Republished excerpt of article by Lucas Mearian, Senior Reporter, Computerworld

Joy Buolamwini, a doctoral student at the Center for Civic Media at the MIT Media Lab, and Deborah Raji, an undergraduate at the University of Toronto, released an important piece of research on January 25, an analysis of commercial facial analysis tools that indicated that most of these tools perform better on white male faces than they do on black female faces. Specifically, Buolamwini and Raji tested to see whether machine learning models could identify […]

That’s what a recent global brand study sought to research as part of the Wikimedia movement’s planning towards our ambitious 2030 strategic goals. The study was led by Wolff Olins, an international brand consultancy, and directed by the Wikimedia Foundation’s Communications department.

Page Type: Eventlunch22 maggio 2019
Don Luca Peyron (Arcidiocesi di Torino – Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore – Milano)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 22/05/2019 - 13:00 to 14:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

Last year, we published “The Dawn of New Digital Rights for Finnish Citizens,” about the launch of the New Digital Rights MOOC, a collaboration between Open Knowledge Finland and the Internet Society’s Finland Chapter.

Die Abteilung für Biologische Psychologie und Sozialpsychologie (Leitung: Prof. Dr. Bettina Pause) untersucht die Bedeutung des Körpergeruchs in sozialen Situationen. Dieser enthält eine Fülle von Informationen, die dem Menschen in seinem Alltag nicht immer bewusst werden. Redewendungen wie „jemanden gut riechen können“ oder „sich gegenseitig beschnuppern“ haben wissenschaftlich betrachtet Hand und Fuß.

Die Bundesregierung sieht die Forschungserkenntnisse des Projekts ABIDA (Assessing Big Data) als einen Beitrag zur weiteren Entwicklung ihrer Strategie zur Künstlichen Intelligenz an. Im Rahmen einer Kleinen Anfrage (BT-Drs. 19/4473) hatte die FDP-Bundestagsfraktion unter anderem gefragt, inwieweit der Diskriminierungsschutz durch und bei Algorithmen Teil der Strategie Künstliche Intelligenz der Bundesregierung sei.

Le Centre de Recherche en Droit Public est heureux d’annoncer la nomination de Patrick Ibrahim CONGO au poste de Professeur assistant en droit privé à la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Ouaga II.

La Facultad de Comunicación celebra su sesenta aniversario
Antiguos alumnos como Covadonga O´Shea, José María Irujo, Javier Errea, Luisa Alli, Natxo López y Paula Parcha han recordado su paso por la facultad y han analizado el futuro de la comunicación

De izquierda a derecha, Covadonga O´Shea, José María Irujo, Javier Errea, Charo Sádaba, Luisa Alli, Natxo López y Paula Parcha
FOTO: Manuel Castells

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Die Grafikreihe "HHU Facts" zeigt kurz und knapp interessante Fakten rund um die HHU auf: Thema heute sind günstige Kulturangebote für die Studierenden an der HHU.
Alle bisher veröffentlichten Motive auf einen Blick finden Sie in der Bildergalerie (in Vorbereitung).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch ein interessantes Statistik-Thema rund um die HHU? Die HHU-Webredaktion ist offen für weitere Motive und freut sich über jede Anregung / Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Open innovation – the strategic opening of innovation processes for external or even lay persons – is not yet very widespread in Germany. Other countries are already much further along, as two examples from Scandinavia show. The article by guest author Christin Skiera was previously published in Merton Magazin. The following article is currently only…
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DGOV Council Berlin (dgov.foundation twitter @dgovearth #dgov ) was an event organised by inblock.io events which took place in Berlin 26th-28th in Fullnode and Betahaus.

About the DGOV Council

(Reposted from the DGov Wiki)

Venue: Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Lisbon, Portugal

Date: 6 – 8th November 2019

Organiser: Centre for International Studies (CEI-IUL)

The second international conference “Social Solidarity Economy and the Commons” will be a meeting point for researchers, activists, public officials and social entrepreneurs involved in social and solidarity economy, governance of the commons and new social movements in different parts of the world.

The post IViR receives donation for new ‘Information Law and Policy Lab’ appeared first on IVIR.

Der Valentinstag steht vor der Tür, am 14. Februar werden Unmengen an Schnittblumen verschenkt. Aber auch das ganze Jahr hindurch bringen sie als Dekoration Farbe und ein Stück Natur in Wohnräume und Büros. Laut einer Importstatistik der Vereinten Nationen liegt der weltweite Handelswert für Schnittblumen bei rund 4 Milliarden US-Dollar. Dabei stellen Europa (66,7%), die USA (19,3%) und Japan (10,7%) die größten Abnehmer. Allein die Deutschen geben im Durchschnitt rund 100 Euro pro Kopf im Jahr für Schnittblumen und Zierpflanzen aus.

The P2P Lab is happy to announce the launch of “Co-create with Tzoumakers: Open source agriculture workshop”, celebrating the gathering of designers, makers and farmers who are adapting to the digitised world. The workshop will be hosted at the rural makerspace “Tzoumakers”, which is located in NW Greece.

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Introduction and background

It was almost exactly five years ago that a reform of EU copyright was included in the European Commission’s list of priorities. The setting of that priority was followed by several public consultations, countless public events, and many face-to-face meetings. In 2016, the Commission made a proposal for what this reform would look like.

The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that supports the free knowledge platform Wikipedia, today announces that Victoria Coleman has stepped down from her role as Chief Technology Officer.
“Victoria joined us two years ago with the mandate to expand our system redundancies and refine our approach to technical program operations. I appreciate all her contributions and wish her well in the future,” said Katherine Maher, Executive Director, Wikimedia Foundation.

The Southeast Asia region is one of the fastest growing regions in the world today. With rich natural resources, it has evolved into a highly industrialized region, inviting investors from all over the world. The riches however, are not enjoyed by all. According to one ASEAN report, close to 36 million of its population are still living below the international poverty line, with 90% of these people in Indonesia or the Philippines.

Acordo foi assinado no último dia 30No último dia 30, o Núcleo de Estudos Brasil-China da FGV Direito Rio e o Conselho Empresarial Brasil-China (CEBC) firmaram um Acordo de Cooperação Científica e Acadêmica com o objetivo de desenvolver estudos e análises sobre a China e sobre a relação entre os dois países. A assinatura do acordo foi realizada na presença do Vice-Diretor da Escola, Antonio Maristrello Porto, o Coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos Brasil-China, Evandro Menezes de Carvalho,  o Presidente do CEBC, Embaixador Luiz Augusto de Castro Neves, e o Diretor Roberto Fendt.