Se acaban las vacaciones para la mayoría de las personas y nos preparamos para comenzar un nuevo periodo de trabajo. Por otra parte, los estudiantes iniciarán sus clases después de un año que los tuvo estudiando y aprendiendo de manera remota desde el hogar. Este 2021 nos hará retomar nuestras rutinas en medio de una pandemia que continúa. Por esto, académicos de la U. de Chile entregan consejos para enfrentar este proceso de mejor manera, quienes afirman que la clave es retomar rutinas de manera paulatina.

20 de las 49 especies de plantas exóticas evaluadas tendrían gran potencial invasivo, 12 de las cuales son capaces de generar un gran impacto en los ecosistemas, plantea el estudio publicado en la Revista Neobiota.

Evento sísmico de magnitud Mw 8.1 ocurrido en Antofagasta hace 25 años sería el origen de esta estructura geológica de tipo "splay fault" que podría hacer más grande un tsunami después de un terremoto de subducción. El trabajo, liderado por científicos del Departamento de Geofísica de la Universidad de Chile, fue publicado en la revista Tectonophysics.

Tras obtener luz verde en Estados Unidos, se espera que el Instituto de Salud Pública (ISP) revise los antecedentes de esta vacuna para determinar su aplicación en nuestro país y así sumarse al plan de vacunación contra el COVID-19. El doctor Miguel O'Ryan, académico del Instituto de Ciencias Biomédicas (ICBM) de la Facultad de Medicina y uno de los líderes de los ensayos dirigidos por nuestro plantel, espera que durante los próximos meses ya esté disponible.

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Red Mirror. L'avenir s'écrit en Chine, 18 mars 2021, 11h à 12h.
L’article 18.3.2021 Hypertextes #4 <br>Simone Pieranni est apparu en premier sur Centre Internet et Société.

We are excited to announced the launch of the DSL HARBINGER LECTURE SERIES. The DSL Harbinger aims to bring leading intellectuals to our community of students and faculty, to lecture on the social implications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), and their role in shaping our political and social future.
 
 
The first DSL Harbinger will be presented on March 12th, 2021 by Dr. Martin Husovec, on the topic “Europe’s Digital Future: Challenges of the Digital Services Act”.
BIO – Dr. Martin Husovec

Sólo un 9 por ciento, en tanto, cree que la autoridad ha tomado en cuenta la opinión de padres, madres y apoderados frente a esta medida. Por otra parte, 47 por ciento afirma que su salud mental ha empeorado durante la pandemia debido al encierro y la incertidumbre económica.

Diante da percepção de que ainda há um abismo entre a participação e desenvoltura das mulheres no cenário empresarial e a representatividade feminina na área, este projeto buscou exemplos práticos de lideranças femininas no ambiente jurídico-empresarial, no mundo empresarial lato sensu e nas áreas de inovação, para, com base nas histórias reais, compilar um portfólio que seja uma espécie de guia e ajude a conferir visibilidade a elas.

On behalf of the 2020-2021 Nominations Committee, I am pleased to announce the final slates of candidates for the 2021 Internet Society Board of Trustees elections. Chapters Election As announced to this community on March 1, we received the required number of signatures in support of Glenn McKnight’s petition to stand as a candidate in […]

Think of a historical event, one you learned about in school. Maybe an expedition, a treaty, or a speech. How about a years-long atrocity, or a record-breaking achievement? When you picture this event, who are the central characters?
Now, ask yourself if you know the women’s side of the story.
For as long as written history, women have far too often been left out of the record. And in a world that tells us to stay quiet, telling women’s stories is a radical act.

O curso EU-South American School on Global Governance, que acaba de concluir um acirrado processo seletivo (veja a notícia aqui), promoveu sua aula inaugural na última quarta-feira, dia 3 de março. Realizado pelo Centro de Excelência Jean Monnet, o curso é financiado pelo Programa Erasmus+ da Comissão Europeia e coordenado pela professora Paula Wojcikiewicz Almeida.

“This destroys the RSA cryptosystem.” That is the last sentence in the abstract of a new, preliminary, dense mathematical paper published by renowned mathematician Claus Peter Schnorr. If this turns out to be true, it will mean bad news for anybody who relies on the underpinnings of encryption – which is everyone! The paper, posted […]
The post Not the Encryption Apocalypse…Yet appeared first on Internet Society.

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With the publication of its White Paper on Artificial Intelligence in February 2020, the European Commission launched a broad consultation process and invited key figures in civil society, industry representatives and researchers to contribute proposals for a European approach to AI.
The post Roundtable dialogues for the future of AI in Europe appeared first on HIIG.

In this #BreadandNet 2020 session Andreas Gebhard,co-founder and CEO of re:publica, Berlin https://re-publica.com/en, shares his experience since large scale events had to turn their strategy 100% in 2020. How will we meet in the future beyond Covid and borders? Are we facing a golden age of hybrid decentralized global gatherings?[...]

Extreme video: A group of Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. has demanded that YouTube explain its policies related to dealing with extremist content, Yahoo News reports. “Incendiary content that indoctrinates, radicalizes, and mobilizes extremists continues to flourish” on YouTube, the lawmakers wrote. Blaming encryption: Meanwhile, a new government report on possible extremist attacks on the […]

Edital de Seleção de Assistente de Pesquisa para o Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade
A FGV DIREITO RIO comunica a abertura do processo de seleção para um(a) mestrando(a)/mestre interessado(a) em participar como Assistente de Pesquisa no Projeto E-commerce: Regulação e novos modelos de negócio coordenado pelo Professor Nicolo Zingales.
1. Do Objetivo
O presente Edital tem por objetivo regular o processo de escolha de um(a) mestrando(a)/mestre em Direito para receber bolsa de pesquisa.