Article by Luciano Floridi et al: “…reports the findings of AI4People, a year-long initiative designed to lay the foundations for a “Good AI Society”. We introduce the core opportunities and risks of AI for society; present a synthesis of five ethical principles that should undergird its development and adoption; and offer 20 concrete recommendations – to assess, to develop, to incentivise, and to support good AI – which in some cases may be undertake

Originally published on Commondreams.org
Andrea Germanos: Tackling ‘Urgency and Scale” of Crisis, Oakland, Calif. Declares Climate Emergency. City council passed resolution Tuesday endorsing declaration of a climate emergency and calling for just transition.

Originally published 18 September 2018 at foprop.org

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Paper by Ian G. Johnson et al: “There is a growing public, political, and academic discourse around the idea that data has the potential to empower citizens. In particular, evidence-based policymaking is at the centre of national and regional planning processes. At the same time a shift towards Localism in planning means that while citizens and civic groups are centrally involved in decision-making about their communities, they lack the skills, resources and access to data that might inform their decision-making.

Elonnai Hickok was a speaker in the panel "Move Slower and Fix Things" which was part of the 40th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners. The event was organized by International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) from October 22 - 26, 2018 in Brussels. Elonnai participated in the event on October 24 and 25, 2018.
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Akriti Bopanna and Ambika Tandon conducted a panel on 'Gender and Intermediary Liability' at the Digital Citizen Summit, hosted by the Digital Empowerment Foundation, on November 1, 2018 at India International Centre, New Delhi.

Un total de 613 inscritos de esta localidad serán trasladados hasta la comuna vecina para la rendición del próximo 26 y 27 de noviembre.

Un estudio realizado por la economista Josefina Sotomayor y el investigador del CIAE Juan Pablo Valenzuela estableció que existe una alta heterogeneidad en términos de rentabilidad en las carreras ofrecidas por dichos establecimientos en nuestro país, información fundamental para los jóvenes que optan por esta alternativa para cursar sus estudios superiores.En el marco de una tesis de postgrado de Políticas Públicas de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios desarrollada por la economista Josefina Sotomayor y dirigida por el investigador del CIAE Juan Pablo Valenzuela, se

Según la última Encuesta de Ocupación y Desocupación del Centro de Microdatos de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile, la tasa de desempleo en el Gran Santiago presentó leves modificaciones respecto del trimestre anterior y de la medición realizada en septiembre de 2017.

This week is IETF 103 in Bangkok, Thailand, and we’re bringing you daily blog posts highlighting the topics of interest to us in the ISOC Internet Technology Team. Wednesday is a relatively light day in this respect, although there’s some pretty important matters being discussed today.

Recruited from the street, content moderators sit in front of screens for hours, filtering violence and hatred from our timelines. They are exploited, mostly left alone with the psychological consequences and hardly anyone knows about it. This is why Hans Block and Moritz Riesewieck, in their documentary film “The Cleaners”, seize on the current debate…
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Paper by Dirk Beerbaum and Julia M. Puaschunder: “A growing body of academic research in the field of behavioural economics, political science and psychology demonstrate how an invisible hand can nudge people’s decisions towards a preferred option. Contrary to the assumptions of the neoclassical economics, supporters of nudging argue that people have problems coping with a complex world, because of their limited knowledge and their restricted rationality.

Threats remain to US voting system – and voters' perceptions of reality
As Americans go to the polls, the voting process and the information environment are still not secure.
Richard Forno, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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WeishengLu at Resources, Conservation and Recycling: “Illegal dumping, referring to the intentional and criminal abandonment of waste in unauthorized areas, has long plagued governments and environmental agencies worldwide. Despite the tremendous resources spent to combat it, the surreptitious nature of illegal dumping indicates the extreme difficulty in its identification.

Do you know someone who has played a major role in the development and advancement of the Internet? On 1 January 2019, the Internet Hall of Fame will open nominations for its 2019 class of inductees.

Ziel der Tagung ist es, die aktuellen Debatten zu Drogenkonsum und Drogenpolitik über die verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen der Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf (HHU) hinweg gemeinsam mit der Öffentlichkeit zu evaluieren. Die eintägige Veranstaltung eröffnet sowohl etablierten Forschenden als auch dem wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs die Möglichkeit, ihre Expertisen durch Vorträge und offene Diskussionen bürgernah zu präsentieren.

Open Knowledge International and Viderum are delighted to announce that Rufus Pollock is joining Viderum as President and CEO. Rufus is a pioneer and leader in the open data community, founder of Open Knowledge, and the original creator of CKAN. Rufus will also be acquiring a majority stake in Viderum and is committed to ongoing investment to accelerate its growth.

In der Nachkriegszeit wurden zwischen 1959 und 1972 Interviews mit rund 1.000 Muttersprachlern des Jiddischen gemacht, die den 2. Weltkrieg überlebt hatten und mittlerweile in den Vereinigten Staaten und Israel lebten. Ziel war es, einen Dialekt- und Kulturatlas des aschkenasischen Judentums im historischen Sprachraum in Europa zu erstellen, der nur in Teilen erschien. Diese Interviews werden nun von Lea Schäfer erstmals systematisch nach syntaktischen Fragestellungen ausgewertet.

Das interfakultäre Zertifikatsprogramm „Academic Career Development Programme“ (ACDP) wurde im Jahr 2017 an der HHU aufgelegt und wird jährlich angeboten. Es unterstützt den persönlichen Karriereweg von Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftlern. Angehörige der HHU mit eigenständiger Forschungserfahrung können daran teilnehmen, die ihre wissenschaftliche Selbständigkeit erreicht haben und eine wissenschaftliche Karriere anstreben.