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New York Symposium



 
The Italian Academy
1160 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10027
Thursday, Apr. 16, 2009
10:00 AM  - 4:30 PM
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Presented by The Marconi Society and Columbia University:

"The Dark and the Light of the Internet"

Chaired by Joseph F.Traub - Edwin Howard Armstrong Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University     

10:30 a.m. - 12:05 p.m.    For Better or Worse:  The Internet's Impact and  Challenges to Society - Chaired by Gerald Navratil, Interim Dean, Fu Foundation School of Engineering & Applied Science, Columbia University

  • Steven M. Bellovin - Columbia University
  • Robert G. Gallager - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 
  • William Grueskin - Dean of Academic Affairs, Columbia School of Journalism
  • Sean M. Walsh - Assistant General Counsel, FBI - National Security Branch

    12:05 - 1:00 - Lunch

    1:00 - 2:00 p.m.   New Light on the Dark Continent:  The Internet,  Mobile Telephony, and Security in Africa - Chaired by Henning Schulzrinne, Chair, Computer Science Department, Columbia University

  • Seymour (Sy) Goodman - Georgia Institute of Technology 

     2:30 - 4:00 p.m.  Protecting Individual Privacy in the Struggle Against Terrorism - Chaired by Joseph F. Traub, Edwin Howard Amstrong Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University

  • David Jensen - University of Massachusetts
  • Herbert S. Lin - Computer Science & Telecommunications Board, National Academies
  • Daniel J. Weitzner - Massachusetts Institute of Technology 

       4:00 p.m.  Wrap-up/General Questions

  • Robert W. Lucky - Marconi Fellow and Chairman, Marconi Society Board of Directors

 

 

 

 

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