Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy

Thinking about what's ahead for your 2025? Consider applying to our Emerging Scholars Program for an enriching research and learning experience at Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy. The deadline to apply is next Friday, January 10, 2025. Learn more on our website: https://lnkd.in/eFKQa5SW

In the final week of the semester, we brought together our faculty, students, and researchers to share out some discoveries and project updates. This type of research retreat gives us the opportunity to not only debrief our work, but also to think creatively about the ways we may foster future collaborations across our interdisciplinary fields -- a truly stimulating and generative way to wrap up the fall semester at Princeton University. We might be taking a small break for the winter holidays, but we're already looking forward to an engaging spring semester ahead.

More developments in the ongoing legal challenge to California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code (AADC) >> CITP clinic lead Mihir Kshirsagar has written and filed an amicus brief which demonstrates how dark patterns -- also known as "deceptive design patterns" -- affect vulnerable users online, especially adolescents. Read about the details of the ongoing legal proceedings in a new Freedom to Tinker blog post entitled "New Developments in California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Litigation" written by CITP Emerging Scholar Sophie Luskin. A preliminary injunction hearing is scheduled for January 23, 2025. 🔵 READ: https://lnkd.in/eK2HrqjR

We're looking for post-baccs to join our interdisciplinary center at Princeton University! The Emerging Scholars is designed to give real-world intensive research and work experience, coursework, and mentoring from our @PrincetonCITP staff & faculty. At CITP, a diversity of fields such as #computerscience, #sociology, #economics, #politicalscience, #psychology, #publicpolicy, #informationscience, #communication, #philosophy, and other related #technology #policy disciplines provide a unique environment for our research community to collaborate and flourish. Join us. 🟢 Apply online by 1/10/2025: https://lnkd.in/eEbHwjhS Princeton School of Public and International Affairs + Princeton Engineering

"Today, and in the next decade, nearly every domestic and international policy issue is at the same time a technology policy issue.” - Professor Alondra Nelson stated at our October conference. Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy has released a detailed report of the October conference Tech Policy: The Next Ten Years which is now available on our Freedom to Tinker blog. It synthesizes key themes, challenges, optimism, and recommendations of the conference. Read the report written by Sophie Luskin, Mihir Kshirsagar, and Arvind Narayanan online: https://lnkd.in/dNb2wKgq A very special thank you to our Conference Keynote Speaker Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission and to all the incredible panelists, moderators, students, and post-docs who led engaging discussions and presentations throughout the day: 🔵 Morning & afternoon remarks by: - Arvind Narayanan, Director, and Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University - Jennifer Rexford, Provost, Professor of Computer Science, and Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor in Princeton Engineering - Amaney A. Jamal, Dean, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, Edwards S. Sanford Professor of Politics. and Professor of Politics and International Affairs 🔵 Conference Keynote Speaker: Jessica Rosenworcel, Chairwoman, Federal Communications Commission 🔵 Panelists: - Chloé Bakalar, Chief Ethicist, Meta - Pablo Chavez, Adjunct Senior Fellow, Technology and National Security Program, Center for a New American Security (CNAS) - Ed Felten, Co-Founder & Chief Scientist, Offchain Labs, Emeritus, Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs and the founding director of Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy - Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor, Institute for Advanced Study - Paul Ohm, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center - Anne-Marie Slaughter, CEO, New America - Gabriel Weinberg, CEO and Founder, DuckDuckGo - Zeynep Tufekci, Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs, Princeton University 🔵 Moderators: - Zach Vertin, Director, Princeton SPIA in DC; Lecturer of Public and International Affairs - Sayash Kapoor, Ph.D. candidate, Princeton University - Mihir Kshirsagar, Clinic Lead at Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University

📣 Hey post-docs: there's still time to apply to be a 2025 Postdoctoral Research Associate here at Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy. Applications are due tonight by midnight! >> Full details & the application are available on our website: https://lnkd.in/eCNumJpr #techpolicy #postdoc

ALL PRINCETON GRADUATE STUDENTS, you are invited! On Thursday, Nov 14, Princeton University AI researchers and authors of "AI Snake Oil" (PU Press), Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor, will discuss 'Overcoming Pitfalls in the Use of AI in Science.' Everyone is invited to attend this session of the GradFUTURES Responsible AI learning cohort for graduate students, a program developed in partnership with Princeton University Press and the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy. If you are curious about the risks of using AI in scientific research (particularly reproducibility, ethics, and reality vs hype), please join us. 🔶 RSVP here: https://lnkd.in/eHrEwYG6 GradFUTURES is the nationally recognized professional development program of the Princeton University Graduate School. Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eRKX36NH

Calling all federal government employees: CITP is now accepting applications for the AI Policy Precepts program this winter, which convenes at the Princeton SPIA in DC office. Led by Mihir Kshirsagar, the AI Policy Precepts is a non-partisan program designed to explore the core concepts, opportunities, and risks underlying the technology that will shape or influence federal policy making for the next ten years for employees of the federal government. The program is facilitated by faculty from Princeton’s Center for Information Technology Policy. Participating policymakers will come away from the precepts with frameworks that will help them address future challenges, as well as the opportunity to establish relationships with a cohort of policymakers grappling with these challenges. The deadline to apply is November 18, 2024, so don't delay. Full information & application is available on the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy website: https://lnkd.in/eKeRA8wp #federalgovernment #policy #AI

Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy is accepting applications for several positions at this time for two programs within the Center. 1. Fellows Program (*Deadline: Monday, December 2, 2024) This is a competitive, fully-funded, in-residence program hiring for the following tracks: ↗️ Postdoctoral Research Associate ↗️ Visiting Professional ↗️ Microsoft Visiting Research Scholar/Visiting Professor 2. Emerging Scholars in Technology Policy (*Deadline: Friday, January 10, 2025) The Emerging Scholars program is for people who have received a bachelor’s degree (or will receive one by the time of appointment) in fields such as computer science, sociology, economics, political science, psychology, public policy, information science, communication, philosophy, and other related technology policy disciplines. Read more about these programs at Princeton University and apply on our website: https://lnkd.in/eZxDKR2C

Lunch Seminar is back today at 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. in Sherrerd Hall, Room 306 with Elliott Ash presenting a talk entitled Courts of Tomorrow. "Legal AI is poised to transform the work of legal professionals, and judges are no exception". Livestream will be available on our website: https://lnkd.in/eNdmHCnS