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[ NNSquad ] Announcing "DWEL" - Adventures and Challenges in "Big Data"
Announcing "DWEL" - Adventures and Challenges in "Big Data"
http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000932.html
I spend a great deal of my time dealing with issues that reside within
the intersection of technology policy with social and public policy
concerns. Privacy, security, and a host of other issues fall squarely
into this zone. They're complex enough by themselves, but are made
all the more complicated by the toxic political atmosphere with which
so many important matters are now intertwined.
One particularly crucial aspect of these issues revolves around how we
can responsibly handle and use of the vast amounts of data now being
generated by Web activities, sensor arrays, and so many other aspects
of our lives.
Powerful new analytical systems and techniques -- the whole area now
popularly referred to as "Big Data" -- offer the promise of solving a
vast array of critical problems in health, climate, and many other
areas.
But responsibly using such data also requires dealing appropriately
with related vexing issues in the realms of privacy, anonymity, user
choice, and associated concerns. As usual, our public policies have
lagged dramatically behind our technological capabilities.
It is with all this in mind, and in the hope of encouraging a rational
approach toward this entire spectrum of issues, that I'm very pleased
to announce "DWEL" - the Data Wisdom Explorers League -- founded in
association with Google, which is providing funding support for this
effort.
The goal of DWEL is to serve as a global resource for discussions,
educational outreach, and a range of other relevant services in this
essential sphere. Our efforts will focus on helping us all move
toward the best possible uses of data in responsible manners for
solving problems, providing services, and improving our lives and
planet.
I hope that you'll consider participating.
More information is available at this posting:
http://j.mp/pbtn (Google Policy by the Numbers Blog)
and at the DWEL site itself:
http://www.dwel.org
See you there!
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com
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