Wolfgang A. Korzen's Blog (9)

http://www.cite-sciences.fr/derosnay/english/articles/Internet%20metacomputer.html The Internet is self-organizing into a Global Metacomputer Interview by Yves Sciama World Knowledge Dialog,. Posted July 13, 2009 on Cellular News Joël de Rosnay Special Advisor to the President Cité des Sciences et de l'Insdustrie – La Villette – Paris – France If you make use of this article, please quote the original reference The Internet is Self-organising into a G… Continue

(There are several questions mentioned that could be discussed on this blog as well.) Call for Chapter Abstracts for the Book "The Internet & Surveillance" PDF version of CfP: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/CfP_Internet_Surveillance.pdf http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/CfP_Internet_Surveillance.pdf Editors: Christian Fuchs, Kees Boersma, Anders Albrechtslund, Marisol Sandoval Supported by COST: European Cooperation in Science a… Continue

International Workshop, September 28-29, 2009 Since the early 1970s, “interdisciplinarity” has become a popular label ascribed to innumerable research programs. Interdisciplinarity is driven by expected benefits of solving problems collaboratively across the boundaries of traditional disciplines and, from a different perspective, by ethical and societal problems at the intersection of science, technology and society. These problems led to the establishment of technology assessment, globa… Continue

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PhD
studentships
(Innovation
Research)
 University
College
Dublin UCD CASL Complex & Adaptive Systems Laboratory Innovation Research Unit University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland T +353 1 7165367 F +353 1 7165396 Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler Petra.ahrweiler@ucd.ie http://casl.ucd.ie/iru 16/02/2009 PhD scholarship, starting 01/04/2009 or later, for 3 years (1800 EUR per month) Main areas: a) Self-defined PhD project in Innovation Research b) Help with Establishing U… Continue

Internship
(EU
project
NEMO)
 University
College
Dublin
 UCD CASL Complex & Adaptive Systems Laboratory Innovation Research Unit University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland T +353 1 7165367 F +353 1 7165396 Prof. Dr. Petra Ahrweiler Petra.ahrweiler@ucd.ie http://casl.ucd.ie/iru 22/02/2009 Internship, starting 01/03/2009 or later, until November 2009 or earlier end (1200 EUR per month) EU project „Network Models, Governance, and R&D Collaboration Networks“ (NEMO)… Continue

As at "change.gov - An American Moment: Your Vision" solely USA- Zip/Postal Codes are being accepted, it was not possible for me to post the following text. Maybe somebody in this group would like to see it. I see an America that has successfully managed the transition to a solar hydrogen energy economy. Oil as the leading energy carrier of the past was substituted by hydrogen as a storable and transportable energy carrier with high energy density. Both large conversion units in arid regions an… Continue

Call for Papers SPT 2009 Converging Technologies, Changing Societies 16th International Conference of the Society for Philosophy and Technology July 8-10 University of Twente Enschede, The Netherlands Deadline for abstracts: January 5, 2009 SPT 2009 welcomes high quality papers and panel proposals in all areas of philosophy of technology. Given the focus of this year’s conference, papers dealing with converging technologies and their social and cultural impact are especially welcomed. SPT 2… Continue

Computers, Privacy & Data Protection conference CPDP 2009: Data Protection in A Profiled World? 16&17 January 2009, de Buren, Brussels Data protection and privacy increasingly face new challenges posed by technologies and policies as well as society and individual expectations. Identifying and addressing such issues is the main goal of the annual Computers, Privacy & Data Protection (CPDP) conference. The CPDP Conference aims at bridging policymakers, academics, practitioners and… Continue

The Society for the Study of Nanoscience and Emerging Technologies (S-NET) is poised to become an international organization to promote open intellectual exchange towards the advancement of knowledge and understanding of nanotechnologies in society. S-NET represents diverse communities, viewpoints, and methodologies in the social sciences and humanities. The founding of the Society will coincide with its first annual conference in Seattle (September 8 to 11, 2009). For further information and t… Continue