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SUMMARY:The vision for a Data Transparency Lab - Nikolaos  Laoutaris (Tele
 fonica Research in Barcelona)
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CONTACT:Eiko Yoneki
DESCRIPTION:In this talk I will introduce the vision behind the recently c
 reated Data Transparency Lab (DTL) and its supporting community. I will gi
 ve examples of the constantly eroding trust that users have for online web
 sites and service\, and how this can eventually lead to the de-throning of
  the web as the communication medium of choice for people around the world
 . I'll draw parallels between today's privacy problems of the web and even
 ts that have plagued TV and newspapers in the past\, and show how all of t
 he above are instances of the basic "Tragedy of the Commons" occurring in 
 multiple efforts of human societies. I'll summarize the mission of DTL as 
 "using transparency to avoid a Tragedy of the Commons in the web due to pr
 ivacy and loss of trust". For more info visit:\nhttp://datatransparencylab
 .org/\n\nBio: Nikolaos Laoutaris is a senior researcher at the Internet re
 search group of Telefonica Research in Barcelona. Prior to joining the Bar
 celona lab he was a postdoc fellow at Harvard University and a Marie Curie
  postdoc fellow at Boston University. He got his PhD in computer science f
 rom the University of Athens in 2004.\n\nIn his latest work Nikolaos has b
 een focusing on the economics of ISP inter-connection (including issues of
  network neutrality) and the economics of privacy on the web and e-commerc
 e. His work in the area focuses on quantitative and measurement aspects an
 d targets real world questions in these fields\, including:\n\n- Deriving 
 fair bandwidth prices for various types of network inter-connection.\n\n- 
 Quantifying the frequency and the extent of Price Discrimination instances
  on e-commerce sites.\n\n- Quantifying privacy leakage on the web and its 
 relation to targeted advertising.\n\nNikolaos is currently collaborating w
 ith a consortium of academic and industrial partners across Europe that ai
 ms to develop tools and methodologies for:\n\n- Helping users detect and m
 itigate privacy leakages\n\n- Help Telcos and service companies implement 
 and apply privacy protection services on behalf of end users.\n\n- Build p
 rivacy by design mechanisms\n\nFor more info: http://www.tid.es/research/r
 esearchers/nikolaos-laoutaris\n
LOCATION:FW26\, Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Builiding
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