Skip to main content
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • Videos
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
Sections
  • All News
  • Arts & Culture
  • Business & Economy
  • Campus & Community
  • Health & Society
  • Media, Law & Policy
  • STEM
  • Veterans
  • |
  • Alumni
  • The Peel
  • Athletics
  • Home
  • About
  • Faculty Experts
  • For The Media
  • Videos
  • Topics
    • Alumni
    • Events
    • Faculty
    • Library
    • Research
    • Students
    • All Topics
  • Contact
  • Submit

‘Year of Exploration’ continues Nov. 2 with look at sensitive information in a networked world

Thursday, October 19, 2006, By News Staff
Share

‘Year of Exploration’ continues Nov. 2 with look at sensitive information in a networked worldOctober 19, 2006Kelly Homan Rodoskikahoman@syr.edu

Joan Feigenbaum, Henry Ford II Professor of Computer Science at Yale University, on Thursday, Nov. 2, will continue the journey through “The Year of Exploration,” a series jointly sponsored by Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science and School of Information Studies.

Feigenbaum will speak on “Sensitive Information in a Networked World” beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the Katzer Collaboratory, Room 347 of Hinds Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public; parking is available in the University’s visitor pay lots.

Increasing use of computers and networks in business, government, recreation and almost all aspects of daily life has led to a proliferation of online sensitive data that, if used improperly, can harm the data subjects. As a result, concern about the ownership, control, privacy and accuracy of data has become a top priority.

Since 2003, the National Science Foundation-funded PORTIA Project (http://crypto.Stanford.edu/portia) has focused on both the technical challenges of handling sensitive data and the policy and legal issues facing data subjects, owners and users. PORTIA is aimed at designing and developing a next generation of technology for handling sensitive data that is better than the technology of the current generation, as well as creating an effective conceptual framework for policy making and philosophical inquiry into the rights and responsibilities of subjects, owners and users. Feigenbaum will review some of the progress and conclusions of the project’s first three years.

Since 2000, Feigenbaum has been a faculty member at Yale University, where she has been involved with the PORTIA Project and the ONR-funded SPYCE Project. From 1986-2000, she worked for AT&T, where she participated broadly in the company’s information sciences research agenda and created a research group in algorithms and distributed data. Feigenbaum is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery and holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Harvard University and a Ph.D. in computer science from Stanford University.

“The Year of Exploration,” established this year, focuses on the networked information society in recognition of the intimate interconnections among information technology, society and globalization. Political, economic and cultural developments over recent decades have made the management, distribution, control and use of information critically important to the proper functioning of societies. The challenges of creating, deploying and protecting technology and the information it contains have grown beyond the capabilities of a single academic discipline.

The series places emphasis on three areas chosen to represent the most challenging interdisciplinary problems facing the networked information society: trust, security and transparency; pervasive networks; and collaboration. Researchers and practitioners from several fields are scheduled to engage participants in workshops and lectures that explore the networked information society.

  • Author

News Staff

  • Recent
  • Data Privacy Day 2021: Is Your Personal Information Safe?
    Monday, January 25, 2021, By Daryl Lovell
  • Spring 2021 Office of Research Events Focus on Research Success
    Monday, January 25, 2021, By News Staff
  • A&S Speech Disorders Professor: Poet Amanda Gorman’s Story Shares Important Lesson
    Monday, January 25, 2021, By Daryl Lovell
  • Syracuse University Names Four as “Unsung Heroes” in Honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
    Monday, January 25, 2021, By News Staff
  • WAER Will Transition to the Newhouse School This Summer
    Monday, January 25, 2021, By Wendy S. Loughlin

More In Uncategorized

“People with disabilities desperately need the vaccine. But states disagree on when they’ll get it.”

Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was quoted in The Washington Post story “People with disabilities desperately need the vaccine. But states disagree on when they’ll get it.” Landes, an expert on the sociology of disability,…

“SU Professor says President’s Closed Social Media Accounts Fall Under Big Tech’s Terms of Service”

Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was interviewed for the WAER story “SU Professor says President’s Closed Social Media Accounts Fall Under Big…

“First Amendment doesn’t guarantee you the rights you think it does.”

Roy Gutterman, associate professor of magazine, news and digital journalism in the Newhouse School and director of the Tully Center for Free Speech, was quoted in the CNN story “First Amendment doesn’t guarantee you the rights you think it does.”…

“Big Tech’s Crackdown on Donald Trump and Parler Won’t  Fix the Real Problem With Social Media”

Whitney Phillips, assistant professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed for the Time Magazine story “Big Tech’s Crackdown on Donald Trump and Parler Won’t  Fix the Real Problem With Social Media.”…

Danielle Smith writes “Images of the Capitol Riot Reflect a National Crisis.”

Danielle Smith, professor of African American studies in the College of Arts and Sciences and Director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program, wrote an op-ed for History News Network titled “Images of the Capitol Riot Reflect a National Crisis.”…

Subscribe to SU Today

If you need help with your subscription, contact sunews@syr.edu.

Connect With Us

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
Social Media Directory

For the Media

Find an Expert Follow @SyracuseUNews
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • @SyracuseU
  • @SyracuseUNews
  • @SUCampus
  • Social Media Directory
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • Campus Status
  • Syracuse.edu
© 2021 Syracuse University News. All Rights Reserved.