Human Agency, Digital Society and Data-Intensive Surveillance colloquim at IEA Paris - May 22 - 23
Lander Govaerts, Lucas Melgaço, and Lior Volinz will be at the IEA Paris May 22 - 23 and present at the ' Human Agency, Digital Society and Data-Intensive Surveillance ' colloquim co-organised by Anders Albrechtslund (Aarhus University), Rosamunde Van Br...
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Student Video Competition "A Flash of Privacy"
Are you passionate about privacy and data protection? Do you wish to receive the Westin Scholar Award 2023 for VUB?
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Dr. Gianmarco Gori publishes on “Legal Protection Debt in ML training datasets”
LSTS postdoctoral researcher Gori has published on the practices of ML dataset creation, curation and dissemination. The report emphasises how such practices play a crucial role for determining the level of legal protection enjoyed by the legal subjects located downstream ML-pipelines.
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The paper by Simone Casiraghi titled “Anything new under the sun? Insights from a history of institutionalized AI ethics” is published on the journal Ethics and Information Technology
The paper by Simone Casiraghi titled “Anything new under the sun? Insights from a history of institutionalized AI ethics” was published on the journal Ethics and Information Technology.
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Rosamunde Van Brakel has been appointed visiting professor at University of Essex, UK
Rosamunde Van Brakel has been appointed as visiting professor at the Centre for Criminology, Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK for a month and will be visiting from 24 April 2023 till 19 May 2023. During her time there she will give a seminar on harms of algorithmic policing.
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Prof. Spiros Simitis, ‘father of data protection’, passes away
Some words for his unique contribution to the EU data protection acquis - B y Professor Vagelis Papakonstantinou A few days ago, on 18 March 2023, Prof. Spiros Simitis passed away. Prof. Simitis was the ‘father of data protection’ and, also, my Doktorvater.
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Closing symposium ‘Governing Artificial Intelligence Designing Legal and Regulatory Responses’ for the PROTECT MSCA ITN and call for abstracts (deadline April 7, 2023)
The PROTECT MSCA ITN is coming to an end and its closing symposium, titled ‘Governing Artificial Intelligence Designing Legal and Regulatory Responses’ , will take place on May 23 in Brussels.
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HEALTH, LAW, AND TECHNOLOGY (HELT) SYMPOSIUM 2023
The Health and Ageing Law Lab (HALL) is organising its inaugural HELT (Health, law, and Technology) Symposium 2023. The symposium will take place on 26th April 2023 at the ‘Sparks Venue – Rue Ravenstein 60’ in the center of Brussels.
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Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt presents at Women in Data Science conference in Maastricht (7 March 2023)
Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt will give a presentation on the 7th of March 2023 at the fourth edition of the Women in Data Science (WiDS) 2023 Conference in Maastricht.
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Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt participates in debate on smart technologies and climate change from the perspective of the rule of law (20 Feb 2023)
On 20 February (at 8pm) Prof. Mireille Hildebrandt will participate in a debate (in Dutch) held at De Balie in Amsterdam on the topic of "menselijk recht in tijden van datasturing and natuurgeweld" (human-made law in the era of data control and natural disasters).
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Call for Abstracts - Symposium: Human Agency, Digital Society and Data-Intensive Surveillance
The VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies in collaboration with CENSUS, IEA, and supported by SSN, organises an international, trans-disciplinary and multilingual symposium on Human Agency, Digital Society and Data-Intensive Surveillance at the Paris Institute for Advanced Study,&nbs...
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The VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies announces upcoming seminars
The preliminary schedule for the VUB Chair in Surveillance Studies' upcoming seminars is now available on their website.
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