LSTS present at ACM FAT*2020 Conference in Barcelona (27-30 January 2020)
[Conference] From 27 to 30 January 2020, the ACM FAT* conference takes place in Barcelona. FAT* is a premier conference on fairness, accountability, and transparency in the tech sector, and has recently widened its scope to include more social science research.
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Legal and technical challenges of explainable AI: Gianclaudio Malgieri at CERRE Executive Seminar (Brussels, 21 January 2020)
[Talk] On 21 January 2020, Gianclaudio Malgieri participates as discussant in the Executive Seminar on Legal & Technical Challenges of Explainable AI. The event is organised by the Centre on Regulation in Europe (CERRE) and takes place from 14:00 to 17:00, at L...
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New PhD Position on Democratic Governance of Surveillance [extended deadline]
[Vacancy] The VUB Research Chair in Surveillance Studies, which is based at the Law, Science, Technology and Society Research Group, is supported by the research groups CRiS and imec-SMIT, and is coordinated by Prof. Dr.
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Fairness, Computation and the GDPR | ALTEP-DP Kick-off event (Brussels, 20 January 2020)
[Event] Marking the public launch of the project Articulating Law, Technology, Ethics and Politics: Issues of Enforcement and Jurisdiction of EU Data Protection Law under and beyond the General Data Protection Regulation (ALTEP-DP), a kick off event on Fairness, Computation and the...
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Prof Hildebrandt speaks on 'Consequences of artificial intelligence and blockchain for the law'
Prof Mireille Hildebrandt will join the illustrious Bitburger Gespräche in Mainz, organised by the Institut für Rechtspolitik of Trier University on 9-10 January 2020, to give a dinner speech on the subject of AI, Blockchain and the law.
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Irene Kamara holds seminar on Data Protection certification (TILT, 15 January 2020)
[Seminar] Researcher Irene Kamara will give a seminar on data protection certification, presenting the results of the European Commission study on Arts.
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New research project on surveillance and transnational repression
[Project] LSTS hosts a new two-year research project funded by a Marie-Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship.
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LSTS Books of the year 2019
Every year, the members of the Law, Science, Technology and Society (LSTS) Research Group of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) are invited to reflect on the books that have influenced the most their (academic) lives and/or have been inspirational.
As per tradition, here are our best re...
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Policy brief #2 on methods for (data protection) impact assessment now available in French!
[Publication] The second policy brief "Towards a method for data protection impact assessment: Making sense of GDPR requirements" , published on 5 November 2019, by the d.pia.lab, is now available also in French.
Stay tuned for more updates!
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Prof Serge Gutwirth: Francqui Chair lectures @University of Namur (February - March 2020)
[Lecture] Between 11 February and 31 March 2020, Prof Serge Gutwirth, as part of his Francqui Chair 2019-2020 mandate, will give a series of evening lectures at the University of Namur. The lectures will take place at the Faculty of Law, University of Namur (Rempart de...
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Robert Riemann: Make Websites Privacy Friendly Again! (13 January 2020, VUB)
[Event] On 13 January 2020, LSTS welcomes Robert Riemann at its Weekly Research Gatherings. Robert Riemann will hold a session entitled 'Make Websites Privacy Friendly Again! Overview of Systemic Issues and Tooling'.
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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 curriculum, and specifically the Data Management course, organised by Prof.
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