dra. Cornejo- las destacadas académicas del INTA, Marta Colombo y Erna Raimann (QEPD).“Tenemos la obligación de dar a conocer todo aquello que nosotros estudiamos y los resultados a los que llegamos. Eso es algo que ha ido ocurriendo en el tiempo.

NTU and tech firm ELID develop robot to wash and paint high-rise buildings 

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Forecasting Freedom of Information – Why it faces problems—and how experts say they could be solved,

Report by David Cuillier: “People must have access to reliable public information to make informed decisions and hold their elected officials accountable. Without transparent government at all levels—local, state and federal—representative democracy is threatened. For a generation, presidents of both parties have in different ways tightened controls on government information.

First Asia Pacific Workshop on Empirical Methods in Innovation, Intellectual Property and Competition

Rohini Lakshané took part in a workshop organized by Centre for Innovation Intellectual Property & Competition in New Delhi from March 9 to 11, 2017.

The 12-digit conundrum

Even as the Centre plans to link as many as 500 schemes to Aadhaar, concerns over data safety are rising. Richa Mishra reports.
The article by Richa Mishra was published in the Hindu Businessline on March 13, 2017. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

Eight Common Challenges to Scaling Innovation

Jenn Gustetic: “Implementing an innovative approach within the federal government takes relentlessness, stamina, and strategy. It can be incredibly lonely. You are often your own best champion. It can feel impossible– like being the underdog trying to win a sporting match. But after all the frustrations and setbacks, when you win that first match it is also overwhelmingly satisfying.

Uncertainty is key

In order to manufacture internet connectivity, network operators around the globe make a joint effort. As of today, they have interconnected more than 55,000 Autonomous Systems. By the measure of... MORE

Can Technology Save Democracy?

Adele Peters in Fast Company: “On March 11, in a state parliament election in West Australia, 24 candidates made only one campaign promise: If they won, they promised to vote on every bill according to the wishes of their constituents, as determined via an app called

Did artificial intelligence deny you credit?

 in The Conversation: “People who apply for a loan from a bank or credit card company, and are turned down, are owed an explanation of why that happened.

Geospatial big data and cartography: research challenges and opportunities for making maps that matter

Anthony C. Robinson et al in the International Journal Of Cartography; “Geospatial big data present a new set of challenges and opportunities for cartographic researchers in technical, methodological and artistic realms. New computational and technical paradigms for cartography are accompanying the rise of geospatial big data.

Analytics Tools Could Be the Key to Effective Message-Driven Nudging

 in Government Technology: “Appealing to the nuances of the human mind has been a feature of effective governance for as long as governance has existed, appearing prominently in the prescriptions of every great political theorist from Plato to Machiavelli.

Antonio López, Premio Luka Brajnovic de Comunicación 2017 de la Universidad

Antonio López, Premio Luka Brajnovic de Comunicación 2017 de la Universidad
La Facultad de Comunicación otorga este premio a comunicadores que destaquen por defender los valores de libertad, tolerancia y solidaridad

Antonio López.
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Three ways ROUTETOPA promotes Transparency

Data sharing has come a long way over the years. With open source tools, improvements and new features are always quickly on the rise. Serah Rono looks at how ROUTETOPA, a Horizon2020 project advocate for transparency.

Vacancy: Postdoc researcher in Intellectual Property Law

Facebook data 'off-limits' for spy tools

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It’s Time for Facebook to Deal With the Grimy History of Revenge Porn

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Date published: March 14, 2017Wired"Nor was it confined to ex-partners. “Data breaches were starting to be a dime a dozen, and this is when people started hacking into women’s computers and webcams,” Citron says.

Cátedra Jean Monnet recebe diplomata da Organização dos Estados Americanos

Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra palestrou para alunos da Direito RioA Cátedra Jean Monnet, financiada pela Comissão Europeia na FGV Direito Rio, recebeu a diplomata Ana Elizabeth Villalta Vizcarra, diretora geral adjunta do Ministério de Relações Exteriores de El Salvador e membra do Comitê Jurídico Interamericano, na quarta-feira, 8 de março de 2017.

Curso abierto masivo online paliará déficit en educación financiera

Chile tiene un bajo nivel en el manejo de conceptos financieros de uso cotidiano, en especial los jóvenes y los adultos mayores, y pensando en este problema que aqueja al país es que surge "Educación financiera ciudadana", primer curso que la plataforma UAbierta realiza en alianza con otra universidad estatal, la U.

Nueva edición de Palabra Pública aborda las migraciones en Chile

El cuarto número de Palabra Pública indaga en las distintas dimensiones y complejidades sobre el ser migrante en nuestro país a través de columnas, artículos y diálogos. La publicación además rescata el patrimonio cultural de la Universidad en sus museos y cuerpos estables, conversa con el nuevo Presidente FECh, Daniel Andrade, y reflexiona sobre la prensa y la situación internacional con Roberto Savio, periodista y analista político italiano.Palabra Pública presenta su cuarta edición, enfocada a la problemática migratoria en el país.