Data Containerisation hits v1.0! Announcing a major milestone in the Frictionless Data initiative.

Book by Bo Rothstein and Aiysha Varraich: “Corruption is a serious threat to prosperity, democracy and huma

A maior parte dos debates envolvendo a tecnologia de Blockchain gira em torno do seu uso como uma ferramenta de inovação financeira e de âmbito privado, enquanto suas aplicações ao interesse público são subestimadas e raramente discutidas, mesmo sendo muitas.

Amy Maxmen at Nature: “More than 11,000 people died when Ebola tore through West Africa between 2014 and 2016, and yet clinicians still lack data that would enable them to reliably identify the disease when a person first walks into a clinic.

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CSER’s April workshop on Risk & the Culture of Science was featured on a podcast from the Naked Scientists. The workshop explored how to study and address global catastrophic risk within current scientific structures.

Ivar A. Hartmann venceu na categoria JuventudeReitores de universidades e presidentes de entidades científicas e culturais de renome escolheram o professor da Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da FGV (Direito Rio), Ivar A. Hartmann, para o Prêmio Fundação Bunge 2017, na categoria Juventude. Ele foi escolhido por se destacar em sua atividade profissional como docente e como pesquisador nas áreas que englobam direito e tecnologia.

En el marco del Foro Chile-Suecia, organizado por las universidades de Lund, Uppsala, de Chile y Católica de Chile, Flavio Salazar, vicerrector de Investigación y Desarrollo de nuestro plantel, ahonda en la siguiente columna de opinión publicada este 22 de agosto en el diario La Tercera, los desafíos de cooperación internacional y desarrollo de los países participantes en el encuentro.

Making public data available (including heritage resources) is only the first step to fully exploit their social potential. The second step is to create a simple and effective mechanism of public sector information reuse conditioning the process of benefitting from public data. Uncomplicated practice in this field is indispensable to both public subjects and citizens — especially in the context of creating innovative products and information services.

Book by Michael P. Lynch: “We used to say “seeing is believing”; now, googling is believing. With 24/7 access to nearly all of the world’s information at our fingertips, we no longer trek to the library or the encyclopedia shelf in search of answers. We just open our browsers, type in a few keywords and wait for the information to come to us.

El espacio, cuyo objetivo fue orientar a los postulantes que deseen ingresar a la Educación Superior, contó con charlas de académicos, información vocacional y sobre las alternativas de financiamiento y las distintas vías de ingreso a la Universidad de Chile.

Oren Etzioni in the New York Times: “…we should regulate the tangible impact of A.I. systems (for example, the safety of autonomous vehicles) rather than trying to define and rein in the amorphous and rapidly developing field of A.I.

It’s difficult to recall an internal memo gone viral that has sparked as much commentary as James Damore’s statement on gender and engineering at Google.  This post is not about that memo, although the volume of commentary on it did prompt the thoughts that follow.  Nor is this post about workplace diversity, at least not directly.  Instead, like many other “Tool Without a Handle” posts, it is about metaphor.

Paper by Anne Fleur van Veenstra and Bas Kotterink: “Societal challenges such as migration, poverty, and climate change can be considered ‘wicked problems’ for which no optimal solution exists. To address such problems, public administrations increasingly aim for data–driven policy making. Data-driven policy making aims to make optimal use of sensor data, and collaborate with citizens to co-create policy.

"Releyendo a Violeta" es el título de la doble exposición en homenaje a la artista en donde el público podrá conocer en la Sala Artes Visuales y en la Sala MAPA del GAM el trabajo de Violeta Parra que resguarda la Casa de Bello. Además, serán parte de la exposición textil "Al Hilo de Violeta" y de la muestra de creaciones pictóricas "Violeta y la pintura instintiva", los trabajos de artistas coetáneos de Violeta Parra y creadores contemporáneos que homenajean a la cantautora a partir de más de 150 creaciones en bordado, pintura y tejido.

Daniela Reyes, estudiante de la carrera de Medicina y capitana de la selección de natación de nuestro plantel, fue escogida por sus pares para representar al país en ceremonia inaugural.El pasado jueves 17 de agosto, un día antes del inicio oficial de los XXIX Juegos Olímpicos Universitarios -Universiadas- de Taipéi 2017, la delegación chilena realizó una votación para escoger al deportista que será el encargado de llevar la bandera de nuestro país y representar a la delegación en la ceremonia inaugural.

Desde los alemanes Beethoven y Von Weber, hasta los sonidos contemporáneos del polaco Krysztof Penderecki y su Concierto N°2 para violonchelo, son las composiciones que serán parte de los conciertos que la Sinfónica presentará el 25 y 26 de agosto. Piezas de Ludwig van Beethovent, Carl Maria von Weber y Krysztof Pendereckio serán interpretadas por la Sinfónica Nacional de Chile bajo la batuta de Daniel Raiskin.

Bernardo Souza Leão é o primeiro aluno a concluir o programaBernardo Souza Leão é o primeiro aluno a se formar em Direito e Administração segundo as regras do programa de dupla graduação assinado pela Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro (Direito Rio) e pela Escola Brasileira de Administração Pública e de Empresas da FGV (EBAPE). O Programa de Dupla Graduação tem como finalidade formar profissionais que possuam conhecimento interdisciplinar.

Living Reference Work Entry by Michael Rundel: “It is tempting to dismiss crowdsourcing as a largely trivial recent development which has nothing useful to contribute to serious lexicography. This temptation should be resisted. When applied to dictionary-making, the broad term “crowdsourcing” in fact describes a range of distinct methods for creating or gathering linguistic data.

Martin Baekgaard et al in British Journal of Political Science: “Does evidence help politicians make informed decisions even if it is at odds with their prior beliefs?

Last week, the faculty of Communication Arts has successfully organized a 3-day Hua Hin study trip for a group of 55 exchange students from Macromedia University, Germany. The tour lasted 3 days and 2 nights from Friday 25th – Sunday 27th August at Hua Hin district, through which the attended students were given an opportunity to visit many renowned attractions and cultural organizations, such as Pran Buri Forest Park, Mrigadaygavan Palace, The Sirindhorn International Environment Park and Ban Puen Palace.