Postdoc Profile: Nir Rosenfeld
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Read More Postdoc Profile: Nir RosenfeldBerk Ustun is waiting for me outside my office. He has the easy demeanor, the affable, open quality of someone who is comfortable in a number of contexts. Later, as our conversation ranges from optimization problems to basketball to the X-Files, my initial sense is confirmed. Ustun – in the way of CRCS postdocs – […]
Read More Postdoc Profile: Berk UstunGreetings CRCS fans! I am delighted to present you with our first ever annual report. When I became director of CRCS in 2015, I looked forward to connecting CRCS to the greater Harvard community. I’m happy to report that we’ve made great strides in that direction and that more remains to be done. We continue our […]
Read More Director’s Letter and CRCS 2016 – 2017 Annual ReportMelanie F. Pradier joins me via Skype. It’s mid-afternoon in Madrid, the beginning of the work day in Cambridge. Pradier’s enthusiasm – her palpable energy and vivacity when talking about her research – is more invigorating than my cup of coffee. After a few minutes of technical difficulty, we’re off! I’m immediately struck by the […]
Read More Postdoc Profile: Melanie F. PradierThere are myriad ways in which data about people can be used for societal benefit – in domains such as research on human health and behavior, novel services offered through electronic commerce, and improved law enforcement and national security. However, many of these uses of data raise justified concerns about privacy, as we learn that […]
Read More The Privacy Tools ProjectI meet George Kellaris at Hi-Rise Bakery, where he waves off my attempts to pay for coffee. Kellaris is a second-year postdoc who divides his time between Harvard’s Center for Research on Computation and Society and the Computer Science program at Boston University. As an undergraduate, Kellaris chose computer science over his other passion – […]
Read More Postdoc Profile: George Kellaris on the Fraught Line between Usefulness and PrivacyAfter Brenna Berman’s keynote address, four Harvard SEAS professors gave lightning talks about their research on the Internet of Things. Scot Martin, Gordon McKay Professor of Environmental Chemistry, spoke about how “Drone-Based Sensing Opens New Frontiers in the Environmental Sciences: Possibilities for Amazonia.” Martin discussed his project to use drone technology to “smell” the atmosphere […]
Read More Engineering and Entrepreneurship: The Internet of Things – Lightning Talks