CITP is pleased to announce its participation in the University Blockchain Research Initiative, a new program founded by Ripple to support academic research, technical development and innovation in blockchain, cryptocurrency and digital payments. CITP will receive a multi-year, multi-million dollar commitment from Ripple to support research and fund graduate fellowships, postdoctoral fellows and visiting scholars.…

The Center for Information Technology Policy is an interdisciplinary research center at Princeton University that sits at the crossroads of engineering, the social sciences, law, and policy. We are seeking applicants for various residential visiting positions and for non-residential affiliates. We are happy to hear from anyone working at the intersection of digital technology and…

Princeton professors Ed Felten and Alan Krueger are part of a new coalition for the Rework American Task Force to help transform American’s labor market to a more skills-driven model. “Artificial intelligence and automation have tremendous potential to increase prosperity, save lives and address social problems. At the same time, they will change the workplace…

Please welcome our new Associate Director Tithi Chattopadhyay. Tithi started with CITP on Monday, September 25th. Her interests include analyzing and developing information and communication technology (ICT) regulatory frameworks, non-governmental forms of coordination and socio-economic impacts of digital technologies. She spent the last few years working with higher education institutions, local leaders, state leaders and…

If you’re new to CITP, welcome to our community! If you’re returning, welcome back! We’re looking forward to another interesting and eventful year. I’m happy to be back at CITP after a tour of duty at the White House, and I’m especially grateful to Nick Feamster for his leadership in continuing to grow and broaden…

Professor Nick Feamster and computer science students, Daniel Wood, Gudrun Jonsdottir and Rohan Doshi, were recently sponsored by the Computer Research Association (CRA) to attend the Coalition for National Science Funding (CNSF) at the 23rd Annual Capitol Hill Exhibition. The goal of the exhibition is to show Congress members how important funding by the National…

Congratulations to Ed Felten, who has been unanimously elected to The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT) Board of Directors. CITP’s deputy director, Nick Feamster, is a member of the CDT’s advisory council. “CDT’s advocacy has always focused on the rights of the individual, and our new board members have worked across government, industry, and…

Now on Princeton’s home page, Ed Felten discusses his experience at the White House and the need for technologists to get involved in government service, not only to improve government operations, but also to play a role in public policy. “If our community of scientists and engineers doesn’t show up and participate in the process,…

Congratulations to Professor Arvind Narayanan for receiving an Excellence in Teaching Award from the School of Engineering and Applied Science for his course on Algorithms and Data Structures. Recipients of the award are selected by the Undergraduate and Graduate Engineering Councils.

CITP associated faculty Prateek Mittal won a Google Research Award 2016 for his project that investigates computational techniques that enable data-analytics, while protecting the privacy of sensitive information. This is the second year in a row that Prateek won this award in the privacy category. For more information, please see the Google Research Blog announcing…