Friday, May 21, 2021

Remembering Dr. Pravin K. Kushwaha | Watch the Proceedings of the Online Condolence Meeting held on 20-05-2021

This is a Recording of the Condolence Meeting titled "Remembering Dr. Pravin Kumar Kushwaha'', 
held on 20th May 2021, jointly organized by the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU; JNU-TRCSS, New Delhi; & GWF. 

Thursday, May 20, 2021

Remembering Dr. Pravin Kumar Kushwaha | Watch An Audio-Visual Tribute

Condolence Message

We, the CSSP fraternity, along with the members of the Transdisciplinary Research Cluster on Sustainability Studies and Gurugram Water Forum, express our grief at the sudden and untimely demise of Dr Pravin Kumar Kushwaha (29.03.1978–10.05.2021), collectively convey our heartfelt condolences to his bereaved family, friends and colleagues.
Dr. Kushwaha joined the Centre for Studies in Science Policy, JNU in 2005 as an MPhil student and completed his PhD in 2015 on "Vulnerability and the Paradigm Shift: Debating India's Disaster Management Framework". He was a bright student and very much dedicated to his research work. He participated in many conferences, seminars and workshops in India and abroad. Dr. Pravin was a well-read person in the area of technology, sustainability and urbanisation. His views and opinions received appreciation from his peers.  
After completing his PhD, he joined JNU Trans disciplinary Research Cluster (JNU-TRCSS) as a post-doctoral researcher and was continuing as South Asia Sustainability Studies Hub and Knowledge Network (SASH&KN) Administrator. He was actively involved in the implementation of STEPS International Social Science Council (ISSC) project and the ongoing DST project in Gurgaon. His work for TRCSS too was highly appreciated and duly acknowledged by the academic community and his colleagues in Gurgaon Water Forum GWF and STEPS Centre Consortia spread over six continents.
It is an irreparable loss to the JNU community, particularly the research fraternity on Science Policy and Sustainability Studies. We pray to the God Almighty to give strength to his wife Dr Shweta Anand, his son Master Harsh and other family members to bear this loss.


Centre for Studies in Science Policy,
  JNU-TRCSS, New Delhi; GWF & STEPS-ISSC


Watch an Audio-Visual Tribute Remembering Dr. Pravin Kumar Kushwaha

Wednesday, May 19, 2021

New Book "Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future: An Ecosystem Perspective on the Ethics of AI and Emerging Digital Technologies"

New Book
Artificial Intelligence for a Better Future: An Ecosystem Perspective on the Ethics of AI and Emerging Digital Technologies. by Bernd Carsten Stahl, Springer, 2021, ISBN: 9783030699789.


About the Book: This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as unemployment, economic exploitation and weakened democratic processes. There is even a prospect, ultimately, of super-intelligent machines replacing humans. The key question, then, is: how can we benefit from AI while addressing its ethical problems? This book presents an innovative answer to the question by presenting a different perspective on AI and its ethical consequences. Instead of looking at individual AI techniques, applications or ethical issues, we can understand AI as a system of ecosystems, consisting of numerous interdependent technologies, applications and stakeholders. Developing this idea, the book explores how AI ecosystems can be shaped to foster human flourishing. Drawing on rich empirical insights and detailed conceptual analysis, it suggests practical measures to ensure that AI is used to make the world a better place.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence, Ethics of Technology, Computer Ethics, Information Ethics, Responsible Research and Innovation, Innovation Ecosystem, Engineering Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility, Open Access

About the author: Bernd Carsten Stahl is Professor of Critical Research in Technology and Director of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK. His interests cover philosophical issues arising from the intersections of business, technology, and information. This includes ethical questions of current and emerging ICTs, critical approaches to information systems and issues related to responsible research and innovation.

Monday, May 17, 2021

RIS Webinar on AI Ethics & Responsible AI on 19 May 2021


RIS Webinar
 
Agenda
17.00-17.10 IST  
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Professor Sachin Chaturvedi
, Director General, RIS
17.10-18.10 IST  
Session I: AI Ethics- Issues and Concerns
   

Chair:  Ms. Renata Dessallien, UN Resident Coordinator in India
Panelists:

  • Professor Bernd Stahl, Director, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK
  • Dr. Grace Eden, Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
  • Dr. Urvashi Aneja, Founding Director, Tandem Research*
  • Mr. Ameen Jauhar, Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Open Discussion/Q&A
   

 

18.10-19.10 IST  
Session II: Responsible AI in India
   

Chair:  Chair: : Professor V. Kamakoti, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras
Panelists:

  • Ms. Anna Roy, Director, Senior Adviser, NITI Aayog
  • Dr. Kavita Bhatia, Scientist 'F', MeitY
  • Mr. Santosh K Misra, IAS, CEO, Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency
  • Ms. Vidushi Marda, Senior Programme Officer, Article 19 and Nonresident Research Analyst, Carnegie India
Open Discussion/Q&A
   

 

19.10-19.15 IST  
Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks: Dr. Krishna Ravi Srinivas, Consultant, RIS
.
 
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Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi
Director General
Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
Core IV B 4th Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003, India
dg@ris.org.in; sachin@ris.org.in
www.ris.org.in 
Twitter: @sachin_chat
 

Sunday, May 16, 2021

Remembering Dr. Pravin Kushwaha | May 20, 2021 at 3:00pm IST

Remembering Dr. Pravin Kushwaha

When
Thursday, May 20, 2021 at 3:00pm IST 
Joining info
Join with Google Meet 
meet.google.com/xkk-gioo-nuf

Webinar on AI Ethics & Responsible AI on 19 May 2021


 
Agenda
17.00-17.10 IST  
Welcome and Opening Remarks:
Professor Sachin Chaturvedi
, Director General, RIS
17.10-18.10 IST  
Session I: AI Ethics- Issues and Concerns
   

Chair:  Ms. Renata Dessallien, UN Resident Coordinator in India
Panelists:

  • Professor Bernd Stahl, Director, Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University, UK
  • Dr. Grace Eden, Assistant Professor, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology, Delhi
  • Dr. Urvashi Aneja, Founding Director, Tandem Research*
  • Mr. Ameen Jauhar, Senior Resident Fellow, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy
Open Discussion/Q&A
   

 

18.10-19.10 IST  
Session II: Responsible AI in India
   

Chair:  Chair: : Professor V. Kamakoti, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Madras
Panelists:

  • Ms. Anna Roy, Director, Senior Adviser, NITI Aayog
  • Dr. Kavita Bhatia, Scientist 'F', MeitY
  • Mr. Santosh K Misra, IAS, CEO, Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency
  • Ms. Vidushi Marda, Senior Programme Officer, Article 19 and Nonresident Research Analyst, Carnegie India
Open Discussion/Q&A
   

 

19.10-19.15 IST  
Closing Remarks and Vote of Thanks: Dr. Krishna Ravi Srinivas, Consultant, RIS
.
 
****************************************************************** 
Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi
Director General
Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)
Core IV B 4th Floor, India Habitat Centre, Lodi Road, New Delhi 110003, India
dg@ris.org.in; sachin@ris.org.in
www.ris.org.in 
Twitter: @sachin_chat
 

Saturday, May 8, 2021

Journal of Scientometric Research, 2021, 10(1), is now Online

Journal of Scientometric Research, 2021, 10(1) is now Online

Table of Contents
Journal of Scientometric Research, 2021, 10(1)
(Platinum Open Access, Peer-Reviewed Journal)

Research Articles
  • Do Scientists with Foreign Names Improve European Medical Research? A Preliminary Study of a New Methodology | Richard Webber, Philip Roe, Grant Lewison
  • Stability Discussions on some h-type Indexes | Fernanda Luz da Silva, Luana Carneiro Brandão, João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mellos
  • Research Fronts of Computer Science: A Scientometric Analysis | Wanjun Xia, Yanping Jiang, Weifeng Zhu, Shuang Zhang, Tianrui Li
  • Mapping the Literature on Asset Management: A Bibliometric Analysis | Renan Favarao da Silva, Gilberto Francisco Martha de Souza
  • Scientometric Analysis of Research on End-of Life Electronic Waste and Electric Vehicle Battery Waste | Preeti Mishra, Sayali Apte
  • What You Publish Matters: A Novel Way of Measuring Research Sophistication | Martin Grančay
  • Scientometric Analysis of the Application of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture | Juan Pablo Garcia Vazquez, Ricardo Salomon Torres, Dalila Blanca Perez Perez
  • Lean Manufacturing: A Bibliometric Analysis, 1970-2020 | Bhuvana Ramkumar, Varshitha Harish, Swamy Devappa Renuka, Rashmi Srinivasaiah
  • Are the Publications of Mexican Astronomers in Line with World Trends? | María Magdalena Sierra Flores, Alejandro Cristian Raga, Juan Claudio Toledo Roy
  • The Different Aspects of English Language Teaching and Learning: A Scientometric Analysis | Engin Arik, Beril Tezeller Arik
  • Identification of the Olympic Powers in History using a Methodology Based on h-index and h-core | Bruno Guimarães Torres, Juliana de Castro Reis, João Carlos Correia Baptista Soares de Mello
  • Mapping the Intellectual Structure of Chronic Heart Failure: A Co-Word Analysis | Khasseh Ali A, Hasanzadeh Parisa, Isfandyari-Moghaddam Ali R, Soheili Faramarz, Mousavi Chelak Afshin
Research-in-Progress
  • Recruitment Boosted Epidemiological Model for Qualitative Study of Scholastic Influence Network | Sudeepa Roy Dey, Snehanshu Saha, Rahul Reddy Nandyala
  • Comparisons of Bibliometric Indices to Gauge the Quality of Virology Journals | Md Safiqur Rahaman, Hashem Hussein Al-Attas, Khadeeja MN Ansari
Research Note
  • Going Back in Time: Understanding Patterns of International Scientific Collaborations | Ronald Rousseau
Perspective Paper
  • Is Sci-Hub Increasing Visibility of Indian Research Papers? An Analytical Evaluation | Vivek Kumar Singh, Satya Swarup Srichandan, Sujit Bhattacharya

Read Current Issue: http://jscires.org/v10/i1

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Prof. 
Sujit Bhattacharya
Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Scientometric Research 
www.jscires.org
[
Indexed with SCOPUS; Emerging Sources Citation Index (WoS)]
Professor AcSIR| Academy of Scientific Research & Innovation
Chief Scientist (CSIR-NISTADS)
Dr. K.S. Krishnan Marg, Pusa Campus, 
New Delhi-110012, INDIA
Email: editor@jscires.org
Twitter: @JSCIRES http://twitter.com/JSCIRES
Website: 
www.jscires.org
Online manuscript submission: http://www.journalonweb.com/jscires/

Thursday, May 6, 2021

UNESCO welcomes move to lift the patent on the vaccines and pushes for open science

UNESCO Press Release 2021 No. 42

 

UNESCO welcomes move to lift the patent on the vaccines and pushes for Open Science  

 

 

Paris, 7 May -"The decision of the United States and many other countries to call for the lifting of patent protection for coronavirus vaccines could save millions of lives and serve as a blueprint for the future of scientific cooperation. COVID-19 does not respect borders. No country will be safe until the people of every country have access to the vaccine," said UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay.

 

This growing momentum comes in response to the joint appeal made by UNESCO, the WHO and the UNHCR to open up science and boost scientific cooperation in October 2020. Early in the pandemic last spring, UNESCO mobilized over 122 countries to promote Open Science and reinforced international cooperation.

 

The pandemic triggered strong support for Open Science among Member States for this agenda. Chinese scientists sequenced the genome of the new coronavirus on 11 January 2020 and posted it online, enabling German scientists to develop a screening test, which was then shared by the World Health Organization with governments everywhere. 

 

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the world has embarked on a new era of scientific research, forcing all countries to construct the shared rules and common norms we need to work more effectively in these changing times.

 

The recent announcements of countries in favor of lifting patents show the growing support for open scientific cooperation. They also coincide with the five-day meeting of UNESCO Member States to define a global standard-setting framework on Open Science, which aims to develop new models for the circulation of scientific knowledge and its benefits, including global commons.

 

The outcomes of the meeting will lead to a Global Recommendation on Open Science to be adopted by UNESCO's 193 Member States at the Organization's General Conference in November 2021. This Recommendation aims to be a driver for shared global access to data, publications, patents, software, educational resources and technological innovations and to reengage all of society in science.

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More Information on UNESCO's Open Science meeting: https://events.unesco.org/event?id=1907937890&lang=1033

 

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Media Contact: Clare O'Hagan: c.o-hagan@unesco.org.

 

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Wednesday, May 5, 2021

[apeid.higher_education.bgk] Webinar: Implementing the Global Convention (Register for 7 May)

Dear Colleagues,

 

Warm greetings from UNESCO!

 

We hope you are staying strong and positive during these challenging times.

 

Below, please find an invitation related to the Global Convention on recognition. This is a great opportunity to engage with UNESCO and Member States on the topic.

 

Please register and circulate as you see best!

 

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Implementing the Global Convention – NOKUT webinar Friday 7 May

 

NOKUT is inviting to an international webinar on the Global Recognition Convention on Friday 7 May from 9.30 a.m. to 11.15 (UTC+2).

 

The webinar will introduce UNESCO’s recent publication A practical guide to recognition: implementing the Global Convention, and discuss the relationship between the Global Convention and regional recognition conventions: how do they work together, what are the differences, and how can the regionals reinforce the Global Convention – and vice versa?

 

For more information, please see the enclosed concept note, and register at https://www.nokut.no/en/calendar/year/may/implementing-the-global-convention/

 

For questions, please write to andreas.snildal@nokut.no

 

Best regards,

Andreas Snildal

Senior Advisor for International Relations

Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT)

Address: P.O. Box 578, 1327 Lysaker, Norway

Phone: +47 99 78 96 10

www.nokut.no

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Section for Educational Innovation and Skills Development (EISD)

Asia-Pacific Regional Bureau for Education

 

Mom Luang Pin Malakul Centenary Building

920 Sukhumvit Rd.,
Bangkok 10110, Thailand

Tel.: +66 23 91 05 77 Ext 371

www.unesco.org/bangkok