In May of this year, the Supreme Court of Brazil issued a notice to evaluate and improve its process distribution algorithm. This system is responsible for assigning, through a lottery, the causes to the ministers who will be its rapporteurs. This post discusses some of the issues involving transparency and security in the use of algorithms for the distribution of cases by the Judiciary.
 
The distribution of processes and algorithms

Eine persönliche Verbindung aus Schulzeiten zwischen Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Detlev Riesner und dem Düsseldorfer Künstler Heinz Mack sowie das Engagement des Ehepaars Riesner ermöglichten es, die knapp zwei Meter hohe Skulptur für das moderne neue Forschungsgebäude zu gewinnen. Das Ehepaar Riesner wurde jüngst in Anerkennung großer Verdienste um die HHU zu Ehrensenatoren der Universität und Namenspaten des Zentrums für Synthetische Lebenswissenschaften ernannt.

Arie Kruglanski at The Conversation: “The concept of truth is under assault, but our troubles with truth aren’t exactly new.
What’s different is that in the past, debates about the status of truth primarily took place in intellectual cafes and academic symposia among philosophers. These days, uncertainty about what to believe is endemic – a pervasive feature of everyday life for everyday people.

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Jarrid Green: Exploring strategies for combating displacement, expanding ownership, and building community wealth

,Mediale Praktiken und kulturelle Phänomene entstehen oft durch bestimmte lokale Figurationen. Dieser Aspekt ist auch für die Medienkulturgeschichte Düsseldorfs von Bedeutung. Spätestens seit den 50er Jahren bilden sich dort spezifische lokale Konstellationen heraus, die als Katalysatoren für global wahrgenommene ästhetische Innnovationen fungieren.

An dem Abend stand nicht nur die fachliche Auseinandersetzung im Fokus, sondern auch der Kontakt zu den Düsseldorfer Bürgerinnen und Bürgern, die neben Vertreterinnen und Vertretern aus Politik und Stadt am 6. September zu der öffentlichen Abendveranstaltung in das Haus der Universität eingeladen waren.  Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen, Ministerin für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, und Wolfgang Scheffler, Bürgermeister der Stadt Düsseldorf, sprachen Grußworte. Beide betonten die Relevanz einer Vernetzung von Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft, die auch Prof. Dr.

Book by Lee H. Humphreys: “How sharing the mundane details of daily life did not start with Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube but with pocket diaries, photo albums, and baby books.

O Supremo Tribunal Federal lançou, em maio deste ano, um edital para avaliação e aperfeiçoamento de seu algoritmo de distribuição de processos. Esse sistema é responsável por atribuir, por meio de sorteio, as causas aos ministros que serão seus relatores. Este post discute algumas das questões envolvendo transparência e segurança no uso de algoritmos para a distribuição de processos pelo Poder Judiciário.
 
A distribuição de processos e os algoritmos

National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP): “Any organization that collects, analyzes, or disseminates data should establish formal systems to manage data responsibly, protect confidentiality, and document data files and procedures. In doing so, organizations will build a reputation for integrity and facilitate appropriate interpretation and data sharing, factors that contribute to an organization’s long-term sustainability.

La creciente propaganda anti-inmigrantes, y la defensa de conceptos como los valores nacionales y de visiones tradicionales de la familia y la mujer en la sociedad son rasgos compartidos por los nuevos grupos nacionalistas que han ganado cierta repercusión mediática durante los últimos meses.

Este lunes 3 de septiembre, el médico cirujano de la U. de Chile, especialista en Ginecología y Obstetricia y Profesor Titular de la Facultad de Medicina, asumió su nuevo cargo en el hospital universitario, tras haber sido nombrado para dicha función por el Rector de nuestro plantel, Ennio Vivaldi.“Es un gran desafío integrar el equipo Directivo del Hospital Clínico y es una gran oportunidad para hacer el mejor aporte al crecimiento y desarrollo de nuestra querida Institución”, afirmó el Dr.

Curso faz parte dos programas de Mestrado das instituiçõesNos dias 03 e 04 de setembro realizou-se na cidade de Curitiba o primeiro encontro da disciplina conjunta dos Programas de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu da FGV Direito Rio e da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná.

Número de vagas: 1Edital de Seleção de Assistente de Pesquisa para o Programa de Direito e Meio
Ambiente do Centro de Pesquisa em Direito e Economia
A FGV DIREITO RIO comunica abertura do processo de seleção para alunos interessados em participar como Assistente de Pesquisa das pesquisas desenvolvidas pelo Programa de Direito e Meio Ambiente (PDMA) do Centro de Pesquisa em Direito e Economia (CPDE), coordenado pelo professor Antônio José Maristrello Porto.
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(Open) Ebook by Mike Loukides, Hilary Mason and DJ Patil: “As the impact of data science continues to grow on society there is an increased need to discuss how data is appropriately used and how to address misuse. Yet, ethical principles for working with data have been available for decades. The real issue today is how to put those principles into action.

Excerpt of Albert Wenger’s draft book World After Capital: “The zero marginal cost and universality of digital technologies are already impacting the three phases of learning, creating and sharing, giving rise to a D

Claus Christensen at Regulation Aisa: “Global attention to money-laundering, terrorism financing and financial criminal practices has grown exponentially in recent years.

 Freakonomics Radio (Podcast): We all know the standard story: our economy would be more dynamic if only the government would get out of the way. The economist Mariana Mazzucato says we’ve got that story backward. She argues that the government, by funding so much early-stage research, is hugely responsible for big successes in tech, pharma, energy, and more. But the government also does a terrible job in claiming credit — and, more important, getting a return on its investment….
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Do news aggregators impact traffic generation towards online news sites? Will platforms like Instagram and TripAdvisor automatically filter user content? Is an EU news publishers’ right really a good idea?  As the negotiations for the long-awaited European Directive on copyright in the digital single market are reaching their endpoint, the final chapter of the saga…

Dem Fokus auf MINT-Fächer entsprechend wurden auch in diesem Jahr wieder zahlreiche Schülerarbeiten in den Fächern Biologie, Chemie, Informatik, Mathematik und Physik eingereicht. Eine Experten-Jury der HHU bewertete die Arbeiten nach wissenschaftlichen Kriterien, wobei besonders kreative Themenstellungen sowie ein deutlich erkennbarer praktischer Eigenanteil – zum Beispiel in Form von Experimenten – wichtige Einflussgrößen der Prämierung waren.