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Facebook Data for Good in New Delhi

When data is shared responsibly with the communities that need it, it can improve well being and save lives. Anubha Sinha participated in a session organized by Facebook on 29 July 2019 at University of Chicago Center in New Delhi.

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The Significance of Algorithmic Selection for Everyday Life

The Significance of Algorithmic Selection for Everyday Life

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Vacancy at IViR: Chair-holding Professor, Intellectual Property Law Aspects of the Information Society

HHU und IDC Herzliya verlängern Vereinbarung zum Studierendenaustausch

Die erfolgreiche 20-jährige Zusammenarbeit zwischen den beiden juristischen Fakultäten wird um fünf weitere Jahre verlängert. Zusammen mit den beiden Universitätsleitungen unterzeichneten HHU-Dekanin Prof. Dr. Nicola Preuß und IDC-Dekan Prof. Amnon Lehavi das Dokument.

Why greater tax transparency is needed to help fix the broken global tax system

La Casa Central abrió sus puertas a los niños y niñas

Aprovechando las vacaciones de invierno, este viernes 19 de julio los papás y mamás que trabajan en Servicios Centrales y Casa Central de la U. de Chile, cambiaron su habitual jornada laboral por un día de actividades junto a sus hijas e hijos. Conocer el trabajo que desempeñan y participar de entretenidos talleres, fueron los hitos de un día que cambió totalmente la rutina en Alameda 1058.

Ciclo de Pianistas del CEAC regresa al GAM

Con la presentación del joven pianista nacional, Pablo Echaurren, que repasará parte del repertorio esencial del músico polaco, este miércoles 24 de julio se realizará el tercer concierto del Ciclo de Pianistas del Centro de Extensión Artística y Cultural (CEAC) de la U. de Chile.El romanticismo de Chopin regresa en el tercer programa del Ciclo de Pianistas 2019, organizado por el Centro de Extensión Artística y Cultural de la Universidad de Chile (CEAC).

Lanzan manual para pacientes con enfermedades neuromusculares

La publicación incluye capítulos con ejercicios de facilitación de movimientos por segmento corporal, actividades lúdicas y guías para el uso de ayudas técnicas y órtesis. Este manual fue desarrollado por profesionales de los equipos de Neurokinesiología y Respiratorio del Departamento de Kinesiología de la Facultad de Medicina, en alianza con el Ministerio de Salud. Las enfermedades neuromusculares (ENM) son patologías crónicas y generalmente progresivas que dificultan la capacidad de movimiento de quienes las padecen.

Columna de opinión: El estrecho de Ormuz y la Máquina Imperial

En esta columna de opinión el académico del Centro de Estudios Árabes de la Facultad de Filosofía y Humanidades de la Universidad de Chile, Rodrigo Karmy, analiza el reciente incidente en el estrecho de Ormuz, donde la marina iraní capturó dos petroleros ligados a capitales británicos, a la luz de las tensiones regionales generadas por los múltiples intereses geopolíticos que se despliegan en la zona del Golfo Pérsico.En uno de sus últimos libros el politólogo iraní Asef Bayat recuerda que para analizar la realidad de Medio Oriente resultan absolutamente decisivos dos facto

Easing the US-India divergence on data localisation

Addition of data localisation to the basket of persisting trade issues warrants greater compartmentalisation and consultative approaches to US-India ties.
The article by Shashidhar KJ and Kashish Parpiani was published by Observer Research Foundation on July 22, 2019.

For sex workers, mobile phone becomes a double-edged sword

Our research on the use of mobile phones by sex workers, as part of the project on Feminist Information Infrastructure in collaboration with Sangama, was cited in an article in the Economic Times.
The article by Tushar Kaushik was published in the Economic Times on July 23, 2019. CIS research was quoted.

Roundtable with the WhatsApp leadership

Will Cathcart, WhatsApp's new global head, visited India and invited Sunil Abraham for a discussion on 26 July 2019 at the Mountbatten, The Oberoi, New Delhi. Sunil met with some other people from WhatsApp leadership.
Discussions took place on the changing policy landscape in India. The event was a free flowing off the record discussion for about an hour between Will Cathcart and representatives of leading civil society organizations.

Twitter reacts to the India's cryptocurrency drama

An Inter-Ministerial Committee led by Subhash Chandra Garg, secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) has submitted a report which will recommend a ban on cryptocurrency in India to the finance ministry.
The blog post by Rajarshi Mitra was published by FX Street on July 26, 2019. Pranesh Prakash tweeted on this issue.

Thinking in Solid

Liv Inger Somby, journalist and scholar, to speak at Wikimania about the Sámi people and bringing indigenous languages online

“For us, the Sámi people, digital platforms like Wikipedia are very important. My dream is that Sámi children across national borders communicate in Sámi languages, and common revitalization projects on the Wikimedia platforms are a great tool to reach that goal.”
– Liv Inger Somby

Liv Inger Somby, journalista ja fágabargi, galgá hupmat sápmelaččaid birra ja dan ahte galggašii buktit eamiálbmotgielaid internehttii

“Midjiide, sápmelaččaide, leat digitála vuogádagat nu go Wikipedia hui dehálaččat. Mu niehku livččii ahte sámi mánát gulahallet daid iešguđet sámegielaiguin riikkarájiid rastá. Wikipedia vuogádagaid oktasaš ealáskahttin doaimmat livčče buorit reaiddut dán ulbmila joksat.”
–Liv Inger Somby, “spotlight” logaldalli Wikimanias 2019:s

​NTU Singapore and Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital launch internship and exchange programme in Chinese medicine

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How do digital platforms make their money?

How do digital platforms capture value from the transactions they enable between different actors? An analysis of 51 platform startups and a derivation of recurring value capture patterns, resulted in a toolkit for practitioners and researchers who engage with the design and description of business ecosystems. Philip Meier presents them here. What do the ride-sharing…

FGV Direito Rio é a 1º colocada no Rio de Janeiro e 3º colocada no Brasil no XXVIII exame da OAB

Escola possui o maior índice de aprovação do páisA Escola de Direito do Rio de Janeiro da Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV DIREITO RIO) alcançou o 3º lugar no Brasil e o 1º lugar no Rio de Janeiro, entre todas as instituições públicas e privadas, no XXVIII Exame de Ordem, realizado entre março e junho de 2019. De acordo com documento divulgado pela Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil (OAB), a FGV DIREITO RIO também é a instituição privada com maior índice de aprovação do país, considerando cursos que tiveram ao menos 10 candidatos presentes ao Exame.