Join us December 1 for our Fall Distinguished Lecture with renowned technologist and former Chief Technologist for the Federal Trade Commission, Professor Latanya Sweeney. Technology designers are new policy makers. No one elected them and most people do not know their names, but the arbitrary decisions they make when producing the latest gadgets and online innovations […]
Following the well-received presentation at the UC Berkeley Symposium, Co-Director Ryan Calo and Faculty Associate Jan Whittington were asked to again share their work on the intersection of open data, public services, privacy, and social impact.
Engineering innovations drive changes in how people interact, socialize, conduct business, raise their children, and care for the elderly. New technologies emerge and enter the marketplace at an incredibly rapid rate, and bring with them benefits and risks. Policy, society’s regulator, hastens afterward. As part of the 2015 Engineering Lecture Series, at the University of […]
Newly-emerging technologies affect us all in a multitude of ways and today’s turned-on, always-connected world has reached an all-time high. O’Connor, president of the Center for Democracy & Technology, will discuss how the internet and interconnected world shape our lives, impact our civil liberties, and inform our daily decisions. Other panelists include Ryan Calo, faculty […]
Our Thursday, July 8 we will be meeting at The Hideout in advance of Micheal Fertik’s talk on “Making the Most of Your Digital Reputation” at 7:30 pm at Town Hall Seattle.
