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AI Cyber Lunch: Susan Landau on "The Current Encryption Wars"

Open to the Public

Please join the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program and HKS Library and Research Services for an AI Cyber Lunch Seminar featuring Susan Landau, Bridge Professor in Cyber Security and Policy at the Fletcher School and the School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University. Landau will give a talk entitled, "The Current Encryption Wars: Encryption and Child Sexual Abuse Material, Rhetoric Removed."

Q&A to follow. Buffet-style lunch will be served.

Registration: In-person attendance is limited to current Harvard ID holders. No RSVP is required. Room capacity is limited and seating will be on a first come, first served basis. All are welcome to attend virtually via Zoom. Virtual attendees should register using the button below; upon registering, attendees will receive a confirmation email with a Zoom link. 

Recording: Please be advised that this seminar will not be recorded. The event organizers prohibit any attendees, including journalists, from audio/visual recording or distributing parts or all of the event program without prior written authorization.

Accessibility: To request accommodations or for questions about access, please contact Liz Hanlon (ehanlon@hks.harvard.edu) in advance of the session.

Date: Time: - Location: Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB
Courtesy of Susan Landau

Speaker

Speaker

Susan Landau is Bridge Professor in Cyber Security and Policy at The Fletcher School and the School of Engineering, Department of Computer Science, Tufts University. She works at the intersection of privacy, surveillance, national security law, and cybersecurity. Landau is the author of four books: People Count: Contact-Tracing Apps and Public Health, Listening In: Cybersecurity in an Insecure Age; Surveillance or Security? Risks Posed by New Communications Technologies; and co-author, with Whitfield Diffie, Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption. Landau has testified before Congress and briefed US and European policymakers on encryption, surveillance, and cybersecurity issues. She has served on various advisory boards, including the National Academies Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, NSF Computer and Information Science Advisory Board, and NIST's Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board. Landau has received multiple awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award from USENIX in 2023. She received a BA from Princeton, an MS from Cornell, and a PhD from MIT.

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