How Fogos.pt is providing an accessible fire map

Heute wurde Dr. Alexander Nebrig von Prorektorin Prof. Dr. Andrea von Hülsen-Esch  zum W2-Professor für Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft ernannt.

Die Spuren der in Weimar gegründeten Kunstschule erstrecken sich auch bis an den Rhein und nach Westfalen. Unter dem Titel „Baushaus100 im Westen“ arbeiten deshalb die beiden NRW-Landschaftsverbände und das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen an einem gemeinsamen Projekt, um die Spuren der Bauhaus-Bewegung sichtbar und verständlich zu machen. Der Arbeitskreis plant in dem Zusammenhang eine virtuelle Ausstellung über den Zusammenschluss von Künstlern und Schriftstellern, die in Simonskall zwischen 1919 bis 1921 im Junkerhaus lebten und arbeiteten.

Thiago se formou em 2011Thiago Correa se formou no ano de 2011.2 na Graduação da FGV Direito Rio. Após a obtenção do diploma, o discente voltou suas atenções para o concurso público e, hoje, integra o Núcleo de Combate à Corrupção da Procuradoria da República no Estado do Amazonas, além de atuar como Procurador Regional Eleitoral auxiliar.

On 13/09, the team of researchers from the University of Brasilia (UnB) responsible for examining the Supreme Court of Brazil’s case distribution system published an advisory opinion with the results of its evaluation. In today’s post, we interviewed Professor Henrique Araújo Costa, one of the group’s researchers, regarding the process and the team’s conclusions.
 
Process distribution systems and the demand for transparency

No dia 13/09/2018, a equipe da Universidade de Brasília (UnB) responsável por examinar o sistema de distribuição de processos do Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) publicou um parecer com os resultados de sua avaliação. No post de hoje, entrevistamos o professor Henrique Araújo Costa, um dos pesquisadores do grupo, a respeito do processo e das conclusões.
 
Sistemas de distribuição de processos e a demanda por transparência

Elonnai Hickok participated in the event organized by the Global Network Initiative at the Russell Senate Office Building, Washington D.C. on September 18, 2018 as a speaker.
Elonnai spoke on the CLOUD Act from an Indian perspective based on the article that she co-authored with Vipul Kharbanda.

Arindrajit was a panelist at the event on AI in public service delivery hosted by UNESCAP Bangkok on August 29, 2018. The event was co-organized by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific and Google.

Public trust in the government remains near historic lows.

Sunil Abraham and Amber Sinha participated in a conference on data protection at NIPFP in New Delhi on September 4, 2018. The event was organized by National Institute of Public Finance and Policy.
Sunil Abraham and Amber Sinha were discussant in the session Disclosures in Privacy Policies: Does Consent Work?
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Page Type: Eventlunch28 novembre 2018
Davide Brunello (Università degli Studi di Torino)
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Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Hahn zu der künftigen Ausrichtung des Lehrstuhls: „Nachhaltigkeitsmanagement hat sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem festen Bestandteil der Betriebswirtschaftslehre entwickelt. Wir wollen uns am neuen Stiftungslehrstuhl künftig insbesondere dem Verhalten verschiedener Wirtschaftsakteure widmen. Ein spannendes und relevantes Thema, denn letztlich kann Nachhaltigkeit nur erfolgreich sein, wenn es im täglichen Handeln umgesetzt wird.

On 22nd September, 22 women will join a growing community of people who believe in a world of equal opportunity for women and girls.
The Equals in Tech Award is an annual event that gives awards to those who are helping girls and women get equal access, skills, and opportunities online and in the tech industry.
It’s our second year at the event and every year the finalists never fall short of inspiration.

In den Medien liest man oftmals Horrorgeschichten, denen zufolge die Digitalisierung eine Massenarbeitslosigkeit mit sich bringen werde. Millionen von Menschen würden arbeitslos sein, weil sie schlichtweg in den modernen Produktionsprozessen nicht mehr gebraucht werden. Aber stimmt das überhaupt? Jens Südekum präsentiert aktuelle Forschungsergebnisse, die zeigen, welchen Einfluss Industrieroboter in den letzten 20 Jahren tatsächlich auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt gehabt haben. Sein Fazit: Keine Panik! Roboter waren zumindest bislang noch keine erbarmungslosen Jobkiller.

What happens when the entity that issued your identification documents no longer exists? Are encrypted identities the solution to this and could they be a prerequisite for technologically enabled forms of enhanced participatory democracy, even at a global scale? And, if that is possible, are we all global citizens, as Diogenes and Kant claimed to…
The post Digital identities: a chance for democracy? appeared first on HIIG.

There have always been movements with dissenting views on the money system: how it runs and whom it works for. But in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, a new wave of money agitators has emerged, each with very distinct ideas about what money means. From bitcoin evangelists to advocates of modern monetary theory, they have divided into warring factions.
To understand them and what they’re fighting for, it’s important to understand the system they’re challenging.

Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Cross-posted from Scientific American. 
Location

United States

See map: Google Maps

Data Stewards: a new Role and Responsibility for an AI and Data Age
This article by Stefaan Verhulst originally appeared in Medium on September 19, 2018.

Medium Article by Stefaan G. Verhulst: “…Yet even as we see more data steward-type roles defined within companies, there exists considerable confusion about just what they should be doing. In particular, we have noticed a tendency to conflate the roles of data stewards with those of individuals or groups who might be better described as chief privacy, chief data or security officers. This slippage is perhaps understandable, but our notion of the role is somewhat broader.