Security, privacy, and cryptography
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Privacy: Issues and Perspectives
Moderator Ethan Zuckerman hosts a panel in Cambridge, Mass., discussing issues of human rights, as well as individual and public privacy. Difficult questions on privacy include personal privacy and marketing data, and technology and tagging…
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Cryptography Resilient to Physical Attacks
Yael Kalai, researcher at Microsoft Research New England discusses how, with all the progress made in the field of cryptography, security continues to be breached. Complicating matters are hackers, who are becoming increasingly sophisticated, almost…
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Lintao Zhang showcases Tiger, Bing’s next-generation index serving platform
Microsoft Research Asia senior researcher Lintao Zhang explains “Tiger,” the next-generation index serving platform for Bing, and shows a video describing the collaboration between Microsoft Research Asia and Bing’s engineering teams in China and the…
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Health Care Decisions in the Information Age
Benjamin Handel of UC Berkley focuses on how individuals interact with the medical care sector to make important decisions. This involves using the information available and the incentives they face. The incentives can be financial…
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A public right to hear: Understanding what it means and why it matters online
Microsoft Researcher Mike Ananny discusses what personal freedom is, its evolving importance in online environments, and the role big-data systems play this emerging field.
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Economics of Privacy
Markus Mobius and Susan Athey of Harvard University discuss changes over the last five years in the way people consume online news. In the past, individuals would consume online news similarly to how they would…
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Teen Privacy Strategies in Networked Publics
Microsoft Researcher danah boyd’s research looks at the myths surrounding teens and privacy and the ways different teens reconcile technology with their public and private lives.
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Welcome to Microsoft Research India
P. Anandan, managing director of Microsoft Research India, gives an overview of Microsoft Research’s mission. The organization’s foremost goal is to advance the science in areas such as cloud computing, computer science, and computing, and…
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Privacy in the Age of Augmented Reality
Alessandro Acquisti, an economist by training and a self-described behavioral economist, explains that across history, time, and culture, people have felt the need for publicity, as well as the need for privacy. These are not…
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Welcome to Microsoft Research Cambridge
Andrew Blake, Microsoft distinguished scientist and managing director of Microsoft Research Cambridge, welcomes staff and gives an overview of Microsoft Research’s global labs. The mission of those labs are to expand the state of the…
