Those from the city continue to dominate the 18th Helen Keller Awards 2017 with five Bengaluru-based individuals and organisations being honoured for their work towards empowerment of the differently-abled.
The article was published in the Hindu on October 27, 2017
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A new working paper maps out critical starting points for thinking about explanation in AI systems.
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As we integrate artificial intelligence deeper into our daily technologies, it becomes important to ask “why” not just of people, but of systems. A new working paper from the Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University and the MIT Media Lab maps out critical starting points for thinking about explanation in AI systems.
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About: “When we vote, we’re hiring our elected officials. We pay their salaries with our tax dollars. Imagine hiring an employee, paying and promoting them, yet never seeing any of their work. That’s essentially what we’re all doing when we vote & re- elect. And incumbents are re-elected over 90% of the time.
We’re living with an outdated system
Sunil Abraham participated in a meeting in Israel on Multinational Cyber Security Forum hosted by Center for Cyber, Law and Policy and University of Haifa in collaboration with the Hewlett Foundation Cyber Initiative.
The workshop was held from November 5 to 7, 2017. The objective of the workshop was to facilitate a free and open exchange among participants under the Chatham House Rules. The workshop sought to identify areas of agreement and dissent pertaining to cyber security regulation and to explore issues that require further research, clarification and development.
Amber Sinha attended a roundtable conference on data protection and privacy on October 30, 2017 at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi. The close-door event was organised by the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations.
Participants at the conference discussed:
Anubha Sinha attended the 68th Constitution Day on November 25, 2017 at Shangri-La's Eros. Indian National Bar Association in association with “Make in India” organized this event.
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The absence of legislation is letting companies compile and deploy sensitive personal information without legal oversight.
The article by Aman Sethi was published in the Hindustan Times on November 27, 2017
Das englischsprachige Programm ist dieses Jahr besonders international ausgerichtet: die elf Studierenden kommen aus zehn verschiedenen Ländern (z.B. Ägypten, China, Kolumbien, aber auch Deutschland), was ganz unterschiedliche Perspektiven in das Studienprogramm einfließen lässt. Auch die beruflichen Erfahrungen und das notwendige Erststudium fanden in ganz unterschiedlichen Feldern statt. Neben einer Architektin finden sich Ingenieure und Ökonomen. Erstmalig in der Geschichte der Düsseldorf Business School studieren in diesem Jahrgang mehr Frauen als Männer.
Insgesamt wurden in diesem Jahr rund 3.300 Forscherinnen und Forscher aus rund 900 Institutionen von „Web of Science“ mit dem Prädikat „Highly Cited Researcher“ ausgezeichnet. Von der HHU gehören dazu:
In October 2015, a 3-judge bench of the Supreme Court of India referred challenges to the Aadhaar program to a constitution bench. One of the primary concerns of this petition was to decide on the existence of a fundamental right to privacy, which has since been upheld. Other similar petitions, concerned with the legitimacy of Aadhaar had […]
Dafür werden die unterschiedlichen Möglichkeiten, in Gold zu investieren, vorgestellt. Schwerpunkt ist, wie sich eine Goldanlage in einem Portfolio auf dessen Rendite und Risiko auswirkt. Tipps zum Reichwerden können nicht gegeben werden, aber das Verständnis für die durchaus komplexe Materie soll verbessert werden.
Microscopios, muestras de laboratorios y peceras, transformaron este miércoles 15 de noviembre al Patio Domeyko de Casa Central en una feria científica, en donde estudiantes de enseñanza media de diferentes regiones -quienes son parte del Proyecto de Laboratorios Portátiles que lidera nuestro plantel-, sorprendieron con innovadoras propuestas de investigación.
A través de su Programa de Reducción de Riesgos y Desastres (CITRID), la Casa de Bello y la Oficina Nacional de Emergencias suscribieron un acuerdo mediante el cual se desarrollarán actividades de investigación, docencia y vinculación con el medio.Continuando con el objetivo de aportar a la gestión del riesgo ante desastres socionaturales, fenómenos cada vez más recurrentes en nuestro país, y que representan un alto costo para el Estado, es que la Universidad de Chile, a través del Programa de Reducción de Riesgos y Desastres (CITRID), suscribió el acuerdo en un encuentro e
El Museo de Arte Contemporáneo presenta "SUR SUR", una exhibición que congrega a un grupo de artistas chilenos y neozelandeses en un proyecto colaborativo e interdisciplinario que aborda diversos temas como el cambio climático, los procesos de colonización, la descolonización, y neocolonización.Con presentaciones, instalaciones coreográficas y obras de arte contemporáneo, llega "SUR SUR" al MAC Parque Forestal.
La investigación, impulsada por los académicos del Departamento de Física de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Universidad de Chile, los doctores Miguel Kiwi y Felipe Torres, fue destacada por la Revista Nanoscale de la Royal Society Chemistry, una reconocida publicación de alto impacto y alcance global.Implicancias concretas en la industria informática podría tener el reciente descubrimiento de un mecanismo de “exchange bias" de largo alcance, hallazgo impulsado por científicos de la Universidad de Chile que representa el primer reporte de la existencia de est
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Daniel Oberhaus at Motherboard: “…Sixteen years later, the free encyclopedia and fifth most popular website in the world is well on its way to this goal.
India is unlikely to be impacted by the US Federal Communications Commission’s plan to repeal net neutrality regulations.
The article by Surabhi Agarwal was published in the Economic Times on November 23, 2017. Sunil Abraham quoted.
During the summer of 2017, I travelled throughout France. Now I am sharing the stories of the commons I met along the way, never knowing what I would find in advance. These articles were originally published in French here: Commons Tour 2017. The English translations are also compiled in this Commons Transition article.
Mainstenant and the pirate island
IDIA Disability Access Programme did an interview with Nirmita Narasimhan. This interview was conducted by Madhavi Singh and Anusha Reddy. The interview was transcribed by Veda Singh, IDIA intern and student at Jindal Global Law School.
Read the original published by IDIA Law here