NSF Site Visit 2015

Privacy Tools NSF Site Visit
Monday, October 19,  2015

[gaps between presentations are for questions and transition]

Session 1: 8:30-10:20 Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A 2036
8:30-9:00     Breakfast and Introductions
                    Project Members
9:00-9:10     Welcome from Michael D. Smith, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science
9:10-9:25     Overview of the Project, slides
                    Salil Vadhan, PI, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
                    Project Description
9:30-9:45    Privacy Tools for Social Science, slides
                    Gary King, co-PI, Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor of Government,
                    Director of Institute for Quantitative Social Science (IQSS)
9:50-10:13   A Differentially Private Data Curator & Supporting Theoretical Work, slides
                    James Honaker, Senior Research Scientist in the Institute for Quantitative Social Science
                    Kobbi Nissim, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University
                    Department of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University
                    Differential Privacy Research
                    Differential Privacy Tool


Break: 10:20-10:50

Session 2: 10:50-12:00 Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A 2036

10:50-11:13  DataTags: The Vision and Implementation in Technology Science, draft slides
                     Latanya Sweeney, co-PI, Professor of Government and Technology in Residence
                     Sharing Sensitive Data with Confidence: The DataTags System
                     A DataTags Repository for Technology Science
                     DataTags
                     Technology Science
11:20-11:35  Logic Programming for Data Tagging, draft slides
                     Steve Chong, Associate Professor of Computer Science
                     Supplementary Materials
                     Graduate Student Aaron Bemebenek: Datalog
11:40-11:55   Education and Outreach, slides
                      Salil Vadhan, PI, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
                      Urs Gasser, co-PI, Executive Director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Professor of Practice at Harvard Law School
                      Education & Outreach

Lunch: 12:00-1:30 Locations listed below

12:00-1:30     NSF Lunch with students and postdocs: Wasserstein Hall, room 3034
12:00-1:30     Other project members: Stay in Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A 2036

Session 3: 1:30-3:00 Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A 2036
1:30-1:40       Coffee
1:40-1:55       Framework for a modern privacy analysis, draft slides
                      David O'Brien, Berkman Center Senior Researcher
                      Alexandra Wood, Berkman Center Research Fellow
                      Supplementary Materials
                      Towards a Modern Approach to Privacy-Aware Government Data Releases
                      Comment to The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP): Big Data Study, Request for Information
                      Integrating Approaches to Privacy Across the Research Lifecycle: Long-Term Longitudinal Studies
2:00-2:15        Bridging notions of privacy, draft slides
                       Kobbi Nissim, Senior Research Fellow, Harvard University, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, Ben-Gurion University
2:20-2:35       Future plans, slides
                       Salil Vadhan, PI, Vicky Joseph Professor of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics
2:40-2:55       Transition to Practice, draft slides
                       Merce Crosas, Director of Data Science at the Institute for Quantitative Social Science

Private Session (NSF Only) 3:00-3:30 Wasserstein Hall, room 3038

3:00-3:30  Private NSF discussion with coffee and snacks

Feedback 3:30-4:00  Wasserstein Hall, Milstein East A 2036

Additional information about the project is located on our Project Website and within our Annual Report.