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Shubhendu Sharma visitará Chile

El ingeniero industrial de origen indio, que aplicó sus conocimientos de la industria automotriz en el desarrollo de un método de siembra de rápido crecimiento, visitará Chile en el mes de septiembre en el marco del Congreso Iberoamericano de Control de la Erosión y los Sedimentos, organizado por la U. de Chile.“Ayudar a reverdecer el planeta cultivando nuevos bosques en las ciudades y sus alrededores”.

Representante de UNESCO criticó desregulación de la Educación Superior

El director del Instituto Internacional de la UNESCO para la Educación Superior en América Latina y el Caribe, Pedro Henríquez, visitó la Universidad de Chile en el marco de la organización de la III Conferencia Regional de Educación Superior que se realizará este año en la ciudad argentina de Córdoba.

Educators ask for a better copyright

This blog has been reposted from the Open Education Working Group page.
 

Dr. Jan-Markus Kötter aufgenommen

Jan-Markus Kötter wurde 1983 geboren und ist derzeit als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter am Lehrstuhl für Alte Geschichte (Prof. Dr. Bruno Bleckmann) tätig. Er studierte Geschichtswissenschaften und ev. Theologie in Bielefeld, Uppsala und Bonn und wurde 2011 an der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt promoviert. Seit 2011 ist er an der Heinrich-Heine-Universität tätig,  zunächst im NRW-Akademieprojekt „Kleine und fragmentarische Historiker der Spätantike“.

Regenerating a Carbon Drawdown Economy Through Reverse Mining and the Blockchain

This is a very exciting project! Connecting agriculture and finance in this new way is cutting edge and you are really breaking ground with this. My one caution for you is that in emphasizing the rejuvenation of the carbon cycle, you are marginalizing the rejuvenation of the hydrological cycle and the nitrogen cycle.

Ivo Emanuilov presenting for CiTiP in EKSISTENZ at 'Identity in a Changing World' Conference

12 Steps to Post-Growth Sustainable Business

Nobody cares about how we got here. They just want solutions for how to get out of the trap. CEOs are struggling to create value for corporations programmed only to accumulate more capital, drain local economies, and externalize the costs.

[Updated] Exclusive: OnePlus 5T’s Face Unlock feature may have infringed upon SensibleVision’s face recognition patents

The blog post by Nachiket Mhatre was published by mysmartprice on December 22, 2017.
Update
We had reached out to OnePlus early in the morning yesterday (that is, December 22) for an official statement prior to publishing the post later in the evening. Even a day later, as of this update, OnePlus hasn’t issued any clarifying statement either confirming or denying the patent infringement claim made by SensibleVision.

Future Value of Data

Carnegie India with support of Facebook organized a workshop in Bengaluru on January 10, 2018. Sunil Abraham participated in the workshop.
The event focused on the political economy of reform in India, foreign and security policy, and the role of innovation and technology in India's internal transformation and international relations.
Core aims of the workshop included:

Token security or tokenized security?

Implementing a system of tokenization for Aadhaar verification will address the security loopholes highlighted in recent reports.
The article by Manasa Venkataraman and Ajay Patri was published in Livemint on January 9, 2018.

India To Introduce Virtual ID For Aadhaar To Strengthen Privacy

The government will introduce a virtual identification number for Aadhaar to help strengthen privacy following several instances of data leaks.
The blog post was published by Bloomberg Quint on January 11, 2018.

Virtual Aadhaar ID: too little, too late?

Problems persist as many have already shared their 12-digit number with various entities, say experts
The article by Yuthika Bhargava was published in the Hindu on January 11, 2018

UIDAI's Virtual ID, limited KYC does little to protect Aadhaar data already collected, say critics

Aadhaar-issuing body, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), had barely started patting itself on the back for introducing the Virtual ID concept, what CEO Ajay Bhushan Pandey called "one of biggest recent innovations in this field", when detractors came crawling out of the woodwork, all guns blazing.
The article was published in Business Today on January 12, 2018.

Aadhaar Body Talked About Virtual ID 7 Years Ago, Put It Off: UIDAI Chief

"And at that time, it was felt that let us first give Aadhaar number, let us see how it plays out and then, at an appropriate time, this will be introduced," Ajay Bhushan Pandey, the chief executive officer of UIDAI, or the Unique Identification Authority of India said in an interview to NDTV this week. He called it an "extra layer of security" for the 119 crore people issued Aadhaar numbers.

Hammered government offers Virtual ID firewall to protect your Aadhaar

Days after reports surfaced claiming security breaches, the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Wednesday announced the implementation of a new security protocol that would remove the need to divulge Aadhaar numbers during authentication processes and limit third-party access to KYC details.
The article was published in New Indian Express on January 11, 2018.

Bengaluru gives data safety tips to panel

A crucial consultation ahead of the framing of the country's data protection laws witnessed animated discussions here on Saturday.
The article was published in Deccan Herald on January 14, 2018

UIDAI introduces new two-layer security system to improve Aadhaar privacy

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has introduced a system of virtual authentication for citizens enrolled on its database and limited the access available to service providers in a move aimed at allaying widespread concern over security breaches that have dogged the world's largest repository of citizen data.

Nota pública do Instituto de Referência em Internet e Sociedade – IRIS sobre a ADC 51/2017

Ação no STF discute cooperação internacional em casos envolvendo internet e obtenção do conteúdo de comunicações de usuários no estrangeiro

Who Owns Your Ideas and How Does Creativity Happen?

Subtitle

A Conversation with Professor Orly Lobel on her new book You Don’t Own Me: How Mattel v. MGA Entertainment Exposed Barbie’s Dark Side (Norton)

Teaser

Who owns your ideas? How are cultural icons created and who gets to control their image and message? Orly Lobel’s new book

Special Issue on political micro-targeting

Since Cambridge Analytics, micro-targeting is hyped as a tool capable of tailoring political messages to individuals. Shifting the focus away from the US, Internet Policy Review’s new special issue takes... MORE
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