Other News from Participating Centers

Singapore’s ‘Uber of lifesaving’ app is a simple way to stop people from dying on the street

Ariel Schwartz for  Business Insider: “If you have a heart attack on a plane, chances are decently good that a doctor or nurse onboard can provide emergency services while you wait to land. But if you collapse on a crowded city street, you might have to wait awhile for an ambulance to arrive.

Centro de Tecnologías de la Inf. apoya gestión de la Educ. Superior

El nuevo Centro presentó los avances logrados en materia de gestión educacional, y expresó el compromiso de llevar sus futuros desarrollos a toda la red de universidades estatales del país, que en un primer paso extiende herramientas digitales como U-Cursos y Ucampus a las Universidades de Aysén y O'Higgins.Ucampus tiene como misión desarrollar servicios y productos que apoyen a las instituciones de Educación Superior en la gestión de la información académica y curricular de sus estudiantes para hacer que esta sea más expedita y correcta.

Open lunch: International Cybersecurity Policy

Karsten Geier will provide some background information and an overview on new developments, and he is happy to discuss with us possible new steps for ensuring cybersecurity through international cooperation at the UN level.

Moving Toward Automatic Benefits in New York City

On Tuesday, GovLab’s director, Professor Beth Simone Noveck, appeared at a hearing of the New York City Council Committee on General Welfare to provide expert testimony in support of a bill aimed at easing the process of applying for public benefits.

New Students Orientation 2017 – 13.07.2017

New students orientation, for both B.A. and M.A. students, will be held on July, 13, 2017.
 
B.A. in Communication Management 
8.00 A.M. – 8.45 A.M.        Registration and pay faculty tuition fee**
9.00 A.M. – 11.45 A.M.      Orientation and enroll in courses
11.45 A.M. – 12.30 P.M.     Meet your student advisor
 
M.A. in Strategic Communication Management
1.00 P.M. – 1.30 P.M.        Registration and pay faculty tuition fee**

FabLab: Espacio abierto a la innovación tecnológica y las nuevas ideas

Con 400 metros cuadrados y un equipamiento de primer nivel que incluye impresoras 3D, Router CNC y una zona de prototipado electrónica, entre otras herramientas, FabLab se levanta como un terreno abierto y gratuito para que la comunidad universitaria y la ciudadanía desarrollen sus proyectos de innovación tecnológica. ¿Dónde? En la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas (FCFM) de la Casa de Bello.

99° Mercoledì di Nexa - Capire la diffusione delle bufale e se e' possibile contrastarle: un approccio computazionale

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Giancarlo Ruffo (Università degli Studi di Torino)
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99° Mercoledì di Nexa - Capire la diffusione delle bufale e se e' possibile contrastarle: un approccio computazionale

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Giancarlo Ruffo (Università degli Studi di Torino)
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​NTU starts up in high-tech Haifa ​

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Using Collaboration to Harness Big Data for Social Good

Jake Porway at SSIR: “These days, it’s hard to get away from the hype around “big data.” We read articles about how Silicon Valley is using data to drive everything from website traffic to autonomous cars. We hear speakers at social sector conferences talk about how nonprofits can maximize their impact by leveraging new sources of digital information like social media data, open data, and satellite imagery.

A distributed model for internet governance

Global Partners Digital: “Across the world, increased internet adoption has radically altered people’s lives – creating the need for new methods of internet governance that are more effective, flexible, inclusive, and legitimate. Conversations about reforming the internet governance ecosystem are already taking place at the CSTD Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation, and within the wider IGF community.

The State of Mobile Data for Social Good

UN Global Pulse: “This report outlines the value of harnessing mobile data for social good and provides an analysis of the gaps. Its aim is to survey the landscape today, assess the current barriers to scale, and make recommendations for a way forward.

Fórum Europeu debate modelos alternativos de acesso à internet

Evento foi realizado em Tallin, na EstôniaO pesquisador do Centro de Tecnologia e Sociedade (CTS) da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio), Luca Belli, participou do Fórum Europeu sobre Governança da Internet (EuroDIG), realizado nos dias 6 e 7 de junho, em Tallinn, na Estônia. Na ocasião, ele palestrou sobre redes comunitárias e modelos alternativos de acesso à Internet.

Updates from Open Knowledge Portugal

This blog post is part of our summer series featuring updates from local groups across the Open Knowledge Network and was submitted by Open Knowledge Portugal team.
Here is a run-down of our recent activities:
Open Data Day 2017

Rekrutacja na warsztaty z kreatywnego kodowania!

Zapraszamy przedstawicieli instytucji kultury oraz wszystkich pracowników kultury na warsztat, który pomoże im oswoić programowanie i uwolnić wyobraźnię oraz twórczo zastanowić się nad tym, jakie miejsce może mieć technologia w ich codziennej pracy.
Podczas warsztatu postaramy się przełamać barierę drzemiącą w przekonaniu „programowanie – to nie dla mnie”. Przywrócimy uczestnikom wolność kodowania na co dzień zamkniętego w hermetycznym środowisku zawodowych programistów, w żargonie zrozumiałym wąskiej grupie specjalistów, w złożonych narzędziach deweloperskich.

GUDialog – ABIDA meets Open Data

Im Rahmen der interdisziplinären Vortrags- und Diskursreihe „GUDialog“ des Instituts für Gesellschaft und Digitales der Fachhochschule Münster referierte ABIDA-Mitarbeiter Tim Juelicher am 28. Juni über die gesellschaftlichen Implikationen von Big Data.

¡Participa en los Talleres de Vacaciones de Invierno EdV-U.Chile!

Del 12 al 23 de junio estarán abiertas las postulaciones para las clases intensivas EdV dictadas para alumnos y docentes. Estas se realizarán del 17 al 21 de julio en la Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas.En su sexta versión, y con el objetivo de situar a la experimentación como actividad crucial para la enseñanza de las ciencias, los Talleres de Invierno EdV integran una metodología basada en la experimentación y la enseñanza personalizada. La versión 2017 impartirá clases para estudiantes y además profesores, dividas en diferentes programas intensivos:

The Politics of Listening: Possibilities and Challenges for Democratic Life

Book by Leah Bassel: “…explores listening as a social and political practice, in contrast to the more common focus on voice and speaking.  The author draws on cases from Canada, France and the United Kingdom, exploring: minority women and debates over culture and religion; riots and young men in France and England; citizen journalism and the creative use of different media; and solidarity between migrant justice and indigenous activists.

The Right of Access to Public Information

Book by Hermann-Josef Blanke and Ricardo Perlingeiro: “This book presents a comparative study on access to public information in the context of the main legal orders worldwide. The international team of authors analyzes the Transparency- and Freedom-to-Information legislation with regard to the scope of the right to access, limitations of this right inherent in the respective national laws, the procedure, the relationship with domestic legislation on administrative procedure, as well as judicial protection.

Using Open Data to Combat Corruption

Paper by Richard Rose: “Open data makes transparent whether public officials are conducting their activities in conformity with standards that can be bureaucratic, political or moral. Actions that violate these standards are colloquially lumped together under the heterogeneous heading of corruption.