The growth of cloud infrastructure in Africa has been credited with the growth of local content in many regions, and it holds the key for Africa’s ability to attract content carriers and distribution networks.
The first panel of day three at the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) was dedicated to discussing the current scenario of cloud infrastructure and what it will take to grow the sector further, get the market interested, and eventually grow the level of content hosted locally.

Die HHU versteht sich als Bürgeruniversität, die ihr Wissen regelmäßig und ohne Vorbedingen mit der Gesellschaft teilen möchte. Eine Gasthörerschaft, also eine Teilnahme an wissenschaftlichen Lehrveranstaltungen der HHU ohne Prüfungen, steht allen offen, die Freude an persönlicher Weiterbildung haben. Es müssen keine Voraussetzungen wie das Abitur erfüllt werden und auch Altersgrenzen bestehen nicht.
Informationsveranstaltung für Gasthörerinnen und Gasthörer Donnerstag, 30. August 2018 von 15:00 Uhr bis 16:00 Uhr Haus der Universität, Schadowplatz 14, 40212 Düsseldorf

Descrição: A pesquisa analisa as contribuições da literatura estrangeira sobre a Teoria da Regulação para diferentes problemas regulatórios brasileiros.
Professor Responsável: Eduardo Jordão
Participantes: Carla Gonçalves, Eduardo Rodrigues, Fernanda Marques, Gabriel Machado, Ludimila Baptista, Pedro Henrique Lopes, Pedro Pamplona e Rafael Berzotti.
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Descrição: A pesquisa realiza uma análise do contencioso envolvendo as agências reguladoras federais e as do estado do Rio de Janeiro.
Professores Responsáveis: Patrícia Sampaio e Sérgio Guerra
Participantes: Adriano Ferreira, Alexander Kelnner, Alexandre Schiller, Anna Carolina Morizot, Carolina Zaja, Christiana Telles, Francisco Defanti, Gabriela Borges, Gabriela Monteiro, Lara Marques, Paulo Jucá e Thiago Barbosa.

Descrição: A pesquisa consiste em realizar estudos que contribuam para permitir que as agências reguladoras venham a ser dotadas de efetiva autonomia financeira. 
Professores Responsáveis: Patrícia Sampaio e Sérgio Guerra
Participantes: Alessandra Carneiro, Anna Christiana Machado, Bruno Ramalho, Cristina Falcão, Daniel Arruda, Daniel Schmitt, Felipe Herdem, Igor Tostes, Paula Junqueira, Rachel Lopes e Rogerio Marinho.

Kamala Thiagarajan at NPR: Devastating rainfall followed by treacherous landslides have killed 210 people since August 8 and displaced over a million in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

Are Internet platforms distorting our political discourse by silencing conservatives? If they were, could Congress pass a law forcing them to play fair?
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La Casa de Bello ha recibido en sus aulas a más de 3 mil estudiantes de pregrado provenientes de otros países desde el 2011, y el 21 por ciento de los nuevos matriculados en doctorados durante el 2017 fueron alumnos internacionales.

Cerca de 200 mil personas sufrirían esta enfermedad hoy en nuestro país, cifra que se elevaría por el medio millón para 2050, conforme la población envejece y se enfrenta al principal factor de riesgo de esta enfermedad: la edad. En la siguiente entrevista, la neuróloga, académica de la Facultad de Medicina y coordinadora de la Clínica de Memoria y Neuropsiquiatría de la U. de Chile, entrega las claves de una enfermedad sobre la que hay que tomar cartas en el asunto con urgencia.

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Das Schlichtungsverfahren ist das Ergebnis eines Vermittlungsgesprächs, zu dem NRW-Wissenschaftsministerin Isabel Pfeiffer-Poensgen und NRW-Gesundheitsminister Karl-Josef Laumann alle Beteiligten am Montag (20. August) eingeladen hatten.

Sunil Abraham will participate as a speaker at the event organized by Digital Asia Hub, Hans-Bredow-Institut, University of Hamburg, Institute for Technology & Society of Rio de Janeiro - ITS Rio and Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University from August 22 - 24, 2018 at Azure Room, Pullman, Jakarta in Indonesia.
Sunil Abraham will make a presentation on Disinformation and Online Recruitment. He will also be chairing the Roundtable on Platforms, Publics and Policies.

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) is an Internet Society initiative that aims to enhance online trust, user empowerment, and innovation through convening multistakeholder initiatives and developing and promoting best practices, ethical privacy practices, and data stewardship. One of OTA’s major activities is the Online Trust Audit & Honor Roll, which promotes responsible online privacy and data security practices and recognizes leaders in the public and private sectors who have embraced them.

Africa’s dream of Cape Town to Cairo fiber connectivity has moved closer, with Liquid Telecom announcing that it has made considerable progress is signing agreements with regulatory authorities and partners within the route.
Liquid Telecom has an ambitious plan of reducing latencies in connectivity between Cape Town and Cairo. Currently, traffic is routed through Europe, with latencies of 209ms, and it will be reduced to 97ms.

With over 1.5 billion users a month, YouTube is the world’s biggest social media platform. It is also the communication and information backbone for the far-right in the United States. In this blogpost, Jonas Kaiser, associate researcher at HIIG and Adrian Rauchfleisch, assistant professor at National Taiwan University, share some preliminary results of their analysis…
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Obwohl viele Patienten an Polyneuropathie leiden, weiß man derzeit relativ wenig über ihre Entstehung, was auch die therapeutischen Möglichkeiten begrenzt. Bislang ist bekannt, dass Entzündungsprozesse zu anderen diabetischen Komplikationen wie Herzinfarkt oder Schlaganfall beitragen. Ziel dieser neuen Studie war daher die umfangreiche Analyse von Biomarkern, die Entzündungsprozesse als Risikofaktor für die sogenannte distale sensorische Polyneuropathie charakterisieren. Dabei wurden sowohl Menschen mit Typ-2-Diabetes als auch Menschen in der älteren Allgemeinbevölkerung untersucht. 

In the run-up to OPEN 2018, the conference which explores the ideas of co-operative vision and the evolving politics of a world of abundance and inclusivity, Oliver Sylvester-Bradley interviewed Cadwell Turnbull. Cadwell is a ‘social fiction’ writer who is exploring ideas about how collaborative narrative and a co-operative vision can help create the spaces needed for a more equitable economy – which works to put people and planet before profit.
Oliver Sylvester-Bradley: What do you do and how did you get to where you are now?

Die Bildergalerie "HHU-Nostalgia" stellt interessante Archiv-Motive vor und wird kontinuierlich ausgebaut und ergänzt: Viel Spaß! 
Hier geht es zur kompletten Galerie (Übersichtsseite).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch noch ein interessantes "historisches" Foto der HHU? Die HHU-Bildredaktion freut sich über jede Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

The Internet is at risk. Once thought of as the global equalizer, opening doors for communication, work opportunities, commerce and more – the Internet is now increasingly viewed with skepticism and wariness. We are witnessing a trend where people fare feeling let down by the technology they use. Fueled by unease and uncertainty about the growing scope of threats to security and privacy that come with an always-on, tech-driven world, people are now looking for ways to disconnect and are placing greater emphasis on values and human interaction.

Neste Bytes de Informação, Davi Teofilo e Luíza Brandão falam um pouco sobre a Lei Geral de Proteção de Dados (GDPR) que entrou em vigor em maio de 2018. Assista e entenda mais sobre seus contornos gerais, impactos e aplicações: