The objective of the doctorate in "Law, Science and Technology" (LAST-JD) is to create an interdisciplinary integrated programme in order to face the new challenges that the information society and the newly emerging technologies will increasingly pose in the future in the legal domain and the socioethical field.

By Marta Poblet and Pompeu Casanovas. Read the article at http://theconversation.edu.au/catalonia-independent-but-united-with-europe-9516

Geoconsum, the mobile application for the consumer domain developed at the IDT, has been nominated for the Innovating Justice Awards 2012. Geoconsum empowers consumers by providing accurate, precise, and geolocated information on who is in best position to help them to solve their case.

Every year, Cornell’s Faculty of Computing and Information Science sponsors a "science fair called Bits on our Minds (BOOM). The exhibition showcases cutting-edge student research in all manner of digital realms, ranging from robotics to information retrieval to social applications to game design. This year, a team of Masters of Engineering students supervised by Dr. Núria Casellas presented their work on Legal Linked Data. The project won a BOOM Sponsor’s Award from Susquehanna International Group, a financial trading firm.

From 9th to 11th November 2011, the II Catalan Congress of Philosophy took place at Casa Joan Fuster in Sueca.

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