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Between experimentation spaces and traffic light systems: Negotiating artificial intelligence at the company level

AI presents worker representatives with new challenges. At the same time, they also develop new approaches to negotiating AI in the interests of employees.
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Die Erschöpfung von T-Zellen verhindern

Im Immunsystem kommt es bei chronischen Infektionen und bei der Abwehr von Tumoren oft zum Phänomen der T-Zell-Erschöpfung: Dabei verlieren die T-Lymphozyten schrittweise ihre Funktion, und das beeinträchtigt die Immunreaktion gegen Krebs und Infektionen. Die molekularen Mechanismen, die diesen Funktionsverlust steuern, sind noch nicht vollständig entschlüsselt.
Jetzt steht fest, dass der Erschöpfungsprozess maßgeblich von den „Kraftwerken“ der T-Zellen, den Mitochondrien, beeinflusst wird.

Wikimedia Foundation welcomes Kathy Collins as new incoming Board Trustee and Audit Chair

1 November 2023, San Francisco – The Wikimedia Foundation, the global nonprofit that hosts Wikipedia, today announced that Kathy Collins will be joining its Board of Trustees – the board is composed of Wikimedia community volunteers and external experts to help guide the work of the Wikimedia Foundation.

When the internet becomes unknowable

Azeem's Picks: How to Practice Responsible AI with Dr. Rumman Chowdhurry

NRI 2023: Interview with Bruno Lanvin, Co-editor of the Network Readiness Index

In your view, what are the main driving forces supporting or undermining trust towards technologies today? Do any specific global issues and developments come to mind? 
Over the last few decades, we have seen a global erosion of trust. It goes far beyond just technologies. We have seen trust diminish in international relations, for instance, as evidenced by the collapse of multilateral disciplines in trade and investment. We have seen trust diminish within nations, for instance vis-à-vis government authorities, justice, the police. We even saw trust diminish vis-à-vis science.

Event Report: International Trends In Network Usage Fees, October 4, 2023

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United States

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Internet in Gaza: Limited even before war

“Recent airstrikes amidst relentless aggression have severely damaged the last-standing international routes connecting Gaza to the outside world, in addition to the already-destroyed routes during earlier attacks. This led to a total communications blackout in the beloved Gaza Strip,” the Palestinian Telecommunications Company “Paltel” announced before shutting down its internet services on October 27. 

NRI 2023: Interview with Ricardo Alban, President of Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI)

Each year, Portulans Institute collaborates with Knowledge Partners on the production of the Network Readiness Index. Knowledge Partners are public or private institutions that are passionate about the overall goal of using technology for the good of all. They actively engage with the use of technology to enhance competitiveness, to further development and to support an inclusive and sustainable growth agenda.

Tomkinson, S., Paquet M, and Robert, L. 2023. “The Immigrant versus the State:  The Marginal Contribution of Tribunal Judges to Administrative Justice”, International Journal of Law in Context, 10.1017/S1744552323000253

The immigrant versus the state: The marginal contribution of tribunal judges to administrative justice

La professeure Sule Tomkinson vient de publierarticle intitulé The immigrant versus the state: The marginal contribution of tribunal judges to administrative justice, dans la revue International Journal of Law in Context.

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SOAR’s 35th Annual Conference – The Administrative Forest: Pathways to Justice

La professeure Sule Tomkinson fera partie du panel d’ouverture de la SOAR’s 35th Annual Conference – The Administrative Forest: Pathways to Justice, organisée par la Society of Ontario Adjudicators and Regulators et qui se tiendra à Toronto le 02 novembre 2023.

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Von Würzburg in die Welt

Was arbeiten Absolventinnen und Absolventen der Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU)? Um Studierenden verschiedene Perspektiven vorzustellen, hat Michaela Thiel, Geschäftsführerin des zentralen Alumni-Netzwerks, ausgewählte Ehemalige befragt. Diesmal steht ihr Dr. Alexander Wolz Rede und Antwort.

Elon Musk’s Twitter is a ‘$44 billion albatross’ a year later

Resources to capture critical evidence from the Israel-Gaza war

A coalition including Meedan, SMEX and WITNESS aims to strengthen capacity to document, debunk, archive, and preserve critical information in Gaza

CLE Credit Reading Materials: Machine Learning & The Future of Law

Nikita Aggarwal and Rory Van Loo: Prime Day buyers, beware. Amazon makes it hard to find the best deals

Nikita Aggarwal and Rory Van Loo, The Chicago Tribune, October 20, 2023

Open Call for Case Studies

Are you passionate about exploring the role technology plays in university education? Check out our open call for case studies and apply!
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DMRC Visitor Seminar: Prof. Dogan Kesdogan

Join us at our next DMRC Visitor Seminar, led by visiting Professor, Dogan Kesdogan from Regensburg University in Germany, who is set to unravel the fascinating possibilities of Anonymous Communication.

What is the idea of net anonymity, is it redeemable and what are the consequences of the methods?

Should we be worried about rising heat of political discourse? Yes.