The SRI Seminar Series welcomes Helen Nissenbaum, the Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor of information science and founding director of the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech. One of the most influential scholars working at the intersection of technology, ethics, and society, Nissenbaum’s research spans privacy, bias, trust, security, autonomy, and accountability in digital systems. She is especially well known for developing the theory of privacy as contextual integrity.
Nissenbaum’s scholarship has provided enduring frameworks for understanding how digital technologies interact with social values and institutions. This seminar will offer an opportunity to hear from a leading voice in the field and to engage with the ideas and questions currently shaping her work.
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Moderator: Avery Slater, Department of English and Drama
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About the speaker:
Helen Nissenbaum is the Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor of Information Science and the founding director of the Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech. Her research spans issues of bias, trust, security, autonomy, and accountability in digital systems, most notably, privacy as contextual integrity. Professor Nissenbaum’s publications include the books Obfuscation: A User's Guide for Privacy and Protest, with Finn Brunton (MIT Press, 2015), Values at Play in Digital Games, with Mary Flanagan (MIT Press, 2014), and Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy, and the Integrity of Social Life(Stanford, 2010). These, along with numerous research articles, have been translated into seven languages, including Polish, Chinese, and Portuguese. She received the 2014 Barwise Prize from the American Philosophical Association and the IACAP Covey Award for computing, ethics, and philosophy. Professor Nissenbaum has also contributed to privacy-enhancing free software, such as TrackMeNot (designed to prevent the profiling of web search histories) and AdNauseam (designed to counter profiling based on ad clicks). She holds a PhD in philosophy from Stanford University and a BA (Hons) in Philosophy and Mathematics from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.
About the SRI Seminar Series:
The SRI Seminar Series brings together the Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society’s research community and wider audiences for a robust exchange of ideas that advances scholarship at the intersection of technology and society. Seminars feature leading and emerging scholars and provide substantial opportunities for discussion.
Each seminar includes a presentation and an open discussion, with the format varying according to the speaker and topic. Registered attendees will receive a Zoom link before the event. Select seminars may be recorded and made available online.
Helen Nissenbaum