[Air-l] CFP: Identity and Identification in a Networked World: Graduate Student Symposium

[Michael Zimmer]

[please distribute far and wide; sorry for cross-postings - mz]

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