March 2023 - nexa - server-nexa.polito.it

Dai droni alle armi autonome: Lasciare l’Apocalisse alle macchine? - F. Farruggia (a cura di) - Prefazione di G. Parisi - Franco Angeli Open Access

by Diego.Latella

Io normalmente non faccio selfie, anche perche' non li so fare, ma soprattutto perche' un certo senso di pudore mi spinge a evitare le autopromozioni ... Pero' ho pensato che poteste essere interessati al libro appena uscito in open access: Francesca Farruggia (a cura di) Dai droni alle armi autonome: Lasciare l'Apocalisse alle macchine? Prefazione di Giorgio Parisi Scritti di: Fabrizio Battistelli, Sofia Bertieri, Francesca Farruggia, Barbara Gallo, Adriano Iaria, Diego Latella, Michael Malinconi, Giorgio Parisi, Juan Carlos Rossi, Maurizio Simoncelli, Gian Piero Siroli, Guglielmo Tamburrini. https://series.francoangeli.it/index.php/oa/catalog/book/948 Buona lettura Diego -- Dott. Diego Latella - Senior Researcher CNR/ISTI, Via Moruzzi 1, 56124 Pisa, Italy (http:www.isti.cnr.it [1]) FM&&T Lab. (http://fmt.isti.cnr.it) CNR/GI-STS (http://gists.pi.cnr.it) https://www.isti.cnr.it/People/D.Latella - ph: +390506212982, fax: +390506212040 =================== I don't quite know whether it is especially computer science or its subdiscipline Artificial Intelligence that has such an enormous affection for euphemism. We speak so spectacularly and so readily of computer systems that understand, that see, decide, make judgments, and so on, without ourselves recognizing our own superficiality and immeasurable naivete with respect to these concepts. And, in the process of so speaking, we anesthetise our ability to evaluate the quality of our work and, what is more important, to identify and become conscious of its end use. […] One can't escape this state without asking, again and again: "What do I actually do? What is the final application and use of the products of my work?" and ultimately, "am I content or ashamed to have contributed to this use?" -- Prof. Joseph Weizenbaum ["Not without us", ACM SIGCAS 16(2-3) 2--7 - Aug. 1986] -- Links: ------ [1] http://www.isti.cnr.it

March 10, 2023

[CFP] The Data EConomy (DEC) Workshop 2023 - Deadline Extended

by Martino Trevisan

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this mail] *The Data EConomy (DEC) Workshop 2023** **in conjunction with SIGMOD 2023** **Seattle, June 18, 2023* *Website: https://sites.google.com/view/data-economy-2023/* /_*ORGANIZERS AND CHAIRS*_/ * *Nikolaos Laoutaris*, IMDEA Networks Institute * *Georgia Koutrika*, Athena Research Center /_*WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION*_/ /Data-driven decision making powered by Machine Learning (ML) algorithms is changing how the society and the economy work and is having a profound positive impact on our daily life. With the exception of very large companies that have both the data and the skills to develop powerful ML-driven services, the large majority of provably possible ML services, from e-health, to transportation and predictive maintenance, to name just a few, still remain at the idea or prototype level for the simple reason that data, the skills to manipulate them, and the business models to bring them to market, seldom co-exist under the same roof. The value of data comes from its contextualisation and combination with other data. Indeed, this can give way to many new services and products. Furthermore, data has to somehow meet with the ML and business skills that can unleash its full power for the society and economy. This has given rise to a highly dynamic sector around the Data Economy, involving Data Providers/Controllers, data Intermediaries, often-times in the form of Data Marketplaces or Personal Information Management Systems for end-users to control and even monetise their personal data. Despite its huge potential and observed initial growth, the Data Economy is still at its nascent phase and, therefore, faces a yet uncertain future and a series of existential challenges. Such challenges include a broad range of technical matters across multiple disciplines of Computer Science including databases, machine learning, distributed systems, security and privacy, and human computer interaction. / /_*TOPICS*_/ The mission of the Data Economy workshop will be to bring together all the CS skills required for helping the Data Economy liftoff by addressing a range of technical challenges including, but are not limited, to the ones below: * Design, architecture, systems and protocols for Data Marketplaces, Data Vendors, and Personal Information Management Systems (PIMS) * Consent management and taxonomy of data processing purposes * Sending the data to the algorithm vs. sending the algorithm to the data * Federated and distributed learning in the data economy * Data management and querying in Data Marketplaces * Secure data exchange and delivery mechanisms * Federated data catalogues and data discovery mechanisms * Heterogeneous and federated DBMS, metadata management * Information Integration and Data Quality * Privacy/data protection and the data economy * Data pricing mechanisms for individual and aggregated data * How to buy data – data purchase policies and algorithms * Protecting data ownership rights for commercial datasets * NFTs, blockchains, smart contracts and their role in the data economy * Trusted execution, cloud computing, distributed storage and their role in the data economy * Data representation and exchange standards in the data economy * Understanding the value of data in different applications and domains and across the data value chain * Cryptographic approaches, including FHE, SMPC, DP, and their role and limits in the data economy * UX and HCI challenges for data marketplaces and PIMS * Understanding and decoding the Terms & Conditions of data marketplaces and data transactions * Federation and interoperability standards and protocols in the data economy * Measurement studies related to the data economy * Large-scale experiments and validation studies for the data economy /_*SUBMISSION DETAILS*_/ We solicit papers up to 6 pages long, and demonstrations (up to 4 pages long). Submissions will include author names, hence allowing single-anonymous reviewing. /_*IMPORTANT DATES*_/ * *Paper Submission:* March 20, 2023 * *Notification of Acceptance: *April 20, 2023 * *Camera-ready Submission: *April 30, 2023 * *Workshop Date: *June 18, 2023 (Sunday) * *Workshop format: *full-day

March 10, 2023

approvata in Italia ieri il decreto di attuazione della direttiva europea in materia di whistleblowing

by Mauro Alovisio

Ciao segnalo che il Consiglio dei Ministri ha approvato il decreto di recepimento della Direttiva UE 2019/1937 sulla protezione dei whistleblower, le persone che segnalano illeciti di cui vengono a conoscenza in ragione del rapporto di lavoro. https://www.dirittobancario.it/art/direttiva-whistleblowing-approvata-lattu… Il decreto è in attesa di pubblicazione su Gazzetta Ufficiale Un caro saluto Mauro

March 10, 2023

Fwd: [icts] CfP Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis

by J.C. DE MARTIN

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: [icts] CfP Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:27:20 +0100 From: Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs(a)uti.at> CfP Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis Special Issue of the journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (http://www.triple-c.at) Edited by Thomas Allmer, Sevda Can Arslan, and Christian Fuchs (Media Systems and Media Organisation Research Group, Paderborn University) https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/40 Submission deadline: Thursday, April 20, 2023 Please submit abstracts of 250-600 words by e-mailing the completed submission form http://triple-c.at/f/FirstName_FamilyName_tripleC_DigitalCapitalism.docx to thomas.allmer(a)triple-c.at This special issue presents critical perspectives on digital capitalism. Its contributions show how we can best critically theorise digital capitalism and what forms of political praxis exist and are needed in social struggles that stand in the context of digital capitalism. The issue will feature contributions by Jodi Dean, Christian Fuchs, Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri, and Sabine Pfeiffer. Facebook and Google exploit our digital labour. That's digital capitalism. In late 2022 and early 2023, Google laid off 12,000 employees, Microsoft 10,000, Twitter more than 10,000, Amazon 18,000, and Facebook 11,000. That's digital capitalism. Algorithms are used by corporations for socially sorting and discriminating against customers who struggle to make ends meet and live in deprived neighbourhoods. That's digital capitalism. Lots of clickwork is conducted by poorly paid women in the Global South. That's digital capitalism. Digital fascism, fake news, post-truth culture and algorithmic politics circulate on capitalist and state-capitalist Internet platforms. That's digital capitalism. Information war and echo chambers polarise the digital public sphere, making a new World War between imperialist powers that compete at the global level for the control of territory, economic power and political as well as ideological hegemony and the nuclear annihilation of humankind and life on Earth more likely. That's digital capitalism. Recently, digital workers assembling iPhones protested against the poor working conditions they faced at Foxconn in Zhengzhou during the COVID-19 pandemic. That's a praxis that challenges digital capitalism. In 2021, warehouse workers founded the Amazon Labor Union. That's a praxis that challenges digital capitalism. The non-profit federated Internet platform Mastodon has become a viable digital alternative in the light of users' discontent with Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter. That's a praxis that challenges digital capitalism. Internet experts and users have co-written the Public Service Media and Public Service Internet Manifesto that demands turning the Internet into a public good and advancing digital democracy. That's a praxis that challenges digital capitalism. While fascists spread post-truth on social media, the progressive news hour Democracy Now! has since 1996 utilised the non-commercial Internet, Public Service Media, as well as community radio and television stations for broadcasting a high-quality, independent news programme that reaches millions of viewers and questions fake news. That's a praxis that challenges digital capitalism. Digital capitalism matters. Digital capitalism shapes our lives. Digital capitalism needs to be better understood. We need critical theories of digital capitalism. We need to better understand praxes that challenge digital capitalism and aim at fostering digital democracy and digital socialism. tripleC's special issue on "Critical Perspectives on Digital Capitalism: Theories and Praxis" wants to contribute to establishing foundations of critical theories and the philosophy of praxis in the light of digital capitalism. We invite contributions that engage with theoretical and praxeological questions. More information: https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/40

March 10, 2023

Open Letter: The AI video surveillance measures in the Olympics Games 2024 law violate human rights

by Alberto Cammozzo

In an open letter, EDRi, ECNL, La Quadrature du Net, Amnesty International France and 34 civil society organisations call on the French Parliament to reject Article 7 of the proposed law on the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games. <https://edri.org/our-work/open-letter-the-ai-video-surveillance-measures-in…> In an open letter, EDRi, ECNL, La Quadrature du Net, Amnesty International France and 34 civil society organisations call on the French Parliament to reject Article 7 of the proposed law on the 2024 Olympics and Paralympic Games (projet de loi relatif aux jeux Olympiques et Paralympiques de 20241). This provision creates a legal basis for the use of algorithm-driven cameras to detect specific suspicious events in public spaces. The proposal paves the way for the use of invasive algorithm-driven video surveillance under the pretext of securing big events. Under this law, France would become the first EU member state to explicitly legalise such practices. The proposed surveillance measures violate international human rights law as they contravene the principles of necessity and proportionality, and pose unacceptable risks to fundamental rights, such as the right to privacy, the freedom of assembly and association, and the right to non-discrimination. The signatories call on the French Parliament to consider rejecting Article 7 and to open up the issue for further discussion with civil society. Otherwise, its adoption would establish a worrying precedent of unjustified and disproportionate surveillance in publicly accessible spaces to the detriment of fundamental rights and freedoms.

March 8, 2023

New EU secure space-based connectivity programme (& Regulation)

by Eleonora Bassi

Approvato in tutta fretta...qui la press release: The Council has today adopted a regulation on the EU’s secure connectivity programme for 2023-2027. This is the last step in the decision-making procedure. The programme sets goals for the European Union to deploy an EU satellite constellation called 'IRIS²' (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite). IRIS² will provide ultra-fast (low latency) and highly secure communication services by 2027. The security of these communications will be based on advanced encryption technologies, including quantum cryptography, a method that uses the properties of quantum mechanics to secure and transmit data in a way that cannot be hacked. Governments will benefit from this space-based communication system for services like protection of critical infrastructure, surveillance, support for external action or crisis management, thereby helping to improve the EU’s resilience and sovereignty. (...) https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/press-releases/2023/03/07/secure-s… Un saluto a tutti, Eleonora

March 8, 2023

Re: [nexa] "Vietare i social ai minori non basta: per controllare l’età ci vuole una specie di Spid"

by M. Fioretti

On Wed, Mar 08, 2023 10:54:20 AM +0100, Damiano Verzulli wrote: > Sarebbe interessante capire _SE_ e _QUANTO_ la tecnologia contribuisca a > favorire fenomeni di questo genere. vedi link "Honestly, it's the phones" di noahpinion, nell'altra mia email di oggi. Marco -- Please help me write my NEXT MILLION WORDS for digital awareness: https://mfioretti.substack.com

March 8, 2023

Re: [nexa] Henry Kissinger e ChatGPT

by maurizio lana

Il 08/03/23 09:38, Diego Giorio <dgiorio(a)hotmail.com>ha scritto: > Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2023 08:38:51 +0000 > From: Diego Giorio<dgiorio(a)hotmail.com> > To: Nexa<nexa(a)server-nexa.polito.it> > Subject: [nexa] Henry Kissinger e ChatGPT > > Io non ho l'abbonamento al WSJ, quindi non ho potuto leggere il testo originale, ma già questa sintesi è interessante. Secondo Henry Kissinger, ChatGPT potrebbe causare l'apocalisse<https://www.rivistastudio.com/henry-kissinger-chatgpt/>. Lo ha scritto in un editoriale sul Wall Street Journal che sarebbe uno stupendo romanzo distopico. ho visto che l'articolo nel sito del WSJ si può leggere per intero grazie all'offerta di alcuni articoli gratuiti in promozione. gli autori sono 3: Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, e Daniel Huttenlocher. Schmidt è il CEO di Google/Alphabet non un omonimo. Huttenlocher è "dean of the Schwarzman College of Computing" al MIT Schmidt è la voce di un concorrente di OpenAI, in difficoltà di fronte ai prodotti di OpenAI. se c'è da esprimere critiche forti verso chatGPT, chi scrive in nexa mi appare più credibile di Schmidt. questione di conflitto di interessi. Maurizio ------------------------------------------------------------------------ and so I shall go in the rage of the storm 'cos only on earth I find heaven la casa del vento, rachel and the storm ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maurizio Lana Università del Piemonte Orientale Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici Piazza Roma 36 - 13100 Vercelli

March 8, 2023

Re: [nexa] "Vietare i social ai minori non basta: per controllare l’età ci vuole una specie di Spid"

by Damiano Verzulli

Il 08/03/23 10:26, Vilma Duretto via nexa ha scritto: > [...] > Questa volta, però, poichè sabato 1 aprile si terrà un evento, > proprio in parte inerente, a mio modo di vedere al tema in oggetto a > questa email, sperando di porvi gradito invito, Vi allego la > locandina, che potrete inoltrare a quanti riteniate interessati. > [...] Rispetto al seminario citato (dal titolo: "OLTRE IL BUIO, INSIEME. Quali sono i segnali del malessere giovanile? Come riconoscerli in tempo? Dove trovare aiuto sul territorio?") segnalo che in diversi rilevano nell'uso delle tecnologie da parte dei giovani una componente che contribuisce --a vari livelli-- a tale malessere. Proprio questo lunedi, 06/03/2023, Gianluca Nicoletti, su Radio24, ha analizzato il fenomeno dei cosiddetti "Hikikomori", discutendone con una ricercatrice CNR (Sabrina Molinaro) e con lo psicologo Marco Crepaldi. Il podcast è qui: https://www.radio24.ilsole24ore.com/programmi/melog/puntata/ritirati-social… Sarebbe interessante capire _SE_ e _QUANTO_ la tecnologia contribuisca a favorire fenomeni di questo genere. Un saluto, DV -- Damiano Verzulli e-mail: damiano(a)verzulli.it --- possible?ok:while(!possible){open_mindedness++} --- "...I realized that free software would not generate the kind of income that was needed. Maybe in USA or Europe, you may be able to get a well paying job as a free software developer, but not here [in Africa]..." -- Guido Sohne - 1973-2008 http://ole.kenic.or.ke/pipermail/skunkworks/2008-April/005989.html

March 8, 2023

"Social concessi a mia figlia... ho sbagliato" prova che

by Marco Fioretti

"Vietare i social ai minori non basta" e' proprio fuorviante come discorso Reply-To: "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti(a)nexaima.net> sul Corriere e' appena uscito questo: "Certo, non si stacca mai dal telefono... Ma lo valutavo un danno minore rispetto ai benefici, alla possibilità di esperienza indiretta che tramite i social i ragazzi potevano fare" https://www.corriere.it/sette/attualita/23_marzo_08/i-social-concessi-mia-f… che in realta' e' una prova di quello che segnalavo ieri: la confusione enorme causata dal prendere come dogma "internet = = = smartphone personale" e viceversa. Se quella ragazza avesse usato i social come dico sotto, sarebbe andata diversamente. Il mio messaggio di ieri: "Per vietare i social ai minori ci vuole una specie di SPID" FESSERIA, di quelle meta' irrealizzabili, meta' pericolose, e tutte inutilmente costose: https://www.corriere.it/scuola/primaria/23_marzo_07/ vietare-social-minori-non-basta-controllare-l-eta-ci-vuole-specie-spid-23703ee2-bc31-11ed-9045-076b9cc27837.shtml Fesseria per tanti motivi, qui ne scrivo solo uno: Per "controllare l'eta'" l'unica e sufficiente cosa che serve e' che i genitori non regalino ne' permettano ai nonni di regalare SMARTPHONE O TABLET PERSONALI prima dei 14 anni. perche' potete parlare quanto vi pare di "nativi digitali", "preparazione al mondo che cambia", "self learning" eccetera. la realta' e' che se va bene UN under-14 su 10mila nasce capace di non farsi del male se abbandonato a uno smartphone (*), e un genitore italiano vero su centomila ha competenze E tempo per evitare che uno smartphone personale non faccia male. Se l'unico modo per accedere a Internet e' un computer fisso in salotto, e mai dopo cena, il 99% dei problemi scompare. E questo non significa affatto che "i bambini non devono usare Internet. Significa SOLO che bisogna piantarla con l'altra fesseria che "internet=== smartphone personale dalla 3a elementare in poi". Intendiamoci: con le giuste infrastrutture, prima i bambini, alle elementari, imparano a usare web,messaggistica, motori di ricerca, coding, didattica aumentata, stampa 3D e tantissime altre cose digitali, MEGLIO e'. Assolutamente d'accordo, facciamone quanto ne volete. Ma per quello non c'e' NESSUN bisogno di mettergli in mano qualcosa che per il 90% del tempo potranno usare senza controllo o assistenza. E' la stessa differenza, per dire, fra insegnare, in una scuola elementare, ad affettare il pane cosi' il bambino puo' aiutare i genitori mentre cucinano, e regalargli un machete. Marco (*) Questo e' assolutamente e' ovvio a chiunque si guardi intorno per strada e/ o abbia a che fare sistematicamente con minori per lavoro o volontariato, ma nel caso non bastasse, e limitandomi ai bookmark presi nell'ultima settimana: https://noahpinion.substack.com/p/honestly-its-probably-the-phones

March 8, 2023