Please register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/thomas-lohninger-on-net-neutrality-in-europe-whats-next-tickets-42116715229January 25, 2018Berlin

APRICOT 2018 is underway in in Kathmandu, Nepal, and as usual the Internet Society is an active participant in many areas of Asia Pacific’s largest international Internet conference. The workshops are taking place this week, with the conference happening next week. Here are some of the conference activities where we’ll be.
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Nancy Scola at Politico: “Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is quietly cracking open his company’s vast trove of user data for a study on economic inequality in the U.S. — the latest sign of his efforts to reckon with divisions in American society that the social network is accused of making worse.

Le professeur Karim Benyekhlef signe l’article « L’IA et nos principes de justice fondamentale » publié dans le dossier Dimensions éthiques et sociales de l’intelligence artificielle du Forum Options politiques  dont voici un extrait :

Graduierteneinrichtungen nehmen an deutschen Universitäten eine zentrale Rolle in der Qualifizierung des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses ein. Die Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (HHU) gründete im Jahr 2009 mit iGRAD an der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät die erste fächerübergreifende Einrichtung, später folgten die medRSD an der Medizinischen und philGRAD an der Philosophischen Fakultät.

David M. Pritchard and Lyn Carson in The Conversation: “Today elected representatives take the tough decisions about public finances behind closed doors. In doing so, democratic politicians rely on the advice of financial bureaucrats, who, often, cater to the political needs of the elected government.

This recent poll – conducted by the New Economics Foundation – shows that 82% of Uber customers would be likely to use an alternative service with better rights for drivers.
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United States

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I will be participating as keynote speaker and panelist in a very important and I think rather unique symposium whereby various movements will think about converging their strategies.
Thursday, 21 June, 2018 – 18:00 to Saturday, 23 June, 2018 – 13:00
The 4th International Transition Design Symposium
6.00pm Thursday 21st June – 1:00pm, Saturday 23rd June 2018
Dartington Hall, Totnes, Devon

If you go to the Google search box and type "nuance", the first result that shows up is "CCIBSE 0.00 % Judgement on Google". No, we just made that up.
The article by Nirmal John was published in the Economic Times on February 13, 2018

Dear all 2018 Admission Applicants of the Faculty of Communication Arts,
Please note on the B.A. Admissions (International Program) schedule change as follows:
 

Admissions Activity
Old Schedule
New Schedule

Preliminary Applicants Selection Announcement
March 23, 2018
March 28, 2018

Enrollment Confirmation and Receive Clearing-House password
March 28-30, 2018
April 2-4, 2018

 
You may find further details in the official document below.

Ben Wiegand at Scientific American: “The process of medical research has been likened to searching for a needle in a haystack. With the continued acceleration of novel science and health care technologies in areas like artificial intelligence, digital therapeutics and the human microbiome we have tremendous opportunity to search the haystack in new and exciting ways.

George Soros at Project Syndicate: “It takes significant effort to assert and defend what John Stuart Mill called the freedom of mind. And there is a real chance that, once lost, those who grow up in the digital age – in which the power to command and shape people’s attention is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few companies – will have difficulty regaining it.

Book by Paul R. Rosenbaum: “In the daily news and the scientific literature, we are faced with conflicting claims about the effects caused by some treatments, behaviors, and policies. A daily glass of wine prolongs life, or so we are told. Yet we are also told that alcohol can cause life-threatening cancer and that pregnant women should abstain from drinking.

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an interview with Charles Nesson

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Berkman Klein Center Founder and Director Charles Nesson shares his thoughts on how John Perry Barlow helped build the values of the Internet.

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You’ve undoubtedly heard about all sorts of Internet security vulnerabilities and incidents causing harm around the world, but the flip side of all that doom and gloom is all the promising efforts underway to create a more secure, private, and trusted Internet. Starting today and going through Wednesday (18-21 February), the Network and Distributed Systems Security (NDSS) Symposium takes place to present groundbreaking research in the world of Internet security.

Alexandra Borchardt at Project Syndicate: “In a democracy, the rights of the many cannot come at the expense of the rights of the few. In the age of algorithms, government must, more than ever, ensure the protection of vulnerable voices, even erring on victims’ side at times.