Center for Research on Computation and Society

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Center for Research on Computation and Society
Formation2005
TypeTechnology social computing
Location
LeaderMilind Tambe
Websitecrcs.seas.harvard.edu

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[edit]

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[edit]

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]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "Changing the world through technology | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences". www.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ SEAS, Harvard (2015-11-23). "Trusting the system: Innovations for an insecure world". Medium. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Harvard University Privacy Tools Project". privacytools.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Stuart Shieber | Berkman Klein Center". cyber.harvard.edu. 2019-03-29. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  8. ^ "Brown CS: Distinguished Lecture". cs.brown.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  9. ^ "Greg Morrisett named dean of Cornell Tech". Cornell Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  10. ^ SEAS, Harvard (2015-11-23). "Trusting the system: Innovations for an insecure world". Medium. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "New Computer Science Professor Milind Tambe Aims for Social Impact | News | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  13. ^ Ardia, David. "Harvard CRCS Call for Postdoctoral fellows + Visiting Scholars for 2016-2017". UNC Center for Media Law and Policy. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  14. ^ "Apply". crcs.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  15. ^ "Harvard's CRCS". YouTube. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  16. ^ "CRCS Lunch Seminar: Susan Crawford". crcs.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  17. ^ "Bruce Schneier: "The NSA, Snowden, and Surveillance"". crcs.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  18. ^ "Megan Price: "How Machine Learning Helps Count Casualties in Syria"". crcs.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  19. ^ "Teeing up collaboration | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences". www.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  20. ^ "Reengineering privacy, post-Snowden | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences". www.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  21. ^ "Cybersecurity, Trade on Collision Course". www.bankinfosecurity.com. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  22. ^ Shaw, Jonathan (2016-12-07). "The Watchers". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  23. ^ "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.
  24. ^ Naone, Erica. "Peeking Into Users' Web History". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  25. ^ "We're Not Digital Yet". www.businesswire.com. 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  26. ^ "Are We Living in a Post-Fact Society?". wdet.org. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  27. ^ "Setting the standard for Machine Learning | Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences". www.seas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  28. ^ "Now arriving: Internet of Things". Harvard Gazette. 2016-10-04. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  29. ^ Xue, Katherine (2013-12-16). "Popular Science". Harvard Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-09.

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