Hello all,
We at the University of York are trying to gather information and insights
on the Indect project - http://www.indect-project.eu/ - funded by the
Europen Union with the aim to build identities of people which are thought
to be planning or have partecipated in crimes. This is done by linking to
entities - people, organizations etc. - all references to this entity from
social networks, blogs, surveillance cameras and the like and understanding
in which events these entities participate. Other than the issue of
privacy, for which a Ethics board committee (we contacted a member of it
but no reply yet) was set up, we believe that this project would work
toward changing the anatomy of the internet in a restrictive way, stressing
again the point highlighted by Lessig in the book Free Culture, that the
code becomes the law.
Over the last week we got in contact with the Project manager here at York,
who oversees the most controversial deliverable:
(http://www.indect-project.eu/files/deliverables/public/INDECT_Deliverable_4.1_v20090630a.pdf/view)
which defines the XML data corpus collecting the information and he has
agreed on a face-to-face interview, possibly sometimes next week. Also we
contacted the Indect Project Administrator who has agreed to answer some
written questions.
We are currently studying the deliverables(other 2 interesting ones are:
4.3 - Behavioural profiling and 4.2 - on relationship mining) and are
trying to formulate intelligent questions on specific issues rather than a
general critic on the project.
It would be very beneficial if anyone interested shared his/her thoughts on
the matter perhaps to understand better the threat - if there is a threat -
that this project will bring to the internet as we know it.
Ciao ciao,
Andrea.
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Just a reminder, to those of you who may be interested!
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Dear Colleagues,
Universities Allied for Essential Medicines (UAEM) is organizing a
symposium on the role of universities and public institutions as
non-profits in the medicine innovation system, particularly related to
their role in finding cures for neglected diseases as well as open-source
research methods.
The symposium will be held in Washington, D.C., on November 20, 2010 from
8:30 A.M until 6:00 P.M. The program will be hosted by the Program on
Information Justice and Intellectual Property at the Washington College of
Law, American University.
The invitation is open both to access to medicines advocates, and students
and scholars looking to increase their involvement in this area.
We have selected product development partnerships, university
administrators, researchers, industry actors, technology transfer
officials, funding institutions and students who have demonstrated that
they are innovators in the fields of neglected disease discovery,
university licensing, and open-source methods. The symposium aims to
specifically explore the role of universities in the broader innovation
system and directions for university policy to best improve both
innovation and access to medicines. The agenda is attached.
We hope that coming out of this meeting, we will have gathered a good deal
of collective wisdom from participants to help create new policies that can
further our shared goal of maximizing biomedical innovation.
We urge you to circulate the conference announcement to colleagues in
research and policy alike who can contribute to the conversation.
In closing, we would be pleased and honored if you would join us at the
symposium. Please register (no registration fee) at your earliest
convenience at this link:
https://www.wcl.american.edu/secle/cle_form.cfm. Once at the page, select
the drop down and scroll to "Nov. 20 Workshop on Neglected Diseases." The
symposium web site will be updated regularly and you can find it at:
http://essentialmedicine.org/uaem-university-innovation-symposium. If you
have any questions or concerns, or if you would like to register by phone
or email, please do not hesitate to contact us at (510) 868-1159, or at
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