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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20191022T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20191022T210000
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SUMMARY:MyData Austria Meetup #5
DESCRIPTION:In this meetup we will shed light on the topic of data as a property: is it possible to own data\, how can data or usage rights for that data be sold and what are the implications? \nAgenda: \n1. Christoph Fabianek: “Semantic Container for Data Mobility” \n2. Soheil Human: “Human-centricity vs. End-user Empowerment: The Future of a Value-based Data Economy” \n3. Robert Mitwicki: “Purpose based services” \n4. Michael Shea: Fishbowl discussion about Data as a Human Right
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/mydata-austria-meetup-5/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190619T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190619T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190307T135213Z
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SUMMARY:Michael Platzer: Fake Data - An Unexpected Ally in the Fight for Privacy
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Michael Platzer\, founder & CEO of Mostly AI\, will talk about the underestimated re-identification risk and the limitations of existing anonymization techniques in the big data era\, as well as present latest research on Generative AI\, and how it surprisingly enables GDPR-compliant big data sharing.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/michael-platzer-fake-data-an-unexpected-ally-in-the-fight-for-privacy/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190617T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190617T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
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SUMMARY:MyData Hub Austria: Meetup #3
DESCRIPTION:In this meetup we will shed light on the topic of data as a property: is it possible to own data\, how can data or usage rights for that data be sold and what are the implications?\nThis is a co-hosted event with VDSG (Vienna Data Science Group). \nAgenda: \n1. Clara Landler: Welcome & Introduction \n2. Christoph Fabianek: Semantic Container for Data Mobility\, Closing presentation of FFG funded project \n3. Soheil Human\, Rita Gsenger\, Kemal Ozan Aybar\, Niklas Kirchner: short talks on:\n– “End-user Empowerment: An Interdisciplinary Perspective”\,\n– “Digital Inequality: Call for Socio-technical Privacy Management Approaches”\,\n– “Context-Sensitivity of [Informed] Consent: The Emergence of Genetic Data Markets”. \n4. Michael Shea: Fishbowl discussion about Data as a Human Right
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/mydata-hub-austria-meetup-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190610T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190610T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190606T062304Z
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SUMMARY:Workshop Engineering Accountable Information Systems (ECIS 2019\, Stockholm)
DESCRIPTION:Workshop Program \n* 10:00 – 10 :15 Welcome* 10:15 – 11:15 Session 1: Accountability and Inequality* 10:15 – 10:30 Digital Inequality: Call for Socio-technical Privacy Management Approaches (Kemal Ozan Aybar\, Soheil Human and Rita Gsenger)* 10:30 – 11:15 Discussion on the paper and wider issues* 11:15 – 12:15 Session 2: Accountability and Digital Geography * 11:15 – 11:30 The System Bias of Geographic Information Systems   (Ben Wagner\, Till Winkler\, Svitlana Vakulenko)* 11:15 – 12:15 Discussion on the paper and wider issues* 12:15 – 13:15 Lunch Break*13:15 – 14:15 Session 3: Engineering Accountability*13:15 – 13:30 Accountability in the IoT: Systems\, Law\, and Ways Forward (Jat Singh)*13:30 – 14:15 Discussion on the paper and wider issues around it* 14:15 – 15:15 Session 4: Accountability and Consent* 14:15 – 14:30 Context-Sensitivity of Informed Consent: The Emergence of Genetic Data Markets (Niklas Kirchner\, Soheil Human and Gustaf Neumann)* 14:30 – 15:15 Discussion on the paper and wider issues around it* 15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break* 15:30 – 17:00 Session 5: Conclusions on Accountable Systems and Next Steps* 17:00 – 17:15 Goodbye \nFurther details about the workshop are available here:  http://ecis2019.eu/programme/workshops-and-tutorials/engineering-accountable-information-systems-1.421417 \nOrganised with the support of: \n \nProject DITAS\, H2020  grant 731945
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/ecis-workshop-engineering-accountable-information-systems-ecis-2019-stockholm/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190603T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190603T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190513T083012Z
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SUMMARY:The new AVMSD and platform regulation: challenges for national legislators and regulators.
DESCRIPTION:The EU’s new Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD) is an important step for platform regulation in regulation. While new provisions embedded in the AVMSD attempt to increase transparency and reduce content which is seen a problematic online\, they also require online service providers to change their terms of services (ToS). This leads to considerable challenges for national legislators and regulators in interpreting the AVMSD in a way which supports fundamental human rights. \nTo discuss these issues\, we have we have invited some of the leading European experts on this topics to participate in a workshop to discuss these challenges: \n\nLubos Kuklis\, Chair of the European Regulators Group for Audiovisual Media Services (ERGA)\nJoan Barata\, Intermediary Liability Fellow\, Center for Internet and Society\, Stanford\nKrisztina Rozgonyi\, Assistant Professor\, Media Governance and Media Industries Research Lab\, University of Vienna\nSusanne Lackner\, Vice Chair\, Austrian Communications Authority\nBen Wagner\, Assistant Professor\, Information Systems and Society\, Vienna University of Economics and Business\n\nAs space is limited\, please register for the event with Hannah Waltl <mis-sek@wu.ac.at> if you wish to attend.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/the-new-avmsd-and-platform-regulation-challenges-for-national-legislators-and-regulators/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190515T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190515T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190513T103747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190513T103747Z
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SUMMARY:Ben Wagner: Content Moderation in Practice
DESCRIPTION:What does content moderation of online platforms actually look like in practice? How much content moderation takes places manually and how much is automated? The following talk will provide an overview of existing content moderation on different European platforms\, as well as the challenges and difficulties in measuring the effectiveness of these practices. \nAs such\, the talk will discuss both empirical and theoretical challenges\, attempting to provide a broad overview for a primarily academic audience. We look forward to seeing you there! \n 
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/ben-wagner-content-moderation-in-practice/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190508T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190508T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190228T085315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190228T085315Z
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SUMMARY:Sylvie Delacroix: Beware of 'Algorithmic Regulation'
DESCRIPTION:Among the structural elements that enable social media platforms to durably influence our moods and behaviour\, their answering a widespread desire to be liked and accepted – a desire which is seldom transparent to us – greatly increases their manipulative power. So does their ability to harvest fine-grained information about their users (and acquaintances). This data puts such platforms in a position where they can not only covertly influence our thoughts\, moods and behaviour: they can do so in a way that is maximally effective given our respective traits\, vulnerabilities etc. This paper argues that if we are to stand any chance of taming these platforms’ considerable manipulative potential\, some conceptual spring-cleaning is needed. \nFirst\, we need to stop confusing regulatory power and regulation. Whereas in mechanics or cybernetics there is no need to distinguish between the two -since there are no agents whose autonomy is infringed by regulation- when the concept of regulation is applied to human behaviour this distinction becomes crucial\, and hinges upon the concept of authority. Since social media platforms do not – yet – claim authority\, they do not regulate us: they have regulatory power over us. Our task is to regulate that power. \nTo succeed in the latter task\, we also need to acknowledge that the type of influence exercised by social media platforms is not merely non-deliberative: it is also covert. While the former is often unproblematic from an ethical/legal perspective\, the latter not only threatens our right to freedom of thought\, it also compromises our commitment to moral equality. \nRead the full paper here: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3327191
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/sylvie-delacroix/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190429T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190429T210000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190222T081912Z
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SUMMARY:Ben Wagner: Einsatz von Algorithmen in der Arbeitsvermittlung
DESCRIPTION:Die Digitalisierung führt zu tiefgreifenden Veränderungen der Arbeitswelt und der Arbeitsorganisation. Die durch den vermehrten Einsatz der Technologie verursachten Veränderungen manifestieren sich nicht nur in der Entgrenzung von Arbeitszeit und Arbeitsort sowie als Phänomen des plattformbasierten Arbeitens (gig economy\, crowdwork)\, sondern auch in der Arbeitsvermittlung. \n  \nSeit Jahren können wir den Trend beobachten\, dass Online-Jobbörsen\, Headhunter und Personalabteilungen vermehrt „Recruitment Algorithmen“ bei der Suche nach geeigneten Jobkandidaten einsetzen. Bei den verwendeten Tools handelt es sich in der Regel um „Automated Decision Making (ADM)-Systeme“\, welche autonom die Bewerber klassifizieren und allenfalls geeignete Kandidaten für eine gewisse Stelle vorschlagen. Dem Versprechen der verbesserten Vermittlungsleistung durch den Einsatz von Assistenzsystemen\, die die Mitarbeiter bei deren Entscheidungen unterstützen\, ist nunmehr in einem Pilotprojekt auch das Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich (AMS) nachgegangen und entwickelte zwei Assistenzsysteme. Der erste Algorithmus wurde zum Zweck des Matchings zwischen Arbeitsuchenden und offenen Stellen konzipiert; der andere zur Abschätzung der Arbeitsmarktchancen von Arbeitssuchenden. \n  \nDie Entwicklung gibt Anlass\, die eingesetzte Technologie\, die gesellschaftspolitischen\, wirtschaftlichen und ethischen Folgen ihres Einsatzes sowie die damit verbundenen Rechtsfragen näher zu beleuchten. \n  \n\n\n\nVeranstalter \nInstitut für Innovation und Digitalisierung im Recht der Universität Wien \n  \nOrganisationsteam \nInstitut für Innovation und Digitalisierung im Recht \nNikolaus Forgó | Žiga Škorjanc\nKontakt und Anmeldung \nID-organisation@univie.ac.at \n \n\n\n\n  \nProgramm \n  \n\n\n\nMontag 29. April\n\n\n\n18:00 – 18:30\nBegrüßung \nNikolaus Forgó \n(Institut für Innovation und Digitalisierung im Recht\, Universität Wien) \n \n\n\n18:30 – 19:30\nOpening Statements & Discussion \nUniv.-Prof. Dr. Wilfried Gansterer \n(Dekan der Fakultät für Informatik\, Universität Wien) \n  \nUniv.-Prof. DDr. Matthias Karmasin \n(Institut für vergleichende Medien- und Kommunikationsforschung (CMC) der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt) \n  \nUniv.-Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mazal \n(Institut für Arbeits- und Sozialrecht\, Universität Wien) \n  \nAss.-Prof. Dr. Ben Wagner\n(Institute for Management Information Systems\, WU Wien) \n  \nDr. Marius Wilk \n(Leiter des Büros des Vorstandes\, Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich)\n\n\n19:30 – 21:00\nEmpfang
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/einsatz-von-algorithmen-in-der-arbeitsvermittlung/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190410T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190410T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190312T090804Z
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SUMMARY:Gizem Gültekin Várkonyi: Technical and Legal Interoperability of Social Robots and the GDPR
DESCRIPTION:More personal data means more personal services at today’s data driven market that does not seem to change much in close future. Embodied and connected AI technologies gain and drain much of personal data made available by human. A futuristic approach for robotic applications points that robots at personal use might become real within this century. General purpose robot assisting person’s daily life activities is demanded and supported with scientific developments which are supported with huge investments. Social robot\, a type of service robot\, could interact with human in a humanoid way and is indeed able to collect personal data to personalize its services which are currently delivered in healthcare and entertainment sectors at a limited level. However\, living with such artificial-social personas raise some concerns regarding protection of human’s private life. Even the most updated personal data protection law\, the GDPR\, may fall short to ensure full protection of a social robot user’s personal data both because of the technical realities and of the legal constraints. The fact is that\, these robots are able to persuade human to disclose even more personal data\, thanks to\, for example\, their physical presence\, emotional interaction abilities\, and ability to learn from actual data (e.g. via Reinforcement Learning) . In this talk\, I will present how the GDPR is challenged by the current developments in the AI field\, and how single interpretation of some of the GDPR rules could be difficult in connection with those developments.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/gizem-gultekin-varkonyi/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190403T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190403T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190222T160944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190222T160944Z
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SUMMARY:Alexander Sander: Open Platforms for Open Data?
DESCRIPTION:FSFE has launched the campaign “Public Money\, Public code”\, which\npromotes legislation requiring that publicly financed software developed\nfor the public sector is made publicly available under a Free and Open\nSource Software licence. The demand to support free software is also\nimportant for the open data debate. More and more administrations make\nopen data available\, which is used by different actors in different\nways. However\, these actors often resort to closed source solutions\,\nwhich contradicts the idea of openness. \nThe following talk will discuss challenges and contradictions with this model as well as providing ways forward on how to shape the open data debate in a way that systematically promotes the public interest. \nAlexander Sander is the EU Public Policy Programme Manager for the Free Software Foundation Europe and based in Berlin.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/alexander-sander-open-platforms-for-open-data/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190402T153000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190402T173000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190222T161625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190222T161625Z
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SUMMARY:Florian Cech: AMS Algorithm and Accountable Systems Workshop
DESCRIPTION:This meeting of the Lab working group on accountable systems will discuss issues related to understanding the implementation of an algorithm which categorises recipients of unemployment benefits in Austria by the Austrian unemployment agency AMS. \nFlorian Cech from TU Wien will provide a short introduction with an overview of the current state of the art on the AMS categorisation algorithm. \nPrevious workshops on accountable systems include: \n\n26 February 2019 – Accountability and Emerging Technologies with Cambridge University at Alan Turing Institute in London:  https://www.privacylab.at/event/accountability-and-emerging-technologies-workshop/\n22 January 2019 – Developing Accountable Systems with Complexity Science Hub Vienna: https://privacylab.at/event/csh-workshop-developing-accountable-systems/ 
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/florian-cech-ams-algorithm-and-accountable-systems/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190401T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190401T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190103T131823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T131823Z
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SUMMARY:Sarah Spiekermann 'Digitale Ethik'
DESCRIPTION:Apps\, die unaufgefordert Informationen zuschicken; Autos\, die von Google-Rechnern gesteuert werden\, und Sprachassistenten\, die Bestellungen für uns vornehmen; Künstliche Intelligenz und Big Data sind Teil unseres Lebens. Doch was macht die Digitalisierung mit uns? Sarah Spiekermann fordert deshalb ein radikales Umdenken: Wir brauchen eine Technik\, die uns dient\, statt uns zu beherrschen. Die Digitalisierung darf nicht nur vom Gewinnstreben getrieben sein\, sondern muss Werte fördern. In ihrem Buch entwickelt sie eine Ethik für die Technologien der Zukunft. Sie erklärt\, was das Digitale wirklich kann und was wir alle tun können\, um eine positive und selbstbestimmte Digitalisierung zu leben. \n\n\nPräsentation von und mit\nSarah Spiekermann ist seit 2009 Universitätsprofessorin an der WU-Wien\, wo sie dem Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik & Gesellschaft vorsteht und 2016 das ‘Privacy and Sustainable Computing Lab’ gegründet hat. Ihre Karriere begann bei Silicon-Valley-Unternehmen\, von wo aus sie zur Strategieberatung A.T. Kearney wechselte. Später leitete sie das Forschungszentrum Internetökonomie an der Humboldt-Universität Berlin. Spiekermann hat sich aufgrund ihrer langjährigen Forschungen zu einer profilierten Kritikerin der IT-Branche und ihres Menschenbildes entwickelt\, die aber auch Lösungen anbietet. Spiekermann ist eine vielgefragte Keynote-Speakerin und Gesprächspartnerin der Politik und der Medien.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/sarah-spiekermann-digitale-ethik/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190331T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190331T140000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190315T080606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190315T080606Z
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SUMMARY:Volkstheatergespräche mit Corinna Milborn
DESCRIPTION:Digitalität und Demokratie\n\n\nDie Digitalisierung verändert unser gesellschaftliches Leben auf vielen Ebenen. Digitale Plattformen agieren als Medienportale\, organisieren den Zugang zu Wissen und sammeln bei jedem Klick eine Unmenge an Daten. Big Data heißt dieser wertvolle neue Rohstoff\, den die User/innen bereitwillig generieren. Fake News und Bots nehmen Einfluss auf unsere Wahrnehmung von Wirklichkeit. Das Internet der Dinge eröffnet neue Möglichkeiten der Überwachung. \nWelche Rolle kann die Zivilgesellschaft spielen\, damit die Digitalisierung den Interessen der Allgemeinheit dient? Welche Forderungen soll sie stellen\, um die technische Entwicklung im Sinne der Wahrung der Grund- und Menschenrechte zu gestalten? Was kann jede/r einzelne User/in tun\, um das Internet nicht privaten oder polizeilichen Interessen zu überlassen\, sondern eine offene Sphäre des Austauschs und der verantwortungsvollen Communities zu gestalten? \nCorinna Milborn\, Co-Autorin von Change the Game. Wie wir uns das Netz von Facebook und Google zurückerobern\, skizziert mit ihren Gästen Wege zur digitalen Mündigkeit: \nDr. Sarah Spiekermann-Hoff lehrt und forscht an der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien\, wo sie dem Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik und Gesellschaft vorsteht. Sie publiziert regelmäßig wissenschaftliche Artikel zu den Themen werteorientierte IT-Entwicklung\, Privacy und Kontrolle im digitalen Raum und veröffentlichte u.a. die Sachbücher Ethical IT Innovation und Networks of Control. 2016 ist sie vom Ingenieursverband IEEE damit betraut worden\, den ersten Standardisierungsprozess zu leiten\, der sich mit ethischer Technikgestaltung beschäftigt. Auf der Website der Tageszeitung Der Standard betreibt sie den Blog Die ethische Maschine. Am 1. April erscheint ihr neues Buch Digitale Ethik. Ein Wertesystem für das 21. Jahrhundert. \nAngelika Adensamer\, Juristin und Kriminologin\, arbeitet als Policy Advisor bei epicenter.works\, einer NGO\, die für die Verteidigung der Grundrechte im digitalen Zeitalter eintritt. Außerdem ist sie Mitglied des Datenschutzrats und des Netzwerks Kritische Rechtswissenschaften. Sie publiziert zu den Themen Überwachungsbefugnisse\, Bürger/innenrechte\, Freiheit und Sicherheit. \nStefanie Wuschitz arbeitet als Künstlerin\, Forscherin und Hacktivistin zu den Themen Open Source Technologie\, Peer Production und Feminismus. Sie studierte Transmediale Kunst an der Universität für Angewandte Kunst\, gefolgt von einem Master an der TISCH School of the Arts an der New York University\, und promovierte zu „Feminist Hackerspaces. A Research on Feminist Space Collectives in Open Culture“ an der TU. Seither ist sie an verschiedenen österreichischen und internationalen wissenschaftlichen Projekten und Kunstausstellungen beteiligt. 2009 gründete sie den feministischen Hackerspace Miss Baltazar’s Laboratory. \nAchtung\, an diesem Sonntag ist Umstellung auf Sommerzeit! \nhttp://www.volkstheater.at/stueck/digitalitaet-und-demokratie/
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/volkstheatergesprache-mit-corinna-milborn/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190322T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190322T223000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190313T140228Z
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SUMMARY:Ursula Pachl: Privacy and data security
DESCRIPTION:What is the role for privacy and data security in the European Union? As part of the course on the Marketing and Society Interface by Bernadette Kamleitner and Renato Regis\, Ursula Pachl will be giving a talk which is open to a wider audience. \n  \nUrsula Pachl\, Deputy Director General\, BEUC – The European Consumers’ Organisation\, Brussels. Ms. Pachl leads BEUC’s work on the Digital Single Market and on consumer rights and enforcement. She is also responsible for horizontal and strategic policy issues\, represents BEUC in the European Commission’s REFIT platform and co-ordinates BEUC’s law enforcement project ‘COJEF’. Prior to working for BEUC\, Ms. Pachl worked at the Austrian Federal Ministry of Health and Consumer Protection in Vienna and at the Austrian Consumer Information Association as a member of the Consumer Advisory Board. BEUC represents 42 independent national consumer associations from 31 European countries. The primary task of BEUC is to act as a strong consumer voice in Brussels and to try to ensure that consumer interests are given their proper weight in the development of all Community policies.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/ursula-pachl-privacy-and-data-security/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190320T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190320T163000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190228T144129Z
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SUMMARY:Niels ten Oever: a Net of Rights? - the Inscription and Subversion of Values in Transnational Internet Infrastructure Governance
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will show how fundamental characteristics of the Internet architecture\, such as equality and innovation\, have been subverted since the 1990s. While Internet platforms and applications are critically assessed in the public debate\, the Internet architecture is widely perceived as engine for innovation and as enabler of rights and freedoms. This view reflects an imaginary that guides the co-production of policy and technology that can be traced back to the early phases of the development of the Internet\, and which is still prominent in one the main governance bodies of the Internet: the Internet Engineering Taskforce (IETF). In the IETF\, the co-production of the Internet architecture is guided by the architectural principles of permissionless innovation\, openness\, and the end-to-end principle. After the privatization of the Internet architecture\, the interplay between permissionless innovation\, openness\, and the end-to-end principle reconfigured and subverted the Internet architecture’s affordance structure. To show this I draw on media studies\, science and technology studies and international political economy\, and by using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods based on document analysis\, interviews\, and participant observation. Through this data I show how the Internet architecture fundamentally changed from the early 1990s up to now\, how the Internet protocol community has refused to take impacts on rights and freedoms structurally into account\, and how this negatively affected the equality of users and undermined their ability to redesign the Internet in their favor.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/niels-ten-oever/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190226T110000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190226T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190222T213855Z
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SUMMARY:Accountability and Emerging Technologies Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Workshop on Accountability and Emerging Technologies\, organised by the Compliant and Accountable Systems group at the Computer Lab at Cambridge University and the  the Privacy & Sustainable Computing Lab at WU Vienna.\n\nWe’re envisaging 2 minute lightning talks from each participant as part of a 2 hour workshop on the aspects of your existing work that could contribute to improving accountability in emerging technologies. The reason we’re doing this is to bring together a range of people from different backgrounds to explore collaborative ways forward on this topic.\n\n\nThe workshop will be taking place at the Alan Turing Institute\, British Library\, 96 Euston Road\, London NW1 2DB. Prior registration is required in order to participate.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/accountability-and-emerging-technologies-workshop/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190123T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190123T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190114T164253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190114T164253Z
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SUMMARY:David Reichel: The impact of AI and big data on fundamental rights
DESCRIPTION:The presentation will provide an overview of the work of the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) and big data. The Agency is working on a project that looks into the positive and negative impact that new technologies\, including AI and big data\, have on the enjoyment of fundamental rights in the EU. Apart from a general overview on the topic\, the presentation will focus on the area of non-discrimination and further on issues related to data quality in machine learning.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/david-reichel-the-impact-of-ai-and-big-data-on-fundamental-rights/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190122T183000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190122T203000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20190120T081333Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190120T081333Z
UID:1312-1548181800-1548189000@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:First MyData Austria Meetup
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URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/first-mydata-austria-meetup/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190122T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190122T130000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20181122T124326Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181122T124326Z
UID:1156-1548151200-1548162000@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:CSH Workshop: “Developing Accountable Systems”
DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to bring together researchers around the topics of bias and accountability in algorithmically aided systems. Specifically we will discuss examples of systems where algorithms can be harmful\, how users’ perception and interactions with these services affects outcomes\, and finally research ideas and opportunities for designing accountable systems. \nThe event is jointly organized by the Privacy and Sustainable Computing Lab of WU and the Complexity Science Hub\, and will take place in the Hub. The event features short presentations about ongoing research projects while leaving space for open discussions and brain-storming. Discussion will be structured around relevant practical examples\, such as algorithmic decision making in job search\, route planning services\, and the role of algorithms in food delivery services.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/csh-workshop-developing-accountable-systems/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190116T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190116T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20180829T122327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180829T122327Z
UID:1091-1547643600-1547650800@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Hannah Krasnova: Social Media: The Dark and The Ugly
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: Social Media platforms\, such as Facebook\, transform the society we live in today: They change the way we present ourselves\, communicate with each other and spend our free time. As these platforms are increasingly permeating our daily routines\, conversations\, and leisure\, many stakeholders keep asking about the meaning and long-term consequences of these changes. On the one hand\, proponents express strong optimism in their positive value\, viewing Social Media as a source of significant benefits at both individual and social levels. At the same time\, opponents link Social Media use to the loss of privacy\, feelings of inadequacy\, and even depression. Our research suggests that the proliferation of envy feelings among SNS members may work as a mechanism behind the negative impact of Social Media on individual well-being. This finding is of tremendous social importance\, as it may help to explain an array of negative emotional outcomes linked to Social Media use. Furthermore\, spurred by social media\, a widespread obsession with mobile devices has recently become obvious. We observe individuals forgo face-to-face communication\, parental responsibilities and academic performance in favor of smartphone-enabled communication. Especially\, parental addiction emerges as a troublesome development\, with many parents neglecting their children and thereby threatening their cognitive and physical development\, and above all their safety. Furthermore\, students appear to suffer from lower visual and auditory attention when using smartphones during academic lectures. Finally\, the loss of privacy has been frequently mentioned as a negative side-effect of Social Media participation. Specifically\, a recent outcry surrounding the Cambridge Analytica scandal has triggered a discussion on whether users experience different levels of concern when it comes to the use of their information for political as opposed to product marketing purposes. While media attention around these events suggests elevated levels of concern when it comes to the use of personal user data for political campaigning\, our empirical findings are drawing a different picture. Most recent results in this area will be presented during the talk. \nAbout: Hanna Krasnova is a professor of Business Informatics\, esp. Social Media and Data Science at the University of Potsdam. Hanna is a principal investigator at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society: The German Internet Institute\, leading the research projects on “Digital Technologies and Well-Being” and “Digital Integration” (www.vernetzung-und-gesellschaft.de). In her research\, she addresses the issues of social\, individual and enterprise value of social media applications. She is the author of numerous research articles published\, among others\, in the Information Systems Research\, Journal of Information Technology\, and Journal of Strategic Information Systems. Her research about Facebook envy has been awarded the Best Paper Award at the International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik and has been covered by all major news outlets worldwide. Hanna has also been awarded a prize from the Dalle Molle Foundation. \n 
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/hannah-krasnova-social-media-the-dark-and-the-ugly/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20190109T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20190109T153000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20180912T145723Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180912T145723Z
UID:1119-1547042400-1547047800@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Linnet Taylor: What's ethical about data ethics?
DESCRIPTION:‘Data ethics can be defined as the branch of ethics that studies and evaluates moral problems related to data\, algorithms and corresponding practices\, in order to formulate and support morally good solutions’ (Floridi and Taddeo\, 2016). Despite the growing calls for ethical behaviour on the part of those gathering\, handling and trading digital data\, many of the issues that we see emerging are actually problems of power and politics. These have a clear ethical dimension\, but asking ethics (or ethicists) to solve them does not provide the kind of leverage necessary. This presentation will ask when and how we should separate out problems of ethics from problems of power\, politics and governance\, how we might think about the relationships between these perspectives\, and how the technical field is currently addressing them.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/linnet-taylor-whats-ethical-about-data-ethics/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181219T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181219T180000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20181217T121100Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181217T121100Z
UID:1242-1545231600-1545242400@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Lab Annual Meeting 2018
DESCRIPTION:Lab Annual Meeting 2018 \n**19 December 2018 from 15:00 to 18:00 in room 2.1.103**\n(There will also be small nibbles and water/coffee/tea)
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/lab-annual-meeting-2018/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181212T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181212T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20180925T110743Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180925T110743Z
UID:1121-1544621400-1544626800@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Richard Novák: Big Data and Ethics
DESCRIPTION:This thesis will explore the costs and benefits of using Big Data in a context of applied ethics. At the heart of my thesis is the following quote from (Sokol\, 2014) and (Boyd & Crawford\, 2012). \n“Just because it is possible does not make it ethical.“ \nInsight into complex problems and people’s attitudes towards life is currently driven by advanced technologies such as Big Data and Artificial Intelligence\, among others. It means\, “Change the instrument\, and you will change the entire social theory that goes with them.“ (Latour\, 2009). Thus\, it is very relevant to discuss Big Data as a socio-technological phenomenon rather than only technological. My focus is on the dualities rising from the conflicts between technological Big Data challenges and relevant ethical principals related to basic human values defined in the Charter of Fundamental rights of the European Union (EU\, 2007) and Schwartz Theory (Schwartz\, 2012). \nA good example of Big Data duality is\, e.g.\, the conflict between insight into complex problems (liberty) and privacy or equality and new digital divide. The thesis has the following structure. Firstly\, I will start my research with information about the research of other authors and definitions that are generally accepted. Secondly\, I am going to continue with the description of use cases from the telecommunication industry that I will generalize and name the Big Data dualities\, positives versus negatives\, forming the ethical conflicts. I will verify the relevance of these conflicts by launching an international survey of Big Data and ethics awareness. The Survey research will be focused on two European countries (CZ\, SK) and different stakeholders such as university students and IT professionals. Finally\, I am going to propose an etiquette that should improve the current ethical environment in the area of Big Data. \nKey words\nBig Data\, conflicts\, digital divide\, dualities\, equality\, ethics\, etiquette\, challenges\, law\, philosophy\, privacy\, survey\, use cases
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/richard-novak-big-data-and-ethics/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181205T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181205T160000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20181115T141527Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181115T141527Z
UID:1153-1544022000-1544025600@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Followup: Shermin Voshmgir\, Christian Rammel\, Martin Wildenberg\, Evgeniia Filippova\, Valentin Kalinov and Tatjana Novakovic: CryptoMonday – Blockchain and Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Introduction and State of Project (Shermin Voshmgir & Tatjana Novakovic)  \n\n\nFrontiers in Blockchain Article Series  (Evgeniia Filippova) \n\n\nPresentation of Impact Assessment Tool – This tool will be designed for the purpose of evaluating what projects can be meaningfully implemented\, taking both blockchain and sustainability perspective into account  (Martin Wildenberg\, Christian Rammel and Valentin Kalinov) 
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/followup-shermin-voshmgir-christian-rammel-martin-wildenberg-evgeniia-filippova-valentin-kalinov-and-tatjana-novakovic-cryptomonday-blockchain-and-sustainability/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181205T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181205T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20181018T104129Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181018T104129Z
UID:1136-1544016600-1544022000@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Sarah Spiekermann: TED talk preperation: The role of the idea of man in technology design
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/sarah-spiekermann-ted-talk-preperation-the-role-of-the-idea-of-man-in-technology-design/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181127T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181127T200000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20181029T121131Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181029T121131Z
UID:1142-1543341600-1543348800@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Shermin Voshmgir\, Christian Rammel\, Martin Wildenberg\, Evgeniia Filippova\, Valentin Kalinov and Tatjana Novakovic: CryptoMonday - Blockchain and Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Introduction and State of Project (Shermin Voshmgir & Tatjana Novakovic)  \n\n\nFrontiers in Blockchain Article Series  (Evgeniia Filippova) \n\n\nPresentation of Impact Assessment Tool – This tool will be designed for the purpose of evaluating what projects can be meaningfully implemented\, taking both blockchain and sustainability perspective into account  (Martin Wildenberg\, Christian Rammel and Valentin Kalinov) 
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/shermin-voshmgir-christian-rammel-martin-wildenberg-evgeniia-filippova-valentin-kalinov-and-tatjana-novakovic-cryptomonday-blockchain-and-sustainability/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181121T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181121T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20180808T123605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180808T123605Z
UID:1074-1542807000-1542812400@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Matthias C. Kettemann: The Normative Order of the Internet: How Rules Are Made and Legitimated in Online Settings
DESCRIPTION:The presentation explores which rules regulate online behaviour and how they are made\, enforced\, legitimized and contested by states\, companies and individuals. Understanding ‘rules’ holistically\, the presentation will show that national public law\, international law and transnational regulatory arrangements together form the ‘normative order of the Internet’: a complex of norms through which the Internet’s structures and the distribution of goods online are legitimated. The normative order of the Internet is thus an order of justification. New norms can be tested against the principles of the order and predictions can be made as to their normative success. Standards and codes are thus reintegrated into the ‘legal order’. \nImportantly\, the presentation argues that a ‘normative turn’ has taken place\, through which the normative dynamics present on the Internet have self-constitutionalized to the degree that new norms can develop within the normative order of the Internet. Thus it is not technicity that forms the norm\, but rather the norm that forms technicity. This is not without consequences for our understanding of how we can shape the use and development of the Internet. \nBio: Dr. Matthias C. Kettemann\, LL.M. (Harvard)\, is posdoctoral fellow at the Cluster of Excellence “The Formation of Normative Orders” at the University of Frankfurt am Main and lecturer at the Institute of International Law and International Relations at the University of Graz.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/the-normative-order-of-the-internet-how-rules-are-made-and-legitimated-in-online-settings/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181107T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181107T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20181018T114734Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181018T114734Z
UID:1138-1541597400-1541602800@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Julia Zauner: Technology-Facilitated Sexual Violence: Understanding Experiences of Victimisation\, Support Needs and Legal Responses to Technology Inflicted Harm
DESCRIPTION:The proposed feminist phenomenological study is concerned with exploring experiences of technology-facilitated sexual violence (TFSV) with regard to victimisation\, survivor support services\, and responses of the criminal justice (CJ) system. The term includes but is not limited to: the distribution of sexual content without consent\, online sexual harassment\, and virtual rape facilitated by technology. TFSV has neither embodied physicality nor geographical boundaries but nevertheless contains symbolic and emotional implications of violence rooted into society and with international relevance. Using qualitative methods\, this research aims to understand the nature and impact of TFSV on survivors\, locating these within current academic\, policy and practice debates.\n\nTFSV and its challenges are rapidly evolving. However\, neither research nor governmental institutions have given much attention to TFSV. Therefore\, this study is timely and contemporary. Under consideration of the continued reproduction of male supremacy and asymmetrical power relations\, there is strong support to suggest the phenomenon is gendered; this therefore indicates a further need to investigate TSFV as a new means of violence against women.\n\nThe data collection proposes qualitative interviews with at least 25 survivors\, 10 support practitioners\, and 5 CJ representatives. The proposed analysis method is interpretative phenomenological analysis to explore the meanings associated with TFSV. The research is of highest relevance for criminological and sociological research as well as the governmental body and support practitioners as it contributes to the understanding of victimisation experiences and legal responses to a phenomenon which is yet to be explored.\n\nAbout the Author:  Julia is a researcher in criminology with a specialisation on gender-based violence in the digital age. For her Master’s dissertation she was concerned with the victim-blaming tendencies of the British educational system surrounding campaigns on the sharing and creating of intimate images. Julia is a board member of the Empower Project Scotland – an intersectional feminist charity working with communities to educate on tech abuse. She currently undertakes a traineeship at the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency before starting a PhD in autumn 2019.
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/julia-zauner-technology-facilitated-sexual-violence-understanding-experiences-of-victimisation-support-needs-and-legal-responses-to-technology-inflicted-harm/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181031T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181031T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20181008T081724Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181008T081724Z
UID:1127-1540994400-1540998000@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Max Schrems: Post-GDPR hangover in Austria and beyond?
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URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/max-schrems/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20181017T133000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20181017T150000
DTSTAMP:20260423T171817
CREATED:20181003T112351Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181003T112351Z
UID:4431-1539783000-1539788400@www.sustainablecomputing.eu
SUMMARY:Axel Polleres: The surprising responses you get to GDPR data requests - an initial assessment
DESCRIPTION:The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) promises to enable us to request data back from data controllers\, enable data portability\, and – eventually – integration of our personal information stored in different siloes. However\, it’s not that easy. In this short talk I will report back from a small experiment\, I started on 25th of May to issue such data requests [1]. The partially surprising responses highlight various issues and challenges that smalle and medium-sized enterprises are confronted with\, when answering such requests. After the talk\, we would like to invite the audience to brainstorm on how this situation could be improved\, discuss about how such requests could be handled more efficiently and what would be the benefits and incentives for doing so. Disclaimer: This is work in progress; I would be happy to invite interested collaborators to summarise and publish these experiences\, as I think they could be of interest to a wider audience!\n\n1. https://doingthingswithdata.wordpress.com/2018/05/25/gdpr-day-time-to-request-your-data-automate-it/
URL:https://www.sustainablecomputing.eu/event/axel-polleres-the-surprising-responses-you-get-to-gdpr-data-requests-an-initial-assessment/
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