It has been said that it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism. That might have been true a decade ago, but today, the end of capitalism is becoming more and more plausible — at times it feels inevitable. In fact, at least half of Americans think that capitalism is a fundamentally unfair system, and over a third have a positive view of socialism. These numbers are rather strange for a society where just uttering the word “socialist” in public a generation ago could cost you your job or get you onto some government list.

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United States

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Business Improvement District (BIDs): Reflections from Comparative Law 09h00 até 11h00O Evento: 
O seminário, coordenado pelo Centro de Pesquisa em Direito e Economia (CPDE) e pelo Mestrado Acadêmico em Direito da Regulação, será ministrado pelo Professor Julian Jurgensmeyer, especialista em Direito Urbanístico da Georgia State University, e tem como objetivo discutir as experiências norte-americanas de BIDs e suas possíveis aplicações no contexto brasileiro.
 

Un equipo multidisciplinario compuesto por investigadores del Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica (DIE) de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM), trabajan en una solución para monitorear el tránsito de ballenas para fines de conservación de estos animales en peligro de extinción.

La orquesta una vez más explorará los sonidos del séptimo arte para abordar algunos de los temas de reconocidas películas como Star Wars, Frozen y Toy Story, en interpretaciones que irán acompañadas de la proyección de algunos extractos de los filmes.

Robin Murray was an extraordinarily imaginative, radical and humane economist. His wide range of influences included Marxism, Gandhi and the living experiments around the world that inspired him daily – one of the sources of his tremendous, and infectious, optimism and hope.

Naveen Rajdev at Quartz:” …You don’t want your smart city’s proverbial slip to show, and you don’t want to overwhelm your citizens with too much tech. So what’s the plan?
1. Start making technology invisible
Being able to “see” technology creates interaction, and interaction creates distraction.

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Researching Social Media, Online Platforms, and Algorithmic Systems From the Outside

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Join us at the University of Michigan for a discussion with Eric Gilbert, Cedric Langbort, Jeff Larson, Casey Pierce, and Christo Wilson on how researchers can navigate and investigate huge and complex datasets, algorithms, and online platforms to improve transparency and accountability.

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29
2017
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The Bad News About Online Discrimination in Algorithmic Systems

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Join us at the University of Michigan for a discussion with Solon Barocas, J. Nathan Matias, H. V. Jagadish, and Christian Sandvig on the potential for discrimination and digital redlining posed by the development of purportedly neutral algorithms.

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28
2017
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28
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Hasan Bakhshi et al at Nesta: “In recent years, there has been an explosion of research into the impacts of automation on work. This makes sense: artificial intelligence and robotics are encroaching on areas of human activity that were simply unimaginable a few years ago.

Was als Planspiel einer wissenschaftlichen Konferenz im Rahmen des Graduiertenkollegs begonnen hat, findet nun am 28. und 29. September mit rund 100 angemeldeten Teilnehmern tatsächlich statt. Die Konferenz richtet sich an Bachelor, Master, Doktoranden und Post-Doktoranden. Präsentiert werden bedeutende und innovative Methoden der Leberforschung.

Given the data-intensive nature of approaches such as machine learning, and the increasing ubiquity of AI in everyday products and services, there is a growing interest within the privacy community to understand its implications. At the same time, a tremendous amount of innovation and entrepreneurship in the AI space is emerging from Asia and Latin America, not just western economies, to address local challenges. This global roundtable focused on trust, which is essential to the relationship between governments and citizens, companies and users, as well as amongst users.

About: “Our Goal is to revolutionize discovery of scientific knowledge. We are building a visual interface that dramatically increases the visibility of research findings for science and society alike. We are a non-profit organization and we believe that a better way to explore and discover scientific knowledge will benefit us all.

A report on OpenROV conducted in the context of the Open Design & Manufacturing project.

Where did things go wrong on the way to modern life, and what should we do instead? This question always seems to lurk in the background of our fascination with many indigenous cultures. The modern world of global commerce, technologies and countless things has not delivered on the leisure and personal satisfaction once promised.  Which may be why we moderns continue to look with fascination at those cultures that have persisted over millennia, who thrive on a different sense of time, connection with the Earth, and social relatedness.

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United States

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This is a live blog account from the Data For Equity: The Power of Data to Promote Justice event.
 

La exhibición, que se realiza en el contexto de la conmemoración de los 25 años de trayectoria de Balmaceda Arte Joven, estará abierta al público desde el 13 de septiembre al 5 de noviembre de este año.