Talks & Events
TIPI Hosted Research Talk by Dr. Amit Schejter
On November 15, TIPI hosted Dr. Amit Schejter for a research talk on campus. Dr. Amit Schejter is a Professor of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He also serves as a Visiting Professor of Communications and Co-Director of the...
TIPI Research Talk Hosted by EFF-Austin
On June 13, 2023, Dr. Sharon Strover presented a research talk titled “City Surveillance, Trust, and Public Engagement.” Organized by EFF-Austin, the local chapter of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the event was generously sponsored by and hosted at Capital...
TIPI Workshop at Mozfest 2023
Cities worldwide are increasingly turning to AI-based surveillance technologies to achieve various public benefits, but they also raise important questions regarding privacy, accountability, and ethical governance…
The End of Digital Democracy and What We Can Do About It
Digital technologies were supposed to help strengthen democracies around the world, not threaten them. In this talk, Professor Gina Neff of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge looks back on the optimism about digital...
The Privacy Imperative: Navigating Trust in the Digital Economy
Please join us for a talk from Professor J. Trevor Hughes, Executive Director, International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) Time: 3:30-5 p.m. Date: October 13 Place: Moody College of Communication, DMC 3.206 As President and CEO of the International...
The Business of Surveillance
In the summer of 2022, Good Systems generously supported three undergraduate students to work with the Being Watched team. We were pleased to have Helen Kang (Informatics ’25), Abha Misaqi (Economics ’25), and Zak Turner (Mechanical Engineering ’23) working on various...
Surveillance Ordinances in Five U.S. Cities
In the summer of 2022, Good Systems generously supported three undergraduate students to work with the Being Watched team. We were pleased to have Helen Kang (Informatics '25), Abha Misaqi (Economics '25), and Zak Turner (Mechanical Engineering '23) working on various...
TIPI @ Good Systems 2022 Annual Symposium
In April 2020, Good Systems held its 2022 annual symposium. Members of the Being Watched project participated in several sessions, including a poster & mingling session held by the team on April 7, a core project presentation by Dr. Sharon Strover and Dr. Atlas...
Visually provocative: How visual elements influence IRA Facebook advertisement engagements
This week, TIPI researchers will be presenting a recent disinformation study at the annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) in its Communication Technology Division (CTEC).
Broadband as a Utility – Roundtable Discussion
TIPI's Dr. Sharon Strover recently joined Professor Sherri Greenberg and Dr. Kenneth Flamm for a conversation on broadband as a utility in Texas with Dr. Art Markman and the IC² Institute.