Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt speaks on shock architecture and the optics of choice (9 May 2022)
What is the materiality of the digital? In which ways do digital technologies change the design, production, experience and use of physical environments? Can atoms be translated into bits? Is computation grounded by matter? How does the digital extend or limit material practices?
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Dr. Laurence Diver to deliver talk to Catalan judges on ‘lossless law’ (22 April 2022)
Dr. Laurence Diver will present at the Artificial Intelligence and Justice Administration Day on 22 April, organised by the Catalan Center for Legal Studies and Specialised Training.
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Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt on the disconnect between 'upstream' automation and legal protection against automated decision making
In a recent publication in the Journal of Things We Like (Lots) - JOTWELL, Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt reviews the article Is That Your Final Decision?
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Dr. Desara Dushi publishes on human rights in the era of automated decision making and predictive technologies
Advances in Natural Language Processing and machine learning have made it possible to design predictive models that can be used to assist judicial proceedings.
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HALL and LSTS researchers speak at the conference of the European Association of Health Law
This year, several LSTS and HALL researchers speak at the conference of the European Association of Health Law to be held in Ghent from 20 until 22 April 2022.
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Interdisciplinary dialog on AI in Healthcare: HALL organizes the workshop at the conference of the European Association of Health Law
HALL organizes the workshop at the conference of the European Association of Health Law to be held in Ghent from 20 until 22 April 2022.
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Lina Jasmontaite, Nikolaos Ioannidis and Olga Gkotsopoulou competing at the VUB Doctoral Derby 2022 (19 April 2022)
This year, three LSTS researchers , Lina Jasmontaite, Nikolaos Ioannidis and Olga Gkotsopoulou, are participating at the VUB Doctoral Derby – the annual VUB-wide competition about communicating scientific research to a general audience!
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Brussels Privacy Hub to hold soon its Summer Academy 2022
In 2 months, the Brussels Privacy Hub is going to hold the 2022 edition of its Summer Academy for Global Privacy Law.
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Conference on Anticipatory Compliance
On the 31st of March, 2022, the Vrije Universiteit Brussel and the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) will held a co-organised conference on the topic of "Anticipatory compliance". The conference marks the closing event of the Horizon 2020 Project PANELFIT.
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Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt speaks on 'Regulating AI by way of AI' (29 March 2022)
The Yale Technology and Ethics group invites Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt to give a talk on Regulating AI by way of AI. Better law(s) or the end(s) of law?
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VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies Upcoming Seminars
The VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies is happy to announce the programme for their upcoming seminars. Registration is now open and, as always, free of charge.
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Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt speaks on the politics of ambiguity and the issues of proxies (22 March 2022)
In her talk, Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt will argue that what matters is not computable. However, it can be made computable, and in different ways. This difference in turn matters, it makes a difference for those who will suffer or enjoy the consequences.
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