Ongoing Projects
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Chinese Civilization and the Computerization of the World
This project aims to analyse the historical, economic, political/institutional, cultural, and philosophical background behind the computerization process that China has developed since the 1980s, with a focus on Artificial Intelligence.
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The Internet of Agents based on Large Language Models
A TIM-financed project which aims to address the technological, economic, political and social impacts of the widespread diffusion and use of agentic AI tools.
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AI-ready institutional platform for the collaborative development and valorization of FAIR-by-design software
This PhD project investigates AI-enhanced tools and methodologies that support the collaborative development, validation and documentation of software in line with Open Science and FAIR principles.
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G-CHANGE (Guarding Genuine Change: Countering Value-Hijacking Practices in the Transition Economy)
Drawing on Nexa’s research in digital rights and the public domain, as well as groundbreaking legal-theoretical work on common goods developed at the University of Turin Law School, this project investigates how legal institutions are weakened by diverse (and often concealed) forms of value hijacking and co-optation.
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FAIR
An italian project, submitted under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan funded by the European Union, that seeks to advance the development of AI systems that interact with humans, adapt to changing contexts, prioritize safety, and consider ethical and legal impacts.
Projects Archive
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HOMER
Harmonising Open data in the MEditerranean through better access and Reuse of public sector information
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TellMeFirst – A Knowledge Discovery Application
A tool designed for classifying and enriching textual documents using Linked Open Data
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Open-DAI
Innovating in the Public Sector, using cloud computing and Service-Oriented Architectures to make data available for useful applications
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Cloud Computing in the public sector
Studying legal and organisational implications of cloud computing in the public sector, with a pilot study in Piedmont
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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
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Digital Cultural Heritage: from Public Sector to User Generated Content
Bringing the Free Culture and Open Data perspectives in the cultural heritage domain
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Open Government & Digital City
Toward an open, respectful, and smart city
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Opening Italian Data
Making Italian public sector information freely accessible and re-usable (using Piemonte as a pilot case)
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#socialPA
A quali-quantitative analysis of the activities by Municipalities, Provinces and Regions on Facebook and Twitter
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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
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EVPSI: Extracting Value from Public Sector Information
A multidisciplinary research project funded by Regione Piemonte in support of Open Government Data policies
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Anonymity Online in Italy and Free WiFi
Making possible and monitoring the impact of anonymous wireless access to the Internet
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Internet & Democracy: Tecnologia e democrazia
Bringing an Internet & Democracy perspective within the “Biennial of Democracy”
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University in the Digital Age
Re-thinking the University’s role in Society in the Networked Age
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The Neubot Project
An Internet bot software designed to gather network performance data useful to quantify Internet protocol discrimination
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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
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Communia: the International Association on the Public Domain
An international association to foster, strengthen, and enrich the Public Domain
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Open Access
Performing research and policy support in the field of Open Access to scientific information at national and European level
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SeLiLi: the Free Licenses Service Clinic
Supporting the use of open licenses by providing ad-hoc information on legal issues
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Geography of the Web
Project for the development of techniques for the place-of-origin estimation of a Web page
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Creative Commons Italia
The Italian affiliate of Creative Commons, a non-profit organization that enables the spread of knowledge and creativity through free legal