Professor Pablo Cerdeira (Fundação Getúlio Vargas – FGV/Rio de Janeiro) spoke about data usage by government on Jan. 21, 2014. He discussed the limits between the data gathering by the government to develop public policies and the privacy of the citizens. In order to illustrate the discussions, he described two big data projects in Brazil: the “Supremo em Números” (Supreme Court in Numbers) and the Big Data Team – PENSA of the Rio de Janeiro City Hall.
Author: Fabio Almeida (Page 1 of 8)
Fabio Portela L. Almeida is a 2003 graduate at Universidade de Brasília Law School in Brazil. After graduating, he worked as a lawyer and, since 2006, he has been working as a Clerk in the Brazilian Superior Court of Labour Law. He also earned a Master of Laws Degree in 2007 at the same university and, In 2011, he earned a M.Phil Degree at the Universidade de Brasília Department of Philosophy. His dissertation, entitled "The evolution of a normative mind: origins of human cooperation", awarded the National Prize of best philosophical dissertation in the biennium 2010/2011. Currently, he is a SJD Candidate at the Universidade de Brasília Law School and a Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School. His research interests are related to the interdisciplinary relationship between legal theory, biology, psychology, moral philosophy, economics, sociology and anthropology.
