Category: Projects

Open Data Parlamento

A collaborative study to analyze the role of open data (published or reused by) the Italian Parliament, with an international benchmarking
Legal Aspects of Service Robotics

Which are the prominent legal issues related to service robotics? How could service robots impact on society, including fundamental rights?
Individual-centric data ecosystem

Exploring new models to empower citizens and users by granting them control on their ‘digital footprint’
The reform of the EU data protection regulation

An analysis of the impact of the EU Proposal on online behavior and on business strategies.
Global Network Initiative

A non-governmental organization with the dual goals of preventing Internet censorship and protecting privacy rights of individual.
Public Domain: Supporting the Libraries and Museum Area of the Politecnico di Torino

Supporting the initiatives of the Libraries and Museum Area of the Politecnico di Torino to increase awareness on the Public Domain
Share-PSI 2.0

A European Thematic Network to reach consensus on PSI technical standards.
LAPSI 2.0: Legal Aspects of Public Sector Information 2.0

Consensus building and policy support at the European level, as a follow-up of the LAPSI network
Internet Governance: IGF Italia 2012

The fifth edition of the Italian Internet Governance Forum has been held in Torino, co-organized by the Nexa Center
Open Museum and Disability

Leveraging the potential of digital technologies and open data to allow disabled people to better enjoy the Italian cultural heritage
HOMER

Harmonising Open data in the MEditerranean through better access and Reuse of public sector information
TellMeFirst – A Knowledge Discovery Application

A tool designed for classifying and enriching textual documents using Linked Open Data
Open-DAI

Innovating in the Public Sector, using cloud computing and Service-Oriented Architectures to make data available for useful applications
Cloud Computing in the public sector

Studying legal and organisational implications of cloud computing in the public sector, with a pilot study in Piedmont
EINS: the European Network of Excellence in Internet Science

Gathering more than 30 academic institutions across Europe and beyond, EINS aims at paving the way towards an integrated ‘Internet Science’
The role of transparency and accountability online

Contributing the Italian bit to the overall picture of Internet and the role of transparency and accountability online
Digital Cultural Heritage: from Public Sector to User Generated Content

Bringing the Free Culture and Open Data perspectives in the cultural heritage domain
Open Government & Digital City

Toward an open, respectful, and smart city
Opening Italian Data

Making Italian public sector information freely accessible and re-usable (using Piemonte as a pilot case)
#socialPA

A quali-quantitative analysis of the activities by Municipalities, Provinces and Regions on Facebook and Twitter
LAPSI – The European Thematic Network about the Legal Aspects of PSI

The first EU-funded thematic network on legal aspects of public sector information, coordinated by the Nexa Center between 2010 and 2012
EVPSI: Extracting Value from Public Sector Information

A multidisciplinary research project funded by Regione Piemonte in support of Open Government Data policies
Anonymity Online in Italy and Free WiFi

Making possible and monitoring the impact of anonymous wireless access to the Internet
Internet & Democracy: Biennale Democrazia

Bringing an Internet & Democracy perspective within the “Biennial of Democracy”
University in the Digital Age

Re-thinking the University’s role in Society in the Networked Age
The Neubot Project

An Internet bot software designed to gather network performance data useful to quantify Internet protocol discrimination
Privacy and teenagers’ online behavior

A review of the existing literature and an empirical research on teenagers’ behavior online, focused on the related legal implications
Communia: the International Association on the Public Domain

An international association to foster, strengthen, and enrich the Public Domain
Open Access

Performing research and policy support in the field of Open Access to scientific information at national and European level
SeLiLi: the Free Licenses Service Clinic

Supporting the use of open licenses by providing ad-hoc information on legal issues
Geography of the Web

Project for the development of techniques for the place-of-origin estimation of a Web page
Creative Commons Italia

The Italian affiliate of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that enables the spread of knowledge and creativity through free legal