Democrats in the USA haven’t given up on net neutrality since the FCC voted to repeal the 2015 Open Internet Order in December.
Senator Markey, a Democrat from Massachusetts, has put forward a bill that would use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to reverse the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) decision. The CRA allows lawmakers 60 legislative days after the FCC submits its regulations to Congress to take action.
That bill now has the support of more than 40 Senators, including Senator Susan Collins (R-Maine), its first Republican supporter.

Abertura e primeiro painel “Jurisdição, Territorialidade e Direito de Internet” do Workshop Interinstitucional de Pesquisa: Jurisdição e cooperação jurídica internacional nos conflitos da internet.

To keep pace with the rapidly developing landscape of military technologies, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is reportedly changing its approach to cyber warfare. NATO, a primarily defensive alliance so far, is considering the adoption of offensive cyber warfare strategies to confront hacking attacks from its opponents. Member states including United States, Germany, Spain, […]

El tradicional evento universitario, dedicado a los postulantes a la educación superior y sus familias, recibió a más de ocho mil visitantes en cuatro jornadas, donde los futuros estudiantes de la Universidad de Chile recibieron orientación y apoyo por parte de los más de 300 monitores representativos de las diferentes unidades académicas de la casa de estudios.

Para las 19:00 hrs.

Un proyecto pionero se está realizando en la Región de la Araucanía para asesorar a cinco comunidades en el manejo productivo de predios restituidos. La iniciativa se ejecuta gracias al Convenio entre la Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena y la Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas de la U.

Especialistas de diversas disciplinas expondrán iniciativas y propuestas para enfrentar el rápido envejecimiento de la población mundial en la V Escuela Internacional de Verano sobre esta materia, realizada en la U. de Chile. La actividad abordará diversas aristas sobre este fenómeno que representa uno de los principales desafíos de nuestro país.Las Estadísticas Sanitarias Mundiales de la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) en 2016 mostraron un envejecimiento acelerado de la población mundial, particularmente en países del mundo desarrollado.

Historia, relaciones internacionales, derecho, política comercial, filosofía, derechos humanos y género y economía son algunas de las áreas que abarca la malla curricular de la nueva carrera de Estudios Internacionales que este año recibe a su primera generación.

Die Studierenden legten nun die Ergebnisse des Projektes vor, das im Oktober 2016 gestartet war: Ernährung muss stärker in den Fokus der professionellen Betreuung rücken und nicht allein als in der Verantwortung des Patienten angesehen werden. Mangelernährung wird häufig nicht oder spät erkannt und braucht dafür spezifische Vorgaben. Die Kommunikation zwischen Ärzten, der Pflege und weiteren Betreuern kann nur klappen, wenn Zuständigkeiten eindeutig geklärt sind und eine leicht erfassbare Verlaufsdokumentation zur Ernährung des individuellen Patienten erfolgt.

In dem neuen in Düsseldorf und Wuppertal ansässigen Graduiertenkolleg wird ein Bereich der reinen Mathematik erforscht. „Die algebraische Geometrie ist eines der traditionsreichsten und faszinierendsten Gebiete der Mathematik“, so die Wissenschaftler. Die zentralen Forschungsgegenstände der beteiligten Mathematikerinnen und Mathematiker sind homogene Räume, algebraische Varietäten im Zusammenhang mit Darstellungen von Gruppen, Moduli-Räume von Köcherdarstellungen, Brauer-Gruppen und algebraische Kobordismen.

This blog has been reposted from http://jonathangray.org/2017/12/20/new-edition-data-journalism-handbook/

An encouraging article which, among other things, mentions Platform Coops. Let’s hope that in 2018 we can speak about strides, rather than steps. The article was originally published in Cooperative News.
Building a ‘human economy’

Writing for Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow summarizes the conclusions of a standout interview with Stanford Law expert Ryan Singel and International Studies expert Didi Kuo about the meaning of the post-neutrality web.

RSVP is required for this free event. January 23, 2018Stanford Law School

New Methodology by Andrew Young, Jeffrey Brown, Hannah Pierce, and Stefaan G. Verhulst: “More and more people live in urban settings. At the same time, and often resulting from the growing urban population, cities worldwide are increasingly confronted with complex environmental, social, and economic shocks and stresses. When seeking to develop adequate and sustainable responses to these challenges, cities are realizing that traditional methods and existing resources often fall short.

Rund 60.000 Blutpräparate werden am größten Düsseldorfer Krankenhaus jährlich benötigt – davon etwa 12.000 Thrombozytenpräparate und der Rest Präparate aus Vollblutspenden von denen Erythrozyten-Konzentrate und Plasma-Präparate hergestellt werden können.

More and more people live in urban settings. At the same time, and often resulting from the growing urban population, cities worldwide are increasingly confronted with complex environmental, social, and economic shocks and stresses. When seeking to develop adequate and sustainable responses to these challenges, cities are realizing that traditional methods and existing resources often fall short.
Addressing 21st century challenges will require innovative approaches.

Happy New Year!
2018 offers exciting promise and opportunity for the Internet Society and the work of our global community for a better Internet. We’ll continue the positive momentum we started in 2017, when we celebrated our 25 year milestone and strengthened our impact around the globe.
Thank you to all who joined us on this amazing journey.  Take a look back at many of last year’s highlights.

Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission: “… synthesises the results of our work on using new data sources for policy-making. It reflects a recent shift from more general considerations in the area of Big Data to a more dedicated investigation of Citizen Science, and it summarizes the state of play. With this contribution, we start promoting Citizen Science as an integral component of public participation in policy in Europe.

Skip Descant at GovTech: “Worried about the possibility of flooding near your home in Iowa? Soon, you can just ask Alexa.