DATACTIVE

Project Description: “data activism We live in a time of data abundance, one in which data is not merely a commodity or a tool for surveillance, but also a metaphor of power. With the diffusion of ‘big data’, citizens increasingly engage in new social practices rooted in technology and data,…

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Governance, Regulation and Standards

Project Description: “This working group addresses the governance, regulatory and technical standards aspects of future Internet design across all layers of the protocol stack, and on both technical and social/humanities aspects. In particular, it will shed light on the regulatory and governance mechanisms behind the development of Internet standards, and…

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DATA-PSST! Seminar Series

Project Description: “Since whistle-blower Edward Snowden’s revelations of 2013 we arguably live in a qualitatively and materially different techno-cultural period. Snowden revealed the surveillance activities of US and UK government signals intelligence agencies, catching unaware academic computer scientists, information specialists and privacy experts. Meanwhile, social media have normalized the practice…

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Veillance

Project Description: “Our technologies watch us. This ‘datification’ of our actions is employed by governments to monitor activities, and corporations to target and manipulate through ‘smart’ advertising. Working in opposition to such technologies’ manufacture of the individual as ‘target’ or ‘consumer’, ‘Veillance’ is a web application artwork bringing to visibility…

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PANORAMIX (Privacy and Accountability in Networks via Optimized Randomized Mix-nets)

Project Description: “The objective of the PANORAMIX project is the development of a multipurpose infrastructure for privacy-preserving communications based on “”mix-networks”” (mix-nets) and its integration into high-value applications that can be exploited by European businesses. Mix-nets protect not only the content of communications from third parties, but also obscure the…

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HEAT (Homomorphic Encryption Applications and Technology)

Project Description: “The HEAT project will develop advanced cryptographic technologies to process sensitive information in ecrypted form, without needing to compromise on the privacy and security of the citizens and organizations that provide the input data. The core technology is based on homomorphic cryptography, which allows to perform computations on…

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