Center for Information Technology Policy
{{short description|Princeton University research center}}
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| image_name = Sherrerd Hall.jpg
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| caption = Sherrerd Hall, home to the Center for Information Technology Policy
| name = Center for Information Technology Policy
| established = 2007
| type = Private
| director = Matthew Salganik
| faculty = 20 professors and researchers{{cite web |title=Faculty |url=https://citp.princeton.edu/people/faculty-staff/ |website=Center for Information Technology Policy}}
| students = 21 graduate students and 44 undergraduate students (2018-2019){{cite web |title=Students |url=https://citp.princeton.edu/people/students/ |website=Center for Information Technology Policy}}
| campus =
| city = Princeton
| state = New Jersey
| country = United States
| parent = Princeton University
| website = {{URL|https://www.citp.princeton.edu/}}
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The Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP) at Princeton University is a leading interdisciplinary research center, dedicated to exploring the intersection of technology, engineering, public policy, and the social sciences. Faculty, students, and other researchers come from a variety of disciplines, including Computer Science, Economics, Politics, Engineering, Sociology, and the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.
Research areas and projects
The CITP conducts research in a number of areas, such as Internet of things, artificial intelligence and machine learning, blockchain and cryptocurrencies, electronic voting, government transparency, and intellectual property. Various media outlets, government agencies, and private organizations have cited the research of the CITP.{{cite web |title=The Election Won’t Be Rigged. But It Could Be Hacked. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/14/opinion/campaign-stops/the-election-wont-be-rigged-but-it-could-be-hacked.html |website=The New York Times}}{{cite web |title=Researchers Find Way to Steal Encrypted Data |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/technology/22chip.html |website=The New York Times}}{{cite web |title=Center for Information Technology Policy |url=https://www.c-span.org/organization/?109390/Center-Information-Technology-Policy |website=C-SPAN}}{{cite web |title=Will big data help end discrimination—or make it worse? |url=http://fortune.com/2015/01/15/will-big-data-help-end-discrimination-or-make-it-worse/ |website=Fortune}} The current Director of the CITP is Matthew J. Salganik, a professor of sociology at Princeton University.{{Cite web|title=Matthew Salganik {{!}} Center for Information Technology Policy|url=https://citp.princeton.edu/citp-people/matthew-salganik/|language=en-US|access-date=2020-05-28}}
=Voting=
One of the leading research initiatives at the CITP centers on electronic voting. Edward Felten, Ariel J. Feldman, and J. Alex Halderman conducted security analysis on a Diebold AccuVote-TS voting machine, one of the most widely used machines of its kind.{{cite web |title=Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/citpsite/publications/ts06full.pdf}}{{cite web |title=How to Hack an Election in 7 Minutes |url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/08/2016-elections-russia-hack-how-to-hack-an-election-in-seven-minutes-214144 |website=Politico}} They discovered a method that allowed them to upload malicious programs to multiple voting machines.{{cite web |title=Princeton prof hacks e-machine |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna14825465 |website=NBC News}} Their research gained additional media attention when it was brought before the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence in June 2017.{{cite web |title=Expert Testimony by J. Alex Halderman |url=https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/documents/os-ahalderman-062117.pdf |website=U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence}}
=Interconnection Measurement Project=
The Interconnection Measurement Project is an annual initiative at the CITP that provides ongoing data collection and analysis from ISP interconnection points. Aggregated data serving roughly 50 percent of residential broadband subscribes is collected every 5 minutes.{{cite web |title=About the Data |url=http://interconnection.citp.princeton.edu/about-the-data/ |website=Interconnection Measurement Project}}
Academics
The CITP offers an undergraduate certificate in Technology and Society, Information Technology Track. This program requires students to complete a combination of core, technology, societal, and breadth courses in and outside the area of information technology. The goal of the program is to help students better understand how technology drives social change and how society itself shapes technology.{{cite web |title=Teaching |url=https://citp.princeton.edu/teaching/ |website=Center for Information Technology Policy}} The CITP also hosts a number of workshops, policy briefings, lecture series, and initiatives at Princeton University.
References
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External links
- {{official website|https://citp.princeton.edu/}}
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