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Additional training: Journalism and law 2020

For the twenty-first time, the Civil Law Department of the Institute for Information, Telecommunications and Media Law, headed by Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren, is organizing the nationwide unique journalism training for lawyers in March 2021.law students and young lawyers* learn the basic techniques of journalistic writing. Language and rhetoric are trained in a practical way. […]

Presentation on AI and law at the Think Tank Digitales Münsterland

      On September 23rd Yannik Borutta, Matthias Haag and Johannes Kevekordes from the research project GOAL (Governance of and through Algorithms) gave a lecture at the think tank “the Enabling Networks Digitales Münsterland” on practice-oriented legal questions related to the topic of artificial intelligence. They offered an overview of liability, data protection and […]

Vortrag und Moderation im Rahmen der “Digital Justice Conference 2020” von recode.law

„Digital Justice“ waren die Stichworte eines neuen größeren Formats der Münsteraner Studierendeninitiative recode.law. Die Initiative hat am 3. und 4. September eine virtuelle Online-Konferenz ausgerichtet – die “Digital Justice Conference 2020”. Auch das ITM war beteiligt. Über zwei Tage verteilt diskutierten namhafte Vertreter:innen aus Justiz, Politik und Wissenschaft in Vorträgen und Diskussionsrunden über Chancen und […]

Lecture Legal Aspects of AI at Denkfabrik Digitales Münsterland

      Yannik Borutta, Matthias Haag und Johannes Kevekordes from the research project GOAL (Governance of and by Algorithms) will give a lecture on 23.09 at the Denkfabrik Digitales Münsterland on legal issues related to artificial intelligence. The lecture will cover the particularities of intellectual property law as well as data protection and liability […]

German State Media Authorities consult GOAL

The Working Group of the State Media Authorities (ALM) is currently working on concretizing the new State Media Treaty by means of statutes. Within the framework of the modernization of the State Media Treaty, social networks and search engines are required to be more transparent and non-discriminatory. To ensure that the conference of the directors […]

Konsultation der Goal-Gruppe um KI-Forscher Prof. Dr. Hoeren durch TILT/Niederlande

Die Goal-Gruppe rund um Prof. Dr. Thomas Hoeren (zu GOAL) hat an einer Expertenkonsultation eines niederländischen Forschungsprojektes teilgenommen. Die Konsultation erfolgte durch das Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), welches in einem Verbundprojekt von mehreren Universitäten im Auftrag der niederländischen Regierung zur Regulierung von KI forscht. Prof. Dr. Hoeren und die Goal-Forschergruppe am […]

Lecture on developments in Chinese copyright law

On 14.07.2020, Zhang Kaiye* gave a lecture on the development of Chinese copyright law at the ITM. He introduced the audience* to the origins of the Copyright Act and gave them an overview of the main aspects of the three changes in the law that have taken place since then. In doing so, he always […]

Report from the GOAL-Summer School, 23-24 June 2020

      On 23 and 24 June the Summer School organised by the GOAL project took place. Due to the special circumstances caused by the Corona crisis, it was held digitally. Both project-internal and external speakers discussed interesting issues related to the governance of algorithms. There were lectures and workshops from the fields of […]

J!Cast: Studienverlaufsprognosen durch Learning Analytics

In diesem neuen Podcast der ITM-Reihe J!Cast mit Steffen Uphues (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter)  geht es um die Erstellung von Studienverlaufsprognosen mittels einer Learning-Analytics-Software. In der ersten Hälfte des Beitrags geht es um den Begriff Learning Analytics allgemein und die Ermittlung von Wahrscheinlichkeiten zum weiteren Studienverlauf. Danach wird eine kurze datenschutzrechtliche Einordnung vorgenommen.