Research center at Harvard University
The Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS, commonly pronounced "circus") is a research center at
Harvard University that focuses on
interdisciplinary research combining
computer science with
social sciences . It is based in
Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences . It is currently directed by
Milind Tambe .
History
The center was officially founded in 2005,
[1] although there are appearances of CRCS affiliation back in 1996.
[2] The center name mimics the name of the centers for Internet and Society such as
Stanford's or
Harvard's .[
citation needed ] The Privacy Tools Project was one of the most important efforts led by CRCS.
[3] It received funding from multiple sources from 2009 throughout 2020 in order to research and build tools to enhance privacy, in a common effort with Harvard's Berkman Klein Center, Harvard's
Data Privacy Lab , and
MIT Libraries.
[4]
[5] The CRCS founding director was Stuart M. Shieber.
[6]
[7] After him, the center was directed by
Greg Morrisett
[8]
[9] and later by
Salil Vadhan until 2015,
[10] when
Margo Seltzer was named new director.
[11] In 2018, after her departure to
Columbia University , she was replaced as director by
Jim Waldo . When Milind Tambe joined Harvard in September 2019 he became the new center director.
[12]
The center has a yearly fellowship program,
[13]
[14] and relevant past fellows include
Simson Garfinkel or
Ariel Procaccia . It also hosts regular public talks ("seminars") with distinguished invited speakers, which are usually video recorded.
[15] Some speakers include
Susan Crawford ,
[16]
Bruce Schneier
[17] or
Megan Price .
[18]
Research
The center has covered a broad spectrum of research lines within computer science, typically with social aspects. These include social computing,
[19] privacy-enhancing technologies,
[20]
[21]
[22] encryption and data security,
[23]
[24]
[25] misinformation,
[26] machine learning fairness,
[27] internet of things,
[28] or a citizen-science platform.
[29]
See also
References
^
"Changing the world through technology | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" . www.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^ Mahmoody, Mohammad; Moran, Tal; Vadhan, Salil (2011). "Time-Lock Puzzles in the Random Oracle Model". In Rogaway, Phillip (ed.). Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2011 . Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 6841. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. pp. 39–50.
doi :
10.1007/978-3-642-22792-9_3 .
ISBN
978-3-642-22792-9 .
^ SEAS, Harvard (2015-11-23).
"Trusting the system: Innovations for an insecure world" . Medium . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^ Jones, Rachael.
"Research positions at the Privacy Tools Project at the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS)" . UNC Center for Media Law and Policy . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Harvard University Privacy Tools Project" . privacytools.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
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"Michael Mitzenmacher and Stuart Shieber named 2014 ACM Fellows | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" . www.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Stuart Shieber | Berkman Klein Center" . cyber.harvard.edu . 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
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"Brown CS: Distinguished Lecture" . cs.brown.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Greg Morrisett named dean of Cornell Tech" . Cornell Chronicle . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^ SEAS, Harvard (2015-11-23).
"Trusting the system: Innovations for an insecure world" . Medium . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Margo Seltzer named director of Center for Research on Computation and Society | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" . www.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
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"New Computer Science Professor Milind Tambe Aims for Social Impact | News | The Harvard Crimson" . www.thecrimson.com . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^ Ardia, David.
"Harvard CRCS Call for Postdoctoral fellows + Visiting Scholars for 2016-2017" . UNC Center for Media Law and Policy . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Apply" . crcs.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Harvard's CRCS" . YouTube . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"CRCS Lunch Seminar: Susan Crawford" . crcs.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Bruce Schneier: "The NSA, Snowden, and Surveillance" " . crcs.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
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"Megan Price: "How Machine Learning Helps Count Casualties in Syria" " . crcs.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
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"Teeing up collaboration | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" . www.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
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"Reengineering privacy, post-Snowden | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" . www.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Cybersecurity, Trade on Collision Course" . www.bankinfosecurity.com . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^ Shaw, Jonathan (2016-12-07).
"The Watchers" . Harvard Magazine . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Stephen Chong approved for promotion to tenured full professor | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" . www.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^ Naone, Erica.
"Peeking Into Users' Web History" . MIT Technology Review . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"We're Not Digital Yet" . www.businesswire.com . 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Are We Living in a Post-Fact Society?" . wdet.org . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^
"Setting the standard for Machine Learning | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences" . www.seas.harvard.edu . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
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"Now arriving: Internet of Things" . Harvard Gazette . 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
^ Xue, Katherine (2013-12-16).
"Popular Science" . Harvard Magazine . Retrieved 2020-02-09 .
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