August 2014 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

La Stampa (De Martin): Uomini e macchine, tutti nella stessa infosfera
by Giuseppe Futia Feb. 1, 2016

Feb. 1, 2016

11.09.2012 Uomini e macchine, tutti nella stessa infosfera JUAN CARLOS DE MARTIN Il 7 giugno 1954 moriva, in circostanze tragiche, Alan Turing, il matematico inglese considerato uno dei padri dell'informatica. Non aveva ancora compiuto quarantadue anni. A lui si devono, oltre al resto, la macchina ideale nota come «macchina di Turing», ovvero il modello concettuale alla base del computer moderno, e il «test di Turing», ovvero la riflessione che diede il via agli studi sull'intelligenza artificiale. Ma Alan Turing, secondo Luciano Floridi, filosofo a Oxford e recentissimo vincitore del premio Weizenbaum, non fu solo un grande scienziato, fu uno di quei rari pensatori capaci di rivoluzionare il modo in cui l'umanità concepisce sé stessa. [...] Continua qui: http://www3.lastampa.it/cultura/sezioni/articolo/lstp/468108/ /Vi ricordiamo che il prof. Luciano Floridi presenta il suo libro "La rivoluzione dell' informazione" (Codice edizioni) oggi a Torino, ore 18.00 presso la Feltrinelli di piazza Cln, con il prof. Juan Carlos De Martin e il prof. Ugo Pagallo./ /Vi ricordiamo inoltre che il prof. Floridi sarà ospite del 45° Mercoledì di Nexa (/http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi-45/) domani a partire dalle ore 18.00 presso il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società./

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U.S. Judge Rules Microsoft Must Produce Emails Held Abroad
by Alessandro Mantelero Sept. 14, 2015

Sept. 14, 2015

U.S. Judge Rules Microsoft Must Produce Emails Held Abroad Judge Rules Company Must Comply With a U.S. Warrant for Email Stored at Data Center in Ireland Microsoft must comply with a U.S. warrant for customer email stored in a company data center in Ireland, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The search warrant was issued as part of a criminal investigation whose details remain secret. It is unclear whether the customer targeted by the Justice Department is located in the U.S. The company's lawyers had argued that the Justice Department needed to obtain the emails through a legal treaty with Ireland, and that forcing Microsoft to retrieve them without the country's consent violated Irish sovereignty and international law. But Chief U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska in Manhattan federal court ruled that the location of the email was irrelevant, because Microsoft controlled it from the U.S. Microsoft General Counsel Brad Smith said Thursday, "The only issue that was certain this morning was that the District Court's decision would not represent the final step in this process. "We will appeal promptly and continue to advocate that people's email deserves strong privacy protection in the U.S. and around the world," he added. continua qui: http://online.wsj.com/articles/u-s-judge-rules-microsoft-must-produce-email… -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Visiting Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute Research Consultant, Sino-Italian Research Center for Internet Torts at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Programme Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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Bookless library opened by new US university
by gianluca Aug. 29, 2014

Aug. 29, 2014

faccio fatica a immaginare una biblioteca universitaria così. ----------------- Bookless library opened by new US university Florida Polytechnic University's enormous facility promises to make 'many more books available for the students' in digital form by Alison Flood There are no dusty bookshelves or piles of textbooks in the library of Florida's newest university. Welcoming its first students this week, Florida Polytechnic University's new library houses not a single physical book. Instead, its inaugural class of 500 will have access to around 135,000ebooks. "Our on-campus library is entirely digital," said director of librariesKathryn Miller. "We have access to print books through the state university system's interlibrary loan program. However, we strongly encourage our students to read and work with information digitally." [...] continua qui http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/aug/29/bookless-library-new-us-univer…

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Network Neutrality: a Roadmap for Infrastructure Enhancement
by Luca Belli Aug. 28, 2014

Aug. 28, 2014

Dear all, I would like to invite you to participate – in situ or remotely – to IGF workshop 172: Network Neutrality: a Roadmap for Infrastructure Enhancement that will be held on 3 September from 11:00 to 12:30 (see: http://sched.co/1k5ALnS ) The workshop will interrogate such questions as: (i) how does Network Neutrality* (NN) relates to network enhancement? (ii) is the market alone able to provide appropriate answers to guarantee network enhancement in accordance with the NN principle? (iii) how can governmental policies promote private investments in network enhancement without impinging upon the NN principle? (iv) is there room or need for State-subsidized network infrastructures? Moderators: · Luca Belli, Council of Europe & Université Paris 2 · Primavera De Filippi, CNRS & Berkman Center Panellists: · Ana Olmos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid · Carolina Rossini, New America Foundation · Chris Riley, Mozilla · Elvana Thaçi, Council of Europe · Michele Bellavite, ETNO · Parminder Singh, ICT for Change Remote moderator: · Nicolo' Zingales, Tilburg University & CTS-FGV Looking forward to seeing you in Istanbul. Best, Luca *the IGF Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality elaborated the following NN definition: “Network neutrality is the principle according to which Internet traffic shall be treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference regardless of its sender, recipient, type or content, so that Internet users’ freedom of choice is not restricted by favouring or disfavouring the transmission of Internet traffic associated with particular content, services, applications, or devices” see: http://www.networkneutrality.info/sources.html The abovementioned definition inspired the European Parliament that, in the first reading of the “Connected Continent Regulation”, affirmed that “The principle of ‘net neutrality’ in the open internet means that traffic should be treated equally, without discrimination, restriction or interference, independent of the sender, receiver, type, content, device, service or application” see : http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&reference=P7-TA-2014-…

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Human Rights @ IGF
by Luca Belli Aug. 27, 2014

Aug. 27, 2014

Dear all (apologies for cross-posting), The Council of Europe’s Internet Governance Unit would like to invite you to two IGF events aimed at nurturing discussions on human rights and the Internet. The Open Forum “Your Internet, Our Aim: Guide Internet Users to Their Human Rights!” will take place on 3 September, from 9:00 to 10.30, in room 8 (see http://sched.co/1k5wUqN ). The Open Forum will ignite discussion with regard to the role and the future of the Guide on Human Rights for Internet Users. You will have the possibility to take an active role in shaping the implementation of the Guide, proposing concrete actions that may be included in the Guide Implementation Project. The Side Meeting on ICANN and human rights, which will take place on 3 September, from 11.30 to 13.30, in room 11 (see: http://sched.co/1k5OqLz ).The Side Meeting aims at triggering an open and inclusive dialogue on ICANN’s procedures and policies in the light of human rights, fundamental freedoms and democratic values. It will be based on the CoE report, written by Dr Monika Zalnieriute and Thomas Schneider, that was presented and discussed at ICANN50 meeting. Both events will be live-streamed and remote participation will be possible. Instructions for remote participation will be posted on http://www.intgovforum.org/cms/ We look forward to seeing you. Best regards, Luca Luca Belli Internet Governance Unit DGI – Human Rights and Rule of Law Tel. + 33 (0) 3 88 41 43 13 E-mail : luca.belli(a)coe.int Hub www.coe.int/informationsociety

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Agod: obbligo di comunicazioni elenco basi di dati e applicativi delle pa
by Mauro Alovisio Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

*dal sito di Agid * *25 Ago 2014* L’art. 24-quater, comma 2, D.L. n. 90/2014 (così come convertito in Legge n. 114/2014 <http://www.gazzettaufficiale.it/atto/stampa/serie_generale/originario>, pubblicata in G.U. n. 190 del 18 agosto 2014) prevede l’obbligo per tutte le pubbliche amministrazioni e società partecipate dalle pubbliche amministrazioni (in modo totalitario o prevalente) “di comunicare all'Agenzia per l'Italia digitale, esclusivamente per via telematica, l'elenco delle basi di dati in loro gestione e degli applicativi che le utilizzano”. La norma prevede che tale comunicazione debba avvenire entro il 18 settembre 2014 (trentesimo giorno dall’entrata in vigore della Legge di conversione). L’Agenzia per l’Italia Digitale informa che – a partire dal 1° settembre 2014 – renderà disponibile sul proprio sito una procedura on line per consentire a tutti i soggetti interessati di trasmettere il catalogo delle basi dati in loro gestione nonché degli applicativi che le utilizzano. Al fine di supportare le amministrazioni nella definizione e trasmissione degli elenchi, giovedì 28 agosto 2014 saranno altresì pubblicate FAQ contenenti chiarimenti sugli adempimenti e sulla procedura d’invio. - See more at: http://www.agid.gov.it/notizie/decreto-pa-dal-1deg-settembre-sara-possibile… http://www.agid.gov.it/notizie/decreto-pa-dal-1deg-settembre-sara-possibile… Cordiali saluti Mauro Alovisio

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Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality @ IGF
by Luca Belli Aug. 26, 2014

Aug. 26, 2014

Dear all (apologies for cross-posting), As the IGF is approaching I would like to invite you to attend - on site or remotely - the Annual Meeting of the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality that will be held on 2 September from 11:00 to 12:30, Istanbul time (see: http://sched.co/1rDzuvQ ). The meeting will be live-streamed. Info regarding remote participation will be posted on the IGF website in the forthcoming days. The DC NN meeting will offer the occasion to discuss the papers selected for the annual report of the dynamic coalition. Below, you will find the agenda of the DC meeting as well as the outline of the 2014 report. The 2014 Report will be officially released at the IGF meeting and will be subsequently published on the DC NN website under CC BY License. Best regards, Luca Belli Meeting Agenda: Introduction & moderation: Luca BelliKeynote: Vint Cerf, GoogleDebate with the authors of the annual DC NN report (or their spokespeople): Chris Riley, MozillaRoslyn Layton, Aalborg UniversityØrnulf Storm, Norwegian Post and Telecommunications AuthorityPatricia Vargas-Leon, Syracuse UniversityAlejandro Pisanty, National Autonomous University of Mexico & ISOC MexicoAngela Daly, Swinburne University Open debate with the audienceConclusion and next steps Network Neutrality: an Ongoing Regulatory Debate 2nd Report of the Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality · Preface (Vint Cerf) · Introduction - Network Neutrality: an Unfinished Debate (Luca Belli & Primavera De Filippi) · The net neutrality service model and specialized services (Frode Sørensen) · Net Neutrality: an overview of enacted laws in Latin America (Patricia Vargas-Leon) · Network Neutrality debates in Telecommunications Reform – Actors, Incentives, Risks (Alejandro Pisanty) · Net Neutrality in Australia: an emerging debate (Angela Daly) · A New Way Forward for Net Neutrality (Chris Riley) · There’s no economic imperative to reconsider on open Internet (Benoît Felten) · Net Neutrality Regulation and Broadband Infrastructure Investment: How to Make an Empirical Assessment (Roslyn Layton) The 2013 Report is available at http://www.networkneutrality.info/sources.html

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nota poco seria
by meo Aug. 25, 2014

Aug. 25, 2014

carissimi, consentitemi un'ultima osservazione. Secondo i miei conti spannometrici (della cui poca serietà mi scuso), i risparmi realizzabili con l'adozione esclusiva di software di sistema llibero, si potrebbero finanziare i costi dello sviluppo dei programmi applicativi necessari per l'attuazione dell'Agenda Digitale. E non è indifferente, dal punto di vista del sistema economico nazionale, spendere soldi per licenze oppure, in alternativa, per finanziare progetti di ricerca e sviluppo nazionali. Raf

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Monaco torna a Windows?
by Diego Giorio Aug. 25, 2014

Aug. 25, 2014

http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/08/21/monaco-il-comune-pensa-di-tornar… In effetti, pur utilizzando ampiamente Linux a casa, ed utilizzando molti programmi open source anche sul lavoro, riesco difficile immaginare di far migrare i nostri uffici ad un sistema totalmente open. Saluti a tutti Diego

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Reicherts EU Justice Commissioner: Google and the right to be forgotten: separating facts from fiction
by Alessandro Mantelero Aug. 23, 2014

Aug. 23, 2014

Martine Reicherts, EU Justice Commissioner The right to be forgotten and the EU data protection reform: Why we must see through a distorted debate and adopt strong new rules soon Lyon, France 18 August 2014 Just as work on the data protection reform has picked up speed and urgency, detractors are attempting to throw a new spanner in the works. They are trying to use the recent ruling by the European Court of Justice on the right to be forgotten to undermine our reform. They have got it wrong. And I will not let them abuse this crucial ruling to stop us from opening the digital single market for our companies and putting in place stronger protection for our citizens. Continua qui: http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_SPEECH-14-568_en.htm -- Avv. Alessandro Mantelero, PhD Aggregate Professor, Politecnico di Torino Director of Privacy and Faculty Fellow, Nexa Center for Internet and Society Research Consultant, Sino-Italian Research Center for Internet Torts at Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology Programme Coordinator, Double Degree program in Management and IP Law, Politecnico di Torino–Tongji University of Shanghai http://staff.polito.it/alessandro.mantelero Politecnico di Torino Corso Duca degli Abruzzi, 24 10129 Torino - Italy in libertate fortitudo

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