La investigadora del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE), profesora titular de la Universidad de Chile y Premio Nacional de Educación, recibió por parte de la Asociación Norteamericana de Investigadores en Educación (AERA) un premio a la trayectoria que honra el compromiso de largo plazo con la comprensión de la carrera y la vida de los docentes. AERA es la asociación nacional de investigación interdisciplinaria más grande del mundo dedicada al estudio científico de la educación y el aprendizaje.

Cuatro de estos centros de investigación de punta pertenecientes a la Casa de Bello se adjudicaron financiamiento este 2019 para continuar su labor por los próximos años: el Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación (CIAE), el Centro de Biotecnología y Bioingeniería (CeBIB) y el Centro Avanzado de Tecnología para la Minería (AMTC) junto al Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería (ISCI).

Last week, I watched, completely helpless, as the spire of Notre-Dame de Paris was eaten away by a blazing fire.
I lived for seven years in France’s capital. I’ve seen Notre-Dame more times than I can count—as a backdrop to a evening stroll, a morning rendez-vous, an outing with friends. Paris, and Notre-Dame at its heart, are dear to me.

Earlier this year, Wikimedia Korea was formally recognized as a new Wikimedia chapter to support greater awareness and participation of Wikipedia, the world’s free knowledge resource with more than 50 million articles edited entirely by volunteers, and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects in South Korea.

올해 초, 사단법인 한국 위키미디어 협회가 위키백과와 위키미디어 자매 프로젝트에 대한 인식을 제고하고 참여를 독려하기 위하여 새로운 위키미디어 지부(Wikimedia chapter)인 위키미디어 한국(Wikimedia Korea)으로 승인됐다. 위키백과는 자발적인 편집자가 작성한 5천만 개 이상의 문서를 보유한 세계적인 자유 지식 자료(free knowledge resources)이다.
위키미디어 지부는 독립적인 비영리 가맹 단체로서, 각자의 지리적인 지역을 기반으로 위키백과와 자유 지식을 진흥하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이미 전세계적으로 37개의 지부가 활동하고 있으며 대한민국을 기반으로 활동하는 새로운 지부는 38번째 지부이다.
한국어 위키백과는 다양한 언어의 위키백과 중에서 대한민국에서 가장 널리 읽히는 위키백과이며, 약 50만 개의 문서를 보유하고 있고, 매달 7천만 회 이상 조회되고 있다. 한국어 위키백과의 문서는 위키백과 사용자라고 불리는 자발적인 편집자의 커뮤니티에 의하여 작성된 것이며, 이들은 과학에서 대중 문화에 이르기까지 다양한 주제의 문서를 신뢰할 수 있는 출처를 이용하여 생성, 편집한다.

In collaboration with the Africa Union Commission (AUC), the Africa Telecommunication Union (ATU), and Omidyar Network, from 8-11 April 2019 the Africa Regional Bureau successfully gathered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 103 participants comprising Internet Society Chapter leaders, African Regional economic bodies, privacy experts, regulators, and data protection agencies to a two-day workshop on IoT Security, Privacy, and Digital ID followed by the 2019 African Chapters Advocacy Meeting.

There’s a lack of gender diversity at all levels in the technology sector. This is partly because the number of female students in mathematics, engineering, computer science, and science is disproportionately low around the world. So how do we close this gap?

Support for the education of women and girls in the ICT sector is consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – in particular SDG 5, aimed at achieving gender equality and empowering all women and girls through, among other things, information and communication technologies.

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AI has the potential to make decisions and optimise processes – for example in medical treatments. But the new kind of AI-infused decision making works in obscure ways and we need transcriptions. Aviva de Groot describes in her blogpost, how to appreciate the aspect of dignity – an elusive ingredient of a ‘right to explanation’…
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De acuerdo al sondeo realizado durante la primera semana de abril, los planteles del Estado son las instituciones que mayor confianza dan a los chilenos, seguido por Metro y Fonasa, marcando además un alza a su valor más alto en la historia de la medición.

La proliferación de redes sociales y medios digitales ha generado nuevas oportunidades para la difusión de contenido manipulado o falso, así como para la realización de delitos aprovechando la filtración de información personal sensible. Andrés Peñailillo, oficial de Seguridad de la U.

Este martes 9 de abril se cumple un año del anuncio que realizó el Ejecutivo de una serie de medidas que forman parte de su política migratoria, uno de los temas prioritarios en la agenda del gobierno.

La necesidad de que Chile cuente con una Ley de Ciencias y la disposición del mundo universitario para avanzar en consolidar una cultura de innovación y desarrollo científico en el país, fueron algunos de los temas de la cita que sostuvieron en el Palacio de La Moneda el decano de la Facultad de Ciencias -y presidente del Consejo Nacional de Decanos de Facultades de Ciencias del Consejo de Rectores- Raúl Morales, y el decano de la Facultad de Ciencias Químicas y Farmacéuticas, Arturo Squella, con el Ministro de Ciencia, Tecnología, Conocimiento e Innovación, Andrés Couve y la subsec

Thiago Bottino falará sobre o “Pacote Anticrime”O coordenador da graduação daFGV Direito Rio, professor Thiago Bottino, participa do evento “New Frontiers in the Fight Against Corruption in Brazil”, que será realizado no próximo dia 25 de abril, na Columbia Law School (EUA). Também integram a mesa o Ministro do STF Luís Roberto Barroso e o Juiz Federal Marcelo Bretas.

Last week we released the 10th Online Trust Audit
& Honor Roll, which is a comprehensive evaluation of an organization’s consumer
protection, data security, and privacy practices. If you want to learn more
about this year’s results, please join us
for our webinar on Wednesday, 24 April, at 1PM EDT / 5PM UTC. Today,
though, we thought it would be interesting to see how the Audit and results

A Secretaria de Segurança Pública de São Paulo irá inserir, em outubro de 2019, drones no sistema Olho de Águia. Usar tecnologias de registro e verificação da realidade para controlar nossos medos parece um caminho óbvio. No entanto, ainda é preciso refletir sobre quem controla essas próprias ferramentas de vigilância.
 
Tecnologia no combate ao crime

Change in
direction: A story
at CityLab.com examines why the state of Arkansas has moved to rescind a
2011 ban on community-financed broadband networks. The state is the least
connected in the U.S., according to one group, and residents have complained
about “lousy” broadband options.

Jeremy Lent: We need to rein in the destructive power of corporations and billionaires before it’s too late. These five ideas would do that, while leaving global capitalism intact. Ultimately, only a complete transformation of our economic system will save our future, but these proposals could set changes in motion that might eventually take us there.