Readers of our blog and wiki will have noted various references to the labour mutual SMart. We find this an important movement and mutualistic solution for the autonomous workers that are becoming more and more numerous, but also ever more precarious, in our western societies. SMart membership converts income into wages, and thus into access to social protection, while also guaranteeing the payment of the invoices through a mutual guarantee fund, along with a number of other mutualized support services.

Digital Platforms like Yammer, Slack or Sharepoint are ushering in a new era of communication and collaboration within enterprises. They have got what it takes to boost the productivity and... MORE
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Zeynep Tufekci in Wired: “…In today’s networked environment, when anyone can broadcast live or post their thoughts to a social network, it would seem that censorship ought to be impossible. This should be the golden age of free speech.
And sure, it is a golden age of free speech—if you can believe your lying eyes….

Rohith Jyothish at FastCompany: “India’s national scheme holds the personal data of more than 1.13 billion citizens and residents of India within a unique ID system branded as Aadhaar, which means “foundation” in Hindi. But as 

It is with a heavy heart that I report to Internauts everywhere that one of the early pioneers of the ARPANET and Internet has passed away. Pål Spilling was at the Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (NDRE) at a time when an ARPANET node was installed at Kjeller, Norway. The satellite link was shared between the ARPANET and the Norwegian Seismic Array (NORSAR) system that was used to monitor Soviet underground nuclear testing to assure the tests did not exceed the test ban treaty limits.

Brad Smith at the Microsoft Blog: “Today Microsoft is releasing a new book, The Future Computed: Artificial Intelligence and its role in society. The two of us have written the foreword for the book, and our teams collaborated to write its contents. As the title suggests, the book provides our perspective on where AI technology is going and the new societal issues it has raised.

In October 2015, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. One of the primary concerns of this petition was to decide on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, which has since been upheld. Other similar petitions, concerned with the legitimacy of […]

A few weeks ago we informed the community about the fact that Kathy Brown was not going to seek another extension of her contract and, thus, a CEO search process had started at the Internet Society (ISOC). Please read my previous blog post for background.
In particular, we had asked the community to send us preliminary input, which is treated as confidential within the ISOC board, to the following email address:

Press release (in German) on the kick-off of the project Digital REseArch Mining (DREAM) organised by HIIG and the FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik. Throughout the project,  researchers of both institutes will... MORE
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Sarah Derouin at Scientific American: “Orbiting satellites can warn us of bad weather and help us navigate to that new taco joint. Scientists are also using data satellites to solve a worldwide problem: predicting cholera outbreaks.

David G. Post, reviewing what the original Law and Borders paper got right (and what it got wrong), noted that the central dilemma it had identified—the conflict between an a-territorial global network and an international legal system with territoriality at its core—had certainly proved to be a profoundly challenging one.

Sophie in ‘t Veld (European Parliament) in a Special Issue of Internet Policy Review on Political micro-targeting edited by Balazs Bodo, Natali Helberger and Claes de Vreese: “Democracy is valuable and vulnerable, which is reason enough to remain alert for new developments that can undermine her. In recent months, we have seen enough examples of the growing impact of personal data in campaigns and elections.

Formatura - Graduação20h00O Evento: A Formatura é um dos momentos mais aguardados para alunos de graduação. Para que esse momento seja inesquecível para formandos e familiares, a FGV DIREITO RIO organiza uma grande festa de formatura, para que fique marcada para sempre como um momento muito especial.
Chegou o momento tão aguardado pelos alunos da turma de 2010.1. Parabéns a todos os formandos.
Observação: Evento fechado para convidados
Local: Sofitel Copacabana. Av. Atlântica, 4240 - Copacabana

"Me siento agradecido de los académicos que me depositaron su confianza para dirigir la Facultad por estos próximos cuatro años. Hoy nuestra misión es ser creativos para vencer las dificultades que afectan a la Educación Superior y el financiamiento de la Investigación en el país", señaló el profesor Squella agradeciendo la confianza de los académicos. Con el 64,7 por ciento de los votos válidamente emitidos, Arturo Squella Serrano resultó reelegido decano electo de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas de la Universidad de Chile por el período 2018-2022.

"Diálogos sobre identidades, culturas y patrimonios", es el nombre de esta versión de la Escuela de Temporada de la U. de Chile y, justamente, este último concepto, es uno de los que más se asocia al Archipiélago de Chiloé, principalmente a sus iglesias.

El 25 por ciento de la forma cómo las personas envejecen depende de la genética, mientras el otro 75 por ciento está asociado a los factores externos, entre los cuales los estilos de vida tienen un rol preponderante.

El acuerdo incluiría la capacitación de investigadores en el uso de instrumentos científicos de vanguardia, y el intercambio de estudiantes de posgrado y posdoctorado, además de abrir nuevas oportunidades para el cuerpo académico de ambas instituciones.Con el objetivo de colaborar en educación e investigación de posgrado en el área de Farmacología y Bioquímica, la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas de la Universidad de Chile firmó un convenio de colaboración con la Universidad de Mississippi (UM), con especial foco en las colaboraciones de investigación y los int

A teatro lleno y al son de la música del conjunto Bordemar y del trío Ensamble Violeta, la cuarta versión de la Escuela de Temporada en regiones de la U. de Chile dio su puntapié inicial a esta semana de actividades, que se extenderá hasta el 12 de diciembre. Con la presencia de autoridades, académicos, músicos, artistas y actores locales, la ciudadanía de Ancud celebró esta iniciativa que retoma las Escuelas de Verano en Chiloé de los '60 que emprendió la Casa de Bello en la zona.

Con el objetivo de contribuir a la reflexión y el análisis crítico, y abrir el acceso a nuevas fuentes patrimoniales resguardadas en la Universidad, el Archivo Central Andrés Bello presentó dos libros pedagógicos que rescatan los cancioneros populares de principios del siglo XX, y los contenidos de la muestra "Momento Constituyente", albergada en la Sala Museo Gabriela Mistral. Profesores de básica y media de diversos colegios y liceos de Santiago participaron de la actividad.Los libros pedagógicos "Cancioneros populares de los siglos XIX y XX.