On June 25, 2019, Dr. Latanya Sweeney, Professor of Government at Harvard University’s Institute for Quantitative Social Science, testified before the House Committee on Science,…
Nadine Strossen on how to Counter Misinformation and Hate Speech
EPIC Advisor, Nadine Strossen, has boldly defended individual rights and civil liberties throughout her career. From 1991 to 2008, Strossen served as the President of…
Elizabeth Joh on Police and Family Tree Investigations
Professor Elizabeth Joh teaches criminal law and procedure, constitutional law, and policing at the U.C. Davis School of Law. Her research focuses on the regulation…
A Look Back: Voting Security with Ronald Rivest
In the recently released Mueller report, we learned that Russian hackers executed highly targeted attacks which gave them access voter registration data, as well as,…
A Look Back: Peter Neumann on Computer System Vulnerabilities
“There are vulnerabilities in every part of our computer systems,” says Peter Nuemann, Computer Scientist and EPIC Advisor. After 10 years at Bell Labs in…
A Look Back: Stephanie Perrin on the Rights of Digital Citizens
“Change has been so rapid with the internet that we don’t really conceptualize what the internet is,” said Stephanie Perrin, President of Digital Discretion, Inc.…
Blue Wireless: Ray Ozzie’s Latest Venture
Ray Ozzie is an independent software entrepreneur and EPIC Advisor. He founded Talko – a company focused on next generation mobile communication apps and services.…
Erin Murphy on Junk Science, Wrongful Convictions and Race
Erin Murphy is a professor of law at New York University Law School and EPIC Advisor. Her research focuses on technology and forensic evidence in…
A Look Back: Alice Marwick Discusses Web 2.0
Alice Marwick, Director of the McGannon Communication Research Center and EPIC Advisor, talked to a group of students about Web 2.0 and online social status.…
Employer Access To Employee Pregnancy App Data
EPIC Advisors Dr. Deborah Peel and Prof. Helen Nissenbaum were recently quoted in the Washington Post and Boston Globe regarding the Ovia pregnancy app. Ovia allows…