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ESCALATE-DIGITAL

@DigitalEscalate

Coordinated higher institution responses to digitalization (ESCALATE) is EU ERASMUS+ funded partnership (6 partners from 5 EU countries)

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Joined February 2020
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@DigitalEscalate & @CrispSurv workshop on 'The Digitisation of Higher Education: New Information Flows, Power Asymmetries and Implications for Surveillance and Privacy' 6th October 2021 in Stirling UK. Includes presentations & panel discussion featuring distinguished speakers.
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“A digital Skills Escalator for Cyber Security in Stirling, Scotland” escalate.projects.uvt.ro/wp-… Near 1st anniversary of sector this and other reports on: software, data science, data analytics, circular economy, medical technology: escalate.projects.uvt.ro/res…
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New paper on using journal metrics to recruit academic staff by Craig Anderson in Studies in Higher Education tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
The effect of journal metrics on academic resume assessment

The effect of journal metrics on academic resume assessment

It has been widely argued that journal metrics are used in assessing publication records on resumes for academic jobs and assessments. Within that debate, two important considerations emerge. First...

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@StanfordHAI12 Apr 2022
One of the questions we need to address: "Who is organizing the institutional and professional ethics that accelerates at the pace of our technical advances?" – HAI Associate Director @robreich
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The Forgotten Origins of Silicon Valley by William H. Janeway @ProSyn prosyn.org/iR7Fcvm Excellent, clear review of recent research and its limitations (especially its downplaying the crucial historical context and role public investment)
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@WIRED5 Apr 2022
This is your gentle, weekly reminder that there is no rule that requires you to post every opinion you have. wired.trib.al/sOx8Bv5
Not Saying Anything Is Still an Option

Not Saying Anything Is Still an Option

Social media all but demands people have hot takes. That doesn’t mean they need to share them.

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AI may not require an abundance of data anymore. trib.al/fgB3oj1
A radical new technique lets AI learn with practically no data

A radical new technique lets AI learn with practically no data

“Less than one”-shot learning can teach a model to identify more objects than the number of examples it is trained on.

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One view of educational trends and tole of social media in Philosophy. How philosophy sacrificed the truth @UnHerd unherd.com/2022/04/how-philo…
How philosophy sacrificed the truth

How philosophy sacrificed the truth

Victimhood is more important than biological reality

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Cyber security increasingly important over time hbr.org/2022/03/what-russias…
What Russia’s Ongoing Cyberattacks in Ukraine Suggest About the Future of Cyber Warfare

What Russia’s Ongoing Cyberattacks in Ukraine Suggest About the Future of Cyber Warfare

For years, Ukraine has been a proving ground Russian for cyber weapons. As companies and countries watch the latest chapter of the Russian war in Ukraine unfold, they should take heed of the confli...

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@StanfordHAI10 Mar 2022
In response to @WHOSTP's call to update the National AI R&D Strategic Plan, we offer recommendations including boosting non-defense AI R&D budgets, expanding government data access to academic researchers, and more. @DanHo1 @kingjen @russellwald @dzhang105 stanford.io/34vssFg
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Stanford HAI

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PrOPEL Hub@PrOPEL_Hub10 Mar 2022
"At the heart of #fairwork is the belief that there is a way of working that benefits everyone." Strong messaging on the mutual gains #fairwork brings for employers, employees and the economy from @FindlayPatricia from @PrOPEL_Hub & @FairWorkScot at our @ProdClubScot event.
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Reimagining the Classroom, Enriching Content, and Expanding the Harvard Community - Harvard University Task force on e-learning & lessons from moving online due to Covid ftltaskforce.harvard.edu/fil…
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Great to have your contribution Colin! 🙌 If you're an economic or social science researcher and you want to share your insights on manufacturing innovation with our community, drop us an email at info@interact-hub.org to discuss collaborating or contributing to our blog.
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Now is a good time to be extra careful about what you do on social media. Here are some practical tips to help you navigate the firehose of information about Ukraine you’ll see in your feeds. trib.al/mYDvsNd
How to avoid sharing bad information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

How to avoid sharing bad information about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Even well-meaning attempts to participate in the news can play into bad actors’ campaigns.

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Beyond cookies - Tracking your browsing wired.com/story/browser-fing…
Think Working form Home means your boss isn’t watching you? Think again | John Naughton theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Think WFH means your boss isn’t watching you? Think again | John Naughton

Thanks to the rapid advance of little tech, employers can now monitor every online action of their remote employees

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The data game: what Amazon knows about you and how to stop it theguardian.com/technology/2…
The data game: what Amazon knows about you and how to stop it

The data game: what Amazon knows about you and how to stop it

The tech giant has many ways of gathering information about its users’ activity – from Prime to Alexa. So what can you do to keep your life private?

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DIAMOND@DIAMOND_H20207 Feb 2022
📢#DiamondH2020 White Paper is available! Download it now for FREE and learn more about issues and actions for moving towards a fairer and more inclusive European transportation system #mobility #transport 👉cutt.ly/WhitePaper
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DIAMOND@DIAMOND_H20202 Feb 2022
🗣️Download NOW the FREE #DiamondH2020 White Paper on key issues and actions to promote a more inclusive and fairer transport system in Europe. ➡️ cutt.ly/WhitePaper
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Cookies: I looked at 50 well-known websites and most are gathering our data illegally theconversation.com/cookies-… via @ConversationUK
Cookies: I looked at 50 well-known websites and most are gathering our data illegally

Cookies: I looked at 50 well-known websites and most are gathering our data illegally

The laws about cookies are fairly clear in EU and UK, but many big companies are breaking them anyway.

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Non-fungible tokens - why the (electronic) NFT market will collapse despite its rise in recenet years - e.g. In March 2021, the auction house Christie’s sold a JPEG file created by the artist Beeple for $69.3 million prosyn.org/e4flxFa
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