BRDI Symposium "Privacy in a Big Data
World", DC, Sept 23,
In conjunction with the September 23-24, 2013 meeting of the
National Research Council's Board on Research Data and Information, or
BRDI, (which I currently co-chair) the Board will be hosting a
public symposium titled Privacy in a Big Data World. I have reproduced
the full announcement below. The event is free, but if you want to
attend in person you need to register in advance as discussed below;
we will also be webcasting the symposium. More detail can also be
found here:
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_084312
The Board will meet on September 23-24, 2013, and preliminary
information about the meeting (which will be updated as the agenda
finalizes) can be found at
http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/brdi/PGA_084188
(Anyone wanting to attend open parts of the BRDI meeting proper
should be in touch with Cheryl Levey or Paul Uhlir at the addresses
below. )
I hope that many of you will be able to join us for the
symposium, either in person or via the webcast.
Clifford Lynch
Director, CNI
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Privacy in a Big Data World
National Academy of Sciences
Lecture Room
2100 C Street NW, Washington, DC
"Big data" describes the phenomenon of
an explosion in quantities of scientific data available for research.
The term is also used to describe the vast increase in personal data
available in a digital world. The enormous quantities of data are
requiring new terms such as exabytes, zettabytes, and yottabytes, new
methods of processing and storage, such as cloud computing, and
additional broadband. Big data also implies new ways of thinking about
data that emphasize their reuse and repurposing, and the recombination
and aggregation of data from multiple sources; these are practices
that are often in tension with traditional ideas about privacy and
anonymity. Such developments offer unprecedented opportunities to
realize scientific advances and economic growth - if we can sort out
the right balances with privacy, and if legal and regulatory
constraints do not become intractable barriers.
Data flow across boundaries for both scientific
and commercial uses. There are several international and national
efforts to enhance data privacy in a big data world, including
revisions in the United States to the OECD 1980 Privacy Guidelines,
the EU General Data Protection Regulation, and proposed revisions to
the Common Rule for the Protection of Human Subjects. These activities
impact access and use of data for a wide variety of research purposes.
How can we provide adequate privacy protection for individuals without
impeding research and innovation? How do these different regulatory
approaches to privacy impact national and transnational research? Has
society's perspective on privacy evolved in a digital world, and how
may it have to change further in the future?
This Symposium will explore current developments
in these areas. The co-chair of the Board on Research Data and
Information, Clifford Lynch of the Coalition on Networked Information,
will lead the symposium discussion, beginning at 3 p.m. on Monday,
September 23. The event will continue for 2 hours in a mix of short
presentations and discussion. The entire proceedings will be recorded
and an audio-tape will be archived on the Board's website. The meeting
will be followed by a reception outside the Lecture Room.
The symposium is free and open to the public, but
space is limited and advance registration by no later than noon on
September 20 is required (contact: Cheryl Levey, clevey@nas.edu or call
202-334-1531).
Monday, September 23, 2013 from 3:00 pm -
5:30 pm
National Academy of Sciences Lecture
Room
2100 C Street NW, Washington, DC
The symposium is free and open to the public,
but advance registration is required.
RSVP by September 20 to Cheryl Levey at clevey@nas.edu
The Symposium will be webcast-see the Board
website for details on Monday, September 23, 2013
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