Simson Garfinkel
Simson Garfinkel is the Senior Computer Scientist for Confidentiality and Data Access at the [https://www.census.gov US Census Bureau]. He holds seven US patents and has published more than 50 research articles in computer security and digital forensics. He is a fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a member of the National Association of Science Writers. His most recent book is [https://bit.ly/TheComputerBook The Computer Book], which features 250 chronologically arranged milestones in the history of computing. As a journalist, he has written about science, technology, and technology policy in the popular press since 1983, and has won several national journalism awards.
Garfinkel received three Bachelor of Science degrees from MIT in 1987, a Master's of Science in Journalism from Columbia University in 1988, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from MIT in 2005.
Sessions in which Simson Garfinkel attends
- Hallway Track: Meet me in the Hallway!
- 9:00 AM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 6 hours
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- Hallway Track: Meet me at the Beach!
- 9:00 AM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 6 hours
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- Opening remarks
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- 9:40 AM EDT - 9:50 AM EDT | 10 minutes
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- Session 1
- 9:50 AM EDT - 11:55 AM EDT | 2 hours 5 minutes
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- Break
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
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- Session 2
- 12:30 PM EDT - 2:10 PM EDT | 1 hour 40 minutes
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- Hallway Track: Meet me in the Hallway!
- 2:10 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 50 minutes
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- Hallway track: Meet me in the Hallway!
- 9:30 AM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT | 5 hours 30 minutes
- Virtual chat room
- Keynote - Michael Kearns: The Ethical Algorithm
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- 10:00 AM EDT - 11:30 AM EDT | 1 hour 30 minutes
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- Break
- 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT | 1 hour
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- Session 3
- 12:30 PM EDT - 2:10 PM EDT | 1 hour 40 minutes
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- Session 4
- 9:30 AM EDT - 10:45 AM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
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- Town hall
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- Session 5
- 12:45 PM EDT - 2:25 PM EDT | 1 hour 40 minutes
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- Session 6
- 9:30 AM EDT - 11:10 AM EDT | 1 hour 40 minutes
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- Award session
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- 11:10 AM EDT - 11:40 AM EDT | 30 minutes
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- Session 7
- 12:40 PM EDT - 1:55 PM EDT | 1 hour 15 minutes
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- Closing Remarks & Rump Session
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- 2:05 PM EDT - 3:10 PM EDT | 1 hour 5 minutes
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- HotPETs _ Session 1: My Tool is Cool
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- 9:30 AM EDT - 10:20 AM EDT | 50 minutes
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- HotPETs _ Keynote by Karen Levy: Privacy Threats in Intimate Relationships
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- 10:30 AM EDT - 11:30 AM EDT | 1 hour
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- HotPETs _ Session 2: There Must Have Been a Mix-Up
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- 12:30 PM EDT - 1:15 PM EDT | 45 minutes
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- HotPETs _ Session 3: Whodunnit
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- 1:25 PM EDT - 2:10 PM EDT | 45 minutes
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- HotPETs _ Awards & closing
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- 2:10 PM EDT - 2:20 PM EDT | 10 minutes
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- HotPETs _ Open-ended virtual ice cream
- 2:20 PM EDT - 3:20 PM EDT | 1 hour
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