Institutet för rättsinformatik
The Swedish Law and Informatics Research Institute, Law and Information Technology, ICT regulations, E-governance, Privacy
The biennial European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI) is Europe’s premier venue for presenting scientific results in AI. Under the general theme of “AI for human values”, the 22nd edition of ECAI will be held in Hague, Netherlands. The conference dates are 29 August – 2 September 2016, with the workshops taking place on 29-30 August.
Source: ECAI 2016
Data represents a key element for research, technological innovations and economic development. The international symposium “Rethinking Data Protection and Privacy in Europe: Shaping the European Digital Future” will examine the latest developments on data protection rules discussed at EU level.
Date: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Time: 10:00am — 4:30pm
Place: Thon Hotel Brussels City Centre, Brussels
Insight Intelligence has for the second year in a row investigated the Swedish people’s attitudes towards digital integrity. 1000 people aging from 16 to 70 were interviewed. The results are presented (in Swedish) in the report “Delade meningar”.
Source: IIS – Svenska folkets syn på sin digitala integritet
MyData 2016 is an international conference that takes place in Helsinki between August 31st and September 2nd. The purpose of the conference is to find ways to unleash the value of personal data through human-centric data management and technological innovation. The event will bring together up to 1000 participants from businesses, the research community, civil society, government and local communities.
Source: MyData 2016
Dagens Juridik published an interview with Jonas Ekfeldt regarding his new doctoral thesis “Om informationstekniskt bevis” on April 1. Read the interview on Dagens Juridik’s web.
IRI congratulates Jonas Ekfeldt for successfully completed his doctoral studies and his doctoral thesis on April 1, 2016. Jonas Ekfeldt’s thesis “Om informationstekniskt bevis” is available as full text PDF in DiVA .
IRI’s Doctoral student Liane Colonna will hold her dissertation defence “Legal Implications of Data Mining: Assessing the European Union’s Data Protection Principles in Light of the United States Government’s National Intelligence Data Mining Practices” on April 28, 2016, at 10 a.m. in Nordenskiöldsalen, Geovetenskapens hus, Svante Arrhenius väg 12, Stockholm University.
This dissertation addresses some of the data protection challenges that have arisen from globalization, technological progress, terrorism and seamless cross-border flows of personal data. The focus of the thesis is to examine ways to protect the personal data of EU citizens, which may be collected by communications service providers such as Google and Facebook, transferred to the US Government and data mined within the context of American national intelligence surveillance programs. The work explores the technology of data mining and examines whether there are sufficient guarantees under US law for the rights of non-US persons when it comes to applying this technology in the nationalsecurity context.
When: April 29 at 11:00-13:00
Where: Rättegångssalen, 4th floor, House C, South Complex, Frescati, Stockholm University
Currently, questions around Internet jurisdiction are gaining an unprecedented level of attention. Yet, progress is both slow and limited. The most significant obstacle for progress is found in the fact that our current thinking on jurisdiction is largely dominated by, and rooted in, notions of territoriality. In our current paradigm, the territoriality principle represents the jurisprudential core of our thinking on jurisdiction – a State has jurisdiction over all that occurs in its territory for the simple reason that it occurs in its territory. But as is well-known, it is not always easy – or indeed possible – to determine where (in real space geographical terms) events take place online. Read more.
Registration is now closed.
Many individuals and organizations have been advocating for years the need for an Internet Bill of Rights (or Internet Magna Carta), a step towards a constitutionalization of supranational Internet principles and rights. Brazil and Italy have already moved in such a direction by approving the Marco Civil da Internet (Brazil, April 2014) and the Declaration of Internet Rights (Italy, July 2015) respectively. What is the role of such initiatives in ensuring that the Internet remains a global space based on human rights and democracy for future generations?
The hangout/seminar Internet Bill of Rights (Italian Declaration, Marco Civil and other related efforts) will be broadcasted online on Tuesday, April 19, at 8:45-10:00 am Eastern Time.
Call for papers for the Tidsskriftet Arkiv Conference in Oslo on October 2016. Tidsskriftet Arkiv Conference 2016 is dedicated the theme “Trust and transparency in E-Government” and invites papers for approximately 30 minutes presentation on legal, technological and organizational aspects of the subject.
Source: Call for papers: Trust and Transparency in E-government
The Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT) has opened its call for fellowship applications. This programme is for internationally renowned senior scholars who wish to spend the 2016-2017 academic year, or a semester, in residence at TILT as part of its multi-disciplinary research team to work on some of the most interesting, challenging and urgent issues relating to emerging and disruptive technologies.
Applications will be accepted through April 15, 2016.
Source: Open Call for Fellowship Applications, Academic Year 2016-2017
Currently there are two PhD positions available in the field of Law & Data Science at Tilburg University (Law School). Tilburg Law School wishes to stimulate research in the field of Law & Data Science.
Deadline for submission: 31 May 2016 (23:59 hrs.). Please indicate in the application form that you are applying for a position in the field of Law & Data Science.
Source: PhD researchers: open positions at Tilburg Graduate Law School
Geneva Internet L@w Research Colloquium that will take place on 24 June 2016 is organized by the School of Law of the University of Geneva. The Colloquium provides researchers an opportunity to present their work-in-progress to a global panel of Internet law experts (from the partner institutions involved in the Colloquium), engage with one another in an informal setting, have in-depth discussions and exchanges, and receive helpful feedback and advice.
The deadline for applications is April 10, 2016.
European Intelligence and Security Informatics Conference (EISIC) 2016, the Premier European Conference on Counterterrorism and Criminology will be held on August 17-19, 2016, at Uppsala, Sweden.
Source: EISIC 2016 Home
AoIR 2016 is the 17th annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers, a transdisciplinary gathering of scholars interested in the place of networked technologies in social processes. This year’s conference ist jointly hosted by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and the Hans-Bredow-Institut for Media Research. The conference will be held at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Workshops: 5 October 2016
Main Conference: 6-8 October 2016
Source: AoIR 2016: Berlin | AoIR
The Technology, Privacy, and the Future of Education symposium brings together educational specialists, journalists, and academics to open a dialogue around the pedagogical, legal, and ethical repercussions of the use of new technologies in educational environments. The symposium will be held on Mar 4, 2016, and is hosted by the NYU Department of Media, Culture, and Communication.
Summit brings together forward-thinking researchers, policy professionals and businesses with an interest in cutting-edge research, big data methods, entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth.
When: Monday 21 March 2016, 11:30 – Tuesday 22 March 2016, 15:50
Where: University of Greenwich, 10 Stockwell Street, London SE10 9BD, United Kingdom
Source: Readie Research Summit 2016
De nya arméerna består av hackers och Sverige rustar sitt cyberförsvar. Informations- och cybersäkerhetsexpert Fredrik Björck vid Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap pratade om världens digitala kapprustning i Sveriges Radio P3 Morgonpasset den 4 februari 2016. Lyssna via länk nedan.
Source: DSV, Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap – Stockholms universitet
There are currently three open positions at Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology and Society.
The vacancies are:
The IFCLA (International Federation of Computer Law Associations) conference is organized by the Society for Computers and Law (SCL) and will take place at the Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2 Savoy Place, London, WC2R 0BL on Jun 9-10, 2016.
“IFCLA 2016 offers an unrivalled opportunity for IT lawyers to broaden their outlook and make it truly global. IT law thought-leaders will be gathering in one of the world’s great cities and you can be a part of the event. With an emphasis on an interactive event, participants at IFCLA 2016 will both add to and draw from the experience.”
Source: IFCLA