Press Release: “SERMO, a global social network for physicians has expanded its footprint globally to revolutionize medical crowdsourcing. SERMO is now open to physicians on all seven continents, delivering on its promise from day one to unite physicians from every corner of the globe, ensuring the free flow of expert information amongst physicians.
Open Science is a key part of the open data ecosystem. Citizen Science is one of the beneficial side-effects of these open and collaborative ways of doing research. Crowdsourcing amateur scientists to carry out science, harnessing untapped resources to tackle problems in new and innovative ways. Open Data Hong Kong (ODHK) members have been involved in a number of such projects.
Los académicos y funcionarios de 18 organismos de la Universidad de Chile deberán responder a partir de este 5 de junio una nueva versión de la Encuesta Nacional de Riesgos Psicosociales. El objetivo será actualizar los datos donde corresponde, para contar con un panorama acabado que permita prevenir y controlar posibles enfermedades de tipo profesional.
La autoridad encabezó la ceremonia del trigésimo aniversario del programa de movilidad estudiantil y académica europea, Erasmus. En la ceremonia, tres integrantes de la Casa de Bello dieron su testimonio como beneficiarios de la iniciativa que ha financiado a más de 500 estudiantes, investigadores y académicos chilenos.Cerca de 9 millones de personas han podido estudiar, trabajar y adquirir experiencia internacional gracias al programa de movilidad estudiantil, académica y de personal Erasmus.
Shlomo Benartzi, John Beshears, Katherine L. Milkman et al in Psychological Science: “Governments are increasingly adopting behavioral science techniques for changing individual behavior in pursuit of policy objectives.
Kevin R. Kosar at Politico: “…When Americans think about the most innovative agency in the government, they think about the Pentagon or NASA.
The new media revolution is a common metaphor that is often used to describe the contemporary communications ecosystem. This essay investigates how it influences the way individuals, groups and policy... MORE
Book by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz: “Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveals about ourselves and our world—provided we ask the right questions.
Louise Matsakis at Motherboard: “There’s now a way to track what government employees, including elected officials, are doing online during working hours.
Paper by Helene Landemore: “Deliberative democracy is at risk of becoming collateral damage of the current crisis of representative democracy. If deliberative democracy is necessarily representative and if representation betrays the true meaning of democracy as rule of, by, and for the people, then how can deliberative democracy retain any validity as a theory of political legitimacy?
Book by Houbing Song, Ravi Srinivasan, Tamim Sookoor, Sabina Jeschke: “Smart cities are emerging as a priority for research and development across th
“Living Reference Work” edited by Elias G. Carayannis, David F. J.
This blog post is part of our summer series featuring updates from local groups across the Open Knowledge Network and was submitted by Open Data Hong Kong (ODHK). It was first published on Open Data Hong Kong (ODHK)’s website and has been written by Robert Porsch, a PhD student studying statistical genetics at the University of Hong Kong, and has a general interest in all kinds of data analysis.
Modificar los ambientes y las conductas de quienes sufren demencia, además de educar y guiar a los cuidadores de éstos es parte del trabajo que hoy llevan adelante los terapeutas ocupacionales en Chile.
El principal ranking de Escuelas de Negocios Latinoamericanas, elaborado anualmente por la revista AméricaEconomía, ubicó a la Universidad de Chile en el 5º lugar de la región, subiendo una posición respecto al año anterior y avanzando cinco puestos en los últimos 6 años. AmericaEconomía liberó los resultados de la versión número 20 de su ya tradicional Ránking de las Mejores Escuelas de Negocios de América Latina, y la Casa de Bello logró nuevamente posicionarse entre los primeros lugares de la lista.
Desde el año 1999 la Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias y Pecuarias de la Universidad de Chile desarrolla esta innovadora granja educativa que busca aportar desde la Casa de Bello al desarrollo de los más pequeños estudiantes.
Nos dias 29, 30 e 31 de maio, foi realizado na Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de São Paulo (FDUSP) o I Congresso Internacional Direitos Fundamentais e Processo Penal na Era Digital, fruto de uma parceria entre a USP e o InternetLab. O Congresso contou a presença de autoridades que contribuíram e ainda contribuem para o desenvolvimento do tema, como Tércio Sampaio Ferraz Júnior, Greg Nojeim, Riana Pfefferkorn, Diego Aranha e Marta Saad.