Our group submitted: AlgoBeat - the compendium of publicly significant algorithms.
The TL;DR version: pioneer a system of algorithmic accountability by devising tools that help journalists reverse-engineer algorithms used across media and tech companies, especially those used to curate, filter and score content. On Mar 20, 2014, at 2:21 PM, Mohammed Kambal <[email protected]> wrote: > We have submitted Koios.org , a social problems identification /solving > platform that based on crowdsourcing concept . 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Re: What ideas did you submit to the Knight News Challenge? > (Griffin Boyce) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 09:23:23 +0100 > From: "Fabio Pietrosanti (naif)" <[email protected]> > To: liberationtech <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [liberationtech] What ideas did you submit to the Knight > News Challenge? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Il 3/18/14, 9:32 PM, Steven Clift ha scritto: > > They went from 129 proposals on Friday to 555 with 27 minutes left today. > > We've submitted "Whistleblowing in the Cloud with GlobaLeaks" to reduce > the effort/skills needed to setup a Whistleblowing Platform in a similar > way to Tor Cloud Project http://cloud.torproject.org : > > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/feedback-review/whistleblowing-in-the-cloud-with-globaleaks > > > -- > Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) > HERMES - Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights > http://logioshermes.org - http://globaleaks.org - http://tor2web.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 01:38:26 -0700 > From: coderman <[email protected]> > To: liberationtech <[email protected]>, Cypherpunks > list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Are undersea cables tapped before they > get to ISP's? [was Re: Security over SONET/SDH] > Message-ID: > <CAJVRA1R3Fm5OtVa_Qe=6votjc79cts_oa3xhcxu84j1u3hm...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > the early research on passive backbone network measurement: > > http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~chuah/classes/eec274/eec274-w09/refs/FML03-ipmon.pdf > > [ED: at the time, the working storage of 330GB could potentially keep > ~1,300 continuous days of compressed voice capture. > (or mere hours of a lightly utilized OC12 if capturing it all like MYSTIC) ] > > """ > The IPMON monitoring infrastructure ... consists of three elements: a > set of passive monitoring entities which collect the packet traces; a > data repository that stores the traces once they have been collected; > and an analysis platform which performs off-line analysis. Analysis is > performed off-line for two reasons. The primary reason is that the > data is used in many different research projects, each of which has > its own set of custom analysis tools. It is more efficient to perform > the multiple types of analysis on a computing cluster in the lab where > many systems can access the data simultaneously. The second reason is > we archive the traces for use in future projects. > > 1) Monitoring entities ... are responsible for collecting the packet > traces. Each trace is a sequence of packet records that contain the > first 40 bytes of each packet, which are just the IP and UDP/TCP > headers, as well as a sub-microsecond timestamp which indicates the > time at which the packet was observed. The source and destination IP > addresses are not anonymized, since they are needed in routing-related > analysis. Each monitoring entity is a dual-processor Linux server > (Dell PowerEdge 6000 series) with 1 GB main memory, a large disk array > (100 to 330 GB), and a POS network interface card, known as the DAG > card. Existing DAG cards are capable of monitoring links ranging in > speed from OC-3 to OC-48... The DAG card captures, timestamps, and > transfers the POS HDLC framing information and the IP packet headers > to the main memory of the Linux server where a driver software then > transfers the data to the disk array. An optical splitter is installed > on the monitored link, and one output of the splitter is connected to > the DAG card in the server... Each monitoring entity has a removable > disk array of up to 330 GB. This amount of disk space allows us to > capture a minimum of several hours of trace data at full link > utilization. We can either schedule trace collection for a pre-defined > interval or allow it to run until space on the hard disks is > exhausted. By Sprint engineering design, the network links are not > fully loaded (except in extreme failure scenarios) and we are > typically able to collect several days of measurement data... A total > of 60 monitoring entities are installed at 4 different POPs, chosen on > the basis of geographic diversity and connectivity. They monitor the > traffic on OC-3, OC-12, and OC-48 links which connect access routers, > backbone routers > and several of the private peering links. > > 2) Data Repository... involves two levels of storage, consisting of a > 12 TB removable tape library and a 10 TB disk storage array. It is > located at the Sprint Advanced Technology Laboratory (ATL). For short > traces, a dedicated OC-3 link is available for transferring the data > from the monitoring entities back to the ATL. Given that a full > multi-POP trace set consists of approximately 10TB when trace > collection is allowed to run until the disks fill up, the best method > for transferring full traces back to the data repository is by > physically shipping the removable hard disks. As a result of these > constraints on transferring trace data, we do not schedule new traces > until the previous trace data is either transferred or deleted. > > 3) Data Analysis Platform: Data analysis is performed on a cluster of > 17 high-end servers connected to a Storage Area > Network (SAN) with a capacity of 10 TB. > """ > > > > On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 7:54 PM, coderman <[email protected]> wrote: > > ... [ lots of tapping, everywhere! ] > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 10:30:03 +0100 > From: Marcin de Kaminski <[email protected]> > To: liberationtech <[email protected]> > Subject: [liberationtech] Applications open for the SIDC HR/ICT > programme 2014/2015 > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Dear all, > > I?m happy to announce that applications are now open for the third round of > the Social Innovation in a Digital Context programme at Lund University > Internet Institute, Sweden. To learn more about the program, please refer to > the information attached below or the current programme website > www.sidc2013.com > > // > > Social Innovation in a Digital Context (SIDC) > ? A one year academic programme for social and digital innovators from the > Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, with interactive and practical > components. > > Social Innovation in a Digital Context (SIDC) is a one-year academic > programme, comprising 60 academic credits. Carried out by Lund University on > behalf of the Swedish Institute, the SIDC programme supports social and > digital innovators from the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia to > pursue project work in the fields of digital technology, new media, and > social-political change. > > Deadline for applications: April 14th, 2014 > > For practical questions and more information about the application procedure, > please contact: > Jessica Hansson, project manager, Lund University Commissioned Education: > [email protected] > > For more information about the programme design and content, please contact: > Marcin de Kaminski, programme director, Lund University Internet Institute, > [email protected] > > Find out more about the programme here: > www.si.se/sidc > www.luii.lu.se/education/sidc2014/ > www.education.lu.se/sidc > > www.facebook.com/sidcprogramme > youtube.com/user/sidc2014 > > // > > I would be very happy if this information was circulated in HR/ICT > communities in MENA region and South Asia, to make sure that it reaches out > to potential participants. Feel free to forward this email, and don?t > hesitate to put my email in cc for contact reasons. > > Thanks! > > /Marcin > > -- > Marcin de Kaminski > PhDc Sociology of Law, University of Lund > Lund University Internet Institute, Cybernorms Research Group > Personal homepage - www.dekaminski.se > > Phone#: +46-(0)768-045151 > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 17:38:28 +0800 > From: Martin Johnson <[email protected]> > To: liberationtech <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [liberationtech] What ideas did you submit to the Knight > News Challenge? > Message-ID: > <CAC5hmYhR=meg_wqrtpjz9pzsswtyouhgkbpei9t_xkdqvcx...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > We submitted six separate proposals to expand our efforts to end online > censorship in China (and, in one proposal, expanding beyond China): > > Expand the concept of collateral freedom to unblock censored websites in > China > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/expand-the-concept-of-collateral-freedom-to-unblock-censored-websites-in-china > > Undo censorship on Sina Weibo - the most popular social network in China - > through a simple browser plugin > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/undo-censorship-on-sina-weibo-the-most-popular-social-network-in-china-through-a-simple-browser-plugin > > Expand GreatFire.org?s censorship testing platform to Iran and beyond > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/expand-greatfire-org-s-censorship-testing-platform-to-iran-and-beyond > > Open up the biggest database of online censorship in China to researchers > and developers around the world > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/open-up-the-biggest-database-of-online-censorship-in-china-to-researchers-and-developers-around-the-world > > Test, distribute and evaluate circumvention tools in China > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/test-distribute-and-evaluate-circumvention-tools-in-china > > Free WeChat > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/submissions/free-wechat > > ?????? / Martin Johnson > Founder of GreatFire.org and FreeWeibo.com | PGP > key<https://en.greatfire.org/contact> > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:23 PM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Il 3/18/14, 9:32 PM, Steven Clift ha scritto: > > > They went from 129 proposals on Friday to 555 with 27 minutes left today. > > > > We've submitted "Whistleblowing in the Cloud with GlobaLeaks" to reduce > > the effort/skills needed to setup a Whistleblowing Platform in a similar > > way to Tor Cloud Project http://cloud.torproject.org : > > > > > > https://www.newschallenge.org/challenge/2014/feedback-review/whistleblowing-in-the-cloud-with-globaleaks > > > > > > -- > > Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) > > HERMES - Center for Transparency and Digital Human Rights > > http://logioshermes.org - http://globaleaks.org - http://tor2web.org > > > > -- > > Liberationtech is public & archives are se > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. 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