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Governance on the Drug Supply Chain via Gcoin Blockchain

Paper by Jen-Hung Tseng et al in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health: “…blockchain was recently introduced to the public to provide an immutable, consensus based and transparent system in the Fintech field. However, there are ongoing efforts to apply blockchain to other fields where trust and value are essential. In this paper, we suggest Gcoin blockchain as the base of the data flow of drugs to create transparent drug transaction data.

How Policymakers Can Foster Algorithmic Accountability

Report by Joshua New and Daniel Castro: “Increased automation with algorithms, particularly through the use of artificial intelligence (AI), offers opportunities for the public and private sectors to complete increasingly complex tasks with a level of productivity and effec

Alexa’s recording leak in US ‘echoes’ privacy issues here

Market analyst Sanjay Mehta (name changed) has been keeping his Amazon Echo smart speaker mostly unplugged since reports surfaced last week of the device’s voice assistant, Alexa, inadvertently recording and sending out conversations of a family in the US.
The article by Mugdha Variyar was published in the Economic Times on May 29, 2018. Sunil Abraham was quoted.

The GovLab Selected Readings on Blockchain Technologies and the Governance of Extractives

Curation by Andrew Young, Anders Pedersen, and Stefaan G. Verhulst
Readings developed together with NRGI, within the context of our joint project on Blockchain technologies and the Governance of Extractives. Thanks to Joyce Zhang and Michelle Winowatan for research support.
We need your help! Please share any additional readings on the use of Blockchain Technologies in the Extractives Sector with blockchange@thegovlab.org.  
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Using Collaborative Crowdsourcing to Give Voice to Diverse Communities

Dennis Di Lorenzo at Campus Technology: “Universities face many critical challenges — student retention, campus safety, curriculum development priorities, alumni engagement and fundraising, and inclusion of diverse populations.

Workshop: educational theory of ethics - ethics of educational theory - and classical lessons.

At the philological Seminar (Philologisches Seminar) on tuesday the 29th of may, 2:30 till 6 pm, a didactical conference will take place, hosted by the philological seminar and the International Centre for Ethics in Sciences and Humanities. This workshop will be about questions about educational theory of ethics and ethics of educational theory, Speakers will be representatives of didactics, ethics and classsical philology .

The Week in Internet News: The FBI Has Fewer Unopened Encrypted Devices Than Reported

Going dark with encryption: The U.S. FBI, for years now, has complained about its inability to access encrypted information held on the smartphones and other devices owned by criminal suspects. But the agency may have been overstating this so-called “going dark” problem, the Washington Post reported this week.

The Blockchain & Society Lab meets with key Dutch industry leaders in three high profile events

Applying for the call for Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions with IViR as a host organisation

Vortrag: Blockchain im brasilianischen Rechtssystem

Das ITM lädt alle Interessierten herzlich zu einem Vortrag unseres derzeitigen Gastwissenschaftlers aus Brasilien zum Thema Blockchain ein.

 

Blockchain im brasilianischen Rechtssystem
Montag, den 4. Juni 2018, um 14:30 Uhr
Prof. Dr. Marcos Wachowicz
Federal University of Paraná (Brasilien)
Ort:
Institut für Informations- Telekommunikations- und Medienrecht
Leonardo Campus 9
48149 Münster

Welkom bij de federatie–bijeenkomst over alternatieve sociale media – 1 en 6 juni @ Varia – Rotterdam

1 & 2 juni in Varia, Rotterdam
Naar aanleiding van recente discussies en bijeenkomst in de Waag over alternatieve sociale media zou ik jullie graag willen uitnodigen voor `Welcome to the Federation`. De eerste in een reeks ontmoetingen waarbij we makers van open source gefedereerde sociale media uitnodigen in Varia in Rotterdam om te komen praten over hun project.

Rector Vivaldi solicitó cambios legales para enfrentar acoso sexual

En una cita sostenida este martes 15 de mayo, el Rector Vivaldi junto a la directora de Igualdad de Género de la U. de Chile, Carmen Andrade, solicitaron a la autoridad acelerar la promulgación de la Ley sobre Universidades del Estado y ponerle suma urgencia al Proyecto de Ley sobre el Derecho de las Mujeres a una Vida Libre de Violencia, de manera que las instituciones de Educación Superior cuenten con mejores herramientas jurídicas para abordar el acoso y violencia sexual. Junto con ello, la U.

Todo sobre el PReP, la pastilla que previene el contagio de VIH

Mientras el Ministerio de Salud evalúa el ingreso formal del PReP (profilaxis preexposición, por su sigla en inglés) como parte de las estrategias para la prevención de esta epidemia en el país, la píldora ya está siendo utilizada en Brasil y Perú, y ha dado exitosos resultados dentro de los planes que buscan disminuir los contagios en África, Australia y Estados Unidos. Tomado en forma regular, este medicamento promete reducir en más de un 90 por ciento la transmisión del virus por vía sexual.

EU ministers endorse Commission’s plans for research cloud

European Commission: “The European Open Science Cloud, which will support EU science in its global leading by creating a trusted environment for hosting and processing research data, is one important step closer to becoming a reality. Meeting in Brussels today, EU research ministers endorsed the roadmap for its creation.

Don’t Fight Regulation. Reprogram It

Article by Alison Kutler and Antonio Sweet: “Businesspeople too often assume that the relationship between government and the private sector is (and should be) adversarial. They imagine two opposing forces, each setting their bounds of control. But if you can envision government and business as platforms that interact with one other, it becomes apparent why the word code applies to both technology and law.

The Structure of Bias

Paper by  Gabbrielle M Johnson: “What is a bias? Standard philosophical views of both implicit and explicit bias focus this question on the representations one harbors, e.g., stereotypes or implicit attitudes, rather than the ways in which those representations (or other mental states) are manipulated. I call such views representationalism.

Neu am UKD: Wacken-Blutspendepass

Viele Operationen und Therapien können nicht durchgeführt werden, wenn zu wenige Blutkonserven verfügbar sind. Rund 60.000 Blutpräparate werden am größten Düsseldorfer Krankenhaus jährlich benötigt. Aufgrund von Feiertagen, Urlaubszeit sowie Grippe- und Erkältungswellen sinkt die Tendenz zur Blutspende jedoch traditionell in den Sommermonaten. Seit Jahren sinken oder stagnieren zudem die Zahlen der Neuspender in Deutschland.

Essay of the Day: On the Verge of Collective Awakening

This is a beautiful essay penned by our colleague George Pór. It is well written, informative and reflects George’s life’s work.

Book of the Day: Grassroots Innovation Movements

Grassroots Innovation Movements, by    

The Supreme Court Is Stubbornly Analog — By Design

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United States

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Date published: May 29, 2018FiveThirtyEight"It’s this kind of lag that worries Ryan Calo, a law professor at the University of Washington.