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Claves para entender el nuevo sistema electoral proporcional

Por primera vez desde el retorno a la democracia las elecciones parlamentarias abandonarán el sistema binominal, y se regirán por un mecanismo que busca asegurar la proporcionalidad del Congreso, en un esfuerzo que persigue que el poder legislativo sea más representativo de la realidad del país.

Estudiantes reforestan en el Maule

La nueva edición de la revista Palabra Pública revisa uno de los hitos de la trayectoria académica de los estudiantes de Ingeniería Forestal: la práctica que realizan en el Centro Experimental de Pantanillo, como primera experiencia en la U. de Chile, evento que este año estuvo marcado por las consecuencias de los incendios forestales en la zona centro sur del país.En terreno. Así inician tradicionalmente sus actividades académicas los estudiantes de primer año de Ingeniería Forestal de la U.

​NTU partners Danish consortium to develop green technologies

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A DARPA Perspective on Artificial Intelligence

DARPA: “What’s the ground truth on artificial intelligence (AI)? In this video, John Launchbury, the Director of DARPA’s Information Innovation Office (I2O), attempts to demystify AI–what it can do, what it can’t do, and where it is headed. Through a discussion of the “three waves of AI” and the capabilities required for AI to reach its full potential, John provides analytical context to help understand the roles AI already has played, does play now, and could play in the future.

Improving public services through open government

Tim Hughes at Involve: “As citizens, we rely on public services being accessible and high quality – to give us an education, keep us healthy, make our communities a safe place to be, and ensure our basic needs are met. Public services are critical to our wellbeing and life chances, and building stronger and more prosperous societies.

The Behavioral Evidence Hub

About the BHUB: “There is no shortage of difficult problems in the world. Yet all too often, innovative solutions remain buried in academic research.

An AI Ally to Combat Bullying in Virtual Worlds

Simon Parkin at MIT Technology Review: “In any fictionalized universe, the distinction between playful antagonism and earnest harassment can be difficult to discern. Name-calling between friends playing a video game together is often a form of camaraderie. Between strangers, however, similar words assume a different, more troublesome quality.

Ambitny, ale wymagający dopracowania projekt ustawy o zbiorowym zarządzaniu – nasze stanowisko

Zbiorowe zarządzanie prawami autorskim i pokrewnymi wpływa na dostęp do kultury – to w jaki sposób udostępniane są utwory oraz kto i na jakich zasadach może z nich korzystać. W Polsce organizacje zbiorowego zarządzania (OZZ) to stowarzyszenia o specjalnych uprawnieniach przyznanych przez ustawę, które reprezentują interesy swoich członków, jak i w niektórych przypadkach również artystów niezrzeszonych.

OKI Agile: Picking/Designing a Methodology

This is the seond in a series of blogs on how we are using the Agile methodology at Open Knowledge International. Originating from software development, the Agile manifesto describes a set of principles that prioritise agility in work processes: for example through continuous development, self-organised teams with frequent interactions and quick responses to change (http://agilemanifesto.org). In this blogging series we go into the different ways Agile can be used to work better in teams and to create more efficiency in how to deliver projects.

Open Innovation as a chance for new incubation and collaboration models

Open Innovation has created new opportunities for business model innovation, which go far beyond the incubation of startups. Yet, why do large corporations actually need to open up? Which opportunities... MORE

Trust in Social Dilemmas

Book edited by Paul A.M. Van Lange, Bettina Rockenbach, and Toshio Yamagishi: “One of the key scientific challenges is the puzzle of human cooperation. Why do people cooperate with one another? What causes individuals to lend a helping hand to a stranger, even if it comes at a major cost to their own well-being? Why do people severely punish those who violate social norms and undermine the collective interest? Edited by Paul A.M.

How to increase public support for policy: understanding citizens’ perspectives

U. de Chile creará Instituto de Estudios Avanzados en Educación

Investigación interdisciplinaria, colaboración con entidades nacionales e internacionales, y apoyo y trabajo coordinado con las unidades que hoy imparten carreras de pedagogía, son algunos de los lineamientos que desarrollará este nuevo Instituto de la Casa de Bello.El fortalecimiento del campo investigativo y profesional de las ciencias de la educación, en el contexto de las discusiones y reformas en la materia, ha sido uno de los lineamientos centrales de la Universidad de Chile los últimos años.

Els Kindt in the Belgian Senate

"impact of new technologies on privacy"

E-Democracy for Smart Cities

Book by Vinod Kumar: “…highlights the rightful role of citizens as per the constitution of the country for participation in Governance of a smart city using electronic means such as high speed fiber optic networks, the internet, and mobile computing as well as Internet of Things that have the ability to transform the dominant role of citizens and technology in smart cities.

The cloud, the crowd, and the city: How new data practices reconfigure urban governance?

Introduction to Special Issue of Big Data & Society by ,  and : “The urban archetype of the flâneur, so central to the concept of modernity, can now experience the city in w

Gamified Crowdsourcing: Conceptualization, Literature Review, and Future Agenda

UIDAI goes after org that disclosed government departments were releasing Aadhaar data

If there was ever a case of shoot the messenger, it is this.
The blog post by Nikhil Pahwa was published by Medianama on May 19, 2017. Pranesh Prakash was quoted.

国际电子商务法联合认证项目2017春季学术活动周 JCP 2017 Spring Week Series of Academic Events

国际贸易法委员会亚太地区中心(UNCITRAL RCAP)与北京师范大学(BNU)国际电子商务法联合认证项目(JCP)自2013年建立以来,于2014年至2016年成功举办了三届“国际电子商务法学术周”活动,包括学术研讨会、学术讲座、模拟法庭等,与教学科研紧密结合、良性互动,成效显著。在《中华人民共和国电子商务法》(草案)已经提请中国全国人大常委会初次审议的背景下,“联合认证项目第四届春季国际电子商务法学术周”(2017 Spring JCP Academic Week)活动将于2017年6月第一周在北京师范大学法学院举办,主要包括以下活动:2017年6月5日13:30“一带一路经济体跨境电子商务法律问题国际研讨会”在北师大法学院学术报告厅举行;2017年6月6日18点“国际电子商务法国际专家讲座”在北师大法学院1922教室举行;以及于2017年6月3日合作主办的“电子商务发展与立法国际研讨会”。

一带一路经济体跨境电子商务法律问题国际研讨会

4th National Standards Conclave Evolving a Comprehensive National Strategy for Standards Sectoral and Regional Inclusiveness

Udbhav Tiwari represented CIS in the 4th National Standards Conclave held on the May 1 and 2, 2017 at The Lalit, New Delhi. The event was organized by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and the Confederation of Indian Industry.