Ambika Tandon was quoted in Canadian-French magazine L'Actualite, in an article on technology and women in India. In the quote, she explains the core research questions of the FIRN project, which is studying the digital intermediation of domestic work in India.
The article by Isabelle Grégoire was published in L'Actualite on September 11, 2019.

Sunil Abraham participated in this meeting organized by Facebook on September 17, 2019 in New Delhi.
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For more details visit https://cis-india.org/internet-governance/news/responsible-ai-workshop

Arindrajit Basu delivered two lectures at the National University of Juridical Sciences on September 18, 2019.
The first one was part of a symposium being conducted by the soon to be set up Intellectual Property and Technology Law Centre. I spoke on "Conceptualising India's Digital Policy Vision" The other speaker today was  Mr. Supratim Chakraborty (Partner, Khaitan&Co.) Tomorrow's speakers are Prof. Mahendra Kumar Bhandan and Nikhil Narendran (Partner, Trilegal)
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In einer öffentlichen Vorlesung erläutert Prof. Dr. Heiner Fangerau, Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, welche ethischen Debatten in der Geschichte und Gegenwart mit Fragen der Gentherapie verbunden waren und sind. So diskutiert er die moralischen Debatten um gentherapeutische Verfahren, als diese noch eine Utopie darstellten, und schildert die Chancen und Risiken, die in den 1980er Jahren den Diskurs bestimmten. Er erläutert auch die aktuelle ethische Debatte. Die Vorlesung ist Teil des diesjährigen Internationalen Symposiums des BMFZ an der HHU.

Privacy statements are both a point of contact to inform users
about their data and a way to show governments the organization is committed to
following regulations. On September 17, the Internet Society’s Online Trust
Alliance (OTA) released “Are Organizations Ready for New Privacy Regulations?“

The Center for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) and the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB) invited Radhika Radhakrishnan for a talk at IIIT-Bangalore on September 13, 2019.

The consumer Internet of Things market is growing exponentially – one
prediction suggests that people will be using 25 billion connected devices by 2021.
These new products promise innovation and convenience, but they can also erode
privacy boundaries and expose consumers to risk without their knowledge or
consent. Is that a good bargain?

Poor quality of footage, lack of maintenance and inadequate back-up reduce the gadgets’ deterrent value.
The article by Vivek Narayanan and R. Srinivasan was published in the Hindu on September 18, 2019. Pranav M.B. was quoted.

We at the Wikimedia Foundation strive to ensure that our work and mission support a sustainable world.
Today, we are releasing a sustainability assessment that chronicles the total carbon footprint of the Foundation’s work and commits us to reducing our emissions.

La Universidad, primera en España según el ranking de empleabilidad de QS
El QS Graduate Employability Ranking 2020 ha considerado por cuarta vez consecutiva a la universidad como la mejor en España en empleabilidad

FOTO: Manuel Castells

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Die Grafikreihe "HHU Facts" zeigt kurz und knapp interessante Fakten rund um die HHU auf. Heute: Campus-Kunst der HHU!
Alle bisher veröffentlichten Motive auf einen Blick finden Sie demnächst auch in einer Bildergalerie (in Vorbereitung).
Haben Sie vielleicht auch ein interessantes Statistik-Thema oder einen Fakt rund um die HHU? Die HHU-Webredaktion ist offen für weitere Motive und freut sich über jede Anregung / Einsendung: Dieter Joswig, Tel. +49 211 81-14861

The Mittelstand 4.0 Kompetenzzentrum Berlin, _Gemeinsam Digital, offers an AI-training service for small and medium sized companies. Four AI trainers offer advise on opportunities and concrete implementation of AI applications through workshops, sessions and further projects. Berlin, 19. September 2019 – Ab September erweitert _Gemeinsam Digital sein Unterstützungsangebot für den Mittelstand um das Themenfeld Künstliche…

The Wikimedia Foundation is excited to announce the appointment of Grant Ingersoll as Chief Technology Officer (CTO). Grant brings two decades of experience in open source software development and natural language processing engineering to the Foundation. He will join the Foundation on 23 September.