André Lemos, Escritor, Professor Titular da Faculdade de Comunicação da UFBA, Pesquisador 1A do CNPq
On the surface, the Downtown Project appears to be a serious commitment to the Jacobs’ “ballet of the street.” It presents all the latest notions of the city as a sustainable, walkable, spontaneously creative space built out of the existing city. Inspired by Harvard economist Ed Glaeser’s free-market urbanist bible, The Triumph of Leia mais… »
Participo hoje do Ciclo de Palestras “Computação e Ética na Sociedade Contemporânea”. O tema da minha conferência será: “Liberdade de Expressão, Vigilância e Internet”. Será as 19h no auditório do Instituto de Matemática da UFBA, no Campus de Ondina.
Tech pioneers in the US are advocating a new data-based approach to governance – ‘algorithmic regulation’. But where does this leave governments, asks Evgeny Morozov
Source: www.theguardian.com
Estou organizando um número especial para a Revista Contemporanea. CFP abaixo: Nos últimos anos temos visto um crescente interesse da área de comunicação pelas abordagens teóricas e metodológicas da Teoria-Ator Rede (Actor-Network Theory). Pesquisas apresentadas nos principais congressos da área no Brasil, como a Compós, a Intercom, a Abciber, o Leia mais… »
Today, we’re sharing the first wave of results from our “Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries” (ODDC) project. This project marks the first major study of the use and impact of open data in countries across the developing world. Over a hundred researchers from the global South have been involved in developing 17 qualitative case studies with findings that span 13 countries, from Indonesia to Brazil. …
Source: webfoundation.org
“This is almost a complete glossary of Big Data terminology widely used today. Let us know if you would like to any big data terminology missing in this list.”
Source: www.bigdata-madesimple.com
For the exhibition Chicago: City of Big Data, CAF turned its centerpiece Chicago Model—a 320-square-foot resin replica of the city’s downtown, updated annually to reflect additions and subtractions—into an interpretive piece through which to “view” the city’s data. Encompassing everything from tweets to demographics to air quality, so-called big data is increasingly employed by city governments, developers, and designers to create smarter infrastructure that better integrates the urban environment with its populace. …
Source: archrecord.construction.com
Connected devices can generate gobs of data, but if we’re going to open it up we’re also going to the need the context that will make it meaningful.
Source: gigaom.com
When ordinary people make an effort to change the world for the better, something extraordinary is bound to happen. Which is why IBM’s People for Smarter Cities, in a partnership with the video crowdsourcing platform Zooppa, asked citizens around the world for ideas on making cities smarter. … Leia mais… »
he visions we get about future cities are inevitably “smart,” generally slick, and frequently lonely. Data helps individuals to glide their way around a city smoothly without the crippling embarrassment of asking for directions, or indeed talking to anyone. So where is everyone else? What does … Leia mais… »