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Extra Nexa Lunch Seminar - 4 ottobre 2017
by Nexa Media Oct. 2, 2017

Oct. 2, 2017

Nexa Center for Internet and Society Newsletter Se non visualizzi correttamente questo messaggio clicca qui <http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-extra1> NEXA /Extra/ Nexa Lunch Seminar Mercoledi 4 ottobre 2017, ore 13.00 - 14.00 Politecnico di Torino http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-extra1 Understanding and rewiring cities using big data Speaker Bruno Lepri (Fondazione Bruno Kessler) This event will be webcast live: http://nexa.polito.it/upcoming-events In the last decades, cities have been largely acknowledged as complex and emergent systems as opposed to top-down planned entities. Thus, *a new city science is emerging that aims at an empirical analysis of urbanization processes*. However, it is evident the lack of understanding of the dynamics that regulate people interactions, their relationship with urban characteristics, and their influence on socio-economic outcomes of cities. Nowadays, massive streams of human behavioural data and urban data combined with increased analytical capabilities are creating unprecedented possibilities for understanding global patterns of human behaviour and for helping researchers to better understand relevant problems for cities and also whole societies. For example, analysing the digital traces people leave every day (e.g., mobile phones and social media data, credit card transactions, etc.) researchers were able, among the other things, *to estimate the socio-economic status of territories, to monitor the vitality of urban areas and to predict neighbourhood’s crime levels*. In my talk, I describe some recent works where we have leveraged data from public and from commercial entities in order (i) to infer how vital and liveable a city is, (ii) to find the urban conditions (e.g., mixed land use, mobility, safety perception, etc.) that magnify and influence urban life, (iii) to study their relationship with societal outcomes such as poverty, criminality, innovation, segregation, and (iv) to envision data-driven guidelines for helping policy makers to respond to the demands of citizens. Our results open the door for a *new research framework to study and to understand cities, and societies*, by means of computational tools (i.e. machine learning approaches) and novel sources of data able to describe human life with an unprecedented breath, scale and depth. /Ingresso libero - Saranno disponibili panini e bibite per coloro che si saranno registrati su http://extralunch.eventbrite.com/ <http://extralunch.eventbrite.com> entro il 2 ottobre./ BIOGRAFIE - e informazioni supplementari [LEPRI] BRUNO LEPRI leads the Mobile and Social Computing Lab (MobS) and is vice-responsible of the Complex Data Analytics research line at Bruno Kessler Foundation (Trento, Italy). He recently launched an alliance between MIT and FBK on Human Dynamics Observatories. He is also a senior research affiliate of Data-Pop Alliance, the first think-tank on Big Data and Development co-created by the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative, MIT Media Lab, Overseas Development Institute to promote a people-centered big data revolution. In 2010 he won a Marie Curie Cofund post-doc fellow and he has held post-doc positions at FBK and at MIT Media Lab. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Trento. His research interests include computational social science, big data and personal data, human behavior understanding, and new models for personal data management and monetization. His research has received attention from several press outlets and obtained the best paper award at ACM Ubicomp 2014. His work on personal data management was one of the case studies discussed at the World Economic Forum. Letture consigliate e link utili: * M. De Nadai, R. Vieriu, G. Zen, S. Dragivecic, N. Naik, M. Caraviello, C. Hidalgo, N. Sebe, and B. Lepri,/Are Safer Looking Neighborhoods More Lively? A Multimodal Investigation into Urban Life <https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.00462>/, in Proceedings of ACM-MM 2016. * M. De Nadai, J. Staiano, R. Larcher, N. Sebe, D. Quercia, and B. Lepri, /The Life and Death of Great Italian Cities: A Mobile Phone Data Perspective <https://arxiv.org/pdf/1603.04012.pdf>/, in Proceedings of WWW 2016. * N. Naik, S. D. Kominers, R. Raskar, E. L. Glaeser, C. Hidalgo,/Computer Vision Uncovers Predictors of Physical Urban Change <http://www.pnas.org/content/114/29/7571.full>/, PNAS 2017. * E. L. Glaeser,/The Triumph of City: How Our Greatest Invention Makes us Richer, Smarter, Greener, Healthier, and Happier <https://www.amazon.com/Triumph-City-Greatest-Invention-Healthier/dp/0143120…>/. Che cosa sono il Centro Nexa e i cicli di incontri “Mercoledì di Nexa” e “Nexa Lunch Seminar” Il Centro Nexa su Internet & Società del Politecnico di Torino (Dipartimento di Automatica e Informatica) è un centro di ricerca indipendente e interdisciplinare che studia Internet e il suo effetto sulla società. Maggiori informazioni all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/about. Durante i “*Mercoledì di Nexa*”, che si tengono *ogni 2° mercoledì del mese* alle *ore 18 in punto*, il Centro Nexa su Internet e Società apre le sue porte non solo agli esperti e a tutti coloro i quali lavorano con Internet, ma anche a semplici appassionati e cittadini. Il ciclo di incontri intende approfondire, con un linguaggio preciso ma divulgativo, i temi legati alla Rete: motori di ricerca, Creative Commons, social networks, open source/software libero, neutralità della rete, libertà di espressione, privacy, file sharing, big e open data, smart cities e molto altro. Al centro di quasi tutti gli incontri un ospite pronto a dialogare con i direttori del Centro Nexa, il Prof. Juan Carlos De Martin del Politecnico di Torino e il Prof. Marco Ricolfi dell'Università di Torino, nonché lo staff e i Fellows del Centro Nexa. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa, incluso un elenco di tutti i “Mercoledì” passati, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/mercoledi. Si segnala inoltre che dal maggio 2012 *ogni 4° mercoledì* del mese *dalle ore 13 alle ore 14* il Centro Nexa organizza anche i "*Nexa Lunch Seminar*". Una lista di tutti i “Lunch Seminar” passati è disponibile all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/lunch-seminars. See our events calendar <http://nexa.polito.it/events> if you're curious about future luncheons, discussions, lectures, and conferences not listed in this email. Our events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. Maggiori informazioni sui Mercoledì di Nexa e i Nexa Lunch Seminar, sono disponibili all'indirizzo: http://nexa.polito.it/events. Weekly Events Newsletter. Sign up <http://nexa.polito.it/mailing-lists> to receive this newsletter if this email was forwarded to you. To manage your subscription preferences, please click here <https://server-nexa.polito.it/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nexa>. Connect & get involved: Jobs, internships, and more <http://nexa.polito.it/get-involved>

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"The ‘internet of things’ is sending us back to the Middle Ages"
by J.C. DE MARTIN Sept. 29, 2017

Sept. 29, 2017

*The ‘internet of things’ is sending us back to the Middle Ages* September 6, 2017 1.39am BST /Joshua A.T. Fairfield// //Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University // / Internet-enabled devices are so common, and so vulnerable, that hackers recently broke into a casino through its fish tank <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2017/07/21/how-a-fish-ta…>. The tank had internet-connected sensors measuring its temperature and cleanliness. The hackers got into the fish tank’s sensors and then to the computer used to control them, and from there to other parts of the casino’s network. The intruders were able to copy 10 gigabytes of data to somewhere in Finland. By gazing into this fish tank, we can see the problem with “internet of things” devices: We don’t really control them. And it’s not always clear who does – though often software designers and advertisers are involved. In my recent book, “Owned: Property, Privacy and the New Digital Serfdom <http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/law/property-law/owned-proper…>,” I discuss what it means that our environment is seeded with more sensors than ever before. […] Continua qui: https://theconversation.com/the-internet-of-things-is-sending-us-back-to-th…

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Corso breve CEIPI su Intermediari Online e Piattaforme
by GC F Sept. 29, 2017

Sept. 29, 2017

Cari tutti, Al *Centre d'études internationales de la propriété intellectuelle*/*Centre of International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI)* a Strasburgo offriamo un nuovo corso breve sul diritto delle piattaforme e intermediari online (in inglese), che potrebbe essere di interesse. Informazioni dettagliate sono disponibili al link sotto CEIPI Advanced training program on “Intellectual Property, Intermediary Liability and Online Platforms’ Regulation” <http://www.ceipi.edu/en/news/piece-of-news/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9850&cHa…> Se possibile fate circolare l'annuncio. Contattatemi pure a gcfrosio(a)ceipi.edu per maggiori informazioni. A presto, Giancarlo

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ICDPPC 2017 Resolution on data protection and privacy
by Stefano Leucci Sept. 28, 2017

Sept. 28, 2017

Molto interessanti e "concrete" le risoluzioni adottate dall'International Conference of Data Protection and Privacy Commissioner in corso ad Hong Kong in questi giorni sui seguenti temi: - automated and connected vehicles; - collaboration between data protection authorities and consumer protection authorities for better protection of citizens and consumers in the digital economy (da leggere in collegamento alle azioni della Digital Clearinghouse dell'EDPS; - Resolution on exploring future options for International Enforcement Cooperation. Qui i documenti: https://icdppc.org/document-archive/adopted-resolutions/ Curioso di discuterne. Stefano

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G7 ICT Industry Draft Declaration - sezione Internet
by gabriele elia Sept. 28, 2017

Sept. 28, 2017

interessante il documento pubblicato , segnalo alcuni punti , p.es. l'accesso ai sorgenti di prodotti mass market per motivi di sicurezza (pratica evidentemente comune in alcuni? tutti? i paesi tanto dacitarla nel doc) http://www.g7italy.it/sites/default/files/documents/G7%20ICT_Industry_draft… 12. In this pursuit, we reiterate the following principles, which we believe support the global, unfragmented, open, free, interoperable, reliable and secure Internet, foster investments and trust in the .... 12b. The promotion and protection of the free flow of information across borders. 12c. Respecting privacy as a fundamental value and respecting applicable frameworks for privacy and data protection. 12d. The recognition that the same human rights and fundamental freedoms, that people have offline apply and must also be protected online, including freedom of expression and of peaceful assembly and association. .... 12k. The opposition to the generally applicable policies that require access to or transfer of source code of mass market software as a condition of market access while recognising the legitimate interest of Governments in assessing the security of these products. _ e una curiosità: la parola più importante è "digital" [cid:21eaa1f8-121c-4eaf-b28a-83fbba6ad116]

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GDRP e giornalismo d'inchiesta / leaks
by Claudio Agosti Sept. 28, 2017

Sept. 28, 2017

Buongiorno! come il titolo cerca di sintetizzare: immaginate un gruppo di giornalismo investigativo che riceve leaks, che collezione informazioni su un *data subject* con i medesimi accorgimenti che userebbe uno stalker, e che ogni tanto pubblica risultati delle loro indagini. con la GDPR, i soggetti sotto indagine avranno nuovi diritti? Stanno nascendo vari gruppo investigativi che si sono affiancati al giornalismo tradizionale, in italia IRPI, nei balcani la pluripremiata OCCRP... ma non ho ancora letto delle analisi sull'impatto che ci sarà. Idee? grazie! Claudio -- Claudio Agosti, https://facebook.tracking.exposed - https://twitter.com/_vecna PGP mail: claudio﹫tracking・exposed - key here https://keybase.io/vecna

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La Repubblica: Dichiarazioni di principio ma poche vere scelte al G7 dei ministri dell'industria e della tecnologie
by A Dicorinto Sept. 27, 2017

Sept. 27, 2017

Ciao a tutti-- sollecitato dalle suggestioni di Michele Elia, vi giro un mio piccolo report dal G7. Buona lettura Dichiarazioni di principio ma poche vere scelte al G7 dei ministri dell'industria e della tecnologie Nanotecnologie, intelligenza artificiale e cybersecurity. Le raccomandazioni elaborate dopo un sottile lavoro diplomatico, puntano a difendere il cittadino, la sua privacy e la natura aperta e libera della Rete *di ARTURO DI CORINTO* http://www.repubblica.it/tecnologia/sicurezza/2017/09/27/news/dichiarazioni… -- Arturo Di Corinto www.dicorinto.it ---------------------------------> AVVERTENZE AI SENSI DEL D.Lgs. 196/2003 Le informazioni contenute in questo messaggio di posta elettronica e/o nel/i file/s allegato/i sono da considerarsi strettamente riservate. Il loro utilizzo è consentito esclusivamente al destinatario del messaggio, per le finalità indicate nel messaggio stesso. Qualora riceviate questo messaggio senza esserne il destinatario, Vi preghiamo cortesemente di darcene notizia via e-mail e di procedere alla distruzione del messaggio stesso, cancellandolo dal Vostro sistema. Conservare il messaggio stesso, divulgarlo anche in parte, distribuirlo ad altri soggetti, copiarlo, od utilizzarlo per finalità diverse, costituisce comportamento contrario ai principi dettati dal D.Lgs. 196/2003

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I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets
by Fabio Nascimbeni Sept. 27, 2017

Sept. 27, 2017

> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dat… <https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dat…> > Fabio Nascimbeni fabio.nascimbeni(a)gmail.com http://linkedin.com/in/fabionascimbeni/

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Don’t let the rich get even richer on the assets we all share | George Monbiot
by Alberto Cammozzo Sept. 27, 2017

Sept. 27, 2017

Bel pezzo di Monbiot sulla net neutrality con bei riferimenti. <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/sep/27/rich-assets-resources…> Are you a statist or a free marketeer? Do you believe that intervention should be minimised or that state ownership and regulation should be expanded? This is our central political debate. But it is based on a mistaken premise. Both sides seem to agree that state and market are the only sectors worth discussing: politics should move one way or the other along this linear scale. In fact, there are four major economic sectors: the market, the state, the household and the commons. The neglect of the last two by both neoliberals and social democrats has created many of the monstrosities of our times. [...]

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"I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets" -
by gabriele elia Sept. 27, 2017

Sept. 27, 2017

cosa nota e ci sono altri che hanno scritto della loro esperienza (ricordo uno studente austriaco nel 2012) ma è una lettura interessante per gli aspetti "psicologici" della condivisione gabriele https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dat… [https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/77ba5bfb6e31d1441c7e7cb94aa3e147dc31b538/114…]<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dat…> I asked Tinder for my data. It sent me 800 pages of my deepest, darkest secrets<https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/sep/26/tinder-personal-data-dat…> The dating app knows me better than I do, but these reams of intimate information are just the tip of the iceberg. What if my data is hacked – or sold? www.theguardian.com A July 2017 study revealed that Tinder users are excessively willing to disclose information without realising it. ,,,,, “You are lured into giving away all this information,” says Luke Stark, a digital technology sociologist at Dartmouth University. “Apps such as Tinder are taking advantage of a simple emotional phenomenon; we can’t feel data. This is why seeing everything printed strikes you. We are physical creatures. We need materiality.” Reading through the 1,700 Tinder messages I’ve sent since 2013, I took a trip into my hopes, fears, sexual preferences and deepest secrets. Tinder knows me so well. It knows the real, inglorious version of me who copy-pasted the same joke to match 567, 568, and 569; who exchanged compulsively with 16 different people simultaneously one New Year’s Day, and then ghosted<https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/may/08/cushioning-breadcrumbi…> 16 of them. “What you are describing is called secondary implicit disclosed information,” explains Alessandro Acquisti, professor of information technology at Carnegie Mellon University. “Tinder knows much more about you when studying your behaviour on the app. It knows how often you connect and at which times; the percentage of white men, black men, Asian men you have matched; which kinds of people are interested in you; which words you use the most; how much time people spend on your picture before swiping you, and so on. Personal data is the fuel of the economy. Consumers’ data is being traded and transacted for the purpose of advertising.”

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