Other News from Participating Centers

Are RSS's fears about Tik Tok true? Here's what you should know

Swadeshi Jagran Manch has flagged security, business and social risks posed by Chinese apps such as TikTok. The RSS fears may not be totally unfounded.

Developing Good BGP Neighbour Relationships @ APRICOT 2019

Routing Security is featuring heavily on the APRICOT 2019 programme, which is being held on 23-28 February 2019 in Daejeon, South Korea. This helps build on the MANRS initiative being supported by the Internet Society,

Webinar on counter-comments to the draft Intermediary Guidelines

CCAOI and the ISOC Delhi Chapter organised a webinar on February 11 to discuss the comments submitted to the Information Technology [Intermediary Guidelines (Amendment) Rules] 2018, and counter-comments that were due by February 14.
The agenda of the discussion was:

  • A brief introduction to the counter comment process [Shashank Mishra]
  • Invited stakeholders  comment on key issues and perspectives on the submissions and the points to be countered.

The following people participated:

These are the grantees of the Open Data Day 2019 mini-grant scheme!

Open Data Day is an important date for a broad community that works for a more open world, where information can benefit more people.  To support the efforts made by different groups and organizations on this day, we have developed the Open Data Day mini-grants, where, along with other organizations interested in having a more open world, we provide funds to events in different parts of the world.

Cultural Creative Spaces and Cities Conference, Brussels, April 4th

CONFERENCE: Cultural and Creative Spaces and Cities

Thursday, 4 April 2019​La Tricoterie, Brussels, Belgium

‘Noticias de la comunicación’ dona su archivo a la Universidad

‘Noticias de la comunicación’ dona su archivo a la Universidad
Su director, Luis Muñiz, ha entregado los archivos de la publicación que consta de las cuentas anuales de unas dos mil empresas informativas desde 1990

21/02/19 16:56

Diez años persiguiendo una historia

Diez años persiguiendo una historia

REPORTAJE

 
Leyre Santos

Reformas legislativas em matéria penal

Reformas legislativas em matéria penal14h00 até 20h00O Evento: A FGV Direito Rio convida para o seminário “Reformas legislativas em matéria penal”. Na ocasião, será lançado o livro “Por que o legislador quer aumentar penas? Populismo penal legislativo na câmara dos deputados: análise das justificativas das proposições legislativas no período de 2006 a 2014”, de autoria do professor André Mendes, pesquisador e coordenador do Núcleo de Prática Jurídica da FGV Direito Rio.

Mathematik-Olympiade am 23. Februar 2019

In Düsseldorf erwartet die Schülerinnen und Schüler zunächst eine mehrstündige Klausur mit anspruchsvollen mathematischen Aufgaben.
Die Mathe-Asse können sich im Rahmenprogramm Tipps vom mehrfachen Weltmeister im Kopfrechnen Dr. Gert Mittring holen oder sich mit der Großmeisterin Melanie Lubbe im Schach messen. Die besten Teilnehmer ab Klassenstufe 8 dürfen im Mai das Land NRW in der Bundesrunde der Mathematik-Olympiade vertreten. Mehr Informationen findet man auf den Webseiten des Landesverbandes Mathematikwettbewerbe NRW e.V. .
Mathematik an der HHU

Direito e Economia: Finanças Públicas e Concorrência no SFN

Direito e Economia: Finanças Públicas e Concorrência no SFN13h30 até 17h45O Evento: A FGV Direito Rio, em parceria com o Tribunal Regional Federal da 2ª Região, realiza o seminário “Direito e Economia: Finanças Públicas e Concorrência no SFN”. O evento, que tem como objetivo discutir diagnósticos e propostas sob uma abordagem que conjugue os prismas da Economia e do Direito, contará com a participação de ministros de tribunais superiores, desembargadores, outras autoridades governamentais e acadêmicos.
 

Jeden Donnerstag: Die HHU-Zahl der Woche - Heute: Wissenschaftlich Beschäftigte

Die Grafikreihe "HHU Facts" zeigt kurz und knapp interessante Fakten rund um die HHU auf: Thema heute sind die wissenschaftlich Beschäftigten an der HHU.
Alle bisher veröffentlichten Motive auf einen Blick finden Sie in der Bildergalerie (in Vorbereitung).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch ein interessantes Statistik-Thema rund um die HHU? Die HHU-Webredaktion ist offen für weitere Motive und freut sich über jede Anregung / Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861E-Mail senden

Obligation de consulter les Premières Nations et processus d’évaluation des impacts environnementaux

Sous la direction du Professeur Hugo Tremblay du CRDP, il est organisé une conférence sur le thème suivant : Obligation de consulter les Premières Nations et processus d’évaluation des impacts environnementaux.

À cette occasion, nous accueillons à titre de conférencière, Me Élisabeth Patterson, Avocate chez Dionne Schulze.

La conférence se tiendra le jeudi 28 février 2019 à 16 heures au Salon François Chevrette (A-3464) sis au Pavillon Maximilien Caron – Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal.

Partnerships make it possible: Behind our role in Google Code-in 2018

Wikimedia’s Developer Advocacy Team exists to support the staff and volunteer software developers and technologists who ensure that the free knowledge on Wikipedia and its sister projects is always available and accessible to anyone with an internet connection.

Professores da FGV Direito Rio analisam aumento de mulheres na política

Número de mulheres no Congresso cresceu cerca de 5%Em Brasília realizou-se este mês a posse dos candidatos eleitos nas eleições legislativas de 2018. O pleito foi marcado, dentre outras questões, pelo crescimento da participação feminina no Congresso Nacional. Ao todo, foram eleitas 77 deputadas federais e 7 senadoras, o que representa cerca de 15% do total de legisladores - 5% a mais do que nas eleições de 2014. Esse aumento foi causado pela eleição de 51% a mais de mulheres para a Câmara dos Deputados, já que no Senado o percentual de participação feminino se manteve o mesmo.

Two Questions Could Help Save Us From Collapse

This post by John Boik is republished from Medium.com

It’s hard to believe that current systems are the best we can do. They appear dysfunctional now and suicidal in the long run. It’s time to investigate what might work best.

Open data governance and open governance: interplay or disconnect?  

Authors: Ana Brandusescu, Carlos Iglesias, Danny Lämmerhirt, Stefaan Verhulst (in alphabetical order)

Optische Displays in neuem Licht

Die Ergebnisse ihres konzeptionell neuartigen Ansatzes, der lumineszierende Polymere mit photoschaltbaren Molekülen kombiniert, wurden jetzt in Nature Nanotechnology veröffentlicht.

Security Heaven, Privacy Hell: Lebanese Telcos Introduce Deep Packet Inspection (DPI)

Nexius’ DPI expert job description, February 2019.

Party Time? A contribution to an exchange on A World Political Party: The Time Has Come

This post by Vicki Assevero is republished from Great Transition Initiative

​NTU increases places in computing courses to meet demand, and launches new undergraduate offerings in emerging fields

...