National Institute of Standards and Technology: “Databases across the country include information with potentially important research implications and uses, e.g. contingency planning in disaster scenarios, identifying safety risks in aviation, assist in tracking contagious diseases, identifying patterns of violence in local communities.

Paper by Payal Arora and Linnea Holter Thompson in the International Journal of Communication: “Global complex supply chains have made it difficult to know the realities in factories. This structure obfuscates the networks, channels, and flows of communication between employers, workers, nongovernmental organizations and other vested intermediaries, creating a lack of transparency. Factories operate far from the brands themselves, often in developing countries where labor is cheap and regulations are weak.

Robert Raymond: Lying a few miles south of Marin County and just across the bay from San Francisco, the city of Richmond, California, is situated within two of the wealthiest regions of the United States. Richmond, however, does not share in this wealth.

Report by Margaret C. Levenstein, Allison R.B. Tyler, and Johanna Davidson Bleckman: “Research and evidence-building benefit from the increased availability of administrative datasets, linkage across datasets, detailed geospatial data, and other confidential data. Systems and policies for provisioning access to confidential data, however, have not kept pace and indeed restrict and unnecessarily encumber leading-edge science.

European Commission: “Childhood and adolescent obesity is a major global and European public health problem. Currently, public actions are detached from local needs, mostly including indiscriminate blanket policies and single-element strategies, limiting their efficacy and effectiveness.

Los ecosistemas digitales en los países más desarrollados son muy diferentes a los que tenemos en países del sur global. En ambos casos, el acceso, adopción y uso de nuevas tecnologías han tenido efectos transformadores, pero también han generado problemas que son muy nuevos, poco analizados y requieren de una mayor velocidad de respuesta de legisladores y gobernantes. Por esto, es importante tener investigación adaptada a la realidad y contexto locales.

Swadeshi" messaging app targeted at WhatsApp taken off from app stores hours after launch.
The article by Alnoor Peermohamed and Manavi Kapur was published in the Business Standard on May 31, 2018. Gurshabad Grover was quoted.

India’s health ministry has proposed a law to govern data security in the healthcare sector that would give individuals complete ownership of their health data.
The article by Madhur Singh was published as a cover story in IndiaSpend on May 31, 2018. Shweta Mohandas and Amber Sinha were quoted.

This blog has been translated from the original post at https://sv.okfn.org/2018/03/23/datos-abiertos-e-investigacion-manos-a-la-obra

The Cambridge Analytica data misuse is the most recent high-profile incident to impact Internet trust. Trust – or the lack thereof – is the term used to describe much of the current state of the Internet. For years now, we have been hearing about a decline in user trust because of fears of surveillance, cybercrime, data breaches, crack downs on speech, or misuse of their data.

La profesora Morales -quien será la primera mujer en encabezar dicha unidad académica del área de la salud-, y el profesor Amaya, fueron electos por sus comunidades académicas, en los comicios realizados este jueves 17 de mayo. Este 2018, diversas unidades académicas eligerán a sus máximas autoridades tras cumplirse un ciclo de cuatro años en sus respectivos cargos.

A un mes del fallecimiento de Alejandro 'Pipo' Rojas, quien fuera uno de los más destacados dirigentes de la FECh durante el siglo XX, la comunidad universitaria encabezada por el Rector Ennio Vivaldi y la vicerrectora de Extensión y Comunicaciones, Faride Zeran, junto a académicos, familiares, amigos y ex compañeros, recordaron su paso por nuestra Casa de Estudios, su huella en la política nacional de los años setentas y sus últimos días en Canadá.

Abiturientinnen und Abiturienten stehen jetzt vor wichtigen Entscheidungen: Studieren? Was? Wo? Und wie finanziere ich das? Bei der Klärung dieser Fragen helfen Beraterinnen und Berater der staatlichen Hochschulen in Düsseldorf am 9. Juni 2018 während des Hochschulinformationstag. Von 10:00 Uhr bis 15:00 Uhr erfahren Studieninteressierte wichtiges über die Inhalte der Studienfächer, die richtige Bewerbung um einen Studienplatz, über die Einschreibung, über verschiedene Möglichkeiten der Finanzierung bis zu den beruflichen Perspektiven nach einem Studium.

Agriculture 3.0 describes the increasing implementation and promotion of digital technologies in agricultural production. Promising more efficient farming, higher yields and environmental sustainability, AgTech has entered the mainstream, pushed by the EU, international corporations and national governments across the world. Increasingly, serious questions are raised about the impact of such market-oriented technologies on the agricultural sector. Who has access to these technologies? Who controls the data?

What is it that happens when a group of people comes together, intent on fighting for more control over their lives? There is no one answer to that, but I have witnessed the birth of one particular new common project: London Renters Union. Building the union has sometimes felt a slow and painstaking process, but it has been a rewarding one that reveals the resources on which a new organisation draws.

Los ecosistemas digitales en los países más desarrollados son muy diferentes a los que tenemos en países del sur global. En ambos casos, el acceso, adopción y uso de nuevas tecnologías han tenido efectos transformadores, pero también han generado problemas que son muy nuevos, poco analizados y requieren de una mayor velocidad de respuesta de … Continuar leyendo "Creando una agenda de investigación participativa"

The workshop organized by Broadband India was held on May 31, 2018 at Taj Mansingh (Long Champ) in New Delhi. Shyam Ponappa attended the workshop.
In view of the need to extend broadband connectivity everywhere and take it to unserved and underserved areas, V band (60Ghz) has a very crucial role to play . In view of the need for more clarity on the subject of V Band allocation in India and in view of the fact that new use cases are emerging since the TRAI Recommendations were made in 2015, Broadband India organized a half day workshop.

Never before in Bengaluru has the Internet and social media taken such a vicious and violent turn as it did last week.
The article by Rajitha Menon and Surupasree Sarmmah was published in the Deccan Herald on May 29, 2018.

Much-hyped fact-checking initiative identified only 30 bits of fake news in month-long Karnataka campaign. Yup — 30!
The article by Visvak was published in Huffington Post on May 30, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

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