Medium Blog by Stefaan Verhulst: “We live in an increasingly quantified world, one where data is driving key business decisions.

Un total de 1.100 hectáreas de los terrenos de la Estación Experimental Germán Greve Silva de la Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas, ubicadas en la comuna de Maipú, se transformaron en el undécimo Santuario de la Naturaleza de la Región Metropolitana. Durante la ceremonia de inauguración se lanzaron bombas de semillas para reparar parte del daño que sufrió la zona en el incendio de noviembre del año pasado, y se entregaron los resultados del concurso del Fondo de Protección Ambiental Restauración Ecológica y Social.

Este viernes 13 de octubre la comunidad del hospital universitario conmemoró junto a pacientes y vecinos del sector un nuevo aniversario. Los miembros del principal formador de especialistas del país, celebraron con música y baile, recordaron parte de los hitos del recinto y enfatizaron en la misión pública del Hospital desde su origen.La pileta ubicada en el frontis del Hospital Clínico de la U.

El secretario de Estado valoró el aporte en materia de investigación y propuestas a las políticas públicas que realiza la Casa de Bello al país en materias relacionadas con la gestión del agua.

Encabezado por el vicerrector Daniel Hojman, este equipo estará a cargo de redactar este documento, el que estará enfocado en la revisión de información institucional clave sobre el actual desarrollo de la Casa de Bello.En el marco del proceso de acreditación institucional 2018, se constituyó la tercera comisión especial con nueve miembros que tendrán el trabajo de redactar el informe por área para presentarlo posteriormente ante la comisión Asesora.

Zeina Afif at the Worldbank: “You could say that the first one began in 2009, when the US government recruited Cass Sunstein to head The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) to streamline regulations. In 2010, the UK established the first Behavioural Insights Unit (BIT) on a trial basis, under the Cabinet Office.

About: “The catalog contains information about federal citizen science and crowdsourcing projects. In citizen science, the public participates voluntarily in the scientific process, addressing real-world problems in ways that may include formulating research questions, conducting scientific experiments, collecting and analyzing data, interpreting results, making new discoveries, developing technologies and applications, and solving complex problems.

J-Pal Blog: “The J-PAL State and Local Innovation Initiative supports US state and local governments in using randomized evaluations to generate new and widely applicable lessons about the effectiveness of their programs and policies.

Ricardo Bilton at NiemanLab: “Civil is an idea that has started to turn heads, both among investors and within journalism circles.

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This report explains the dramatic increase in Internet censorship in Egypt, examines the Twitter conversation around website blocking in Egypt, and identifies ways that users disseminate banned content.

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Springwise: “There were many offers of help after the shocking earthquake in Mexico on 19th September, but two creative directors from Mexico City agency Anonimo decided to do something a bit different.

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Dr. Carsten Erb sowie Dr. Hendrik Klier erhielten den Dissertationspreis zu gleichen Teilen für ihre herausragenden Leistungen im Bereich der betriebswirtschaftlichen Forschung. Die zwei Preisträger haben ihre Beiträge bereits in renommierten internationalen Fachzeitschriften (A-Rating) veröffentlicht, was die hohe wissenschaftliche Qualität der prämierten Arbeiten noch unterstreicht. Gleichermaßen sind sie in höchstem Maße praxisrelevant, so die Begründung der Jury.

Paper by Suresh Siva Malladi and Hemang Subramanian: “Drawing upon crowdsourcing models, bug bounty programs (BBPs) are entering the mainstream of information security with the potential to define future security strategies.

Together with other institutes we started a new platform for scientific cooperation and exchange. The recently founded “European Hub” aims at strenghtening european internet research in order to contribute to... MORE
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Author(s): Giancarlo FrosioPublication Date: October 25, 2017Publication Type: Academic WritingThis article discusses the proposed introduction in EU law of an obligation for hosting providers to conclude licencing agreements with copyright holders and ensure their functioning by taking effective technological measures—such as content id technologies—to prevent copyright infringement on online platforms.

„Wir handeln und entlasten damit unsere Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter ganz konkret. Diesen Weg werden wir Schritt für Schritt weitergehen“, kündigt Prof. Dr. Klaus Höffken, Vorstandsvorsitzender des UKD, nach dem wiederholten Streik der Gewerkschaft verdi am 24. und 25. Oktober an.

Open Knowledge International is working on the Frictionless Data project to remove the friction in working with data. We are doing this by developing a set of tools, standards, and best practices for publishing data. Through a series of pilots, we are working directly with organizations to solve real problems managing data.  eLife is a non-profit organisation with a mission to help scientists accelerate discovery by operating a platform for research communication that encourages and recognises the most responsible behaviours in science.

How can democracies use technologies to strengthen themselves? Answers are emerging around the world, with the central theme being that technology can make politics more engaging, successful and legitimate by enabling people to become active producers of political outcomes instead of passive consumers. 

People usually don’t realize that money is an invention that works only because a community stands behind it, willing to use it in exchanges for goods and services. Most currencies are creatures of national governments that manage and back them. But what if a poorer community created its own currency to foster social exchange? That’s what happened in the informal settlement, or slum, known as Bangladesh in the town of Mombasa on the Kenyan coast.

Ann Friedman at The Cut: “Earlier this month, after major news outlets published detailed allegations of abuse and harassment by Harvey Weinstein, an anonymous woman created a public Google spreadsheet titled Shitty Media Men. It was a space for other anonymous women to name men in media who