IT Essentials Podcast

EP #3 - Digital Governance ft. Professor Federico Pianzola

Welcome to the ‘IT Essentials Podcast’; a podcast of the Master of Governance and Law in Digital Society of the University of Groningen. In this podcast series, we will take a deeper look into the key technological concepts that you probably have heard about but nobody has explained to you before. In this third and final episode, we will talk about digital governance. We will start by defining the concept, and then mention two methods of data collection: data mining and web scraping. After that privacy issues and ethical risks will be discussed, as well as ways in which such risks can be mitigated. We invited assistant professor Federico Pianzola to talk about methods to gather data and the potential risks of the use of big data, and to help us navigate this relevant and complex topic. Let us know your opinions, comments and feedback and we hope to see you next time!

EP #2 - Cybercrime ft. Rick-Jan Timmer and Miguel Klopstra

Welcome to the ‘IT Essentials Podcast’; a podcast of the Master of Governance and Law in Digital Society of the University of Groningen. In this podcast series, we will take a deeper look into the key technological concepts that you probably have heard about but nobody has explained to you before. In this second episode, we will talk about cybercrime. We will start by defining the concept, some of its types, and the ways in which we can protect ourselves against it. We invited Rick-Jan Timmer, an IT system administrator, and Business IT manager, and Miguel Klopstra, a cybersecurity specialist at LemonShark and former student of the Master in Governance and Law in the Digital Society, to help us navigate this relevant and complex topic. Let us know your opinions, comments and feedback and we hope to see you next time!

EP #1 - Algorithms ft. Professor João Carlos Magalhães

Welcome to the ‘IT Essentials Podcast’; a podcast of the Master of Governance and Law in Digital Society of the University of Groningen. In this podcast series, we will take a deeper look into the key technological concepts that you probably have heard about but nobody has explained to you before.  In this first episode, we will talk about algorithms. We will start by understanding what they are, what forms they take and how they can be used.. We will then discuss the possible problems and concerns that their use poses in our modern societies. We invited Professor João Carlos Magalhães, assistant professor at the Media and Journalism Studies Department at the University of Groningen, to help us navigate this relevant and complex topic.  Let us know your opinions, comments and feedback and we hope to see you next time! *Disclaimer: where we mentioned Open Air, it should be Open AI. We apologize for the mistake. Check Open AI here: https://openai.com/