There’s a gap between technology and policy, according to Sarah Kreps.
To research the growing connections and potential disruptions at the intersection of technology and government – many of them related to artificial intelligence (AI) – Kreps, the John L. Wetherill Professor of Government, launched the Tech Policy Lab in 2020.
Engaging undergraduate researchers, graduate students and a postdoctoral fellow, the Tech Policy Lab examines how politics shapes the deployment of new technology that affects the lives of millions. Lab members also study ways technology can potentially interfere with domestic and international politics.
The research areas are broad and interdisciplinary, Kreps said, bringing together faculty and student researchers with backgrounds in computer science, epidemiology, information science and social sciences to study issues including COVID-19 vaccine preferences, misinformation in the political and medical space, and the potential uses and misuses of A
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February 26, 2021
The Milstein Program in Technology & Humanity is hosting two events this semester open to the public.
“A Life Making Your Software Secure and Your Data Private… or Trying To,” an “In Focus” talk with Ulfar Erlingsson PhD ’04, is scheduled for March 2, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Erlingsson is the former head of security research at Google Brain and Machine Learning Privacy Technologies at Apple, now chief architect at a cloud security company called Lacework. He is also a Milstein Program advisory board member.
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Erlingsson focuses on utilizing artificial intelligence to design secure, dependable software and privacy protections. With a long-time interest in programming languages and systems, he holds a PhD in computer science and a PhD minor in English literature with a focus on modernism, both from Cornell. This event is powered by eCornell. Register here.