Center for Research on Computation and Society explained

Center for Research on Computation and Society
Formation:2005
Type:Technology social computing
Location:Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Leader Name:Milind Tambe
Website:crcs.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

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.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

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

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Changing the world through technology Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. www.seas.harvard.edu. 2020-02-09.
  2. Book: Mahmoody. Mohammad. Moran. Tal. Vadhan. Salil. Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2011 . Time-Lock Puzzles in the Random Oracle Model . 2011. Rogaway. Phillip. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. 6841. en. Berlin, Heidelberg. Springer. 39–50. 10.1007/978-3-642-22792-9_3. 978-3-642-22792-9. free.
  3. Web site: Trusting the system: Innovations for an insecure world. SEAS. Harvard. 2015-11-23. Medium. en. 2020-02-09.
  4. Web site: Research positions at the Privacy Tools Project at the Center for Research on Computation and Society (CRCS). Jones. Rachael. UNC Center for Media Law and Policy. en-US. 2020-02-09.
  5. Web site: Harvard University Privacy Tools Project. privacytools.seas.harvard.edu. en. 2020-02-09.
  6. Web site: Michael Mitzenmacher and Stuart Shieber named 2014 ACM Fellows Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. www.seas.harvard.edu. 2020-02-09.
  7. Web site: Stuart Shieber Berkman Klein Center. 2019-03-29. cyber.harvard.edu. en. 2020-02-09.
  8. Web site: Brown CS: Distinguished Lecture. cs.brown.edu. 2020-02-09.
  9. Web site: Greg Morrisett named dean of Cornell Tech. Cornell Chronicle. en. 2020-02-09.
  10. Web site: Trusting the system: Innovations for an insecure world. SEAS. Harvard. 2015-11-23. Medium. en. 2020-02-09.
  11. Web site: 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. 2020-02-09.
  12. Web site: New Computer Science Professor Milind Tambe Aims for Social Impact News The Harvard Crimson. www.thecrimson.com. 2020-02-09.
  13. Web site: Harvard CRCS Call for Postdoctoral fellows + Visiting Scholars for 2016-2017. Ardia. David. UNC Center for Media Law and Policy. en-US. 2020-02-09.
  14. Web site: Apply. crcs.seas.harvard.edu. en. 2020-02-09.
  15. Web site: Harvard's CRCS. YouTube. en. 2020-02-09.
  16. Web site: CRCS Lunch Seminar: Susan Crawford. crcs.seas.harvard.edu. en. 2020-02-09.
  17. Web site: Bruce Schneier: "The NSA, Snowden, and Surveillance". crcs.seas.harvard.edu. en. 2020-02-09.
  18. Web site: Megan Price: "How Machine Learning Helps Count Casualties in Syria". crcs.seas.harvard.edu. en. 2020-02-09.
  19. Web site: Teeing up collaboration Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. www.seas.harvard.edu. 2020-02-09.
  20. Web site: Reengineering privacy, post-Snowden Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. www.seas.harvard.edu. 2020-02-09.
  21. Web site: Cybersecurity, Trade on Collision Course. www.bankinfosecurity.com. en. 2020-02-09.
  22. Web site: The Watchers. Shaw. Jonathan. 2016-12-07. Harvard Magazine. en. 2020-02-09.
  23. Web site: Stephen Chong approved for promotion to tenured full professor Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. www.seas.harvard.edu. 2020-02-09.
  24. Web site: Peeking Into Users' Web History. Naone. Erica. MIT Technology Review. en-US. 2020-02-09.
  25. Web site: We're Not Digital Yet. 2015-08-18. www.businesswire.com. en. 2020-02-09.
  26. Web site: Are We Living in a Post-Fact Society?. wdet.org. en. 2020-02-09.
  27. Web site: Setting the standard for Machine Learning Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. www.seas.harvard.edu. 2020-02-09.
  28. Web site: Now arriving: Internet of Things. 2016-10-04. Harvard Gazette. en-US. 2020-02-09.
  29. Web site: Popular Science. Xue. Katherine. 2013-12-16. Harvard Magazine. en. 2020-02-09.

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