Other News from Participating Centers

Científicos detectan falla al sur de Mejillones activada por terremoto

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.

FDA aprobó uso de emergencia de vacuna de Johnson & Johnson

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.

​NTU Singapore scientists design compound that targets enzyme linked to autoimmune disorders and severe COVID-19

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Bitcoin’s Greatest Feature Is Also Its Existential Threat

18.3.2021 Hypertextes #4 Simone Pieranni

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.

Launch of the ‘DSL HARBINGER LECTURE SERIES’

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

64 por ciento plantea la vacuna como condición para regreso a clases

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.

Conheça o e-book elaborado no Field Project 2020.2 - ‘Protagonismo e liderança feminina – inovações, negócios e Direito Empresarial’

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.

Announcing the Final Candidate Slates for the 2021 Board of Trustees Elections

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 […]

Project Rewrite: Tell the missing stories of women on Wikipedia and beyond

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.

Palestra do professor Mario Telò inaugura quarta edição da EU-South American Schoon on Global Governance

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.

Not the Encryption Apocalypse…Yet

“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 […]
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​NTU Singapore and Education Services Union commit $500,000 to boost employees’ digital skills

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​NTU Singapore study finds link between empathy and care for the environment

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Roundtable dialogues for the future of AI in Europe

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.
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How to rebuild a digital society festival like re:publica resilient? [Bread&Net 2020 Session]

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?[...]

The Week in Internet News: Lawmakers Point to ‘Extremist’ Content on YouTube

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 […]

Processo Seletivo Bolsista Projeto “e-Commerce: Regulação e Novos Modelos de Negócio”

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.

LegalAIIA 2021 | 2nd International Workshop on AI and Intelligent Assistance for Legal Professionals in the Digital Workplace, Jun 21, 2021

The LegalAIIA 2021 workshop on June 21, 2021, will provide a platform for examining questions surrounding “AI as human augmentation” for legal tasks (a.k.a. Intelligent Assistance or IA), particularly those related to legal practitioners’ interaction with digital information, including e-discovery. The focus of the workshop will be on better understanding the interaction between human and AI capabilities. The primary audience for the workshop will include working attorneys, legal researchers, computer science researchers, and AI providers in the legal industry.

Programa para el fortalecimiento de la sociedad civil en el debate público digital sobre paz

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Programa para el fortalecimiento de la sociedad civil en el debate público digital sobre paz