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The Week in Internet News: Community Broadband Offers Fastest Speeds in U.S.

Super
fast:
ISPs run by local communities or run
through a partnership with a local community offer some of the fastest
broadband in the U.S., a story at Vice.com says. Six of the 10
fastest ISPs in the country are either operated by local communities or are
partnerships between the public and private sectors, according to a PCMag
review.

[July 15-22] CCG’s Week in Review: Curated News in Information Law and Policy

The National Investigation Agency Act was amended by Parliament this week, expanding its investigation powers to include cyber-terrorism; FaceApp’s user data privacy issues; and the leaked bill to ban cryptocurrencies— presenting this week’s most important developments in law and tech. Aadhaar [July 15] Govt plans Aadhaar based identification of patients to maintain health records, Live […]

Chile marca presencia en conferencia clave sobre cambio climático

La también investigadora del Centro de Ciencia del Clima y la Resiliencia (CR2), una de las tres representantes de la U.

Eclipse: Emoción y asombro de la mano de la ciencia y la información

Miles de personas en diferentes puntos del país tuvieron la oportunidad de disfrutar y aprender más sobre el fenómeno astronómico que estremeció a la comunidad nacional y extranjera, todo esto en diálogos y charlas con expertos y expertas de la U. de Chile, quienes estuvieron a disposición de la cuidadanía.

Currículo de 3 y 4 medio ¿Es posible profundizar sin descartar?

En esta columna, publicada en el diario La Tercera, el investigador del CIAE del Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Educación, Roberto Araya, destaca el avance que representa la elaboración de nuevas bases curriculares para los dos últimos años de la Enseñanza Media a partir del principio de la transversalidad, con una mayor integración entre disciplinas y sin descartar áreas del conocimiento, a partir de la comparación con las experiencias de países como Corea del Sur, Finlandia, y los agrupados en la APEC.La globalización y creciente automatización están cambiando dramáti

Físicos descubren cómo mejorar envío de información en fibra óptica

Aumentar la velocidad del envío de un gran número de datos de forma más eficiente es una de las necesidades de la informática del futuro, por lo que dos físicos chilenos buscan utilizar cristales fotónicos para lograr este objetivo.Los investigadores del Departamento de Física de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas de la Universidad de Chile (FCFM) y del Instituto Milenio de Óptica MIRO, Gabriel Cáceres y Rodrigo Vicencio, encontraron una manera de transportar información anulando las posibles pérdidas de la misma.

Mathe-Akademie an der HHU für Schülerinnen und Schüler – Anmeldungen bis 9. August möglich

Die Schülerinnen und Schüler, die in diesem Jahr bei der Mathe-Akademie der HHU mitmachen, werden danach mit anderen Augen durch Museen, Kirchen und Paläste gehen: Anhand der in der Alhambra im spanischen Granada zu findenden maurischen Ornamente werden die Düsseldorfer Dozenten  die Grundlagen der mathematischen Gruppentheorie erklären.
Prof. Dr. Oleg Bogopolski, Organisator der Veranstaltung, ergänzt: „Neben diesem Schwerpunkt lernen die Akademieteilnehmer eine mathematische Bibliothek kennen und erfahren in einem Film mehr über die Denkweise moderner Mathematiker.“

J!Cast: Chancen und Herausforderungen von DLT (Blockchain) in Mobilität und Logistik

In diesem neuen Podcast der ITM-Reihe J!Cast stellt Elisaweta Rabovskaja (Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin) einige zentrale Erkenntnisse des von FIT Fraunhofer im Auftrag des BMVI erstellten Gutachtens „Chancen und Herausforderungen von DLT (Blockchain) in Mobilität und Logistik“ vor. Neben einer Darstellung der technischen Grundlagen und ökonomischen Anwendungsmöglichkeiten der Technologie geht sie schwerpunktmäßig auf rechtliche Fragestellungen ein.
 

Leveraging Web Application Vulnerabilities for Reconnaissance and Intelligence Gathering

Karan Saini gave a talk at the JSFoo Conference at the GRD College of Science in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on July 5, 2019. The event was organized by Has Geek.
Click to view Karan's presentation

Lecture at International Summer School, Delhi

Ambika Tandon and Aayush Rathi, on July 12, 2019, delivered a lecture at the International Summer School, Delhi.
The ISS is in its 6th year now, and is convened annually as a six week academic program. The ISS is held in affiliation with the Department of Political Science at Jamia Millia Islamia - A Central University (JMI) and with regular support from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) over the years.

Digital ID Forum 2019

Sunil Abraham was one of the panelists at this event at Chulalongkorn University on July 3, 2019.

Click to view the agenda. Also see Wikipedia page

For more details visit https://cis-india.org/openness/news/digital-id-forum-2019

Emerging AI technology in health care in India, health equity and justice: Critical reflections and charting out way forward

On July 13, 2019, Radhika Radhakrishnan, participated in a roundtable discussion on "Emerging AI technology in health care in India, health equity and justice: Critical reflections and charting out way forward." The event was organized by HEaL (Health, Ethics, and Law Institute of Training, Research and Advocacy) of FMES (Forum for Medical Ethics Society) in collaboration with CPS (Centre for Policy Studies), Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.

Deepfakes: Algorithms at war, trust at stake

A case in point is the video that surfaced of an Indian journalist not so long ago.
The article by Rajmohan Sudhakar was published in Deccan Herald on July 14, 2019. Elonnai Hickok was quoted.

Presentation to Amnesty International on researching the Future of Work

Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon made a presentation to Amnesty International on July 18, 2019.

Learning and Understanding the Frameworks of Rights at Work

On July 13, 2019, Torsha and Mira attended the 'Learning and understanding the frameworks of rights at work' workshop held by Kai Hsin Hung at IT For change in Bangalore.

ICANN 65 De-briefing Meeting

The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) organized an ICANN65 de-briefing meeting on July 16, 2019. Akriti Bopanna remotely presented on the Human Rights related developments that took place at the Marrakech meeting, over the course of the 4 days.

ออกแบบระบบข้อมูลประชาชนดิจิทัล: คุยกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญหาแนวทางเหมาะสม

Talk with Sunil Abraham, an expert on the Internet and good governance in the issue of creating a digital identification system.

BIS LITD 17 meeting

On July 3, 2019, Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.

Prof. Xue presented at the WTO Colloquium and Expert Seminar

The World Trade Organization invited Prof. Xue to give two keynote speeches at the 16th Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property in Geneva.  The two-week colloquium for teachers of intellectual property (IP), jointly organized by the WTO and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), opened in Geneva on 17 June 2019.

Compliance Corporativa: Promovendo Transparência e Responsabilidade nos Negócios

Investimento: Gratuito 
Compliance Corporativa: Promovendo Transparência e Responsabilidade nos Negócios15h30 até 17h30O Evento: Programas de compliance têm se tornado cada vez mais comuns no Brasil e em países onde há políticas de enfrentamento da corrupção. A mera criação desses programas pode indicar disposição de promover práticas de integridade e responsabilidade nos negócios, mas os avanços duradouros dependem da construção da cultura de integridade e transparência nas empresas brasileiras.