As we get closer to Open Data Day 2018, we keep working to make this year’s events really awesome. To achieve this we have some good news for you:
We now will support one more track of Open Data Day events! The new track is Open Data for Equal Development and it’s sponsored by OKI through the Hewlett Foundation.
We define equal development as ending the structural barriers that make it harder for some groups in societies to access their rights, goods or services.

Auch in diesem Jahr gab es wieder allen Grund zum Feiern. So wurden am Freitag, den 19. Januar 2018 die Zertifikate für die erfolgreiche Absolvierung der Zusatzausbildung im Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht sowie für die Zusatzausbildung im Gewerblichen Rechtsschutz überreicht. Anlässlich der feierlichen Verleihung war Herr Prof. Dr. Bühling zu Gast, der als besonderen Höhepunkt einen Festvortrag zum Thema  „Gewerblicher Rechtsschutz und Autonomes Fahren – Neue Herausforderungen in modernen Zeiten“ hielt.

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General Theory of the Precariat is essential reading for all commoners that want to think through the right strategy for social change. It squarely places itself from the point of few of the new social groups (or classes in formation, as its author, Alex Foti would have it) that have grown under the conditions of neoliberalism and its decline — or in other words, under the emergence of cognitive capitalism or ‘informationalism’.

(This update of my 2015 account is based mostly on the report by Dafermos, 2017.)

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Emma Martinho-Truswell in the Harvard Business Review: “A public school teacher grading papers faster is a small example of the wide-ranging benefits that artificial intelligence could bring to the public sector. A.I could be used to make government agencies more efficient, to improve the job satisfaction of public servants, and to increase the quality of services offered.

Liz Sly at Washington Post: “An interactive map posted on the Internet that shows the whereabouts of people who use fitness devices such as Fitbit also reveals highly sensitive information about the locations and activities of soldiers at U.S. military bases, in what appears to be a major security oversight.

Florence Engasser and Sonia Nasser at Nesta: “In a context where complexity and unpredictability increasingly form part of the decision-making process, our policymakers need new tools to help them experiment, explore different scenarios and weigh the trade-offs of a decision in a safe, pressure-free environment.
Simulation brings the potential for more creative, efficient and effective policymaking

At the Internet Society, we are worried about the state of the Internet today. This global “network of networks” is now a critical part of our daily lives. We use it to communicate and connect with our families, friends, co-workers and customers. It is the engine that powers the global economy. It is our source of entertainment, of education, and of information. The Internet brings so many opportunities to all.
But… those opportunities are now under attack from several threats:

Muito provavelmente, você já deve ter notado que, ao utilizar uma rede social como o Facebook, o Instagram, entre outras, surgem diversos anúncios patrocinados ao longo do seu feed. Talvez tenha percebido, também, que, muitas vezes, os produtos anunciados são justamente itens pelos quais você havia pesquisado online pouco tempo antes de acessar a rede social.

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Rosar, Dekan der Philosophischen Fakultät, beglückwünschte die erfolgreichen Absolventen seiner Fakultät. Studiendekan Prof. Dr. Helmut Brall-Tuchel ergänzte: „Etwas abgeschlossen zu haben, gibt immer ein gutes Gefühl. Jeder Absolvent und jeder Abschluss an unserer Fakultät bedeutet einen Gewinn für beide Seiten.“

The Media Cloud project (http://mediacloud.org) is seeking a Researcher/Community Manager to conduct research on media manipulation and to work with social change organizations to analyze conversations in digital media. The Media Cloud platform is a set of online tools for monitoring and measuring online media coverage. After becoming proficient in the use of the Media Cloud tool suite, the Researcher/Community Manager will contribute to ongoing research and help partner organizations explore online media coverage of issues related to their goals.

Das seit März 2017 gesperrte Parkdeck P1 ist abgerissen worden. Die nun wieder hergestellten ebenerdigen Plätze (P1) stehen ab sofort wieder als Parkfläche bereit.
Ebenso wieder nutzbar ist der Hörsaal 6J (Gebäude 26.41). Dieser war seit Dezember vergangenen Jahres wegen einer Sanierung gesperrt.

Das Universitätsorchester der HHU feiert in diesem Jahr sein 30-jähriges Bestehen. Unter der Leitung der Akademischen Musikdirektorin Silke Löhr bringt es zu diesem Anlass an zwei Terminen ein musikalisches Feuerwerk zu Gehör: Im Programm "Hexensabbat" drehen sich die verschiedenen märchenhaften, tänzerischen und mystischen Kompositionen alle um das Thema Hexen.
Die Verlosung von 6x2 Karten für das Konzert ist beendet! Wir wünschen den Gewinnerinnen und Gewinnern einen schönen Konzertabend.
Alle Termine:

Greg Slabodkin at Information Management: “While the problem of diagnostic errors is widespread in medicine, with an estimated 12 million Americans affected annually, a new approach to quantifying and monitoring these errors has the potential to prevent serious patient injuries, including disability or death.

W tym numerze Kserokopii zachęcamy do lektury tekstów z tygodnia prawa autorskiego oraz analizy tego, co zmiana prezydencji w Unii Europejskiej (obecnie sprawuje ją Bułgaria) może oznaczać dla reformy prawa autorskiego. Ponadto prezentujemy film przedstawiający europosłów sprzeciwiających się pomysłowi cenzury treści online, a także najbardziej medialne sprawy sądowe ze Stanów Zjednoczonych. Miłej lektury!

CO NOWEGO W SIECI
Tydzień prawa autorskiego

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Die „Trends in Microscopy 2018“ (TIM 2018) will deutsche und internationale Forschergruppen zusammenbringen, die im Bereich der Licht- und Elektronenmikroskopie an der Weiterentwicklung von Geräten und Methoden arbeiten, um Erfahrungen auszutauschen. Gleichzeitig soll der Dialog zwischen Technologieentwicklern und Nutzern geführt werden. So sollen die Kenntnisse der neuen Möglichkeiten in der Forschung vertieft und gleichzeitig die Bedarfe der Wissenschaft an die Entwickler zurückgespiegelt werden.

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