In dem neuen in Düsseldorf und Wuppertal ansässigen Graduiertenkolleg wird ein Bereich der reinen Mathematik erforscht. „Die algebraische Geometrie ist eines der traditionsreichsten und faszinierendsten Gebiete der Mathematik“, so die Wissenschaftler. Die zentralen Forschungsgegenstände der beteiligten Mathematikerinnen und Mathematiker sind homogene Räume, algebraische Varietäten im Zusammenhang mit Darstellungen von Gruppen, Moduli-Räume von Köcherdarstellungen, Brauer-Gruppen und algebraische Kobordismen.

This blog has been reposted from http://jonathangray.org/2017/12/20/new-edition-data-journalism-handbook/

An encouraging article which, among other things, mentions Platform Coops. Let’s hope that in 2018 we can speak about strides, rather than steps. The article was originally published in Cooperative News.
Building a ‘human economy’

Writing for Boing Boing, Cory Doctorow summarizes the conclusions of a standout interview with Stanford Law expert Ryan Singel and International Studies expert Didi Kuo about the meaning of the post-neutrality web.

RSVP is required for this free event. January 23, 2018Stanford Law School

New Methodology by Andrew Young, Jeffrey Brown, Hannah Pierce, and Stefaan G. Verhulst: “More and more people live in urban settings. At the same time, and often resulting from the growing urban population, cities worldwide are increasingly confronted with complex environmental, social, and economic shocks and stresses. When seeking to develop adequate and sustainable responses to these challenges, cities are realizing that traditional methods and existing resources often fall short.

Rund 60.000 Blutpräparate werden am größten Düsseldorfer Krankenhaus jährlich benötigt – davon etwa 12.000 Thrombozytenpräparate und der Rest Präparate aus Vollblutspenden von denen Erythrozyten-Konzentrate und Plasma-Präparate hergestellt werden können.

More and more people live in urban settings. At the same time, and often resulting from the growing urban population, cities worldwide are increasingly confronted with complex environmental, social, and economic shocks and stresses. When seeking to develop adequate and sustainable responses to these challenges, cities are realizing that traditional methods and existing resources often fall short.
Addressing 21st century challenges will require innovative approaches.

Happy New Year!
2018 offers exciting promise and opportunity for the Internet Society and the work of our global community for a better Internet. We’ll continue the positive momentum we started in 2017, when we celebrated our 25 year milestone and strengthened our impact around the globe.
Thank you to all who joined us on this amazing journey.  Take a look back at many of last year’s highlights.

Technical report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission: “… synthesises the results of our work on using new data sources for policy-making. It reflects a recent shift from more general considerations in the area of Big Data to a more dedicated investigation of Citizen Science, and it summarizes the state of play. With this contribution, we start promoting Citizen Science as an integral component of public participation in policy in Europe.

Skip Descant at GovTech: “Worried about the possibility of flooding near your home in Iowa? Soon, you can just ask Alexa.

Virpi Oksman and Minna Kulju in the International Journal of Services Technology and Management: “This article examines the challenge of involving various stakeholders in urban planning through user-driven innovation and collaborative design and leveraging these processes to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes.

La actividad, que convocó a autoridades, monitores, académicos y funcionarios, tuvo por objetivo entregar toda la información sobre el Proceso de Admisión 2018 a los postulantes y sus familias, que llegaron en masa al evento durante sus cuatro jornadas, marcadas además por una nutrida agenda de actividades como charlas temáticas y visitas guiadas a los diferentes Campus de la casa de estudios.Con una gran convocatoria y un exitoso desarrollo culminó este viernes la Semana del Postulante, realizada este año en la Facultad de Economía y Negocios, a la cual as

Arte, música, política, diversidad sexual, género, cuidado animal, son algunas de las áreas que distinguen la variedad de organismos estudiantiles halladas durante la realización del estudio "Participación y Organización Estudiantil en la Universidad de Chile", elaborado por la Vicerrectoría de Asuntos Académicos a través de la Unidad de Autoevaluación, Acreditación y Calidad y la Vicerrectoría de Asuntos Estudiantiles y Comunitarios, en el marco de las actividades encomendadas para el Proceso de Acreditación.

En un encuentro en Casa Central, se homenajeó a los estudiantes que ejecutaron proyectos del Fondo de Desarrollo Institucional en su línea de emprendimiento estudiantil, y del Premio azul, durante este 2017. La ceremonia, encabezada por el vicerrector Juan Cortés, contó con la participación de autoridades del Ministerio de Educación y del Instituto Nacional de la Juventud, instancia donde también participaron representantes de todas las iniciativas que se ejecutarán el 2018.

Das Institut für Romanistik veranstaltet am 12. Januar den Workshop "El lenguaje multimodal del Tango". Er bietet den Teilnehmenden neben Vorträgen zum Kulturphänomen Tango vom Tanzsoziologen, Tänzer und Tanzlehrer Christophe Apprill (Marseille), von Univ.-Prof. Dr. Rolf Kailuweit (Universität Düsseldorf) und Jost Budde (Tanzhaus NRW) die Gelegenheit, praktische Erfahrungen mit dem Tango zu machen.

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This blog has been cross-posted from the OK Nepal blog as part of our blog series of Open Knowledge Network updates.

Best wishes for 2018 from OK Nepal to all of the Open Knowledge family and friends!!

Marcos García:  Through its workshops, collaborative teams, classes and public events, Medialab has enabled the development of open design hives for urban beekeeping,1 sponsored collaborative translations of books,2 and assisted development of experimental video games.3 It has invited anyone who is interested to help develop a new data visualization for air quality in Madrid4 and a new citizen network of sensors to collect the data.5 It has hosted research teams that have produced a new typography font6 and designs for a massive LED screen as a vehicle for urban art and com

Our colleague Sharon Ede hipped us to this beautiful project. The following is reposted from northcottinnovation.com.au: