WSTNet Lab Directors got together at the start of the Web Science Conference this week in Hannover, Germany. Highlights of the meeting include the election of Steffen Staab as Chair and Pete Burnap as Vice-Chair, planning for this years’ Web Science Summer School at University of Koblenz (30 June to 6 July – #wwsss16), and firming up of arrangements for […]
15 highly-respected computer scientists and security experts who came together to outline how law enforcement’s proposed requirement for “backdoor” access to all encrypted files would actually make the Internet more vulnerable to crime and deception were recognized for their work today with the M3AAWG 2015 J.D. Falk Award. “Keys Under Doormats: Mandating Insecurity by Requiring […]
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March 7, 2013 IAPP Announces Recipient of the 2013 Privacy Leadership Award Former White House Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Internet Policy Daniel Weitzner Honored with International Association of Privacy Professionals 2013 Privacy Leadership Award Washington, DC – March 7, 2013 – Today the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) announced that the recipient for the […]
[Monday 11 February 2013 – Daniel J Weitzner, Director, Decentralized Information Group Massachusetts Institute of Technology gave a Distinguished Lecture at Southampton University, the video from the event can now be viewed here Distinguished Lecture Video .
ECS Professors Nigel Shadbolt and Sir Tim Berners-Lee have been named as co-directors of a new world-leading Open Data Institute, established by the UK Government to innovate, exploit and research Open Data opportunities. The new Institute will be based in Shoreditch, the newly designated ‘Tech City UK’ area of London, where there is a huge […]
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Professor of Computer Science in ECS-Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, has been named as one of 10 trailblazers in artificial intelligence research and inducted into the inaugural IEEE Intelligent Systems Hall of Fame. In addition to Sir Tim, inventor of the World Wide Web, the list includes world-leading […]
Daniel Weitzner, a Commerce Department official, is expected to be named deputy chief technology officer for Internet policy, a spot previously held by Andrew McLaughlin. GovFresh reported last week an OSTP representative had confirmed the pick, but it has not yet been formally announced. At OSTP, Weitzner will join two other deputy CTOs, recently appointed […]