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SUMMARY:Kick-off Event: Freedom of Research: A European Summit – Europe in Times of Division
DESCRIPTION:We cordially invite you to our kick-off event for the Freedom of Research Summit 2025\, featuring an online talk by Ines Pohl\, the Washington Bureau Chief at Deutsche Welle. \nProgram: \n14:00–14:15: Welcome remarks\n14:15–15:00: Talk by Ines Pohl (via Zoom)\n15:00–15:30: Questions and discussion\n15:30–15:45: Coffee break\n15:45–16:45: World Café\n16:45–17:00: Summary and end \nAbstract: \nThe United States has long been a beacon for freedom of research and expression. People from around the globe have come to this country to enjoy high-quality laboratories\, collaborate with international colleagues\, and thrive in an ideal environment for brilliant minds. However\, this landscape has changed dramatically since Donald Trump’s second term. Universities are facing challenges and lawsuits\, while students and faculty are increasingly concerned about their status\, often hesitant to speak on camera due to fears about the evolving work environment. \nInes Pohl\, a Nieman Fellow who studied at Harvard for a year\, has been covering these changes in the country for many years. She has engaged with professors and students on campus and\, as a White House foreign press pooler\, has had the opportunity to experience Donald Trump firsthand in the Oval Office. \nIn her talk\, she will share her insights on what makes Trump still successful\, what the world can learn from his rise\, and how individuals can stand firm in their beliefs without resorting to self-censorship out of fear of retribution. \nIf you would like to attend\, please send a short email to events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://test.khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/kick-off-event-freedom-of-research-a-european-summit-europe-in-times-of-division/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
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SUMMARY:Freedom of Research: A European Summit – Europe in Times of Division
DESCRIPTION:Europe stands at a crossroads: Political polarization\, disinformation\, and social fragmentation threaten the cohesion of our continent. National interests clash\, while external crises put increasing pressure on our democracies. At the same time\, science is under strain – facing targeted disinformation\, political interference\, and restrictions on academic freedom. How can we uphold shared values\, safeguard scientific exchange\, and strengthen trust in European institutions in times of division? \nUnder the motto “Europe in Times of Divison”\, the Summit will explore these pressing questions in various event formats and seek ways to build bridges – between nations\, generations\, and social groups\, as well as between politics\, business\, and science. \nThis “This Summit has three parts”: Starting with a festive evening event on November 5\, from 7:00 to 10:00 pm in the Coronation Hall in Aachen Town Hall. Following with a symposium on the next day on November 6\, from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm in the Generali-Saal of SuperC at RWTH Aachen University. And ending with the Stand-up FoR Science NIGHT on 6 November\, starting at 6:30 pm at the Apollo Bar & Kino\, Aachen. \nFor more information about the program\, check out the event website. \nThe Summit is organized by the Charlemagne Prize Foundation and RWTH Aachen University’s Knowledge Hub and Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re).
URL:https://test.khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/freedom-of-research-symposium-2/
LOCATION:RWTH Aachen University – Super C\, Templergraben 57\, Aachen\, 52062
CATEGORIES:Conference
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251112T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20251112T183000
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SUMMARY:Computer Science and Computer Use in Public Administration in Switzerland (1960-1984) - Ricky Wichum
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nIn my presentation\, I examine the digital culture of public administration in Switzerland from 1960 to 1990. The perspective on Switzerland is significant for the history of computing because the country lacks its own computer industry\, but has an internationally well-connected computer science department at ETH Zurich. As I will demonstrate\, numerous formal and informal interactions took place between ETH’s computer science department and government agencies\, which significantly influenced both sides’ work with computers. \nThis presentation focuses on debates about data protection in Switzerland during the mid-1970s. I argue that data protection can be seen as a trading zone between academic computer science and administrative computer use. Despite their different interests\, both sides agree to cooperate for a time. While the administration was eager to avoid federal laws and relied on the data protection mechanisms of the computer itself (and the computer scientists who promoted trust in the computer with public data)\, the academics used the bureaucratic routines of data processing and data protection as inspiration for teaching and research in the newly established discipline. Finally\, I would like to speculate on whether elements of a political theory of digital societies can be found in the administrative knowledge of computer science. \nThis event is part of our winter term 2025/26 Lecture Series Digital Complexity: Beyond Human Understanding. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://test.khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/computer-science-and-computer-use-in-public-administration-in-switzerland-1960-1984-ricky-wichum/
LOCATION:Stadtpalais/Online\, Theaterstraße 75\, Aachen\, 52062\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Lecture Series 25/26
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SUMMARY:Stochastic Systems - Dirk Baecker (Friedrichshafen)
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nDigital complexity eludes human understanding not only because it is based on the synchronization of incommensurable systems\, but also because each of these systems operates stochastically. We owe this insight to the “synthetic intelligence” (Brian Cantwell Smith) of machine learning models. An initially random variation of model assumptions enables the discovery and description of chance-dependent structures of an object or field ‘out there’. Stochastic systems “tame” (Ian Hacking) chance with the help of chance. This may apply not only to artificial systems\, but also to neural\, mental\, and social systems. And perhaps their stochasticity is the condition of possibility for their synchronization\, which can only ever be temporary. The lecture outlines a basic understanding of technology\, society\, consciousness\, and the brain in order to plausibly demonstrate that we are dealing with stochastic systems here. It discusses three concepts that can be used to describe the synchronization of these systems. The concept of information comes from computer science and formulates a relational understanding of information. The concept of feedback comes from cybernetics and brings the observer into play. And the concept of chance comes from stochastics and establishes a medial as well as formal understanding of reality. Digital complexity arises from the unavailability of the difference between the systems involved. \nThis event is part of our winter term 2025/26 Lecture Series Digital Complexity: Beyond Human Understanding. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://test.khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/stochastic-systems-dirk-baecker-friedrichshafen/
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SUMMARY:Green Work and Environmental Knowledge
DESCRIPTION:Abstract: \nWhat is green work\, who are green workers\, and how are  material cultures of practice and work and sustainable-society-in-transition co-produced? This workshop engages these questions\, proceeding from the premise that\, generally speaking\, studies of environment\, science\, technology\, society (STS)\, and energy have overlooked studies of material cultures of practice and work. Over the last half-century\, public policies have invested increasingly large resources into environmental mitigation and statistics suggest that many environmentally-sustainable green jobs are being stimulated in the process. Yet green work remains an ill-defined “contested discourse” (Teelucksingh 2019) as evidenced in the disparity between US and European data on this subject (Apostel and Barslund 2024). This controversy and the knowledge deficit it implies raises questions of the character and culture of environmental mitigation\, including the technologies\, infrastructures\, and material practices/social relations informed by environmental policy and green industrialization\, as well as what a socially and environmentally-just society would look like for the workers expected to build and maintain it. \nSchedule: \n10:00 Morning coffee \n10:15 Welcome and introductions: Matthew N. Eisler (University of Strathclyde) \n11:00 Keynote: University Professor Ferdinanda Ponci (E.ON Energy Research Center\, RWTH Aachen University) \n11:40 Q&A\, discussion \n12:00-1:30 Lunch \n 1:30  Mila Davids (Eindhoven University) \n2:00 Q&A\, discussion \n2:20  Lisa Claussmann (Paris-PSL) \n2:50  Q&A\, discussion \n3:10  Katie Kung (LMU Munich) \n3:40 Q&A\, discussion \n4:00 Afternoon coffee \n4:15 Rosalind Donald (American University) \n4:45 Q&A\, discussion \n5:30-6:30 Wrap-up discussion\, moderated by Hannah Star Rogers or Phillip H. Roth \n7:00 Dinner (Restaurant Elisenbrunnen) \n  \nPlease find more information and the abstracts in this document. \nIf you would like to attend\, please register with events@khk.rwth-aachen.de.
URL:https://test.khk.rwth-aachen.de/event/workshop-green-work-and-environmental-knowledge/
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