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Launch of C4DT Cloud initiatives

The C4DT launches 3 different initiatives to promote and enable trustworthy and sovereign cloud computing. They build on C4DT’s Conference on Trustworthy and Sovereign Cloud Computing, which was held in September 2023 at the Starling Hotel in St.-Sulpice, and discussions with our partners and conference participants.
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Strategic Academic Alliance for Innovation in Cybersecurity and Digital Trust

A noteworthy development in the field of innovation sees EPFL, HEIG-VD and UNIL joining forces at the highest level, with the support of the Canton of Vaud, to unveil the outline of the [seal] Program. This initiative aims to stimulate collaboration between the three universities and accelerate the transfer of…
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[FR] Affaire Taylor Swift: la prolifération des «deepfakes» est jugée «alarmante et terrible». Comment les combattre?

Créées avec des logiciels utilisant l’intelligence artificielle, des photos et des vidéos pornographiques de la star ont été vues des millions de fois. Face à ce fléau, des solutions techniques et juridiques sont esquissées. Mais leur efficacité est incertaine
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Mathias Payer as ACM Distinguished Member 2023

International Computing Society Recognizes 2023 Distinguished Members for Significant Achievements, and Mathias Payer, Associate Professor at the HexHive Lab, EPFL, is one of the members!
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Book Review : “Trafficking Data. How China Is Winning The battle For Digital Sovereignty” – Aynne Kokas (2023)

Our new C4DT Digital Governance Book Review is out! This time: Aynne Kokas (2023) "Trafficking Data. How China is Winning the Battle for Digital Sovereignty.” In her book, Kokas examines China's agenda to establish itself as a cyber superpower through its strategic data governance approach.
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C4DT as World Bank GovTech Partners

We are pleased to announce that the Center for Digital Trust has joined The World Bank’s GovTech Global Partnership program! This partnership will facilitate the integration of hashtag#academic insights to improve the effectiveness of public sector operations through technological applications, significantly enhancing the quality and efficiency of public services.
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Dr. Stojilovic’s Work Featured On ‘Proceedings Of The IEEE’ Cover

The work Dr. Stojilovic from Prof. Falsafi’s lab did on the security of reconfigurable cloud computing graces the cover of the December issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE.
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csky.ai and Egonym join the C4DT through its associate partner program

We are delighted to announce that two additional partners have joined the C4DT community!
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Marcel Salathé Shares Opinion on AI Development in Universities

[nzz.ch][Lang : En] "Universities also have to develop AI - this is the only way to guarantee that the technology remains transparent" -- Marcel Salathé, professor of digital epidemiology and co-director of the EPFL AI Center.
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Prof. Rachid Guerraoui Analyse l’Impact Grandissant De l’IA Dans Nos Vies

[rts.ch][Lang : Fr] Dans le 19h30, le professeur à l'EPFL Rachid Guerraoui tire le bilan d'une technologie qui s'insère petit à petit dans notre quotidien.
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EPFL’s new Large Language Model for Medical Knowledge

EPFL researchers have just released Meditron, the world’s best performing open source Large Language Model tailored to the medical field designed to help guide clinical decision-making.
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Empreinte Numérique: «Un monde sans vie privée est un monde sans liberté» – Entretien Avec Carmela Troncoso

[heidi.news][Lang: Fr] Carmela Troncoso, professeure en sécurité informatique et en protection de la vie privée à l’EPFL. A la tête du laboratoire Spring (Security and Privacy Engineering Laboratory), elle milite pour le respect des libertés individuelles dans le monde numérique.
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[FR] “Les Dangers de TikTok Sur Les Enfants”, Olivier Crochat pour Les Beaux Parleurs, RTS

[rts.ch][Lang:Fr] Olivier Crochat, affilié au C4DT et spécialiste en confiance numérique, s'exprime dans l'émission de la RTS "Les Beaux Parleurs" à propos des dangers de l'application TikTok sur les plus jeunes d'entre nous.
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QuoteBank : New EPFL Tool Shows Decline Of Political Tone In The US

[En] A new EPFL developed tool, Quotebank, has helped researchers provide the first large-scale data-driven evidence of a drastic shift towards a more negative political tone beginning at the start of Donald Trump’s primary campaign in June 2015.
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2. Digital Service Public Workshop

On October 4th, C4DT brought together 20 stakeholders from the Swiss service public sector, administration, politics, civil society and academia to discuss the relationship between digital platforms and traditional physical public services. The goal was to explore the need for action, room for maneuver, and potential initiatives to develop recommendations…
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“Deepfake Débat” : Projet de Carine Jaggi avec Sabine Süsstrunk, Lauréat du Programme NeoDoc

[langue : français] Le projet de Carin Jaggi et Peter Grönquist, avec SSüsstrunk, intitulé "Deepfake Débat" est l'un des sept lauréats du programme "NeoDoc, nouvelles expressions documentaires", et soutenu par la RTS. Les divers projets sélectionnés entreront en production cet automne et seront visibles dans différents lieux de Suisse romande…
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DemoSquare Wins Venture Kick’s First Stage of Financial and Entrepreneurial Support

Venture Kick has awarded a grant of CHF10,000 to DemoSquare – an EPFL spinoff (by PhD students Victor Kristof and Jérémie Rappaz) that aims to make the democratic process more transparent and more accessible. Turning their research into a product, the team is now preparing for their official launch on…
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EPFL PhD Student wins Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Europe

"My computer architecture research intersects with security" - EPFL student Atri Bhattacharyya has won a prestigious Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship Europe for research in the fields of AI and cybersecurity.
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Data With Privacy: How Tune Insight Is Harnessing The Power Of Sharing

[Langue : Anglais] Tune Insight, a company launched in 2021, is tackling today the challenge of understanding how some organizations get their hands on protected data, using a technique known as “multi-party homomorphic encryption”. The company unlocks the power of sensitive data collaborations and valorization through state-of-the-art privacy and encryption…
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Trace(r)s on the web – Julia Rebstein

Julia Rebstein, a student from the GymInf program, just finished and presented her project “Trace(r)s on the web – Julia Rebstein“. She explains how different types of cookies fonction, and looks at a 1-week sample of browsing sessions from 10 persons. Under the supervision of Linus Gasser and Sandra Siby,…
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Digital Trust Issue Brief: International Rulemaking for Tech

Are the recently adopted (or still negotiated) international rules regulating the development, (crossborder) sales, marketing, and use of software in the best interest of technologists and the tech industry? In this issue brief, C4DT Digital Trust Policy Fellow Leonila Guglya critically examines international digital product regulations that are of key…
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Navigating the Complex Terrain of Software Supply-Chain Security: Challenges, Solutions, and Future Perspectives

By Imad Aad, Technical Project Manager, C4DT *This blog post has been written as part of the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behavior in Cyberspace.   Everyone can develop software, and the resulting quality can vary considerably. There is no single ‘right way’ to write code and reach a given goal.…
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Digital Governance Book Review: The Digital Republic. On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century (2022)

Susskind, J. (2022). The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century. London: Bloomsbury, 464 pages. By Melanie Kolbe-Guyot Jamie Susskind’s book, “The Digital Republic: On Freedom and Democracy in the 21st Century (Bloomsbury 2022), addresses the issue of the unaccountable, hence undemocratic, power exerted by Big Tech.…
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Digital Governance Book Review: The Platform Society. Public Values in a Connective World (2018)

Van Dijck, J., Poell, T. and M. de Waal (2018). The Platform Society. Public Values in a Connective World. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 226 pages. By Matthias Finger This book is already five years old and probably older if one considers the time of writing, an eternity when it comes…
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