Other News from Participating Centers

U. de Chile fortalece vínculos con Academia China de Gobernanza

Programas de intercambio estudiantil y académico, así como investigación en desafíos globales como seguridad alimentaria, cambio climático, protección ambiental o gestión de desastres, fueron algunas de las áreas de colaboración planteadas por la delegación china.Nuevas oportunidades de intercambio y cooperación internacional, en campos como la formación, la investigación científica y la consulta sobre políticas, acordaron desarrollar autoridades del Instituto de Asuntos Públicos de la Universidad de Chile (INAP) y de la Academia China de Gobernanza.

De la mesa a los laboratorios: Endulzantes bajo la lupa de la ciencia

Recientemente, la Organización Panamericana de la Salud incluyó a los edulcorantes en la lista de nutrientes críticos, como el sodio, el azúcar y las grasas saturadas. Y aunque no hay estudios concluyentes respecto a los endulzantes artificiales, los expertos avanzan en evidencias que indican que no serían tan inocuos como se creía.

CMPF at the UNESCO Technical Meeting on safety of journalists, Geneva 28th June

Elda Brogi will attend the meeting technical meeting on on Indicator 16.10.1 of the sustainable development goals.
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28 June: Seminar with Seth Baum from GCRI

On June 28, Executive Director Seth Baum from the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute will give a talk on the Institutes’ flagship integrated assessment project, with emphasis on risk from artificial intelligence (AI). Read more here

The seminar will take place from 4:00 pm – 5:30 pm atthe Alison Richard Building (ground floor), 7 West Road,  Cambridge, CB3 9DT United Kingdom

Kserokopia #59 (6-23 czerwca)

W tym numerze Kserokopii prezentujemy najnowsze orzeczenie TSUE dotyczące portalu Pirate Bay i wyniki głosowania nad reformą prawa autorskiego w pierwszej z komisji Parlamentu Europejskiego – Rynku Wewnętrznego. Zachęcamy również do zapoznania się z raportami  o funkcjonowaniu dozwolonego użytku w Europie i dostępie do nielegalnych treści w Polsce oraz dementujemy nieprawdziwe stwierdzenie komisarza Ansipa o systemach monitorowania treści.

Natascha Just wird Professorin an renommiertem Institut in den USA

Natascha Just wird Professorin an renommiertem Institut in den USA

“Tool Without a Handle: Reflections on 20 years from Reno v. ACLU”

On 26 June 1997, in Reno v ACLU, the US Supreme Court decided the fate of the Communications Decency Act (“CDA”), insofar as it criminalized the intentional transmission of "obscene or indecent" messages or information.  In doing so, the Court made not only a finding that this provision of the CDA violated the 1st Amendment, but applied an approach to Internet cases with clear implications for cases the Court faces today.

IEEE COMPSAC 2017 - Internet, Industry and Society

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Juan Carlos De Martin, Yochai Benkler, Luca De Biase, Maurizio Griva
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IEEE COMPSAC 2017 - Internet, Industry and Society

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Juan Carlos De Martin, Yochai Benkler, Luca De Biase, Maurizio Griva
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Rawification and the careful generation of open government data

 and  in Social Studies of Science: “Drawing on a two-year ethnographic study within several French administrations involved in open data programs, this article aims to investigate the conditions of the release of government data – the rawness of which open data policies require.

Is Crowdsourcing Patient-Reported Outcomes the Future of Evidence-Based Medicine?

Paper by Mor Peleg, Tiffany I. Leung, Manisha Desai and Michel Dumontier: “Evidence is lacking for patient-reported effectiveness of treatments for most medical conditions and specifically for lower back pain. In this paper, we examined a consumer-based social network that collects patients’ treatment ratings as a potential source of evidence. Acknowledging the potential biases of this data set, we used propensity score matching and generalized linear regression to account for confounding variables.

Powerlessness and the Politics of Blame

The Jefferson Lecture in the Humanities by Martha C. Nussbaum: “… I believe the Greeks and Romans are right: anger is a poison to democratic politics, and it is all the worse when fueled by a lurking fear and a sense of helplessness. As a philosopher I have been working on these ideas for some time, first in a 2016 book called Anger and Forgiveness, and now in a book in progress called The Monarchy of Fear, investigating the relationship between anger and fear.

In memoriam: Prof. Stefano Rodotà (1933-2017)

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In memoriam: Prof. Stefano Rodotà (1933-2017)

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52 Nexa Lunch Seminar - An open discussion on the data revolution

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Antonio Vetrò (Director of Research at Nexa Center)
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52 Nexa Lunch Seminar - An open discussion on the data revolution

Page Type: Eventlunch28 giugno 2017
Antonio Vetrò (Director of Research at Nexa Center)
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Lower Ed: The Troubling Rise of For-Profit Colleges in the New Economy

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with the author, Berkman Klein Center Faculty Associate Tressie McMillan Cottom

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A former insider discloses the story behind for-profit schools to explain the exorbitant price tags, the questionable credentials, and the lose-lose options for Americans seeking a better life.

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Global AI Dialogue Series

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A platform for researchers, officials, and executives with strategic, policy, business or technology responsibilities to share, shape, and develop insights into AI from an ethics and governance perspective.
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) transforms the way we live and work, shaping our ability to understand and maximize the social and economic opportunities enabled by technology on a global scale.

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In terror fight, tech companies caught between US and European ideals

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United States

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Arizona getting ahead of autonomous vehicle industry by stepping aside

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United States

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