The Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School is a leader in the study of the law and policy around the Internet and other emerging technologies.
The Transportation Research Board's International Workshop on Road Vehicle Automation -- the premier multidisciplinary research and policy conference in the field -- will take place at Stanford University from July 16th through 19th. Read more » about Vehicle Automation: TRB @ Stanford
TRB is sponsoring the 52nd Annual Workshop on Transportation Law on July 21-24, 2013, in Nashville, Tennessee. The workshop is designed to bring together lawyers from federal, state, and local agencies and the private sector who work in all areas of transportation law. Attendees will have the opportunity to share ideas and learn from the experiences of their colleagues. Save the date, additional information on the workshop will be available online shortly. Read more » about 52nd Annual Workshop on Transportation Law
Solutions to many pressing economic and societal challenges lie in better understanding data. New tools for analyzing disparate information sets, called Big Data, have revolutionized our ability to find signals amongst the noise. Big Data techniques hold promise for breakthroughs ranging from better health care, a cleaner environment, safer cities, and more effective marketing. Yet, privacy advocates are concerned that the same advances will upend the power relationships between government, business and individuals, and lead to prosecutorial abuse, racial or other profiling, discrimination, redlining, overcriminalization, and other restricted freedoms. Read more » about Big Data and Privacy: Making Ends Meet
