Events

Brad Smith – Immigration, Education, and the Future of Computer Science in America

Sherrerd Hall, 3rd Floor Open Space

Streaming Live: https://www.youtube.com/user/citpprinceton Brad Smith is Microsoft’s General Counsel and leads the company’s Department of Legal and Corporate Affairs (LCA). He is responsible for the company’s legal work, its intellectual property portfolio and patent licensing business, and its government affairs and philanthropic work. Since becoming general counsel in 2002, Smith has overseen numerous negotiations leading […]

Matthew Wright – Leveraging Social Networks for Improved Anonymity and P2P Systems

Sherrerd Hall, 3rd floor open space Princeton, NJ, United States

Social networks are great for connecting with other people, but they can also be leveraged for enhanced security properties. In this talk, I will describe two systems -- Pisces and Persea -- that we have designed to take advantage of the information that is inherent in the social network structure. Pisces is a system for […]

Udi Weinsberg – Building a Practical Privacy-Preserving Recommender System

Sherrerd Hall, 3rd floor open space Princeton, NJ, United States

Many online services, such as recommender systems, email, and social networks collect user data, which is then used for both personalization and monetization. Although the latter enables services to be free, users are realizing that these services come at a hidden cost of potentially exposing their private data. In this talk I will show that […]

Harold Feld – FCC Plans: Five Impossible Things

101 Sherrerd Hall

Harold Feld will discuss how the FCC plans to shut off the phone system, get rid of broadcast television, raise billions of dollars to pay for a national wireless public safety network, build gigabit cities, and give us all free Super-WiFi. Bio: Harold Feld, Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge: Before coming to Public Knowledge in […]

Robert Sedgewick – Taking Education Online: A Unique Opportunity for the New Millenium

104 Computer Science

In the early years of the third millenium, most professors are still teaching in virtually the same way they were taught and their teachers were taught, stretching back centuries. This situation is likely to change, and soon. Technology is transforming (if not threatening to overwhelm) higher education, as MOOCs and online content become widely available. […]

Ethan Roeder – Obama, Data, and Porn: What really went down on the 2012 campaign

222 Bowen Hall

Was 2012 a watershed moment in the evolution of data on campaigns or just a billion dollar snow job? What information do modern political campaigns really have access to, how do they use it, and where do we go from here? Join the Data Director from Obama's 2012 campaign for a revealing look at the […]