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Blog: Interdisciplinary challenges on the way to public value-oriented software engineering

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Abstimmen für Virtual-Reality-Projekte

Soziale Innovationen werden im bundesweiten Wettbewerb „Gesellschaft der Ideen“ gesucht. Das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) fördert den Wettbewerb. Mit dabei sind zwei Virtual-Reality-Projektteams, die mit Partnern von der Julius-Maximilians-Universität (JMU) Würzburg kooperieren: ReliefVR und YourReality.
28 Projektteams stehen aktuell im Wettbewerb. Derzeit läuft ein öffentliches Bewertungsverfahren: Bis 21. Juni 2021 können alle Bürgerinnen und Bürger online darüber abstimmen, welche Ideen ihnen am besten gefallen.

"La ciudadanía quería ser escuchada y cambiar la Constitución"

Los resultados de la reciente elección municipal y de constituyentes sorprendió a muchas personas por la irrupción de independientes y los malos resultados de la mayoría de los partidos políticos, un hito que ha marcado el proceso que dará origen a una nueva Constitución.

Teatro Nacional Chileno reactiva su cartelera para este 2021

"Paren la música", idea original de Alejandro Sieveking, escrita por Nona Fernández y bajo la dirección de Cristián Plana, espera estrenarse en sala el próximo 15 de julio, si las condiciones sanitarias lo permiten.

UAbierta: Constitución en debate y Vacunas en tiempos de COVID-19

Dos temas actuales que marcarán historia. Habrá un antes y un después de la pandemia y, también, del proceso constituyente que vive Chile. Estas materias son el foco de los cursos que realizará desde junio y julio UAbierta, la plataforma de Educación en línea de la Universidad de Chile.

Rector Vivaldi participó en el Global University Leaders Council

La nueva versión de esta instancia, realizada de manera telemática, reunió a autoridades universitarias de todo el mundo, y contó con la participación del Rector Ennio Vivaldi como el único representante chileno y uno de los ocho participantes de América Latina (de un total de 45).

Artificial Intelligence Evolves to Creating Art

Apple iPhones Can Soon Hold Your ID. Privacy Experts Are On Edge

22.6.2021 CIS #19 Nick Couldry et Ulises Ali Mejias

Colonized by data: The costs of connection. En partenariat avec le médialab de Sciences Po.
L’article 22.6.2021 CIS #19 <br>Nick Couldry et Ulises Ali Mejias est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

Spotlight: Nighat Dad on bringing local contexts in policy and product design

Nighat Dad on bringing local contexts into policy and product design and on platforms negotiating between the global and the local. Nighat was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Spotlight: Yong Lim on platform competition & entry barriers and tools to help small players

Yong Lim (Co-Director, Seoul National University AI Policy Initiative) on the factors that boost or inhibit competition within and between platforms and entry barriers and tools to help smaller players. Yong Lim was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Spotlight: King-Wa Fu on platforms and protests in Hong Kong

Dr. King-wa Fu (Associate Professor at the Journalism and Media Studies Centre of The University of Hong Kong) on the use of platforms for anti-government protests in Hong Kong in 2019. King-wa was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Dr Graham Greenleaf AM on Australia’s platform regulations and data protection laws

Dr Graham Greenleaf AM Professor of Law & Information Systems at UNSW Australia and Co-Founder, AustLII, on Australia’s platform regulations and data protection laws, data protection trends in Asia, and the future of the Internet.

Spotlight: Bishakha Datta on hierarchy of platform aesthetics

Bishakha Datta, executive director, Point of View, shares a gendered perspective on platforms and how the hierarchy of platform aesthetics affects marginalized communities in India. Bishaka was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Spotlight: Julian Thomas shares a historical perspective on platforms

Julian Thomas, Distinguished Professor at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), shares a historical perspective on platforms and why it is important towards understanding their influence in society and markets today. Julian was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

Spotlight: Siddharth Narrain on platforms and content moderation

Siddharth Narrain (University of New South Wales) on platforms and the challenge of content moderation. Siddharth was speaking on a Platform Futures panel discussion Mobile Ecosystems: Opportunities and Challenges in the Asia-Pacific hosted by Digital Asia Hub on June 9.

 

The Platform Futures conversations are now live!

As part of the Platform Futures program, Digital Asia Hub invited the expert network to contribute to a ‘small book’ series in multiple ways. Some contributed case studies, others participated in an open peer review process, and many shared their insights through interviews.
While the authors finalize the “Small Books for Big Platforms”, we convened a series of conversations with the expert network and a few invited guests. We are pleased to share the full recordings of these events, which include a synthesis of learnings from and across the case studies.

In Central Asia, Experts Discuss Opportunities to Grow IXPs

When the Internet Society, Asian Development Bank, and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific examined the regional digital economy of Central Asia in 2015, it recommended investing in the development of Carrier-Neutral Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) to drive down connectivity costs and enable more people to connect on the […]

120 años del natalicio de Laura Rodig: artista y activista

En Tantaku destacamos a Laura Rodig Pizarro, artista egresada de la Universidad de Chile que formó parte de una generación que abrió paso a una visión modernista en la escultura chilena. La destacada pintora, escultora, ilustradora y educadora chilena, que nació el 7 de junio de 1901 en Los Andes, fue además una de las líderes del Movimiento Pro Emancipación de las Mujeres de Chile (MEMCH).Activista feminista, escultura, pedagoga y pintora.

¿Cómo funcionan el sistema inmune y las vacunas contra el COVID-19?

Tener un cuerpo sano y fortalecido nos permite estar protegidos contra las enfermedades. Sin embargo, las doctoras y académicas de la Facultad de Medicina de la U. de Chile, Fabiola Osorio y Mercedes López, explican que ante el COVID-19 se requiere también de la inoculación para generar anticuerpos que permitan enfrentar de mejor manera la enfermedad.