Privacy R&D Workshop at ITIF
WASHINGTON, D.C., February 4, 2013
On March 4, 2013, the Computing Community Consortium (CCC) – an activity of the Computing Research Association (CRA) – will hold a workshop to address the call for the science and engineering community and policy experts to work together on privacy R&D. This is important in light of new and disruptive information and communications technology. For more information, visit the workshop webpage.
The Privacy R&D workshop is being organized with support from the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF). In August 2012, ITIF published a paper underscoring the importance of an R&D roadmap for privacy.
According to the paper, “A research and development roadmap for privacy would help ensure that federal research dollars are directed to the most pressing privacy challenges.”
The first part of the Privacy and R&D workshop will have four “domain” panels: healthcare, social media, public/semi-public databases, and communications/network/mobile with government, industry, and academic representatives on each panel. The panels will clarify the “domain” needs of each sector and the technical capabilities and opportunities for the research community.
The second part of the workshop will focus on developing a consensus statement on the need for a concerted effort to address privacy R&D and developing a strategy for communicating this consensus statement to relevant stakeholders.
About the CCC: The Computing Community Consortium (CCC; http://cra.org/ccc) was established in fall 2006 under a Cooperative Agreement between the Computing Research Association (CRA) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). A standing committee of CRA, the CCC seeks to mobilize the computing research community to debate long-range challenges and build consensus around specific research visions. The CCC specifically pursues the next big computing ideas that will define the future of the field, attract the very best talent, and catalyze research investment and public support in the long term.
About the CRA: The Computing Research Association (CRA; http://cra.org/) was established 40 years ago and has members at more than 220 North American academic, industrial, and government research entities. Its mission is to strengthen research and advance education in computing fields, expand opportunities for women and minorities, and improve public and policymaker understanding of the importance of computing and computing research in society.
For more information: Contact Kenneth Hines, Program Associate at the Computing Community Consortium: khines@cra.org; 202-266-2936.
