And similarly, maybe there's a way to spin this so that you're specifically representing student interest in some way--not essential, but just a thought.
On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Parker <[email protected]> wrote: > This sounds like really interesting and useful work. I imagine that > there are other nonprofits around europe working on this--possibility > of linking up with them? > > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:55 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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. >> >> >> On Nov 10 2010, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Send Discuss mailing list submissions to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >>> http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >>> [email protected] >>> >>> You can reach the person managing the list at >>> [email protected] >>> >>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >>> than "Re: Contents of Discuss digest..." >>> >>> >>> Today's Topics: >>> >>> 1. 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