Data management and use: Governance in the 21st century
29 June 2017 by Professor Genevra Richardson
We are surrounded by data, and with new technologies we can collect and share more of it than ever before….
Posts categorized 'Security and risk'
Machine learning and manufacturing
9 August 2016 by Franck Fourniol, Policy Adviser
Machine learning is a powerful technology that allows computers to learn from data and self-improve. This form of artificial intelligence…
Connecting debates on the governance of data and its uses
8 August 2016 by Louise Pakseresht, Senior Policy Adviser
In July, the Royal Society and the British Academy held a seminar to connect debates on the governance of data…
Exceptional access provisions and the Investigatory Powers Bill
6 June 2016 by Dr Steven J. Murdoch, Principal Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science, University College London
The Investigatory Powers Bill, being debated in Parliament this week, proposes the first wide-scale update in 15 years to the surveillance powers…
Cybersecurity and the SDSR – Ensuring security and prosperity
7 January 2016 by Marcus Shepheard, Science Policy Intern
Security and prosperity through innovation The government’s new Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR), updates and replaces the previous SDSR…
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