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Dirk Helbing will participate in the FFI Symposium of Friedrich Funder Institut in Vienna
The talk "Was bleibt übrig nach der digitalen Revolution" will take place in October 10th, 2016, at 18:00 in Vienna, Austria. Prof. Helbing will be the keynote speaker at the symposium on digitalization of society.
Student Assistant Postion: Human Interactions in Networked Virtual Environments
The Computer Graphics Laboratory is looking for a student assistant who can program in C++/C#, has experience in computer networking, artificial intelligence, and/or computer animation, and preferrably a prior experience with Unity game engine.
Irish Examiner: Highlighting the hidden danger of big data
For an Irish national newspaper Irish Examiner, Carlo Ratti and Dirk Helbing describe a world where we are inundated with so much information it is difficult to filter out the noise and discover the joys of serendipity.
Computerwelt: The Technology Symposium Alpbach - New Enlightenment
An Austrian IT magazine Computerwelt informed about the European Forum Alpbach and about Prof. Helbing's talk.
NRC: We are building a dictatorship of data
A daily Dutch newspaper NRC interviewed Prof. Dirk Helbing. "The idea that we could optimize entire countries or cities with help of big data in a good way is absurd, absolutely absurd," Helbing said.