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Framing an Alternative Approach to the Jan Lokpal: by Pranesh Prakash — published Aug 01, 2011 — last modified Oct 11, 2011 11:42 AM — filed under: Lecture
The National Campaign for Peoples' Right to Information (NCPRI) and the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) are organizing a public talk on "Framing an Alternative Approach to the Jan Lokpal" on Friday, August 5, 2011 at CIS, Bangalore. Shankar Singh, Nikhil Dey and Aruna Roy of MKSS and NCPRI will be speaking.
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Network Culture: Archaeological and Artistic Interventions Public Seminar – Talk by Kristoffer Gansing and Linda Hilfing: by Prasad Krishna — published Oct 19, 2010 — last modified Dec 01, 2010 07:07 AM — filed under: Lecture
Kristoffer Gansing and Linda Hilfling will give a talk on Network Culture on 8 November 2010 in the Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore.
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Public Talk by Dr. Ian Brown on Privacy, Trust and Biometrics: by Nishant Shah — published Mar 20, 2011 — last modified Apr 04, 2011 07:15 AM — filed under: Lecture, Internet Governance
Trust is hard to build, but easy to lose. What factors affect individuals' trust in new technologies? How can governments create citizen trust in biometric security tools? Can biometrics be designed to be privacy-friendly? And how did these questions lead to the cancellation of the UK's national identity scheme, after a decade of development costing tens of millions of pounds? About the speaker: Dr Ian Brown's research is focused on public policy issues around information and the Internet, particularly privacy and copyright. He also works in the more technical fields of communications security and healthcare informatics.
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Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?” – A Public Lecture by Caspar Bowden: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 23, 2011 — last modified Sep 08, 2011 03:19 AM — filed under: Lecture, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore, invites you to a public lecture by Caspar Bowden*, the Chief Privacy Adviser of Microsoft’s Worldwide Technology Office, on Internet Surveillance Policy: “…the second time as farce?
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The Task of the Translator after Google: by Prasad Krishna — published Apr 28, 2011 — last modified Oct 07, 2011 05:36 AM — filed under: Lecture, Research
Hans Verghese Mathews, a distinguished fellow with the Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) will give a public lecture on April 30, 2011.
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Pass the Packet, Please?: by Sanchia de Souza — published Jul 09, 2009 — last modified Sep 30, 2011 08:40 AM — filed under: Lecture
Talk by Ashwin Jacob Mathew
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Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson to lecture at Development Café meet-up: by Prasad Krishna — published Nov 30, 2010 — last modified Mar 07, 2011 11:11 AM — filed under: Lecture, Meeting
Development Café (DC) is hosting its second meet-up at the Centre for Internet and Society on Friday, 3 December 2010. Mr. Thomas Bjelkeman-Pettersson, serial entrepreneur and founder of Akvo, a non-profit foundation with focus on water and sanitation, will give a lecture.
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Socio-financial Online Networks: Globalizing Micro-Credit through Micro-transactional Networked Platforms – A Public Lecture by Radhika Gajalla: by Prasad Krishna — published Jun 24, 2011 — filed under: Lecture, Internet Governance
The Centre for Internet and Society invites you to a public lecture by Prof. Radhika Gajalla of Bowling Green State University. She will give a lecture on how microfinance online functions through the social networked online space and the micro-transactional abilities of the interface together work to enhance financialization of the globe.
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'The Dark Face of Google': by Sanchia de Souza — published Mar 23, 2009 — last modified Mar 24, 2009 06:51 AM — filed under: Lecture
Talk by Patrice Riemens
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The Mirror in the Enigma: How Germany lost World War II to a Mathematical Theorem: by elonnai hickok — published Aug 04, 2011 — last modified Sep 22, 2011 07:53 AM — filed under: Lecture, Internet Governance
Today we use encryption in pretty much everything — cellphones, Internet, banking, satellites, and spaceships. How far have we come since the days of the Enigma and how does it affect our daily lives? CIS invites you to attend a short lecture by Rohit Gupta on August 12, 2011.
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