Category: News

The book seminar “EU och de nya säkerhetshoten – Europaperspektiv 2016” will be held at Norra Latin in Stockholm on February 3, 2016, at 1-5:15 pm. Professor Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg from IRI will participate in a panel discussion regarding security from a long-term perspective. More information and registration.

“The Stanford Law School Center for Internet & Society seeks a full-time Intermediary Liability Fellow with experience in the field of legal protections for the expression and information rights of Internet users under constitutional or human rights frameworks.” The application deadline is February 15.

Source: https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/page/intermediary-liability-fellow

“Each summer the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University swings open the doors of our vibrant yellow house to welcome a group of talented and curious students as full-time interns – Berkterns! – who are passionate about the promise of the Internet.”

The application deadline for summer 2016 is Friday, February 12, 2016.

Source: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/internships_summer

Principles and Practice of Multi‐Agent Systems (PRIMA 2016), August 22‐26, 2016, Phuket, Thailand.

Call for Papers: http://prima2016.di.unito.it/cfp.html

IRI’s Doctoral student Franciskus van Geelkerken will hold his final seminar “Criminal investigation of remote information systems through the use of Trojan Police Horses”, on January 22, 2016, at 13-15 in the Faculty Room, Department of Law, Stockholm University.

Contact IRI on iri@juridicum.su.se if you wish to participate.

“Human-robot interaction (HRI) is a thoroughly interdisciplinary field, bridging computer science, design, psychology, and many other areas of study. Studies of law and policy, however, seldom inform or draw from HRI research. Yet understanding how people and robots interact is critical to developing sensible policy across a variety of public and private sectors.”

Source: https://faculty.cs.byu.edu/~mike/JHRI/CFP_JHRI_Law_and_Policy.pdf

The  International Legal Informatics Symposium (IRIS)  will take place at the Law Faculty of the University of Salzburg, February 25-27, 2016. Already being in its 19th year, IRIS has been established as the largest and most important academic conference on computers and law in Austria and Central Europe.

The first version of the program is now available on https://www.univie.ac.at/RI/IRIS16/programm/

Source: IRIS 2016.

State of the art in applied online data protection and security: https://www.enisa.europa.eu/procurement/state-of-the-art-in-applied-online-data-protection-and-security

A framework on appropriate security measures for the processing of personal data: https://www.researchprofessional.com/funding/opportunity/1724322/

On 28 January, Vinnova and Stockholm University holds an information meeting on ICT research and innovation support from Horizon 2020. Register here

The seminar will be held in English and webcasted via www.vinnova.se. Please note that no registration is necessary to follow the seminar online.

Date: 4 – 9 July, 2016

Place: Central European University, Budapest, Hungary

“The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence is a European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7) funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of violent online political extremism and responses.”

Source: Apply to our VOX-Pol Summer School on Topics in Violent Online Political Extremism | CMDS

2016 years RightsCon in Silicon Valley will take place on March 30 – April 1, 2016.

“2016 will see a bigger, brighter, and better RightsCon, more dynamic and outcome-oriented than ever before. While programmatic development is ongoing, planned elements will tackle topical and current issues in the digital sector such as encryption and cybersecurity, intermediary liability and data center location, transparency reporting and best practices on user trust, the growing internet of things, complex compliance and regulatory environments, and more”

Source: www.rightscon.org

The Swedish Bar Association (Advokatsamfundet) has adopted a policy for lawyers use of social media. Read the policy on www.advokatsamfundet.se. For comparison, see the International Bar Association social media principles for the legal profession.

Live webcast: Nobel Week Dialogue 2015 – The Future of Intelligence, Dec 9, 2015,10 am – 5 pm CET.

Source: Nobel Week Dialogue

The meeting on “Preventing Terrorists from Exploiting the Internet and Social Media to Recruit Terrorists and Incite Terrorist Acts, While Respecting Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms” is organized by the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee.

Source: Special meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Committee, New York, 16-17 December 2015.

“To say that a piece of information or a creative work is ‘in the public domain’ implies freedom of access and use. By ensuring the right to information, the public domain is a crucial component of democratic politics – but how this occurs is unclear. What information can be used, by whom and under which circumstances? What information should be used?”

Guest editors: Patricia Mindus and Nils Säfström
Extended deadline for submission: January 5, 2016

Source: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics

The Digital Agenda for Europe and the Innovation & Networks Executive Agency invites proposals for the Connecting Europe Facility initiative.

Source: RP – Connecting Europe facility telecom – second call for proposals

The University of Copenhagen in Denmark has an open position as Associate Professor in Communication and IT,  beginning August 1, 2016. The deadline for applications is January 15, 2016.

“The candidate should have a clear research profile within Communication and IT as well as excellent teaching qualifications within programmes in communication and it. Research and teaching in communication and IT at the Department of Media, Cognition and Communication is interdisciplinary, encompassing a range of humanistic and social-scientific approaches to theoretical and empirical studies of the intersection between human communication and digital computing. Documented research experience with the social and cultural implications of digital infrastructures will be considered an advantage in assessing applicants’ qualifications.”

Source: http://jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabelige-stillinger/?show=787505

 

 

IRI’s Professor Cecilia Magnusson Sjöberg and Professor Mauro Zamboni have handed in a joint application for establishing a one-year study program for undergraduate law students at Stockholm university. The study program, Governance by Law, consist of three special courses (Legislation in Theory and Practice, Cyber Regulation, and E-business Models). The courses can be combined with a thesis.

Crosstalks Broadcast November 19, 2015 – Work in the 21st century

“Some experts and reports claim that half of all jobs on today´s market is said to be gone in 20 years. Automation and artificial intelligence is posed to make a large portion of today´s workforce redundant. Regardless of what you make of the previous statements we are in for big changes in our job markets. So where and how will we work in the future? How will employers, industries and politicians need to adapt to these changes? And how might the way we consider the nature of work change?”

Source: Work in the 21st century – Stockholm University

VINNOVA and the Swedish Research Council will hold an information meeting about Future and Emerging Technologies – FET on November 24 2015. The seminar will be webcasted on vinnova.se. Registration is required to follow the seminar online.

Source: Vinnova.se – H2020 Future and Emerging Technologies H2020