Everything we do on the web is tracked and profiled. What types of data are companies collecting? Who are they trading it with? And how is this data used for personalizing our online experience and treating different users differently? What are the algorithms used for targeting ads, as well as prices, news recommendations, and so forth? A quickly emerging area of computer science research aims to bring transparency to privacy-impacting practices on the web via empirical measurement. This conference will discuss the state of the art in this field and the research agenda for the next few years as well as questions of policy — how should laws utilize the results of measurement, and what new laws do these studies suggest? Can self-regulation be effective, and how can web services work together with transparency researchers to foster a healthy public dialog?
Video Recordings:
Tutorial on Web Privacy and Transparency – Arvind Narayanan and Solon Barocas
Panel 1: Measuring Online Tracking and Data Collection
Keynote: Julia Angwin
Panel 2: Measuring Data Use and Algorithmic Personalization
Panel 3: Measurement, Policymaking and Enforcement
9:00 am – 9:30 am: Welcome and coffee
9:30 am – 10:30 am: Tutorial on Web Privacy and Transparency – Arvind Narayanan and Solon Barocas
10:30 am – 12:00 pm: Panel 1 – Measuring Online Tracking and Data Collection
Moderator: Arvind Narayanan
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Panelists:
Peter Eckersley, Electronic Frontier Foundation
Jonathan Mayer, Stanford University
Nick Nikiforakis, Stony Brook University
12:00 pm – 1:30 pm: Lunch and Keynote – Julia Angwin, Journalist and Author
1:30 – 3:00: Panel 2 – Measuring Data Use and Algorithmic Personalization
Moderator: Ed Felten, Princeton University
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Panelists:
Anupam Datta, Carnegie Mellon University
Nick Feamster, Georgia Tech
Roxana Geambasu, Columbia University
3:00 pm -3:15 pm: Break
3:15 pm – 4:45 pm: Panel 3 – Measurement, Policymaking and Enforcement
Moderator: Solon Barocas, Princeton University
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Panelists:
Genie Barton, Council of Better Business Bureaus
Ed Felten, Princeton University
Paul Ohm, University of Colorado Law School
Ashkan Soltani, Independent Security Researcher and Consultant
Directions/Parking/Train
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Driving directions to Princeton and campus maps are available on the Princeton Visitor Site.
Please see the Visitor Parking website for information regarding parking in the appropriate visitor lots on campus. You will probably want to park in Lot 21. There is also metered parking along William, Olden, and Prospect.
When coming by train from NYC, take the NJTransit northeast corridor line from New York Penn station to Princeton. When coming by train from Philadelphia, take the SEPTA train from Philadelphia to Trenton. Then take NJTransit northeast corridor line from Trenton Station to Princeton. In either case, you must change trains at Princeton Junction and take a smaller train called the “dinky” to Princeton, or take a cab to campus. When headed home, trains leave from the Princeton station roughly every half hour. Assume about two hours to go from Princeton Station to Philadelphia, New York Penn Station, or to get to your terminal at Newark Airport. If you are going to Newark Airport on NJTransit, be sure to buy the “Newark International Airport (EWR)” ticket rather than the “Newark” ticket — you will use this ticket to ride the airport shuttle train called the “Airtrain” to your terminal.
The Friend Center is within walking distance from the Princeton train station and from most parking lots. If you wish to take a shuttle instead of walking, refer to the shuttle tracking map for details of which shuttle to take. Your stop is Friend Center.
Recommended Lodging
The Nassau Inn, Ten Palmer Square, Princeton, NJ 08542 – Phone: 609.921.7500. The Nassau Inn is within walking distance to campus. Walking directions and map to conference from the Nassau Inn.
The Residence Inn Princeton at Carnegie Center, 3563 US Route 1, Princeton, NJ 08540 – Phone: 609.720.0200.
The Hyatt Place Princeton, 3565 US Highway 1, Princeton, NJ 08540 – Phone: 609.799.0550.
Ask for the Princeton rate. You may want to confirm with the hotel that they currently have shuttle service to campus.