Elaine Newton is a doctoral candidate in the Engineering and Public Policy
Department at Carnegie Mellon University and has been a researcher for the
RAND Corporation since 1999. Her dissertation research focuses on
developing technology and policy design principles that preserve anonymity
and privacy, expanding upon the US doctrine of Fair Information Practices
and the OECD Guidelines on the Protection of Privacy and Transborder Flows
of Personal Data. Her research also seeks to understand the mental model
framework of the general public for assessing privacy and security risks.
Ms. Newton works with the CMU Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory (CUPS
Lab). Her work at RAND includes co-authoring Army Biometric
Applications: Identifying and Addressing Sociocultural Concerns and
working with DARPA's Human ID at a Distance Program.
Before joining RAND, Ms. Newton served a one year appointment to Columbia
University's Center for Science, Policy, and Outcomes in Washington, DC (now
known as the Consortium for Science,Policy&Outcomes) as a researcher and
associate general manager. Previously, she also worked in the environmental
engineering field at the Quaker Oats Company, Law Engineering and
Environmental Services, and RUST Environment and Infrastructure. Her
general research interests are in the field of Science and Technology
Policy.
Ms. Newton holds a Masters from CMU's Engineering and Public Policy
Department and a B.S. from Georgia Tech in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
(with a minor in Science Policy). She is a member of the Institute of
Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) as well as the IEEE Committee on
Communications and Information Policy.
Her CMU website can be found here at http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~enewton/.