With less than two months to go before opening day, we have an exciting and dynamic program slated for the 4-day conference. On Monday, March 12th, and Thursday, March
15th, attendees will be able to choose from nearly 40 Open Sessions (panels, workshops, and more) and 29 demos presented by practitioners and academic institutions from across the globe. In addition, joint with the co-located ACM DEV conference, David Kobia, Co-Founder and Director of Technology Development for Ushahidi, will give a keynote speech on Monday. On Tuesday, March 13th, and Wednesday, March 14th, ICTD 2012 will offer a slate of 38
peer-reviewed papers in plenary and poster presentation. We are also pleased to welcome the Honorable Omobola Johnson, Minister of Communication and Technology, Federal Republic of Nigeria as keynote speaker on Tuesday.
Registration Required:
More information can be found on the website at www.ictd2012.org, including
registration instructions and links to hotel accommodations.
For further questions, please contact us at info@ictd2012.org.
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]]>Talk Title: Decoding Abusive Adversaries for Safer Digital Systems
Abstract: People today face threats to their digital safety that most computing systems were never designed to protect them from: those closest to them. Abusive adversaries take ample advantage of standard user interfaces and ineffective anti-abuse mechanisms, leveraging their close social and physical proximity to their target to stalk, harass, and control. In this talk, I describe my research focused on intimate partner violence where I: (1) pioneer approaches to engaging with abusive adversaries first hand across online and in-person contexts, (2) design and deploy bespoke systems to challenge abusive behaviors via community-based interventions; and (3) develop new frameworks for building abuse-resilient technologies. I outline my research vision to achieve digital safety for all people across critical domains, including finance, healthcare, and research.
Bio: Rosanna Bellini is a Postdoctoral Associate at Cornell Tech in New York City. Her research develops data-driven and engaged research methods to tackle complex societal challenges, such as technology-enabled harms. Her work has been published in top-tier HCI and Security venues including USENIX Security, IEEE S&P, CHI, and CSCW, and featured in The Guardian, and BBC News. Her work is also recognized by multiple CHI and CSCW Best Paper awards, USENIX Security Distinguished Paper awards, and has led to changes in legislation for consumers and to consumer-facing financial applications for tens of millions of customers. She also helps to lead the Clinic to End Tech Abuse, a frontline service for survivors of technology-facilitated abuse, and has personally helped over 150 survivors reclaim their privacy, security, and financial freedom.
Presentation Date: Thursday, February 01, 2024 @ 11 am
Location: CODA 9th floor Atrium 0920
Lunch will be provided!
]]>Abstract: Platforms, devices, and algorithms are increasingly weaponized to control and harass the most vulnerable among us. Some of these harms occur at the individual and interpersonal level: for example, abusers in intimate partner violence (IPV) use smartphones and social media to surveil and stalk their victims. Others are more subtle, at the level of social structure: for example, in organizations, workplace technologies can inadvertently scaffold exploitative labor practices. This talk will discuss my research (1) investigating these harms via online measurement studies, (2) building interventions to directly assist survivors with their security and privacy; and (3) instrumenting these interventions, to enable scientific research into new types of harms as attackers and technologies evolve. I will close by sharing my vision for centering inclusion and equity in digital safety, security and privacy, towards brighter technological futures for us all.
Bio: Emily Tseng is a PhD candidate in Information Science at Cornell University. Her research explores the systems, interventions, and design principles we need to make digital technology safe and affirming for everyone. Emily’s work has been published at top-tier venues in human-computer interaction (ACM CHI, CSCW) and computer security and privacy (USENIX Security, IEEE Oakland). For 6 years, she has served as a researcher-practitioner with the Clinic to End Tech Abuse, where her work has enabled specialized security services for over 600 survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). Emily is the recipient of a Microsoft Research PhD Fellowship, Rising Stars in EECS, Best Paper Awards at CHI, CSCW, and USENIX Security, and third place in the Internet Defense Prize. She has additionally completed internships at Google and with the Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research. She holds a B.A. from Princeton University.
]]>Location: CODA 9th floor Atrium 0920
Presentation Title: Digital Safety and Security for Survivors of Technology-Mediated Harms
Lunch Provided!
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