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 personal data transfers.
The PhD candidate will work on the SRP project Articulating Law, Techn...
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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.
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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 will present her paper on 'Code-Driven Law: Scaling the Past and Freezing the Future'.
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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, which takes place at the University of Edinburgh.
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Algorithmic Impact Assessment: Gianclaudio Malgieri receives 2019 Future of Privacy Forum Award
[Award] LSTS Researcher Gianclaudio Malgieri, along with his co-author Margot E. Kaminski, were among the five winners of the 10th Annual Privacy Papers for Policymakers (PPPM) Award held by the Future of Privacy Forum for their paper on Algorithmic Impact Assessment .
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Professors de Hert and van Brakel @PI.lab Conference 2019 (6 December, The Hague)
[Event] On 6 December 2019, Prof Paul De Hert and Prof Rosamunde Van Brakel will participate in the annual PI.lab Conference in The Hague. The event will take place at King's Ballroom, from 9:30 to 18:00 and this year's theme is 'Lost in Translation'. A...
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Prof Mireille Hildebrandt on the Broken Promises of AI's Modern Approach
Prof Mireille Hildebrandt is keynoting at the Artificial Intelligence and Big Data Conference at the Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lisbon, 6 December 2019.
She will be speaking on 'Broken Promises of AI's Modern Approach?', see e.g.
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LSTS researchers @VUB Ethics Week 2019 (2-6 December 2019)
[Event] The Ethics Week 2019 (2-6 December) offers the VUB research community the opportunity to respond to challenges in research ethics, through a series of events around ethical themes. LSTS members will be present with talks and debates. On 3 December, Prof.
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New publication on ENISA, NIS Directive and GDPR by Dimitra Markopoulou, Paul de Hert and Vagelis Papakonstantinou
In November 2019, LSTS researcher Dimitra Markopoulou and Professors Paul de Hert and Vagelis Papakonstantinou published an article on 'The new EU cybersecurity framework: The NIS Directive, ENISA's role and the General Data Protection Regulation'. The arti...
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Prof Vagelis Papakonstantinou on personal data processing by judicial authorities
On 20 and 21 November 2019, LSTS Professor Vagelis Papakonstantinou participated as speaker in the conference 'Personal data processing by judicial and prosecution authorities (GDPR and Law 4624/2019)'. The conference took place at the Athens Appeals Court, with the participatio...
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Fairness and vulnerability in data protection: Gianclaudio Malgieri at 2nd Istanbul Privacy Symposium (22 November 2019)
On 22 November 2019, LSTS researcher Gianclaudio Malgieri is invited to speak in the 2nd Istanbul Privacy Symposium: Law, Ethics, and Technology. The Symposium is organised with the collaboration of the Istanbul Bilgi University's IT Law Institute and the Global N...
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EUCFR and GDPR in the context of the right to information: Laura Drechsler @ERA seminar (21 November 2019, Brussels)
On 21 November 2019, LSTS researcher Laura Drechsler (FWO) will present at the ERA seminar on 'The right to information in the European Union: Current trends and developments' .
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