Other News from Participating Centers

Nominations Now Open for 2019 Public Interest Registry (PIR) Board of Directors

The Public Interest Registry (PIR) is the non-profit operator of the .ORG, .NGO and .ONG domains. If you or someone you know has the interest and qualifications to help guide the future of PIR, the Internet Society invites you to consider a seat on the PIR Board of Directors.

Lehrprojekte im Programm „Die Bürgeruniversität in der Lehre“

Über das Programm finanzierte Lehrangebote soll gesellschaftliches Engagement von Studierenden gefördert werden, um ihnen so einerseits zu ermöglichen, persönliche Wertvorstellungen und ein staatsbürgerliches Verantwortungsgefühl zu entwickeln. Andererseits soll über die enge Kooperation mit Praxispartnern der Übergang in den außerakademischen Arbeitsmarkt durch eine enge Anbindung der Lehre an Transferaktivitäten erleichtert werden.

The Week in Internet News: Huge Data Breach at Hotel Chain

Millions of records stolen: Marriott International, one of the world’s largest hotel chains, has reported a data breach affecting up to 500 million customers, the Washington Post reports. The breached database includes information on guests staying at Sheraton, Westin and St. Regis hotels. The 500 million records lost makes it the second largest data breach reported.

5. Dezember: Kick-off-Symposium zu Fertilitätserhalt am UKD

Die Fortbildung soll sich an Ärztinnen und Ärzte aus gynäkologischen, reproduktionsmedizinischen, andrologischen, urologischen, internistischen, pädiatrischen und onkologischen Praxen und Kliniken, Biologinnen und Biologen sowie Interessierte richten und einen breiten und bewussten Zugang zum sensiblen Thema Fertilitätserhalt in der Routine vermitteln.

Früherkennung von Psychosen – Stand der Forschung und Ausblick

Psychosen zählen trotz aller Behandlungsfortschritte weiterhin weltweit zu den schwersten Erkrankungen und sind bereits bei Jugendlichen ein Hauptgrund für die sogenannten mit Behinderung gelebten Jahre. Da Psychosen sich oftmals schleichend über Jahre entwickeln und eine frühzeitige Behandlung ihre Prognose deutlich verbessert, rücken seit Mitte der 1990er Jahre Bemühungen um ihre frühzeitige Erkennung und Behandlung zunehmend in den Fokus von Forschung und Praxis.

Het Internet Genezen – Marleen Stikker – 6 December @ FLOOR, Wibauthuis

Graag nodigen wij je uit voor het evenement: ‘Het internet genezen’!
Filosoof en internetpionier Marleen Stikker is te gast bij HvA Debatcentrum FLOOR. Zij richtte de Waag Society op, een instituut voor technologie en samenleving dat pioniert op het gebied van opkomende technologieën. Marleen kijkt kritisch naar technologieën en tools die internetgiganten ons aanbieden. Zij zal ons meenemen in de online wereld en wellicht het internet genezen!
Datum en tijd
Donderdag 6 december 2018
17:00 – 17:45 uur – Marleen Stikker

Grenoble, France: Citizen participation in water utility delivers low tariffs for its poorest residents

In 1983, a right-wing mayor was elected in Grenoble. His administration was marked by corruption and the power he gave to large corporations in the management of public services. Elected officials and environmental activists mobilised in the 1980s and 1990s to prove that corruption was involved in many deals, and set up an alternative, municipal entity to take back and run the water utility.

‘Fearless’ Amsterdam government: digital city goes social

Reposted from Medium.com
Socrates Schouten: Digital cities with a conscience — What does a new government mean for Amsterdam?

Energizing the energy future

What if the entire progress of society depends on the future energy system? At least that’s how visionaries like Jeremy Rifkin argue. The list of challenges posed by the energy system transformation is extensive – first and foremost globally agreed climate targets with the urgency of minimizing CO2 emissions. Policymakers and business leaders in particular…
The post Energizing the energy future appeared first on HIIG.

VFS Global to spend 3 million euro if data localisation is mandated in India

VFS Global, an international visa outsourcing and administration company, will spend about 3 million euros on migrating data of Indians from the UK and Germany if the Indian government mandates data localisation in the country.
The article was published in ET Tech on November 19, 2018. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

Amazon launches Machine Learning-based platform for healthcare space

Amazon’s Comprehend Medical platform uses a new HIPAA-eligible machine learning service to process unstructured medical text and information such as dosages, symptoms and signs, and patient diagnosis.
The article by Kul Bhushan was published in the Hindustan Times on November 28, 2018.

Green New Deal: A bold vision for America’s future

Originally published on The Climate Lemon

Something amazing is happening in American politics. Wow it felt good, and weird, to type that sentence. Not sure if you noticed, but it’s been kind of a hellish shitshow recently.

How community land trusts create affordable housing

This article was adapted from Shareable’s latest book, “Sharing Cities: Activating the Urban Commons.” Download your free pdf copy today.

Informational Privacy in India: An Emerging Discourse

Centre for Policy Research supported by Omidyar Network organized this event in New Delhi on November 29, 2018. Amber Sinha was a speaker on the first panel on privacy and its tradeoffs.
Concept Note

Danish Expert Group on Data Ethics

Amber Sinha was one of the stakeholders who provided inputs to the Danish Expert Group on Data Ethics in June 2018 during their visit to New Delhi. The Expert Group has prepared and submitted its final report.

Building a Community of Practice: Reflections from 2nd All Partners

On Wednesday, November 14th, the Partnership on AI held its 2nd annual All Partners Meeting in San Francisco, California. Representatives from our 80+ member organizations – for-profit companies, civil society organizations, academic institutions, and advocacy groups – traveled from across the globe to reflect on 2018 progress, and to plan for the future.

Se reunió la Red Universitaria Estatal de Formación Inicial Pedagógica

Entre el 29 y el 30 de noviembre representantes de 16 universidades del Estado de Chile se reunieron a trabajar en diferentes mesas y talleres, abarcando distintas áreas y objetivos planteados por la Red Universitaria Estatal de Formación Inicial Pedagógica, iniciativa que desde 2016 busca impulsar la innovación y transferencia de experiencia en la formación de docentes en nuestro país.Programas de acceso, calidad -incluyendo evaluación nacional diagnóstica y movilidad estudiantil nacional- e investigación fueron los temas de las mesas de trabajo que durante dos días desarr

Universidad de Chile impulsa el desarrollo de manufactura avanzada

Con el financiamiento del Programa Tecnológico Estratégico de CORFO, el Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica (DIMEC) de nuestro plantel, implementará durante cinco años una iniciativa compuesta por ocho proyectos, y cuyo objetivo general es el desarrollo, escalamiento y comercialización de soluciones tecnológicas que permitan avanzar desde la manufactura tradicional a una manufactura avanzada.“Programa de Innovación en Manufactura Avanzada” es el título de la propuesta presentada por el DIMEC de la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, que se adjudicó

Customer Data Isn’t Always an Asset: Lessons from the Marriott Data Breach

As data analytics have improved, the massive amounts of data that companies acquire from their customers has only gained in economic value. In the corporate world of today, this data can be a real asset for companies. However, as today’s news, that the records of over 500 million guests of Marriott International’s Starwood division hotels were involved in a data breach, makes clear, corporate thinking about the value of customer data needs to be reevaluated.

A Critical First Step for IoT Security in Senegal

As barriers to entry start to fall, the Internet of Things (IoT) industry could provide Africa with an opportunity to build a brighter economic future.
Several countries are already establishing tech hubs that could supply the infrastructure to fuel IoT, and while there is still a wide gap between the haves and have-nots of Internet access, with more than 60 per cent of Africa still offline, it’s easy to build a case for connectivity.