[Air-l] CFP: Identity and Identification in a Networked World: Graduate Student Symposium
Michael Zimmer
michael.zimmer at nyu.edu
Fri May 19 12:57:38 PDT 2006
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CALL FOR PAPERS
Identity and Identification in a Networked World:
A Multidisciplinary Graduate Student Symposium
When: September 29-30, 2006
Where: New York University
Submission deadline: July 5, 2006
Increasingly, who we are is represented by key bits of information
scattered throughout the data-intensive, networked world. Online and
off, these core identifiers mediate our sense of self, social
interactions, movements through space, and access to goods and
services. There is much at stake in designing systems of
identification and identity management, deciding who or what will be
in control of them, and building in adequate protection for our bits
of identity permeating the network.
The symposium will examine critical and controversial issues
surrounding the socio-technical systems of identity, identifiability
and identification. The goal is to showcase emerging scholarship of
graduate students at the cutting edge of humanities, social sciences,
artists, systems design & engineering, philosophy, law, and policy to
work towards a clearer understanding of these complex problems, and
build foundations for future collaborative work.
In addition to presenting and discussing their work, students will
have the opportunity to interact with prominent scholars and
professionals related to their fields of interest. The symposium will
feature a keynote talk by Ian Kerr, Canada Research Chair in Ethics,
Law & Technology at the University of Ottawa.
Submission Information:
We invite submissions on the function of identity, identifiability
and identification in the following general areas:
- Media & communication: DRM systems, e-mail & instant messaging,
discussion forums
- Online: Identity 2.0, web cookies, IP logging, firewalls,
personal encryption
- Social interaction: online social networks, blogging, meetups
- Consumer culture: RFID product tags, reputational systems,
commercial data aggregation
- Mobility: electronic tolls, auto black boxes, RFID passports,
SecureFlight, V-ID cards
- Security: video surveillance, facial recognition, biometric
identification systems, national ID cards
Please submit abstracts, position pieces, demos or full papers for a
10-15 minute presentation to michael.zimmer at nyu.edu by July 5, 2006.
Include contact and brief biographical information with your
submission. Notification of submission acceptance will be given by
July 17, 2006. Limited travel stipends will be available for
presenters. Students in need of travel funds should indicate so with
their submission.
Program chairs:
- Tim Schneider, JD Student, NYU School of Law
- Michael Zimmer, PhD Candidate, Dept. of Culture & Communication,
NYU
Faculty advisor:
- Helen Nissenbaum, Dept. of Culture & Communication, NYU
Sponsors:
- Coordinating Council for Culture and Communications, Journalism,
and Media Studies, New York University
- Department of Culture and Communication, New York University
(http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/dcc/)
- Information Law Institute, New York University School of Law
(http://www.law.nyu.edu/ili/)
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Michael T. Zimmer
Doctoral Candidate, Dept. of Culture and Communication, New York
University
Student Fellow, Information Law Institute, NYU Law School
e: michael.zimmer at nyu.edu
w: http://michaelzimmer.org
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