Am Institut für Informations-, Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht, Zivilrechtliche Abteilung, ist ab dem 1. November 2017  eine Stelle als wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin/wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Entgeltgruppe 13 TV-L) mit der Hälfte der regelmäßigen Arbeitszeit (19 Std. 55 Min.) mit der Möglichkeit zur Promotion zu besetzen. Die Einstellung ist befristet bis zum 28.02.2019. Eine längere Zusammenarbeit ist erwünscht. Es handelt sich um drittmittelfinanzierte Stellen im Forschungsprojekt

This post has been co-authored by Adam Kariv, Vitor Baptista, and Paul Walsh.

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United States

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United States

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Helmut K. Anheier at Project Syndicate: “… many democracies are plagued by serious maladies – such as electoral gerrymandering, voter suppression, fraud and corruption, violations of the rule of law, and threats to judicial independence and press freedom – there is little agreement about which solutions should be pursued.
How to make our democracies more resilient, if not altogether immune, to anti-democratic threats is a central question of our time. …

UoP News: “People who give up their time for online volunteering are mainly motivated by a desire to learn, a new study has found.
The research surveyed volunteers on ‘citizen science’ projects and suggests that this type of volunteering could be used to increase general knowledge of science within society.

Teaser

This collection of short essays and opinion pieces on harmful speech online covers a broad spectrum of thought and ideas from the Berkman Klein community.

Publication Date

14 Aug 2017
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Paul Basken at The Chronicle of Higher Education: “As universities have slowly pushed their scientists to embrace open-access journals, publishers will need new profit centers.

Gilbert Nakweya at SciDevNet: “According to the inaugural Africa Data Revolution Report (ADRR), there is minimal or non-existent collaborations among data communities regarding the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Africa’s Agenda 2063.

Académicos de distintas facultades e institutos se reunieron en el "Seminario de Experiencias de Innovación Docente: aprendizajes y reflexiones para una docencia inclusiva", en el que intercambiaron experiencias sobre las nuevas propuestas y metodologías que están desarrollándose en las distintas aulas de la U.

Las dos principales compañías de danza del país compartirán escenario en "Noces", la nueva obra con que el director artístico del Ballet Nacional Chileno, Mathieu Guilhaumon, participará en el Festival de Coreógrafos del Municipal de Santiago.

Desde inicios de año, cuatro colegios de la red SIP están participando de un piloto que busca incorporar la habilidad en el ramo de matemática, de primero a cuarto básico a partir de la iniciativa "Activando la Resolución de Problemas en el Aula" (ARPA), del Centro de Investigación Avanzada en Educación y el Centro de Modelamiento Matemático. Este trabajo se está realizando también en la enseñanza superior en una alianza con INACAP.

El Convenio de colaboración entre la Casa de Bello y el laboratorio Pfizer busca fortalecer la transferencia de conocimientos y tecnología desde nuestro plantel al mercado nacional e internacional. Tratamientos contra el cáncer renal y cerebral son parte de los proyectos en los que ambas instituciones intensificarán su trabajo conjunto.

Handbooks, conferences, best practice documents – there are many resources to turn to in order to learn about Internet peering. But when it comes to de-peering, networkers are mostly left... MORE

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United States

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United States

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Sunil Abraham was a speaker at the APrIGF 2017 organized by UNESCO in Bangkok from July 26 to 29, 2017. Vidushi Marda also participated in the event.

Subtitle

A workshop exploring how algorithms and human behavior interact to spread harmful speech online, but also to enable novel responses to it

Teaser

How do algorithms and human behavior intersect to impact the spread and study of harmful speech online?

Jon Fingas at Engadget: “Law enforcement has been trying predictive policing software for a while now, but how well does it work when it’s put to a tough test? Potentially very well, according to Chicago police.

Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT): “Two years ago, CDT embarked on a project to explore what we call “digital decisions” – the use of algorithms, machine learning, big data, and automation to make decisions that impact individuals and shape society. Industry and government are applying algorithms and automation to problems big and small, from reminding us to leave for the airport to determining eligibility for social services and even detecting deadly diseases.