Judea Pearl is the recipient of the fourteenth edition of the ICT Frontiers of Knowledge Award from the Spanish bank group BBVA for “providing a modern foundation to Artificial Intelligence”. The award includes a prize of €400,000 (about $457,000). Artificial...
In his trip to Vietnam to speak at the Policy Dialog “Building the Age of Global Enlightenment”, Vint Cerf, the Father of Internet, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist of Google will attend the ceremony to launching the Vint Cerf House at NovaWorld Phan Thiet...
( May 2nd, 2016) Qian Tang, UNESCO’S Assistant Director General for Education, emphasized '’the immense need for social cohesion and intercultural dialogue in these turbulent times.’’ He spoke as a representative of UNESCO’s Director General at the 7th Global Forum of...
( May 2nd, 2016) The decision by the Bank of Japan to put off more economic stimulus for now means that market watchers are turning their attention to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to see if he will propose a supplementary spending package to accelerate economic growth....
( May 2nd, 2016) German Chancellor Angela Merkel supports maintaining steady dialogue with Vladimir Putin’s Russia even as Berlin considers deploying several hundred German troops to Lithuania as part of a NAT0 force of some 1,000 troops there meant to discourage...
(May 2nd, 2016) Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Italy, France, Belgium, Germany, Britain and Russia this week for talks with their leaders. Mr. Abe will exchange views on the world economy and other major issues to be discussed at a G7 Summit that Japan...
( April 25th, 2016) In what seems at least in part preparation for the G7 Summit coming up May 26-27 in Japan, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, a G7 nation, hosted a meeting April 25 of leaders from G7 members Italy, France, the United States and Britain. The other...
(April 25th, 2016) Distinguished Professor of Education and UNESCO UCLA Chair in Global Learning and Global Citizenship Education, Dr. Carlos Alberto Torres visits Beijing, in the People Republic of China in the week of April 24-30, 2016 in his role as President of...