Liz Luckett at the Stanford Social Innovation Review: “As an investor in data-driven companies, I’ve been thinking a lot about my grandfather—a baker, a small business owner, and, I now realize, a pioneering data scientist. Without much more than pencil, paper, and extraordinarily deep knowledge of his customers in Washington Heights, Manhattan, he bought, sold, and managed inventory while also managing risk.
Who doesn’t want an Urban Commons cookbook? Help support this project by pitching to their Kickstarter page. The following was written by Mary Dellenbaugh-Losse, founding member of the Urban Research Group and co-editor of the Urban Commons Cookbook.
This year we are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Network and Distributed System Security Symposium (NDSS). NDSS is a premier academic research conference addressing a wide range of topics associated with improving trust in the Internet and its connected devices. A key focus of the Internet Society has long been improving trust in the global open Internet. In order to promote this trust, we need new and innovative ideas and research on the security and privacy of our connected devices and the Internet that connects them together.
Objetivo desenvolver pesquisas na interseção entre Direito e EconomiaA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio), com apoio da Rede de Pesquisa e Conhecimento Aplicado da FGV, deu início a um projeto que envolve, entre outras propostas, análises e discussões sobre os efeitos esperados de normas e de decisões jurídicas no comportamento dos agentes econômicos. Trata-se de iniciativa inovadora que visa a difusão da Análise Econômica do Direito junto ao Poder Judiciário.
Continuing the conversation on Basic Income, which has been widely covered in this blog, we now turn to something more akin to Dmytri Kleiner’s concept of Basic Outcome, where essential services (and rights) are provided outside of the market sphere.
Allein in Nordrhein-Westfalen leiden schätzungsweise 900.000 Menschen an Seltenen Erkrankungen. Oft haben diese Patienten eine lange Odyssee hinter sich, bis sie an einen Mediziner gelangen, der ihre Krankheit versteht. Etwa 80 Prozent der seltenen Erkrankungen sind genetisch bedingt und treten daher bevorzugt bereits im Kindesalter auf. Ihre Bandbreite betrifft alle Bereiche des menschlichen Organismus: Fehlbildungen an Knochen oder Organen genauso wie angeborene Stoffwechselerkrankungen, die beim Kind und beim Erwachsenen auftreten können.
Our colleague, P2P Foundation founder Michel Bauwens was recently interviewed in Chiang Mai, his city of residence, by Pim Kemasingki. This article was originally published in City life Chiang Mai.
A 5.ª(quinta) edição da nossa Revista está a ser preparada.
Em breve traremos novidades.
Cyberlaw by CIJIC – Direito : a pensar tecnologicamente.
O post Cyberlaw by CIJIC – 5.ª edição aparece primeiro no Centro de Investigação Jurídica do Ciberespaço.
Terceiro painel “MLATS, obrigações de direito internacional e funções da cooperação jurídica em matéria civil e comercial” do Workshop Interinstitucional de Pesquisa: Jurisdição e cooperação jurídica internacional nos conflitos da internet.
Open Knowledge International (OKI), the international non-profit dedicated to realising open data’s value to society, is looking for people to join our Board of Directors. Background in brief below and full details here.
We want you!
Einmal jährlich vergibt das Rheinische FührungsColleg an ausgewählte Doktoranden aller Fachrichtungen und Rechtsreferendare in NRW ein Stipendium zur Teilnahme am einjährigen Programm „Persönlichkeit und Führung“. Unter den sieben Stipendiaten des Jahrgangs 2018 ist auch Jenny Augustin, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Doktorandin am Lehrstuhl für Romanistische Literatur- und Kulturwissenschaft (Prof. Dr. Ursula Hennigfeld).
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Michelle Popowitz and Cristin Dorgelo in Scientific American: “…Universities embarking on Grand Challenge efforts are traversing new terrain—they are making commitments about research deliverables rather than simply committing to invest in efforts related to a particular subject.
Open Data Day is only a few weeks away: on Saturday 3 March 2018 groups from around the world are hosting talks, hackathons, conferences, workshops and other meetups celebrating the benefits open data can bring their communities. The focus this year is on four key themes: open science & open research data, tracking public money flows & open contracting, open mapping and open data for equal development.
In this video, Holo/Holochain co-founders Eric Harris-Braun and Arthur Brock and ICO Project Lead Jean Russell explain what Holo and Holochain are and why it matters. Additionally Jamie Klinger explains the finer dimensions of Holochain in the post below:
Holochain : The Blockchain picks up a Dimension
Der BASF-Vorstandsvorsitzende sprach über die technologischen und gesellschaftlichen Trends der Branche, aber auch über makroökonomische und industriepolitische Herausforderungen, aus denen sich neue Anforderungen für die Unternehmensführung ergeben – beispielsweise auf die strategische Ausrichtung oder auf das Portfolio- und Innovationsmanagement. Insbesondere beim Thema Digitalisierung gelte es Mythen von tatsächlichen Chancen und Risiken zu unterscheiden und die richtigen Maßnahmen zu ergreifen.
Jarrod Hodgson, Aleks Terauds and Lian Pin Koh in the Conversation:”Ecologists are incre
Alex Steffen addresses a crucial issue in the context of the changes and transitioning we need to make our societes and economies environmentally acceptable and compatible with climate change requirements. Sure, we can all see change, but we can also see that the change is not nearly fast enough to avoid clear catastrophes. One of the reasons is that stakeholder that could change more radically, are manoeuvering for delays, in order to protect their profits and legacy systems. They are doing this at the cost of the whole ecosystem.