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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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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