How can independent researchers reliably detect bias, discrimination, and other systematic errors in software-based decision-making systems? Former CITP Fellow J. Nathan Matias, affiliated graduate student Austin Hounsel, and former CITP Deputy Director Nick Feamster...
This is a two-part Princeton University Wintersession workshop January 11 and 13, 2022 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. in which Anchuri will discuss Bitcoin's history and how it works. Anchuri will also feature in these workshops the rise of Ethereum, a programmable blockchain,...
CITP Tech Policy Clinic’s comments were cited over a dozen times in the FTC's amended Safeguards Rule that establishes guidelines for security measures that protect sensitive consumer information stored by financial institutions. The FTC's final rule incorporated...
NYC published its first AI Strategy that discusses the responsible use of AI to protect the digital rights of all New Yorkers. The Mayor's strategy team participated in a CITP clinic case study session at an early stage that gave input on the issues focused on in the...
The Center for Information Technology Policy fellows' program offers scholars and practitioners from diverse backgrounds the opportunity to join the Center’s community. The goals of this fully-funded, in-residence program are to support people doing important research...
On October 6, 2021, Ed Felten, former CITP director and Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs, Emeritus, spoke to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation for enhanced data security. He recommended that the the...
On September 30, 2021, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) launched a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to protect consumers from SIM swap and number portability attacks. Acting Chair Rosenworcel specifically cited CITP research as a justification: By all...
Update October 1, 2021: September’s Princeton Alumni Weekly promotes CITP researchers' Rally collaboration in an article entitled “Mozilla and Princeton Center Ask Internet Users to Donate Their Data.” Professor Jonathan Mayer and graduate students Ben Kaiser and Anne...
Congratulations to Matthew Salganik who won the 2021 William F. Ogburn Mid-Career Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology.
Professor Jonathan Mayer and graduate student Anunay Kulshrestha recently wrote an opinion piece for The Washington Post entitled, "We built a system like Apple's to flag child sexual abuse material -- and concluded the tech was dangerous. Mayer and Kulshrestha share...
In a recent Wired article "A Simple Software Fix Could Limit Location Data Sharing," former CITP researcher Paul Schmitt explains how it is possible to mask wireless users' location from carriers with a simple software upgrade that any carrier can adopt -- no tectonic...
Congratulations to Professor Arvind Narayanan, who for the second semester in a row, was recognized as part of the Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Science's (SEAS) Commendation for Outstanding Teaching for spring 2021. Professor Narayanan's computer...