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International School at the Digital Media program of the University of Texas at Austin - Portugal Collaboratory (CoLab): by Sanchia de Souza — published Apr 10, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 04:08 PM — filed under: Openness
Applications are now open for the first International School on Digital Transformation, to be held July 19-24, 2009, at the University of Porto in Porto, Portugal. The School is accepting applications from advanced students and recent graduates from around the world with an interest in how digital technologies are changing societies and the world as a whole.
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International Space Apps Challenge: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 10, 2012 — filed under: Openness, Event Type
The International Space Apps Challenge is an international codeathon-style event that will take place over a 48 hour period in cities on all seven continents – and in space – on the weekend of April 21-22, 2012. The event embraces collaborative problem solving with a goal of producing solutions to global challenges. The Centre for Internet & Society is organising the event in Bangalore.
Located in Openness
Introduction to Python Programming: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 30, 2016 — filed under: Openness
Annapoornima K. the founder of Pyladies Bangalore chapter will be teaching Python programming at the Centre for Internet & Society office in Bangalore. The event starts at 10.00 a.m.
Located in Openness / News & Media
Introductory talk about "Wikipedia in Academics": by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 13, 2014 — last modified Feb 03, 2014 06:48 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Openness, Event
Subhashish Panigrahi gave a talk on Wikipedia in Academics. Subhashish spoke about the use the Wikipedia in academics, students' role as contributors to Wikipedia to keep the facts correct and editing Wikipedia articles in Indic languages.
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Introductory Wikipedia session at BITS Goa: by Nitika Tandon — published Mar 19, 2013 — last modified Jul 26, 2013 11:40 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Wikimedia, Wikipedia, Workshop, Openness
The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet and Society was invited by Nikhil Dixit, Public Relations Officer at the Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani – Goa (BITS Goa) to organise Wikipedia session on March 7, 2013. Nitika Tandon participated in this workshop and shares with us the developments.
Located in Openness / Blog
Iraqi Public Data Scenario Workshop: A Summary: by Sumandro Chattapadhyay — published Mar 26, 2013 — last modified Apr 02, 2013 04:55 AM — filed under: Openness
A workshop on public data was conducted by Sunil Abraham and Sumandro Chattapadhyay for the officials of the Government of Iraq. It was organized by UNDP Iraq in Amman, Jordan from October 18 to 23, 2012. Sumandro Chattapadhyay shares with us the developments from the workshop held over five days.
Located in Openness / Blog
Is NASSCOM anti-Open Standards?: by Sanchia de Souza — published Jul 16, 2009 — last modified Apr 02, 2011 03:43 PM — filed under: Openness
Article by Shalini Singh on techgoss.com, 10 July 2009
Located in News & Media
It's September, and That Means It's Time for Software Freedom Day: by Subhashish Panigrahi — published Sep 17, 2016 — filed under: Open Standards, Access to Knowledge, FLOSS, Openness, FOSS
Software Freedom Day (SFD), which celebrates the use of free and open software, is just around the corner on September 17. When the day first started in 2004, only 12 teams from different places joined, but it has since grown to include hundreds registered events around the world, depending on the year.
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January 2011 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jan 31, 2011 — last modified Jul 30, 2012 11:25 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Intellectual Property Rights, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! It gives us immense pleasure to present regular updates on the progress of our research on the mainstream Internet media. In this issue of we bring our latest project updates, news and media coverage:
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January 2012 Bulletin: by Prasad Krishna — published Jul 07, 2012 — last modified Jul 09, 2012 09:36 AM — filed under: Access to Knowledge, Digital Natives, Telecom, Accessibility, Internet Governance, Research, Openness
Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of events organized by us during the month of January 2012!
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