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Emerging AI technology in health care in India, health equity and justice: Critical reflections and charting out way forward

On July 13, 2019, Radhika Radhakrishnan, participated in a roundtable discussion on "Emerging AI technology in health care in India, health equity and justice: Critical reflections and charting out way forward." The event was organized by HEaL (Health, Ethics, and Law Institute of Training, Research and Advocacy) of FMES (Forum for Medical Ethics Society) in collaboration with CPS (Centre for Policy Studies), Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.

Deepfakes: Algorithms at war, trust at stake

A case in point is the video that surfaced of an Indian journalist not so long ago.
The article by Rajmohan Sudhakar was published in Deccan Herald on July 14, 2019. Elonnai Hickok was quoted.

Presentation to Amnesty International on researching the Future of Work

Aayush Rathi and Ambika Tandon made a presentation to Amnesty International on July 18, 2019.

Learning and Understanding the Frameworks of Rights at Work

On July 13, 2019, Torsha and Mira attended the 'Learning and understanding the frameworks of rights at work' workshop held by Kai Hsin Hung at IT For change in Bangalore.

ICANN 65 De-briefing Meeting

The Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER) organized an ICANN65 de-briefing meeting on July 16, 2019. Akriti Bopanna remotely presented on the Human Rights related developments that took place at the Marrakech meeting, over the course of the 4 days.

ออกแบบระบบข้อมูลประชาชนดิจิทัล: คุยกับผู้เชี่ยวชาญหาแนวทางเหมาะสม

Talk with Sunil Abraham, an expert on the Internet and good governance in the issue of creating a digital identification system.

BIS LITD 17 meeting

On July 3, 2019, Gurshabad Grover attended the sixteenth meeting of the Information Systems Security and Biometrics Section Committee (LITD17) at the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) in New Delhi.

Prof. Xue presented at the WTO Colloquium and Expert Seminar

The World Trade Organization invited Prof. Xue to give two keynote speeches at the 16th Colloquium for Teachers of Intellectual Property in Geneva.  The two-week colloquium for teachers of intellectual property (IP), jointly organized by the WTO and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), opened in Geneva on 17 June 2019.

Compliance Corporativa: Promovendo Transparência e Responsabilidade nos Negócios

Investimento: Gratuito 
Compliance Corporativa: Promovendo Transparência e Responsabilidade nos Negócios15h30 até 17h30O Evento: Programas de compliance têm se tornado cada vez mais comuns no Brasil e em países onde há políticas de enfrentamento da corrupção. A mera criação desses programas pode indicar disposição de promover práticas de integridade e responsabilidade nos negócios, mas os avanços duradouros dependem da construção da cultura de integridade e transparência nas empresas brasileiras.

RightsCon 2019: Human Rights in the Digital Age

Since its creation in 2011, RightsCon has gathered people from different sectors to discuss human rights in the digital age. It started as an event with a few hundred experts, but has become a major conference, with nearly 3000 participants in 2019. The 2019 program consisted of 17 tracks focusing on major issues, which totalized more than 450 sessions held in a period of four days.

Your weekly photo from the world’s free media repository: 19 July

The original Beetle, constructed by the German automaker Volkswagen, was in production from 1938 until 2003.
Convertible Beetles were usually nicer than their roofed counterparts. According to Wikipedia, the Beetle convertible was “generally more lavishly equipped than the sedan with dual rear ashtrays, twin map pockets, a visor vanity mirror on the passenger side, rear stone shields, and through 1969, wheel trim rings. Many of these items did not become available on other Beetles until … 1970. ”

72° Nexa Lunch Seminar - Geranium, tecnologie semantiche e deep learning per le pubblicazioni del Politecnico di Torino

Page Type: Eventlunch25 settembre 2019
Giuseppe Futia (Centro Nexa)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 25/09/2019 - 13:00 to 14:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

123° Mercoledì di Nexa - Legal Knowledge Representation and Reasoning in a Linked Open Data Framework

Page Type: Eventmercoledi 9 ottobre 2019
Enrico Francesconi (European Commission, Publications Office of the European Union)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 09/10/2019 - 18:00 to 20:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

122° Mercoledì di Nexa - La direttiva copyright e la sua attuazione

Page Type: Eventmercoledi11 settembre 2019
Prof. Marco Ricolfi (Co-direttore Centro Nexa)
image: Super sticky: 0Featured Event: 0Data evento: Wed, 11/09/2019 - 18:00 to 20:00luogo: Via Boggio 65/a | Torino (primo piano)

Organizan Primer Encuentro de Estudiantes de Estudios Internacionales

La iniciativa, impulsada por quienes cursan el Magíster de esta disciplina en nuestra institución, tendrá dos categorías: ponencia-paper y poster, y se dirige a todos los alumnos de países del Cono Sur de nuestro continente quienes podrán postular sus trabajos -individuales o grupales- hasta el 27 de julio.El Instituto de Estudios Internacionales (IEI) de la Universidad de Chile será sede del Primer Encuentro de Estudiantes de esta disciplina los próximos 24, 25 y 26 de octubre de este año, proyecto que busca estimular el debate sobre temas

10Gbps y más: Universidad de Chile presenta red de alta velocidad

Aumentar las capacidades de conexión entre campus y facultades, además de potenciar la transferencia de grandes volúmenes de datos.

LL.M na University of Chicago: Concluído!

Alumnus de mestrado concluiu seu LL.M na University of ChicagoO alumnus de mestrado da FGV Direito Rio, Igor Tostes, concluiu seu LL.M na University of Chicago. De acordo com Igor, a experiência foi fantástica e superou as suas expectativas. “A escola de Direito da Universidade de Chicago é uma das mais conceituadas dos EUA, então a minha expectativa em relação ao mestrado e a qualidade dos professores já era bem alta. Felizmente, fui surpreendido pelo nível dos demais colegas do mestrado e, principalmente, pelo rigor intelectual dos alunos que cursam a faculdade de direito", afirma.

HHU-Pharmazeut Prof. Dr. Peter Proksch geht in den Ruhestand

Prof. Proksch, der seit 20 Jahren an der HHU forscht und lehrt, ist Experte für pharmazeutisch und auch technologisch nutzbare Naturstoffe. So erforschte er die Abwehrmechanismen von marinen Organismen, mit denen sich diese beispielsweise vor der Besiedelung gegen Algen und Seepocken schützen. Unter anderem in endophytischen Pilzen – die in Symbiose mit Pflanzen leben und diese häufig durch die Produktion von aktiven Substanzen schützen –suchte er nach Stoffen, die antibiotisch oder antitumoral wirken. Seine Forschungen fanden oft in internationaler Zusammenarbeit statt.

Designing ethically with AI: How Wikimedia can harness machine learning in a responsible and human-centered way

The past few years have seen an explosion of journalism, scholarship, and advocacy around the topic of ethical AI. This attention reflects a growing recognition that technology companies often fail to put the needs of the people who use machine learning (or “AI”) technology, and of society as a whole, ahead of their business goals.

El Eclipse Solar Total 2019 se vivió en la Chile

Uno de los puntos de la Región Metropolitana donde la comunidad se reunió para visionar este hito, fue el Observatorio Astronómico Nacional Cerro Calán de la Universidad de Chile. Este martes 2 de julio, la ciencia y la ciudadanía se dieron cita en la cuna de la astronomía chilena.