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Los políticos tienden a actuar sin basarse en la evidencia científica

De visita en nuestro país, el especialista, que participa como investigador senior del nuevo Núcleo Milenio para Mejorar la Salud Mental de Adolescentes y Jóvenes (Imhay), conversó respecto a la importancia de visibilizar las enfermedades mentales para disminuir el estigma, y para detectar y tratar los trastornos tempranamente.Durante este año, la Organización Mundial de la Salud ha centrado sus mensajes y esfuerzos en la salud mental de los adolescentes con el objetivo de prevenir la aparición de trastornos y evitar que estos se extiendan a la edad adulta y así mermen la c

I'm Asking a Federal Court to Unseal Its Secret Docket in a Facebook Messenger Wiretapping Case

Today, I joined the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in moving to unseal a sealed case in federal district court in the Eastern District of California.
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United States

Motion to Unseal Court Records Concerning US DOJ Motion to Compel Facebook

Encryption helps human rights workers, activists, journalists, financial institutions, innovative businesses, and governments protect the confidentiality, integrity, and economic value of their activities. However, strong encryption may mean that governments cannot make sense of data they would otherwise be able to lawfully access in a criminal or intelligence investigation.
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United States

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Motion to Unseal Court Records Concerning US DOJ Motion to Compel Facebook

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United States

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Author(s): Riana PfefferkornPublication Date: November 28, 2018Publication Type: Litigation BriefMotion to unseal the docket and court's legal reasoning in a sealed case wherein the Department of Justice allegedly sought to compel Facebook to comply with a wiretap order for Facebook's end-to-end encrypted voice calling app, Messenger. 

The anatomy of search: The root of the problem

A galloping overview
As we have done before, let’s get a bird’s-eye view of the parts of the search process: text comes in and gets processed and stored in a database (called an index); a user submits a query; documents that match the query are retrieved from the index, ranked based on how well they match the query, and presented to the user. That sounds easy enough, but each step hides a wealth of detail. Today we’ll focus on the last part of the step where “text gets processed”—and look at stemming, stop words, and thesauri.

The European Commission's Google Cases - Lessons for Antitrust Enforcement in Hi-Tech Markets

RSVP is required for this free event. December 6, 2018Stanford Law School

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat

You’re invited to hear noted researcher Marion Nestle discuss the intersection of marketing and science in the food industry as she discusses her new book, “Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat.”
With Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor and Professor Emerita, NFS, NYU Steinhardt.

The Future of Governments, from Data to A.I.

The Future of Democracy Working Group at the Institute for Public Knowledge and the GovLab at NYU invite you to a conversation between César A. Hidalgo and José L. Martí.

Collective Intelligence and Democracy

The Future of Democracy Working Group at the Institute for Public Knowledge and the GovLab at NYU invite you to join a conversation and lunch with Geoff Mulgan.

Government By The People, With the People: How g0v.tw is Transforming gov.tw, Four Years After the Sunflower Occupy Movement

The Future of Democracy Working Group at the Institute for Public Knowledge and the GovLab at NYU invite you to a conversation between Audrey Tang and Beth Simone Noveck.

New Report: Major Online Retailers Increase Email Marketing Trustworthiness and Follow Unsubscribe Best Practices

Today, the Internet Society’s Online Trust Alliance released its fifth annual Email Marketing & Unsubscribe Audit. OTA researchers analyzed the email marketing practices of 200 of North America’s top online retailers and, based on this analysis, offered prescriptive advice to help marketers provide consumers with choice and control over when and what messages they receive.

The Universe of [  ] Images Symposium 23 November

“The long-held idea of images as proof of reality vanished. Washed away by manipulative practices of image production our hyper-visual media streams have become highly subjective and emotional. Authenticity claims to be the new challenge while power structures shift and users become creators.”

​NTU Singapore and TTSH invent smart medical device for early intervention of congestive heart failure

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​NTU Singapore and TTSH invent smart medical device for early intervention of congestive heart failure

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The Third India School on Internet Governance

The third edition of the India School on Internet Governance (inSIG) took place from 13–15 October 2018 at the India International Centre in New Delhi in partnership with the Internet Society Indian Chapters: Delhi, Trivandrum, Mumbai, and Kolkata.  It was supported by the Beyond the Net Funding Programme with the participation of Olaf Kolkman, the Internet Society’s Chief Internet Technology Officer.

Kunst am UKD: „Seismographische Aufzeichnungen“ mit Hilfe der Radiologie

Hierfür hat die Künstlerin dreidimensionale Balsaholz-Modelle am Düsseldorfer Klinikum durch einen Computertomographen (CT) gescannt und die Bilder anschließend bearbeitet. Die Ausstellungseröffnung findet am Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2018, ab 18 Uhr im Foyer von ZOM II mit Ansprachen von Prof. Dr. Gerald Antoch, Direktor des UKD-Instituts für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie, und Kunsthistoriker Dr.

Artificial Intelligence from a European perspective

International and interdisciplinary: a network of 26 Internet research institutes is researching the social challenges of digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI). At a conference in Haifa, young researchers will present their results on legal and ethical implications of AI and the ongoing work of the network will be discussed. Berlin, 28 November 2017…

HHU - Nostalgia - Baustellen auf dem neu entstehenden Campus der HHU, 1973

Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß! 
Hier geht es zur kompletten Galerie (Übersichtsseite).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch noch ein interessantes "historisches" Foto der HHU? Die HHU-Bildredaktion freut sich über jede Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Rainer Maria Kardinal Woelki trifft Lehrende aller Düsseldorfer Hochschulen

Woelki bezeichnete in seiner Begrüßung die Digitalisierung als Kulturrevolution, die Licht und Schatten in sich berge und machte deutlich: „Die Arbeitswelt 4.0 fordert auch den Sozialstaat 4.0.“ Es dürfe nicht sein, dass Menschen durch die Digitalisierung auf der Strecke blieben und ihrer Würde beraubt würden.

System Reset to Sustainable Manufacturing

Disruptive Innovation Festival – DIF: Imagine if we built an economic system built on abundance rather than scarcity. Taking advantage of the latest digital tools, computational power, material science, biomimicry and a somewhat older idea – the commons – this new system could have the power to transform how we live and work.