Stefan Süß übernimmt zum 1. März das Amt von Prof. Dr. Christian Schwens und ergänzt die bestehende Fakultätsleitung mit Dekan Univ.-Prof. Dr. Justus Haucap sowie Studiendekan apl. Prof. Dr. Ulrich Heimeshoff.
Prof. Dr. Christian Schwens wird die Heinrich-Heine-Universität zum kommenden Sommersemester verlassen.

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·         Download der jährlichen Kontrollmessung der PCB-Raumluftkonzentration nach SQB Überprüfung: Gebäude 23.03.02 Flure 60 und 80 (HHU-Archiv)
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New norms of behavior are needed for Internet users, and it’s time for governments, companies, other organizations, and individuals to work together to define those standards, Internet advocates say.
Even as the Internet gives more and more people new ways to express themselves and improve their standard of living, it also creates problems that demand international and multistakeholder cooperation, speakers at the Global Internet and Jurisdiction Conference 2018 in Ottawa, Canada, said Monday.

Newly published: First comprehensive study on the use and acceptance of smart energy applications in Germany by HIIG-researchers Hendrik Send and Matti Große. Most smart energy users are not satisfied... MORE
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In Chinese, the phrase “rice bunny” is pronounced as “mi tu” and has become a nickname for the #MeToo campaign. The #RiceBunny hashtag, accompanied by emojis of rice bowls and bunny... MORE

„Mit der Veranstaltung verknüpfen wir pflegerische und medizinische Themen mit der aktuellen berufspolitischen Diskussion. Es wird sicher eine spannende Veranstaltung. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch“, sagt Torsten Rantzsch, Pflegedirektor und Vorstandsmitglied am UKD. Aktuell laufen die letzten Planungen.Zum Programm zählt auch eine Podiumsdiskussion, ein Informationsstand für Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten im UKD-Bildungszentrum für Kompetenzentwicklung im Gesundheitswesen (bzg). Auch die IMC-Stationen des UKD können besichtigt werden.

+++PRESS RELEASE IN GERMAN: First comprehensive academic study on use and acceptance of smart energy applications in Germany | High dissatisfaction among smart energy users | Widespread wish for product... MORE
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Wirtschaftsminister Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart hat bei einer Festveranstaltung in Düsseldorf drei Forscher für ihre exzellente Arbeit mit dem Innovationspreis 2018 des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen ausgezeichnet. Der nicht dotierte Ehrenpreis ging in diesem Jahr an den HHU-Professor und Unternehmensgründer Detlev Riesner. Er ist, so die Begründung für die Verleihung des Preises, ein "Naturwissenschaftler und Entrepreneur von herausragender Schaffenskraft.

Sarah Keating at the BBC: “Singapore has grown from almost nothing in 50 years. And this well-regarded society has been built up, partly, thanks to the power of suggestion….But while Singapore still loves a public campaign, it has moved toward a more nuanced approach of influencing the behaviours of its inhabitants.

Michael del Castillo at CoinDesk: “Even as Russia stands accused of meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, its national capital is taking a leadership role in making democracy more transparent.

David Serwadda et al in Science: “A growing number of government agencies, funding organizations, and publishers are endorsing the call for increased data sharing, especially in biomedical research, many with an ultimate goal of open data. Open data is among the least restrictive forms of data sharing, in contrast to managed access mechanisms, which typically have terms of use and in some cases oversight by the data generators themselves.

Vinton G. Cerf is one of the founding fathers of the internet, and on Wednesday, February 28th, he will be on Canada 2020’s stage for an exclusive event.
Tickets are free and open to the public, but available in limited quantities. Click below to secure yours.
Known most for being the co-designer of the TCP/IP protocols and the architecture of the modern Internet, Vint will join us in Ottawa to talk about online citizenship, the right to be forgotten, and state of the modern internet.February 26, 2018Ottawa

A Sandia National Laboratories Report by Zoe N. Gastelum, Meili C. Swanson, Kari Sentz and Christina Rinaudo : “Recent advances in information technology have led to an expansion of crowdsourcing activities that utilize the “power of the people” harnessed via online games, communities of interest, and other platforms to collect, analyze, verify, and provide technological solutions for challenges from a multitude of domains.

The Internet Society’s Vice President of Global Engagement Raúl Echeberría will be participating in a panel tomorrow at the Mobile World Congress Ministerial Programme on Policies to Expand Access to Mobile:

Um dos temas mais debatidos na política é o financiamento das campanhas eleitorais. A lógica é simples, o candidato para se eleger deve, entre outros fatores, divulgar a sua imagem ao maior número de eleitores possível, para convencê-los de que suas propostas são melhores do que os demais candidatos.

Blockchain vs. slavery: Provenance, a London NGO, is using Blockchain to add transparency to seafood supply chains, in an effort to reduce the practice of slavery in the seafood industry in Southeast Asia. Blockchain can create end-to-end traceability for seafood products by storing data on all kinds of transactional history.

Open Access India recently released a statement to promote openness in science and research communities. CIS contributed to the text and introduced it to the participants of OpenCon 2018, Delhi.
Published by Open Access India on February 14, 2018. Read the original post here.

Stuart W. Shulman et al at Data Driven Journalism: “The rise of political bots brings into sharp focus the role of automated social media accounts in today’s democratic civil society.

A dissemination workshop was organized by BBC Media Action, with support from the Digital Impact Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation on February 21, 2018 in Bangalore. Sunil Abraham participated in the workshop.
Agenda
9.00 to 9.45
Registration and coffee
9.50 to 10.05
Introduction to ‘Beyond Scale’, Kate Willson, CEO, Digital Impact Alliance
10.15 to 11.15
‘Surviving the Valley of Death’, panel discussion with:

Dr. Jan Niklas Galle Wie Chlamydien den Menschen infizieren Institut für funktionelle Genomforschung der Mikroorganismen; Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Lena Masch Wut in der Politik, Effekte negativer Emotionen auf die Bewertung von Führungseigenschaften der Politiker und Politikerinnen Institut für Sozialwissenschaften; Philosophische Fakultät
Dr. Sebastian Kötter Titin – Sensibler Riese der Muskelzellen Institut für Herz- und Kreislaufphysiologie; Medizinische Fakultät