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In our blog series on metaphors of the digital society, we uncover the vocabularies that are thrown around almost haphazardly these days. These terms are often deployed in the scholarly and... MORE
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Sam Corbett-Davies, Sharad Goel and Sandra González-Bailón in the The New York Times: “In courtrooms across the country, judges turn to computer algorithms when deciding whether defendants awaiting trial must pay bail or can be released without payment. The increasing use of such algorithms has prompted warnings about the dangers of artificial intelligence. But research shows that algorithms are powerful tools for combating the capricious and biased nature of human decisions.

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Seit seiner Gründung im Jahr 2007 ist das Düsseldorfer Hörzentrum spezialisiert auf die Implantation von Cochlea Implantaten: Bereits über 600 der hochpräzisen Implantate wurden bereits operativ in die Hörschnecke (lat. Cochlea) des Innenohrs eingesetzt. Pro Jahr bekommen rund 80  Patientinnen und Patienten jeden Alters ein solches Implantat. „Vielen stark schwerhörigen Personen ermöglichen es sogenannte Cochlea Implantate wieder eine adäquate Hörleistung zu erlangen“, erklärt Prof. Dr. Thomas Klenzner, stellvertretender Direktor der HNO-Klinik und Leiter des UKD-Hörzentrums.

Gillian Bolsover and Philip Howard in the Journal Big Data: “Computational propaganda has recently exploded into public consciousness. The U.S. presidential campaign of 2016 was marred by evidence, which continues to emerge, of targeted political propaganda and the use of bots to distribute political messages on social media. This computational propaganda is both a social and technical phenomenon.

Andy Extance at Nature: “…The much-hyped technology behind Bitcoin, known as blockchain, has intoxicated investors around the world and is now making tentative inroads into science, spurred by broad promises that it can transform key elements of the research enterprise. Supporters say that it could enhance reproducibility and the peer review process by creating incorruptible data trails and securely recording publication decisions.

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A lei geral de concessão de serviços públicos completou 20 anos de vigência. Fundamental para o aprofundamento do processo de reforma do Estado implementado nos anos 1990, essa legislação foi tema de um seminário internacional na FGV que debateu os desafios e oportunidades na utilização desse instituto em setores de infraestrutura. Os artigos que resultaram desse importante evento estão disponíveis agora no livro “20 anos de concessões em infraestrutura no Brasil.

Uma visão do Direito na sociedade contemporânea a partir de uma perspectiva interdisciplinar e pluralista. Assim pode ser descrito o primeiro volume da série Cadernos FGV Direito Rio. Resultado de um simpósio internacional com a participação de autores brasileiros e alemães para discutir o tema “Teorias contemporâneas do Direito: O Direito e as incertezas normativas”, a obra, além de trazer trabalhos atuais e inéditos de autores consagrados no Brasil e no exterior, apresenta ensaios de jovens professores e pesquisadores.

Following our global roundtable on AI and Trust at the 39th International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioners (ICDPPC) in Hong Kong, we convened one on AI and Governance at IGF 2017, Geneva.

O Seguro de Danos Pessoais Causados por Veículos Automotores de Vias Terrestres (DPVAT), ou simplesmente seguro obrigatório de trânsito, é um instrumento de solidariedade social, comumente utilizado por diversos países para mitigar os custos decorrentes dos acidentes provocados pelo tráfego de veículos automotores. O assunto é tema do novo livro da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV Direito Rio), intitulado “Regulação do seguro DPVAT – Marco regulatório e econômico”.

Uma das maiores figuras do meio acadêmico brasileiro, o filósofo e teórico social Roberto Mangabeira Unger lança, em sua mais nova publicação, um olhar sobre os estudos de Direito. A Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (FGV Direito Rio) acaba de lançar, em parceria com a editora Letramento, a obra “O movimento de estudos críticos do Direito: outro tempo, tarefa maior”.

Building on the lessons from our AI series, Digital Asia Hub convened a series of deep dives into the research questions that have particular salience in the developing world when it comes to the AI.

Today, we’re happy to share with you our recently completed project, the Commons Transition Primer website, with new and adapted texts by P2P Foundation members (including its founder, Michel Bauwens and our colleagues in the P2P Lab). Featuring specially commissioned illustrations and infographics, this Primer emphasizes the value of P2P and Commons approaches to work, politics, economy, environment and culture.

"Políticas Públicas e Inmigración. ¿Posibilidades de inclusión efectiva en Chile?", es el título del libro escrito por el académico del Instituto de Asuntos Públicos, junto a las investigadoras Caterine Galaz y Carla Frías, que se presentará este lunes en la U. de Chile. Los desafíos de una nueva legislación que garantice los derechos de los extranjeros que han decidido venir a Chile -país que incluso ha negado su propio carácter multicultural-, son revisados en esta nueva publicación, desde la óptica de las políticas públicas.

Tras el anuncio de esta medida institucional en el marco de la conmemoración de un nuevo aniversario del golpe de Estado, una comisión interdisciplinaria de la Vicerrectoría de Extensión y Comunicaciones, en conjunto con el Archivo Central Andrés Bello, la Cátedra de Derechos Humanos, la Dirección Jurídica y el Departamento de Pregrado, está avanzado en las gestiones necesarias para la entrega de estas distinciones a quienes integraron la comunidad universitaria.

Lauren and Phil: The Ecological Land Co-operative (ELC) was set up to address the lack of affordable sites for ecological land-based livelihoods. A life on the land is a dream for many, but one in which the barriers are high, and the ELC recognised that this needed to be addressed.
The ELC develops affordable, residential smallholdings to new entrants to ecological agriculture. Their approach aims to overcome two key barriers: high land prices and planning permission.

Lauren Kirchner at ArsTechnica: “The algorithms that play increasingly central roles in our lives often emanate from Silicon Valley, but the effort to hold them accountable may have another epicenter: New York City. Last week, the New York City Council unanimously passed a bill to tackle algorithmic discrimination—the first measure of its kind in the country.

Diane Coyle in the Financial Times: “As economists have been pointing out for a while, the combination of always-online smartphones and matching algorithms (of the kind pioneered by Nobel Prize-winning economist Richard Thaler and others) reduces the transaction costs involved in economic exchanges. As Ronald Coase argued, transaction costs, because they limit the scope of exchanges in the market, help explain why companies exist.