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Out now: HIIG Quarterly
2018 has gotten off to an exciting start! Read HIIG's Quarterly newsletter to learn more about our plans for this year, digital research mining, micro-targeting voters, artificial intelligence and human rights, the academic lecture series with Christoph Neuberger and Elena Esposito, and much more...
Kick-off: Digital REseArch Mining (DREAM)
How can we facilitate accessing scientific literature in the digital age? The aim of our new project with FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik is to develop an app with a personal publication feed, which will allow its users to wipe off (un-)interesting articles and to rate texts.
Special Issue on political micro-targeting
Since Cambridge Analytics, micro-targeting is hyped as a tool capable of tailoring political messages to individuals. Shifting the focus away from the US, Internet Policy Review's new special issue takes a closer look on its capabilities and limitations.
Dossier: Algorithmic decisions and human rights
From smart assistants in the justice, over systems in the administration sector to highly developed portable devices: Innovations in AI are impacting nearly every area of our life. However, algorithmic decision-making leads to complex human rights implications. Our new dossier discusses the role of law and ethics.
Workshop: AI & governing communication online
Artificial intelligence technology has increasingly found applications in the area of content moderation and communication governance on digital platforms. What are the risks for online expression? What future impact will AI systems have on access to information? Apply until 25 January!
Democracy and public sphere in the digital society
What happens with our central democratic values like freedom, equality and truth in the digital society?How does the public sphere fulfill its function of forming a societal self-understanding in times of hate speech and fake news? Upcoming lecture with Christoph Neuberger on 30 January 2018. Sign up now!
Digitaler Salon: App’s Anatomy
The doctors in the phone track our cycle or analyse the blood sugar level. Have family physicians become obsolete and do digital tools turn us into hypochondriacs? On 31 January 2018, we will discuss artificial intelligence systems for medicine at Digitaler Salon. Join us!
Happy new year!
What was your favorite HIIG moment in 2017? Our advent calendar gives you a glimpse of the past year's research and hot topics in 2018. Thank you so much for following our work and supporting us. We wish you a joyful start into 2018!
Otfried Jarren honored by Schader-Stiftung
The HIIG congratulates Otfried Jarren, chairman of the foundation board of the Foundation for Internet and Society, which supports the institute, for his award by the Schader-Stiftung for his contributions to media politics and his achievements as a scienctific manager.
Workshop: Nudging and Digital Platforms
Are digital platforms the new ‘iron cages’ of society? Will Big-Data-based nudging lead us into a technocratic future of cyber-social control? Is China’s Social Credit System but the forerunner of similar systems in Western societies? Sign up for our workshop on 10 January 2018!
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