April 29, 2020
Co-Director Calo on the Perils of Contact-Tracing Apps
Brookings
“We worry that contact-tracing apps will serve as vehicles for abuse and disinformation, while providing a false sense of security to justify reopening local and national economies well before it is safe to do so.”
ArticleApril 14, 2020
‘I saw you were online’: How online status indicators shape our behavior
UW News
Co-Director Yoshi Kohno, student Lucy Simko, alumna Camille Cobb, and Assistant Professor Alexis Hiniker look at how online status indicators shape user behavior.
ArticleJanuary 27, 2020
Co-Director Friedman Receives Honorary Doctorate
UW News
Tech Policy Lab Co-Director Batya Friedman receives honorary doctorate from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
ArticleOctober 29, 2019
New DNA Security Research Looks at Privacy and Security Risks in Genetic Genealogy
UW News
Popular third-party genetic genealogy site is vulnerable to compromised data, impersonations
ArticleSeptember 9, 2019
In London? See our work on Adversarial Machine Learning at the Science Museum
Research exploring adversarial machine learning, or the ability to fool machine learning systems, is on display at the Science Museum in London as part of “Driverless: Who is in Control?” This free exhibit includes a modified stop sign developed by a team of researchers to fool driverless cars into misidentifying it and asks “can self-driving cars see the world as well as you can?”
MoreAugust 21, 2019
Co-Director Ryan Calo on Adversarial Machine Learning and the Law
OneZero by Medium
"Using adversarial machine learning, researchers can trick machines — potentially with fatal consequences. But the legal system hasn’t caught up."
ArticleMarch 22, 2019
Lab Co-Director Ryan Calo Discusses Data and Privacy
Geekwire and KUOW
Lab Co-Director Ryan Calo discusses data and privacy on a panel hosted by KUOW and Geekwire with Marketplace Tech's Molly Wood.
ArticleMarch 20, 2019
Toward Inclusive Tech Policy Design: A Method for Underrepresented Voices to Strengthen Tech Policy Documents
New research published in Ethics of Information Technology introduces the Diverse Voices method and reports on two case studies demonstrating its use: one with a white paper on augmented reality technology, and the other with a strategy document on automated driving vehicle technologies.
MoreMarch 19, 2019
Highlights from Our Fifth Year
The Tech Policy Lab at the University of Washington has become an indispensable source for tech policy research, education, and local, national, and international thought leadership. The Lab has worked directly with policymakers, published research and guides on emerging technologies, and provided opportunities for the public to learn from experts.
MoreFebruary 13, 2019
Co-Director Batya Friedman inducted into the CHI Academy
UW iSchool
"Three University of Washington professors, including two from the Information School, have been inducted into the CHI Academy – recognized as the highest honor in the field of human-computer interaction."
Article