LAW, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY (LSTS) RESEARCH GROUP

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Friday 13 December

Ethics and Law in the age of AI: Marco Giacalone lecturing at Univ. Naples Federico II

[Lecture] This week, Marco Giacalone is teaching at the Engineering Faculty, in the University of Naples Federico II. The classes Giacalone is giving, constitute part of the Data Science Master...

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Wednesday 11 December

New PhD vacancy on Personal Data Transfers & Borders (DEADLINE: 21 January 2020)

[Vacancy] The Law, Science, Technology & Society (LSTS) Research Group, together with the Brussels Privacy Hub (BPH) , is launching a call for applications for PhD candidates in the area of...

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Tuesday 10 December

Roda, Sajfert and Zomignani Barboza @ELSA Benelux Conference 2019 on Artificial Intelligence (12-14 December, Brussels)

[Event] The ELSA Benelux conference 2019 will be held at the VUB campus Etterbeek from 12 to 14 December. This year's theme is Artificial Intelligence. On Friday 13 December (10h00 - 12h30), LSTS...

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Monday 9 December

Legal and ethical challenges of Big Data for policing: Prof van Brakel at the Scottish International Policing Conference (10 December, Edinburgh)

[Event] On 10 December 2019, Prof Rosamunde van Brakel has been invited to speak on the Ethical and Legal Challenges of Big Data for Law Enforcement at the Scottish International Policing Conference...

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Monday 9 December

COHUBICOL team @Lex Ex Machina: A workshop on law’s computability

The COHUBICOL team is attending ' Lex Ex Machina: A workshop on law’s computability ' on 13 December 2019 at Jesus College's Intellectual forum, University of Cambridge. Prof Mireille Hildebrandt...

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Upcoming events

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16 December from 12:30 to 14:00

WRG: Markus Michaelsen - Digital Authoritarian Practices: Surveillance and Repression Against Transnational Activist Networks (DIGIACT)

WRG: Marcus Michaelsen - Digital Authoritarian Practices: Surveillance and Repression Against Transnational Activist Networks (DIGIACT) (12:30 - 14:00, 4C306)

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9 January from 12:00 to 14:00

L(S)STS gathering animated by Rocco Bellanova (UvA)

For more information on L(S)STS gaterings, see here.

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From 22 January at 9:00 to 24 January at 18:00

Stadssalonsurbains Roundtable at the CPDP Data Protection and Artificial Intelligence Conference

Exact date and time tbc. This lecture is part of the StadsSalonUrbains Lecture Series co-organised by LSTS through the BCUS (brussels centre for urban studies), VUB and Brussels Academy on "Platform...

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14 February from 17:30 to 19:30

Territories of Exception: The Architecture of State Violence in Rio De Janeiro

Lecture given by Fernanda Bruno (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) This lecture is part of the StadsSalonUrbains Lecture Series co-organised by LSTS through the BCUS (brussels centre for urban...

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10 March from 12:30 to 13:30

Brussels Privacy Hub - Doctoral seminar with Olga Gkotsopoulou

For more information on the Brussels Privacy Hub doctoral seminars, see here .

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