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U.S. updates self-driving car guidelines as more hit the road

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Driverless cars on public highways? Go for it, Trump administration says

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Harnessing the Data Revolution to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Erol Yayboke et al at CSIS: “Functioning societies collect accurate data and utilize the evidence to inform policy. The use of evidence derived from data in policymaking requires the capability to collect and analyze accurate data, clear administrative channels through which timely evidence is made available to decisionmakers, and the political will to rely on—and ideally share—the evidence.

Internet, Globalização e lacunas: O Marco Civil da Internet como solução para uma inconsistência jurisprudencial (antes) crescente

Desde sua popularização, na década de 90, a Internet vem contribuindo para o processo de Globalização. O encurtamento das distâncias entre as pessoas ao redor do mundo significou que não apenas a comunicação tornou-se infinitamente mais dinâmica, transcendendo as barreiras que antes impossibilitavam a troca de informações a nível internacional de maneira instantânea, como também que a oferta de serviços em um determinado país pode começar a ser realizada por empresas que, na verdade, não possuem unidades físicas estabelecidas nesse país.

​NTU launches Distinguished University Professorships to recognise most accomplished faculty 

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Gobierno de la U. de Chile y Proyecto de Ley de Ues estatales

Publicado en El Mercurio este lunes 28 de agosto, el texto escrito por el Comité de Coordinación Institucional de la U. de Chile, revisa el actual sistema de gobierno universitario, gestado bajo los "principios de participación, distribución de poderes y autonomía universitaria", en contraposición a lo propuesto en la iniciativa legal del gobierno.

¿En qué consiste la demanda de un Estado plurinacional?

En el contexto del proceso de discusión constitucional convocado por el gobierno, el año pasado alrededor de 16 mil personas participaron de un proceso especial enfocado particularmente en los pueblos indígenas. En la instancia, una de las principales demandas levantadas fue la plurinacionalidad, en contraposición a una identidad nacional que, plantean, niega sus identidades y su cultura particular. Los profesores Salvador Millaleo y Claudio Millacura conversaron con Prensa U.

Abraham Magendzo recibió Premio Nacional de Educación 2017

Curriculum y pedagogía, educación en derechos humanos, educación ciudadana y convivencia escolar son las principales áreas de interés del profesor de Estado en Educación y orientador educacional de la Universidad de Chile, quien este 29 de agosto recibió esta distinción por votación unánime del jurado."Estoy muy emocionado. Agradezco al jurado haber tomado la decisión de conferirme a mí este premio.

Universidad taiwanesa busca iniciar cooperación con la U. de Chile

Cursos específicos para estudiantes enfocados en la historia y cultura de cada país, así como oportunidades de intercambio académico dentro de las artes y la economía fueron parte de las materias abordadas por autoridades de ambos planteles durante reunión en la Casa Central.

CUECH presentó propuestas para mejorar proyecto sobre ues estatales

Tras una reunión del Consorcio de Universidades del Estado (CUECH), realizada este miércoles 30 de agosto, el Rector de la Universidad de Chile y Presidente del conglomerado, Ennio Vivaldi, detalló los cambios que el proyecto de ley sobre universidades del Estado requiere para que la normativa "sea satisfactoria y responda a lo que las comunidades de las universidades estatales quieren".

Julia Hörnle zu Gast am ITM

Am 11. September fand am ITM ein Werkstattgespräch mit Julia Hörnle statt. Die an der University of London (Queen Mary) lehrende Professorin für Internetrecht gab Einblick in ihre Forschung und berichtete über ihre Arbeit in der englischen Hauptstadt.

The Death of Public Knowledge? How Free Markets Destroy the General Intellect

Book edited by Aeron Davis: “...argues for the value and importance of shared, publicly accessible knowledge, and suggests that the erosion of its most visible forms, including public service broadcasting, education, and the network of public libraries, has worrying outcomes for democracy.

Germany as a supplier of digital factories: the industrial internet

The balance of power in the digital industry seems to be clearly distributed. There are mainly American (Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon) and Chinese companies (Alibaba, Baidu, Sina Weibo) that have... MORE

CCG on the Privacy Judgment

Written by the Civil Liberties team at CCG A 9 judge bench of the Supreme Court of India passed a landmark judgment two weeks ago, which unanimously recognized the right to privacy as a fundamental right under the Constitution of India. The Court found the right to privacy to be a part of the freedoms […]

Jennie Chua appointed Pro-Chancellor of NTU​

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Comm Arts student in Leadership Symposium


Comm Arts’ student attended the University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS) at the United Nations.

MIT map offers real-time, crowd-sourced flood reporting during Hurricane Irma

MIT News: “As Hurricane Irma bears down on the U.S., the MIT Urban Risk Lab has launched a free, open-source platform that will help residents and government officials track flooding in Broward County, Florida. The platform, RiskMap.us, is being piloted to enable both residents and emergency managers to obtain better information on flooding conditions in near-real time.

Feeding the Machine: Policing, Crime Data, & Algorithms

Elizabeth E. Joh at William & Mary Bill of Rights J. (2017 Forthcoming): “Discussions of predictive algorithms used by the police tend to assume the police are merely end users of big data. Accordingly, police departments are consumers and clients of big data — not much different than users of Spotify, Netflix, Amazon, or Facebook. Yet this assumption about big data policing contains a flaw. Police are not simply end users of big data. They generate the information that big data programs rely upon.

Owned: Property, Privacy, and the New Digital Serfdom Read

Book by Joshua A. T. Fairfield: “… explains the crisis of digital ownership – how and why we no longer control our smartphones or software-enable devices, which are effectively owned by software and content companies. In two years we will not own our ‘smart’ televisions which will also be used by advertisers to listen in to our living rooms.

Patient Power: Crowdsourcing in Cancer

Bonnie J. Addario at the HuffPost: “…Understanding how to manage and manipulate vast sums of medical data to improve research and treatments has become a top priority in the cancer enterprise.