EPIC Talks

Ben Winters, EPIC Equal Justices Works Fellow, interviewed a panel of experts on bias in the criminal justice systems and pre-trial risk assessment tools. Read EPIC's full report on this topic here: https://epic.org/LibertyAtRisk/.

Jake Wiener EPIC Fellow, sat down with Brenda McQuade Assistant Professor of Criminology at University of Southern Maine, to discuss fusion centers and his book on the subject. EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, DC. EPIC was established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging privacy and civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, freedom of expression, and democratic values in the information age.

Anna Lysyanskaya is a Professor of Computer Science at Brown University. She received an A.B. in Computer Science and Mathematics from Smith College in 1997, and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering from MIT in 2002. EPIC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We have no clients, no customers, and no shareholders. We need your support. www.epic.org/donate

EPIC Policy Counsel Caitriona Fitzgerald, interviewed EPIC Advisory Board Member, Barbara Simons, on election security. Barbara Simons has been on the Board of Advisors of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) since 2008. She co-authored the 2004 report that led to the cancellation of the DoD's internet voting project (SERVE). A former ACM President, Simons co-chaired the ACM study of statewide databases of registered voters and the LWV report on election auditing.  www.epic.org/donate

Ari Ezra Waldman is a Professor of Law and the Director of the Innovation Center for Law and Technology at NYLS. He is the Founder and Director of the Institute for CyberSafety. He holds a Ph.D. from Columbia University, a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and a B.A. from Harvard College. His first book, Privacy As Trust: Information Law for an Information Age. EPIC maintains one of the most popular privacy web sites in the world - epic.org.

Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by The Economist and author of 14 books -- including the New York Times best-seller Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World -- as well as hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers.  EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, DC. We have no clients, no customers, and no shareholders. We need your support. www.epic.org/donate.

Christopher Wolf is a Senior Counsel at the law firm of Hogan Lovells US LLP, where he previously led the privacy and data security practice. He also is founder and chair of the Future of Privacy Forum. Listen to this insightful conversation now.

EPIC maintains one of the most popular privacy web sites in the world - epic.org. EPIC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We have no clients, no customers, and no shareholders. We need your support. www.epic.org/donate