Today the Open Knowledge Foundation is launching its revamped website, updated blog and new logo.
Our vision is for a future that is fair, free and open. This will be our guiding principle in everything we do.
Our mission is to create a more open world – a world where all non-personal information is open, free for everyone to use, build on and share; and creators and innovators are fairly recognised and rewarded.
BROOKLYN, New York, February 11, 2020 — The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at NYU Tandon School of Engineering and the Bertelsmann Foundation have partnered to launch the “Future of Work” domain of The 100 Questions Initiative, an effort to identify the most important societal questions for which greater access to data and data science methods could find the answers.
Last month INC proudly published Sepp Eckenhaussen’s Scenes of Independence: Cultural Ruptures in Zagreb (1991-2019) as the third edition of the Deep Pockets series. It tells the story of ‘independent culture’ in Zagreb in a way that is both theoretical, practical, and personal. Below you can read an excerpt. To get a free download or order a print-on-demand copy of the full book, please visit the publication page.
The post Prof. Helberger in NRC: Lees en voed ons algoritme appeared first on IVIR.
The post Prof. Van Eechoud benoemd tot voorzitter Commissie Auteursrecht appeared first on IVIR.
Safer Internet Day is an opportunity for people and organizations around the world to join forces in a series of activities and events dedicated to working towards a more secure Internet.
薛虹教授的文章发表于中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会“专题活动-抗疫专栏”
疫情大敌当前，突显仲裁庭远程办案的必要性。中国国际经济贸易仲裁委员会（贸仲）早于2009年就公布、实施了全球首个“网上仲裁规则”，适用于解决电子商务争议或者其他当事人约定适用本规则的其他经济贸易争议。该“网上仲裁规则”在《中华人民共和国仲裁法》的基础上，在电子证据、网上仲裁开庭、电子化仲裁裁决（但须仲裁员签名并加盖仲裁委员会印章）等多个方面进行了有益的探索与尝试。为防控疫情，不仅适用网上仲裁规则的案件，而且所有的案件都应尽可能远程办理。秘书局远程管理案件已有比较成熟的经验，相比之下，仲裁庭远程办案还在摸索过程中。除了远程开庭之外，证据的电子化、数字化与网络化是仲裁庭远程办理的瓶颈。
Is the following information relevant to you?: Tech companies collect and sell your data to business consumers, in some cases since the early 2000s. Strategies developed from analysis “nudge” your feelings and behaviour, without you being aware of it. During the Making Sense of the Digital Society event, Shoshana Zuboff – scholar, activist and professor…
The FBI weighs in, again: The U.S. FBI, which has complained for years about the lack of access to encrypted communications, isn’t yet ready to call for legislation that would force tech companies to let police in, FCW.com reports. During a recent congressional hearing, Rep.
La troisième édition de la Bourse Elizabeth CORTE, destinée à soutenir un(e) étudiant(e) inscrit(e) à temps plein au 2e cycle ou 3e cycle d’une Faculté de droit québécoise (et de l’Université d’Ottawa) menant un projet de recherche en lien avec la déontologie judiciaire ou l’accès à la justice a connu son épilogue à la suite de la délibération du comité de sélection.
Deux candidates et un candidat ont été désignés comme récipiendaires de cette bourse. Il s’agit de :
This blog post describes a Frictionless Data Pilot with the Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). Pilot projects are part of the Frictionless Data for Reproducible Research project. Written by the BCO-DMO team members Adam Shepherd, Amber York, Danie Kinkade, and development by Conrad Schloer.
In principle, university management refers to the always up-to-date information provided by the German Foreign Office, the Robert Koch Institute and the expertise of Düsseldorf University Hospital. You will find the links below. According to the Robert Koch Institute, the risk to the health of the population in Germany currently posed by the new respiratory disease from China remains low.
As Chair of the Internet Society Nominations Committee, I am pleased to announce the slates of candidates for the 2020 Board of Trustees elections. The candidates for each slate are listed below in alphabetical order by last name.
Chapters Election (two seats available)
Organization Members Election (one seat available)
You can find further information about the project here.
Aufgrund des Sturmtiefs Sabine gibt es keinen generellen Klausur-Ausfall am Montag, den 10. Februar. Jedoch wird allen Studierenden empfohlen, ihre Postfächer zu prüfen, da es vereinzelt zu Ausfällen kommen kann.
Wer zu einer stattfindenden Klausur nicht anreisen kann, muss glaubhaft machen, dass die Prüfungsteilnahme aus triftigen Gründen nicht möglich war.
Weitere Informationen und Sicherheitshinweise finden sich unter:
About Common Wealth
Just like you, there are others frustrated by “business-as-usual”. They are frustrated by the “lip service” provided to stakeholders. Like when a company says “employees are our greatest asset” but means the opposite.
By contrast, there are organisations where stakeholders have an actual stake. These include:
This is an edited excerpt of Part IV and Annexure ‘B’ of CCG’s Comments to the National Security Council Secretariat on the National Cyber Security Strategy 2020 (NCSS 2020). The full text of the Comments can be accessed here. This consolidated organogram is a depiction of cyber security institutions in India as an inter-ministerial and inter-departmental […]
Die Neuronen sind allgemein als die aktiven Zellen bekannt, die im Gehirn ‚das Denken übernehmen‘. Doch ohne die Gliazellen gäbe es gar kein Gehirn, denn sie erst ermöglichen die Arbeit der Nervenzellen. Darüber hinaus weiß man inzwischen, dass Gliazellen auch eine aktive Rolle bei neuronalen Prozessen spielen.
Von dem Gesamtbetrag werden insgesamt 100.000 € nach Düsseldorf fließen, die zur molekulargenetischen Analyse von Tumorerkrankungen bei Kindern und Jugendlichen genutzt werden sollen. Die Düsseldorfer Arbeitsgruppe in der Klinik von Herrn Prof. Dr. Arndt Borkhardt wird insbesondere bioinformatische Analysen von Hochdurchsatz-DNA-Sequenzierdaten durchführen, die auf eine besondere genetische Veranlagung zur Entwicklung von Tumoren von Kindern in Spanien als auch in Deutschland schließen lassen.
